About Fixing an Index
Using the Fix Index command on the TBL REGIONS menu, you can fix the index of a repeat region record so that it remains the same even after you insert additional items into the repeat region or sort the repeat region differently. When fixing an index of a repeat region, keep the following restrictions in mind:
• If you fix the index of a record to be larger than the size of the repeat region, that record appears at the end of the repeat region.
• If you remove a record from a repeat region whose index has been fixed (for example, a component is suppressed in an assembly), the fixed index does not appear in the repeat region until you unfix it or use it for another record.
• If you change the attribute of a repeat region from Duplicates to No Duplicates (or vice versa), the fixed index no longer appears. However, if you change the attribute back to its original setting, the fixed index is replaced.
• You cannot use an index with the following symbols:
◦ All symbols of the type "asm.mbr.cparam"
◦ All symbols of the type "asm.mbr.cparams"
◦ All symbols of the type "asm.mbr.cblprm"
◦ All symbols of the type "asm.mbr.cblprms"
◦ All harness symbols
◦ All Family Table symbols
◦ All symbols showing cabling terminator names or types
• If a record cannot have comment cells and dash items, you cannot fix its index.
• If you fix a record’s index, you cannot dash its "rpt.index," and vice versa.
• You cannot use a fixed index for 2D repeat regions.
• You cannot fix the index of a process symbol, that is, all symbols of type "prs".
• A fixed index takes precedence in the following situations:
◦ Start index of a repeat region. For example, if a repeat region starts at index 12 (taken from the last index of another repeat region), but one of its records is fixed at 2, that record appears first in the repeat region with index 2.
◦ Sort keys of a repeat region. The system determines the position of a record by its fixed index if it has one. For example, a record is always at the beginning of a repeat region if its index is fixed to 1.
You can fix the index or set the start index for records that represent flexible components, Family Table generic components, bulk items, and included items along with the standard components within a repeat region.