Place New View command for Devices

To add a new device view to the drawing,

  • right-click on the desired device in the Device Tree View of the Project Window

  • select Place New Device View... on the displayed context menu.

     

    The following dialog will be displayed:

     

 

New View

View selection

View Devices/Symbols

Defined View Structure

More Symbols

Lists all symbol views available in the database and in the project.

Device Designation

The Device Designation of the device is displayed.

Higher Level Assignment

The Higher Level Assignment of the device is displayed.

Location

The Location of the device is displayed.

View number

Each new device view is assigned a number that must be unique within all views of that device. The drop-down list shows all free view numbers. The view number determines if conductor logic lines are drawn. These logic lines are only visible between views of the same number and can later on be completely switched off for individual view numbers.

Place as

These options are only active, when a connector symbol is selected in the More Symbols tree view.

single pins

Check this option to place the view in single pin representation.

Use active connector pin terminal

Check this option to use the connector pin terminals defined in the database for this connector. When the connector pin terminal is not defined, or not defined in the database, connector pin terminals are not placed. All pins that could not be placed are reported in the Output window.

 

Note

  • The current symbol is displayed in the preview window, when all connector pin terminal symbols are identical. If not, nothing is displayed and used for placement of symbol from current connector pin terminal.

  • When several connector pin terminals are existing on the pin, the first available connector pin terminal is used.

complete device

Check this option to place the view as complete device.

Preview

Displays a preview of the defined view.

Retain settings

Activate this checkbox to have the currently defined settings set when recalling this dialog.

If the user wants to have the previous settings set, the checkbox has to be unchecked, which immediately displays the default values for the device.

Place

Places the view.