Allegro Design Entry HDL console window

Look in commands.html file which resides in \doc\conref folder inside install directory.  Display command will do what you're looking for (control visibility of properties.

Thanks Khurana.  That document is exactly what I was looking for.  :-) Sadly I haven't managed to work out how to do quite what I want.  Basically I want to find all my ICs and display the part number, which I have as an injected property MANFR_PART.  However, I have other components (e.g. connectors) which also have the MANFR_PART property which I don't want to display.

If I find the ICs doing something like

set nextgroup A
find *location=U*

is there any way that I can get a handle to the corresponding MANR_PART properties so that I can then set them to visible.

Cheers,
Alastair

First, you need to make MANFR_PART property a Key property (don't think we can get this to work if it stays as Injected property type since a Key property travels to the schematic, whereas Injected does not, meaning that an Injected property is not there in the schematic, and as such, the find function won't find anything - I believe you can create a PPT Options file from within Component Browser when add command is invoked to place a component).  Once MANFR_PART property is set as Key, then try the following commands:

1. In command console, type find $location=c* (or u*)
2. Group > Property Display > Invisible or Name/Value/Both

OK, I have MANFR_PART as a key property. It actually already was, I just got mixed up between key/injected. Now when I do as you suggest in step 1 the group contains only $location properties. So, when I do step 2 and display the value all I get on the schematic is U1, U2, etc. The MANFR_PART is not displayed.

This was in essence the problem which prompted my original query. In my head at least there ought to be a hierarchy where we can use the $location property to search, we then want to go up to the parent instance and then down to the MANFR_PART property of that instance and act on (i.e. display) this.

You're right (my bad).  This is a head scratcher since there's no way that I know of using which you can select the component (body) after selecting the $location.  I think you will need to write a Concept Skill function because command console is inadequate for this from what I know.  Is there any commonality between part_number property value for ICs that you want to make part_number property value visible versus other parts such as caps, res and so on?  For e.g. lets say I have U1, U2, C1, L1 in my design and part_number for ICs such as U1 & U2 is 449-12 and 449-11....part_number for C1 is 100-11 and L1 is 200-11...meaning 449 is common...get the idea?  Now, using find command console command I can select 449 and set this visibilty to what's desired.  If no commonality then Concept Skill looks like the only way to do this on multiple parts...