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Hotspot Type
Position The position of the hotspot point. If the chosen hotspot is Sphere
on Selection, this property is not available.
Pick Enables you to pick the position of the hotspot point. If the chosen
hotspot is Sphere on Selection, this button is not available. Click the Pick
button, and then click a point for the hotspot in the Scene View.
Selection Click the Set button, and use the shortcut menu to define the
hotspot objects:
NOTE If the chosen hotspot is Sphere, this button is not available.
■ Clear - clears the current selection.
■ Set From Current Selection - the hotspot is set to your current object
selection in the Scene View.
NOTE This option is not available until you make a selection in the Scene
View.
■ Set From Current Selection Set - the hotspot is set to your current
search set or selection set.
Show This is a read-only box, which displays the number of geometry objects
linked to the hotspot. If the chosen hotspot is Sphere, this property is not
available.
Radius (m) Radius of hotspot.
On Variable
Variable The alphanumeric name of the variable to be evaluated.
Value An operand to use. Enter a value to be tested against your variable.
Alternatively, enter a name of another variable. Its value will be tested against
the value in your variable.
The following rules apply:
■ If you enter a number (for example 0, 400, 5.3), the value is treated as a
numeric value. If it has a decimal place, the floating-point formatting is
preserved up to the user-defined decimal places.
■ If you enter an alphanumeric string between single or double quotation
marks, such as ‘testing’ or “hello”, the value is treated as a string.
■ If you enter an alphanumeric string without single or double quotation
marks, such as counter1 or testing, the value is treated as another variable.
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