Specifying predefined schematic attributes to manage container margins

When you have container node schematic features in your schematic diagrams, there is a set of predefined attributes that can be configured to manage the size of the margin between the container boundary and the content. By default, without any specific configuration, the distance between this boundary and the symbol used to display the nearest related node is one pixel. But, by configuring the ContainerMarginUnit, ContainerMarginSymbolsFlag, ContainerMargin, ContainerBottomMargin, ContainerTopMargin, ContainerLeftMargin, and ContainerRightMargin predefined attributes on the node schematic feature class that implements the containers, this margin size is customizable.

Managing the margin size units

The ContainerMarginUnit predefined attribute can be configured to specify the margin size unit.

By default, without specifying this ContainerMarginUnit attribute, any ContainerMargin, ContainerBottomMargin, ContainerTopMargin, ContainerLeftMargin, or ContainerRightMargin attribute value that may be specified will be interpreted in pixels.

Managing the margin size computing mode

The ContainerMarginSymbolsFlag predefined attribute indicates whether the specified margin sizes are expected to take the symbol size into account.

Managing the margin sizes

Five predefined attributes can be configured to fix the margin size:

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To specify different margins at the top, bottom, left side, and right side, you may configure the ContainerTopMargin, ContainerBottomMargin, ContainerLeftMargin, and ContainerRightMargin predefined attributes. But, if you want to configure the same margin at the top and bottom and another same margin for the right and left side, only three predefined attributes may be configured—you can configure the ContainerMargin predefined attribute, then only configure the ContainerLeftMargin and ContainerRightMargin predefined attributes; the ContainerMargin being in this case automatically applied for the top and bottom margin.

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Published 6/7/2010