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Creating Device Cross-references

A device may be composed of different items for which different components may be used for the graphical display in the schematic. The components belonging to a device may be distributed over several project pages; in this case we refer to a "distributed display" of the device. All components belonging to the same device receive the same device tag. EPLAN automatically adds a cross-reference to all components with the same device tag.

Preconditions:

  1. Select the menu item Project data > Devices > Navigator.
  2. Select all newly inserted functions in the device navigator.
  3. Select Popup menu > Properties.
  4. In the Displayed DT field of the <Function category> tab of the Properties <...> dialog, specify the DT that is to receive all selected functions.
  5. Click [OK].

    Cross-references are now generated and displayed at the affected components in the schematic. The display of the cross-references depends on the display settings.

Create device cross-references between multi-line and single-line representations

Cross-references can also be created between devices in schematic pages having multi-line and single-line representations.

Preconditions:

  1. Open the multi-line schematic page and insert a multi-line symbol from the Multi-line symbol library.
  2. Enter the device tag into the properties dialog and click [OK].
  3. Open the single-line schematic page and insert an appropriate symbol from the Single-line symbol library.
  4. Enter the same device tag into the properties dialog and click [OK].
  5. Open both pages in separate editors to observe the cross-reference display.

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