Boolean Features

Use a Boolean feature to allow your user to select a true or false value.

• For example, ask your user whether they want tinted windows when they configure a car.
• Configurator displays a Boolean feature at run time as a check box.
• The value for a Boolean feature can be true (contains a check mark), false (doesn't contain a check mark), or empty.
• You can use a configurator rule to set the default value for a Boolean feature.

Example

Assume you import a PIM model named zCZ_CAR4DRSDN into Configurator. You need to add a Boolean feature that allows your user to say whether they want tinted windows.

Try it.

1. Open the workspace that has your model.
2. In the Structure Hierarchy area, click the zCZ_CAR4DRSDN root node.
3. Click Actions > Create > Boolean Feature.
4. In the dialog that displays, set the values, then click OK.

   Attribute	Value
   Name	Tinted Windows
   Domain Ordering	Prefer True

5. Click Test Model, then verify that the Test Model page displays your Tinted Windows feature as a check box.

   The value for the Boolean feature doesn't contain a check mark, by default. To display a checkmark, you must write a rule that results in Configurator setting the Boolean feature to true.

Domain Order

Use the Domain Ordering attribute to specify how Configurator sets the default value at run time for a Boolean feature.

Here are the values that you can use for a Boolean feature.

Domain Ordering	Description
Prefer False	Configurator sets the Boolean feature to False, by default. If another rule prevents Configurator from setting it to False, then Configurator will set it to True. For example, a negates rule for the Boolean feature might prevent Configurator from setting it to True or to False.
Prefer True	Configurator sets the Boolean feature to True, by default. If another rule prevents Configurator from setting it to True, then Configurator will set it to False.