Identifying Local Overrides You can see local overrides by displaying the instance’s ShapeSheet (and some dialog boxes as well). Try it! Local Overrides Select an instance with one override, such as width. Display its ShapeSheet. Notice that a locally overridden formula is blue. Black text is inherited data. Note: Try it! Inheritance Open a stencil Shapes > More Shapes > General > Basic Shapes. Drag the square shape onto the drawing page and open its ShapeSheet window. Note that the Width and Height cells have black text indicating that these cells are inherited. PinX and PinY are blue because there values are determined by the drop point when the shape was dropped and are therefore local overrides. Move and resize the square on the page. Note that the text in the Width and Height cells turns blue. To re-inherit the defaults for the master, select the cell that you want to re-inherit and type then the press the Enter key. “=”,
Identifying Local Overrides You can see local overrides by displaying the instance’s ShapeSheet (and some dialog boxes as well). Try it! Local Overrides Select an instance with one override, such as width. Display its ShapeSheet. Notice that a locally overridden formula is blue. Black text is inherited data. Note: Try it! Inheritance Open a stencil Shapes > More Shapes > General > Basic Shapes. Drag the square shape onto the drawing page and open its ShapeSheet window. Note that the Width and Height cells have black text indicating that these cells are inherited. PinX and PinY are blue because there values are determined by the drop point when the shape was dropped and are therefore local overrides. Move and resize the square on the page. Note that the text in the Width and Height cells turns blue. To re-inherit the defaults for the master, select the cell that you want to re-inherit and type “=”, then the press the Enter key.
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