Name and Notes page

Settings

Description

Name

The unique name of the variable. You can change the name of raw variables and virtual variables with this setting. Echoview can assign a default name when a variable is created or when Reset is used.

Notes:

• In Echoview, name-uniqueness affects platforms, transducers, surfaces, scenes, region class, 3D curtains, 3D regions, lines, sticky notes, raw variables and unavailable variables. Existing EV files, that contain objects with the same name, will open and affected objects will be assigned a unique name. Potential duplicate names are handled by preserving the source name and appending a bracketed number (e.g., (1)).
• Valid names for variables and dataflow objects consist of supported characters. These can include text and symbol character encoding and international characters. Commas, double quotes, the vertical bar and the Tab key press are unsupported characters. Where a name is used as the basis of an export file name, any unsupported file name characters are automatically removed.
• Refer to Refer to Console Property option Name.
• When using the Multiple Object Properties dialog box, Name is disabled. To assign a new name, edit objects individually.

Dynamic

Select Dynamic to use a name that updates when a Variable Property updates. Acoustic, position, movement, some lines, media, virtual surfaces, bottom points and virtual impedance characteristic variables have default Dynamic names - indicated by a supported property name inside braces (curly brackets). The Properties Information window displays supported Command interface property names. Suitable property names are those that have numeric or text value.

When Dynamic is selected, the Name property becomes read-only under the Command interface and the onscreen dataflow object icon.

Example:

Figure 1 shows the Dynamic name: BNR {MaximumNoise} max noise; {VerticalUnits} vertical units displayed for a Background noise removal object. The properties in the Dynamic name are the Maximum noise value of -125 dB and the Vertical units in Samples.

Figure 2 shows the change in the displayed Dynamic name when the properties Maximum noise and Vertical units are changed.

Figure 1.

Figure 2.

Notes:

• Refer to Fileset rename note.
• Refer to Console Property option DynamicName.
• A message is displayed when a dynamic name becomes invalid. Invalid dynamic names may occur when property names are incorrect, or are deprecated, or are not recognised by Echoview. Echoview changes the invalid {property name} to its text form by removing the brace characters. See also Known issues: Dynamic name warning.
• When using the Multiple Object Properties dialog box, Dynamic is disabled. To assign a dynamic name, edit objects individually.

Reset

Resets the name to the name generated when data files are added or to the default name generated for a new virtual variable.

Data type

The data type of the variable.