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As soon as you mark a row with a routing connection in the connection list, the field of the respective row expands and offers a detailed display of all existing connection point information and routing information. In this detailed view the routing connection is visualized by connection point symbols of the source and target as well as by a wire symbol. The routing connection is edited by assigning a wiring status at the source connection point and at the target connection point. Other buttons in the detailed view enable you to visualize the wiring situation in the mounting layout in the 3D viewThe 3D view is a separate display area in EPLAN Smart Wiring. This is always visible when 3D information is available in the loaded project., and call it up in the form of schematic pages or for example send a Connection comment in case of an error. From the detailed view you can also print connection properties for routing connections for the labeling of wires.
Note
If you have selected the wiring mode Sequential in the settings, it is not possible to open the detailed view of any routing connection of the connection list. Only the detailed view of the next routing connection not yet installed can be opened.
Properties
The engineer can store additional connection properties for each routing connection in the project file. After opening the project, the values of the properties are available to you in the detailed view. The following information can be shown:
- Displayed DT and connection point designation source / target
- Connection designation
- Length with unit
- Wire termination processing source / target
- Connection: Type designation
- Remark
- Routing direction source / target
- Minimum tightening torque
- Maximum tightening torque
- Socket size.
Buttons and display elements
To receive more information about the user interface in the detailed view, click or the tap the individual buttons and display elements between the two red lines on the graphic displayed below.
Locating and tracking routing connections in the 3D view
EPLAN Smart Wiring offers the possibility to display and track the connection situation of each routing connection in the selected layout space in the 3D view:
General requirements
- You have opened or continued a project of the *.EPDZ type.
- You have selected a layout space.
Locating routing connections in the 3D view
Procedure
- Mark any routing connection in the connection list.
- In the 3D view the wiring situation and the complete course of the marked routing connection in the mounting layout of the selected layout space is displayed and highlighted in red.
Tracking routing connections in the 3D view
In addition to the pure display, EPLAN Smart Wiring offers the possibility to track the routing track of the selected routing connection in the 3D view:
Procedure
- In the detailed view click or tap the button at the connection symbol of the source or of the target.
- In the 3D view the connection situation at the source or target of the marked routing connection is displayed in the mounting layout of the selected layout space.
- Click or tap the button at the connection symbol of the source or target.
- In the 3D view an animation is started that shows the complete routing track of the routing connection in the mounting layout from the source to the target or from the target to the source respectively.
- While the animation is running the symbol of the button () changes.
- Click or tap to stop the running animation at any point.
- The button takes on the previous state again.
- Click or tap again to continue the animation.
- If you want to view the complete wiring situation of the routing connection from source to target in the 3D view, click or tap the button.
Tracking routing connections on schematic pages
If you are editing an EPLAN Pro Panel project with a 3D mounting layout that contains schematic pages, it is possible to have the schematic pages with the form of the routing connection displayed as an additional guidance.
Note
Note that only schematics of EPLAN Pro Panel Version 2.8 or higher can be displayed.
Preconditions
- You have opened or continued a project of the *.EPDZ type.
- You have selected a layout space.
- You have marked a routing connection in the displayed connection list, so that the detailed view of the routing connection is opened.
- The opened or continued project has schematic information. This is indicated by the button that is not grayed out.
Procedure
- In the detailed view click or tap the button.
- At the right-hand margin of the screen a flyout called Schematics is displayed.
- Depending on the form of the routing connection different numbers of schematic pages with the complete page name are listed in this flyout.
- Click or tap the desired page name in the flyout.
- The schematic page is opened in a separate display window.
- The item that is the source and / or the target of the routing connection is highlighted by a red rectangle.
- At the right-hand margin a preview for further schematic pages of the project appears, if the selected routing connection is part of these pages.
- If necessary, open a further page by marking it in the preview.
- Close the display window by clicking or tapping the cross in the title bar.
- Hide the flyout by clicking or tapping the arrow symbol or in the detailed view of the routing connection again on the button.
Editing routing connections
General requirements
- You have opened or continued a project of the type *.EPDZ or *.XLS / *.XLSX.
- You have selected the desired layout space if the project is based on a file of the type *.EPDZ.
- You have marked a routing connection in the displayed connection list, so that the detailed view of the routing connection is opened.
The editing of a project in EPLAN Smart Wiring is based on changing the wiring status of all the routing connections from "Not installed" to "Installed". The status assignment is carried out by means of the connection symbols in the detailed view. Depending on the working method in your manufacturing team EPLAN Smart Wiring supports the following procedures:
- Separate installation of the wire terminations of the routing connection at the source and the target
- Installation of the complete routing connection, without consideration of the wiring status at the source and the target.
Installing the wire terminations of the routing connection separately
Procedure
- In the detailed view of the first routing connection click or tap the connection symbol of the source.
- Its wiring status changes from "Not installed" to "Installed".
- The complete routing connection that is represented by the button at the right-hand margin of the detailed view, changes its wiring status from "Not installed" to "Partially installed" .
- Click or tap the connection symbol of the target.
- Its wiring status also changes from "Not installed" to "Installed".
- The complete routing connection now takes on the wiring status "Installed" .
- The detailed view is closed, and the detailed view of the next routing connection is automatically opened for editing.
- Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for all further routing connections.
- Confirm the message coming up after the completion of the wiring works.
Installing a complete routing connection
Procedure
- In the detailed view of the first routing connection click or tap the connection symbol on the complete right.
- The wiring status of the complete routing connection and the connection symbols at the source and target change from "Not installed" to "Installed" .
- The detailed view is closed, and the detailed view of the next routing connection is automatically opened for editing.
- Repeat the step for all other routing connections and confirm the message after completion of the wiring work.
Locking / unlocking routing connections
If a wire in an enclosure cannot be installed - for whatever reasons - the associated routing connection in the detailed view can be locked. In that case an assignment of the wiring status "Installed" or "Not installed" at the source or the target of the routing connection is still possible but not for the whole routing connection.
Procedure
- In the detailed view click or tap the button.
- The lock at the button changes ().
- The status display of the routing connection and the button at the right edge of the detailed view take on the color white.
- Click or tap the button again, if you want to unlock the routing connection.
Printing connection properties for the labeling of wires
EPLAN Smart Wiring makes it possible to print the properties of each routing connection to place the data for the labeling at the wire really to be installed, for example in the form of a label. The printing functionality can be called up via the printer symbol from the detailed view of the selected routing connection.
Preconditions
- You have opened or continued a project of the *.EPDZ type.
- You have specified in the Settings for labeling which output data you want to print in which font size and font.
Procedure
- Mark a routing connection in the connection list, so that the detailed view of the routing connection opens.
- Click or tap the button with the printer symbol .
- Select the next dialog of the printer, the page range and the number of the copies to be printed.
- If necessary, specify further printer settings.
- Click or tap Print.
Further information
Sets / shows the status of the routing connection at the source.
Sets / shows the status of the routing connection at the target.
Sets / shows the status of the complete routing connection.
General routing direction from the source to the target.
Locks / unlocks the routing connection for the status editing.
Enables sending a comment about the routing connection to the receiver.
Enables the display of schematic pages.
Shows the connection situation of the routing connection at the source.
Starts an animation, which tracks the routing track of the connection from the source to the target.
Shows the connection situation of the routing connection at the target.
Shows the connection situation of the complete routing connection.
Starts an animation, which tracks the routing track of the connection from the source to the target.
Starts an animation which tracks the routing track of the connection from the target to the source.
Enables printing connection properties for the labeling of labels.