"Variables" Section

This section describes additional variables of the shape.
Since a shape may have no additional variables, this section may be missing in the table.

You may need variables when several different fields use the results of same calculations. So, the additional variables can be used to store the results. You may also use the additional variables to store various shape parameters you are working with, in order not to have to refer to them every time you use them.

To add the Variables section to the table:

1. Apply the Insert Sections command from the Edit menu or from the context menu in the table window.
   The Insert Section dialog will come up.
2. In the dialog, check the Variables option and click OK.
   The Variables section will be added to the table. It will have one row.

Sometimes it may be possible that the Variables section already exists in the table, but is not visible.
The View Sections dialog lets you show/hide the table sections.

To show the Variables section:

1. Apply the View Sections command from the Edit menu or from the context menu in the table window.
   The View Sections dialog will come up.
2. In the dialog, check Variables and click OK.

The Variables section will appear in the table. Its rows display information describing the variables associated with the shape.

To add new variables:

1. Use the Add Row command from the Edit menu or from the context menu in the table window.
2. A new row for variables will be added to the end of the section. Then you can set the parameters.

To delete a row with variables:

1. Activate the row with variables you want to delete (just select any of its cells).
2. Use the Delete Row command from the Edit menu or from the context menu for the row.

This will delete the row. Removing the last row removes the entire section.

Each row contains two variables: X and Y.
In the Formulas mode, you see the data in tenths of millimeters, in the Values mode the data is displayed in the current unit of measure.

Variables from the Variables section are specified in the following form in the formulas:

[<shape_name>.]Variables.X<row_number>
[<shape_name>.]Variables.Y<row_number>

For more information about the View Section dialog see Dialogs - Modal dialogs - View Sections.
For more information about the Insert Section dialog see Dialogs - Modal dialogs - Insert Table Sections.

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