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1 Adding Location Boxes................................................................................3

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Editing the Location Boxes..........................................................................7

3 Working with the Nested Location Boxes.................................................10

This functionality is only available for certain module packages. Info


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1 Adding Location Boxes

Everything inside a location box is allocated to a different DIN group from that which

is defined in the page properties. The components then have the same relationshipto the location box as they normally have to the page. This assumption of the DT alsooccurs if only identifier blocks like installation and location are entered in acomponent in the location box.

Preconditions:

• You have opened a project and are viewing a schematic in the graphical editor.

• In the settings, the check box Use Place identifiers dialog (Options > Settings> User > Display > Identifiers) is selected.

Insert > Box / connection point / mounting panel > Location box

1. Draw the rectangle representing the box.


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2. Enter the item data in the location box specific Properties dialog.

3. In the Identifier tab, click [...] in the Full DT field.


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4. Accept the default for the DT or make new entries for the identifier blocks ifyou would like to modify the structure.

5. Click [OK].

6. Specify additional settings in the other tabs of the Properties dialog.

7. Click [OK].

8. Specify the position for the new identifier in the Place identifiers dialog usingthe buttons.

9. Click [OK].

10. Proceed in a similar manner for all of the location boxes you would like toinsert.

11. Select Popup menu > Cancel action to terminate the action.

The location box is inserted into the project with all its properties.

Note:

If grid-snap is switched on (Options > Snap to grid) then a newly created locationbox will be placed exactly on the grid on which it is placed; if grid-snap is not active,the location box can be drawn at any desired position next to the grid.


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2 Editing the Location Boxes

Preconditions:

• You have opened a project and are viewing a schematic in the graphical editor.

• The page contains at least one location box.

• In the settings, the check box Use Place identifiers dialog (Options > Settings> User > Display > Identifiers) is selected.

1. Double-click the location box you would like to edit. (Or select Popup menu >Properties, in this case you can select more than one location box.)

2. Edit the desired data in the property dialog specific to the location box.


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3. In the Identifier tab, click [...] in the Full DT field.

4. Accept the default for the DT or make new entries for the identifier blocks ifyou would like to modify the structure.

5. Click [OK].

6. Specify additional settings in the other tabs of the Properties dialog.

7. Click [OK].


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8. Specify the position for the new identifier in the Place identifiers dialog usingthe buttons.

9. Click [OK].



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3 Working with the Nested Location Boxes

If the Location box check box is selected in the Nesting group box in the Extended

project structures dialog, then location boxes can be nested. In this case, thedisplay (the entry) of points is omitted in the innermost identifier in the schematic.

Example:

If you have multiply nested location boxes =A2+O2, =A3+O3, and =A4+O4, and havemade the setting Nesting = Yes (left part of the illustration), then the fuse receivesthe DT =A2.A3.A4+O2.O3.O4-F3; if Nesting = No is set (right side) then the fuse iscalled =A4+O4-F3.

When this setting is changed, therefore, all components located in location boxesmust be edited.

The view is always from outside inwards, i.e., in the outermost location box themissing parts are taken from the page. A box located within this box then completesits missing parts from the box outside it, and so on. Finally, the components fill intheir missing parts from the innermost box. That means that missing or incompleteidentifiers in the displayed DT entry are completed from the superordinate unit,where a superordinate unit can be a page, a location box, or a black box.

Precondition:

You have opened a project.


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1. In the tree view of the page navigator, select popup menu > ProjectProperties.


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2. In the Project properties dialog, bring the Structure tab to the front.


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3. Click [...] in the Separator field.

4. In the Extended project structures dialog, select the Location box checkbox in the Nesting group box.

5. Click [OK].


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6. Click [OK].

The project structures are changed and the device identifier adjusted.

7. Switch to a schematic page.

8. Insert multiple nested location boxes.

In the Full DT field, the nesting for each inner box will be shown using thenested device tag.

Note:

Identifiers in the displayed DT of the location box will always be interpreted as sub-identifiers, regardless of whether the separator for sub-identifiers (period) wasentered or not.


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