EPLAN News 2.8

Determining Automatic Function Texts Via a New Block Property

You now have the possibility to create an automatic function text with different properties and separators via a new block property at the functions in the graphical editor. To this purpose the new property Block property: Format (function text, automatic) (ID 20545) is available on the first tab in the property dialog for the properties table.

Benefit:

By means of the new block property you can create the automatic function text in accordance with your requirements. Such a function text can, for example, support you during the configuration of highly complex devices that are distributed throughout the schematic.

As usual with the format properties you use the subsequent dialog Format to specify the properties and separators that are summarized in the block property. For the functions this dialog has been extended by the new format element "Path function text". By using the interface (Next level) you can access the associated path function text and select it as the format element for the automatic function text.

When determining the format in this dialog, you now also have an improved navigation available.

Display in the graphical editor

The display of this function text defined by using the block property in the graphical editor is carried out via the placed property Function text (automatic). If a manual function text was entered at a function additionally, the Function text (automatic) property displays this text.

New check run message

In order to find such functions in a project, at which the function text was manually entered and defined via the block property, the new check run message 007033 is available in the message class 007 "Devices".

Path function text on overview pages

The path function texts are now also reported on overview pages.

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