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Dialog Devices - <Project name>

In this dialog, the project data is displayed in a logical view.

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Filter:

This drop-down list displays all the available filters. A selected filter is automatically activated and is applied to both the tree and the list view. The "- Not activated -" entry deactivates the filter and causes an unfiltered display of the data. Click [...] to open the Filter dialog. Here you can create, edit, delete, copy, export, import, and manage filters.

The popup menu of the Filter drop-down list contains the following entries:

This allows you to toggle rapidly between the unfiltered representation and a representation filtered in accordance with your requirements.

Value: <Property>:

Use this field, via Quick input, to adjust quickly the value of a filter criterion for a defined and activated filter.

Tree:

Shows all devices existing in one or more open projects. The devices are sorted according to the structure identifiers of the device structure. Devices that have not been sorted into a defined project structure by means of structure identifiers are sorted into the tree structure level Without structure identifier. This tree structure level is displayed only in projects with an identifier structure (e.g., IEC identifier structure); that is, it is not displayed in sequentially numbered projects. Devices without a DT are sorted into the Without DT tree structure level below the tree structure level Without structure identifier.

The icons identify the function's status and representation type.

If the level of a part is selected and the Graphical preview dialog is activated, the product photo of the part is displayed, if one has been stored.

Highlighting Dependent Functions

When you highlight a function in the tree view of the device navigator, all the dependent functions are highlighted in bold. Depending on which editing mode you are using, there are two possibilities.

Possibility

Highlighting

Under the Options menu the menu item Properties (global) is deselected.

All functions that use the DT of the selected function are highlighted.

Under the Options menu the menu item Properties (global) is selected.

All functions that belong to the device are highlighted.

List:

Shows all devices existing in one or more open projects. The view and sorting of the devices depends on the column configuration selected in the Configure representation dialog.

Popup menu:

Menu item

Meaning

Select all (list only)

Selects all of the entries in the list.

Adjust column width (list only)

Adjusts the width of all table columns so that both the headings and column contents are fully legible.

New

Opens the Function definitions dialog and allows the creation of a new function with pre-defined properties. Depending on the object selected, the Function definitions dialog will open the tree view for selecting a function definition. If, for example, you have opened the popup menu on a function, the associated function definition will be selected in the tree view.

New functions

Opens the Generate functions dialog that allows you to generate multiple functions for a new or existing DT using a specific numbering pattern.

New device

Opens the Part selection dialog. Allows you to define a device and create it in the device navigator.

Delete

Following a prompt, this deletes all selected functions or - in the tree view - all functions below the selected tree structure level. (Multiple selection of functions or tree structure levels is possible here.) Both placed and unplaced functions will be deleted. When a placed function is deleted, the placing is also deleted at the same time in the graphical editor or layout space.

Note:

Please note that when deleting placed functions, the existing connections in the projects can also be modified. New connections can arise or connections can be deleted.

Rename (tree only)

This menu item allows the renaming of a DT. After renaming, the tree structure is updated. Dependent functions are re-sorted.

Place

Places the selected function in the schematic. Before the actual placing press [Shift] in order to start the placement action in the mode "Individual functions". Press [Backspace] to open the dialog Place device and, if required, for example open the macro selection or change the representation type.

Place functional

Searches for the part macro in the "Functional" representation type and places it as a symbol or macro graphic in the schematic via the subsequent menu. Before the actual placement press the [Backspace] to open the symbol or macro selection and select a different symbol / macro.

Assign

This menu item is available if a project page is open and a DT / function / function template is selected in the navigator. It hangs the function description of the (first highlighted) function on the cursor and allows for this function to be moved to a component and to assign it with a single click. You can, for instance, assign an unplaced function to a component, or transfer the data of an already placed function to another component. An assigned function must have as many or more connection points than the component. If several functions or the DT have been selected, all selected functions can be assigned consecutively. This can be done either individually by mouse-click or blockwise by opening a frame around the required components.

Number DT

Opens the Number (offline) dialog. Allows the definition of the numbering format, numbering range, and numbering of devices.

Edit revision marker

This menu item allows you to edit the revision marker texts and their format. This menu item is only available when a changed object in a revision is selected.

Delete revision marker

This menu item allows you to delete the revision marker texts. This menu item is only available when a changed object in a revision is selected.

Go to (cross-referenced)

Enters cross-referenced functions into the Go to list and opens it.

Go to (all representation types)

Enters all of the representation types of a function (e.g., on a schematic page, an overview page, and / or a report page) into the Go to list and opens it.

Go to (graphic)

Shows the selected object in the graphical editor.

Insert into list of search results

Allows all of the selected objects to be inserted into the search results list. With Find > Show results you can show these again at a later date.

List with preselection (tree only)

Reduces the number of elements displayed in order to allow for a faster orientation in the list view. If this option is activated, the list view is called up with an automatic filter (preselection) containing the elements that are currently selected.

Select in tree (list only)

Displays the marked object in the Tree tab.

Configure representation

Opens the Configure representation dialog, where you define which properties are to be displayed in the list and tree view.

Edit in table

Opens tabular editing, with the possibility of editing the properties of the selected objects.

Properties

Opens the Properties (components): <...> dialog. Allows the editing of the function properties.

Properties (global)

Opens the Properties (global): <...> dialog. Allows the editing of the device properties.

Note:

Via the New device popup menu option it is also possible to select parts from the "Mechanics" generic product group and create them as a device. This results in a mechanical device with unplaced mechanical functions. Mechanical functions cannot be created by using the popup menu items New and New functions because mechanical functions without parts do not make sense.

See also