Adding more additional detail fields

You can add more additional fields to the setup and summary spreadsheets. There is no limit to the number of these fields that you can define and use in these sheets.

To add more additional fields:

1. Using a standard text editor, open the file named electrode_additional_details.con.

   The version of the file that is supplied with PowerShape is in:

   C:\Program Files\Autodesk\PowerShapexxxxx\file\electrode

   where xxxxx is the version number of PowerShape and C is the disk on which PowerShape is installed.

2. For each new field, add a line in the following syntax

   detail<n>: <detail name>

   For example, detail4: ID No.

   You must add new fields sequentially; detail5 is ignored unless you have defined detail4.

3. For each new field, the corresponding remember value may also be set using the following syntax

   remember<n>: <yes>/<no>

   For example, remember4:yes

   The default is no, so if a remember value is not set for a new field, the detail is not remembered between electrodes. Unlike the detail fields, the remember values need not be sequential. So, remember4 does not have to exist to define remember5 but detail5 must exist.

4. If this file is modified from the default, it should be copied into the shareddb area, otherwise when PowerShape is updated the changes and additions are lost.

Note: If you define more than five fields, the Next button on the form becomes active. Click Next to show the next five fields. If you then wish to view the first five fields, click the Previous button.