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Configuration ​

The Configurator gives symbols their business meaning, without touching their geometry. Source: the Product Owner's description of 2026-10-08.

1. Interfaces and properties ​

  • A property = name, type, default value. Every property declared in the configuration has a default value.
  • An interface = a named set of properties, plus rules driving the symbol's animations. Example: interface running with property isRunning: boolean; rule "if isRunning, part body takes color green, otherwise grey".
  • Rules are written in the Configurator, not in the Symbol Editor: the symbol only exposes animatable parts (symbols-and-views.md §3).
  • A property group = a named list of properties used together, e.g. "pop-up properties", "maintenance properties". A property may belong to several groups.

2. Configuration trees ​

  • Configuration is organized as trees of nodes. Each node carries interfaces and property groups.
  • Example: Pump → Positive displacement pump → Gear pump.
  • Scope (Q14): selecting a node brings its own options and those of all its ancestors. The deeper the node, the more options: "Gear pump" has the options of Pump, Positive displacement pump and Gear pump.
  • Several trees can be combined: a business symbol may also select a sub-tree of another tree, e.g. a pump adding "Alarms → Motor fault".
  • Properties are part of the cascade: a node's defaults apply to everything selected below it.

3. Business types and business symbols ​

  • A business type is a node of a configuration tree (e.g. "Gear pump").
  • A business symbol = a symbol + the selected configuration (nodes or sub-trees) + a business name. It does not select parts of the symbol, it selects parts of the configuration.
  • The same symbol can serve different business symbols in different projects (a pump symbol used for a pump in one project, for another device in another).

4. Business libraries ​

  • A business library groups the business symbols of a project.
  • Two projects can share symbols while having different business libraries.

5. In the View Editor ​

  • An instance gets the default values of its configuration; the View Editor may override them per instance.
  • Overriding a value bound to an animation shows the result live (e.g. a valve displayed open or closed by default).
  • The pop-up shown at run time lists the properties of the configured pop-up group. Every line is checked by default; the instance may uncheck (and re-check) lines.
  • A property may be configured as hidden by default (unchecked by default); it stays in the list and can be checked in the View Editor.
  • The View Editor never adds a property: every line comes from the configuration.

6. Storage ​

  • Symbols, configurations, libraries and drawings are files in a working folder on the user's computer, saved one by one (Q5). No server, not even a local one: servers and online services belong to the pro edition (editions).
  • The drawing library is shared between projects (shapes.md §8).