Dialog Symbol selection - <Project name>

In this dialog you have an overview of the symbol libraries and symbols used in the project. It is easy to place symbols on a schematic page using drag & drop, and they can then be edited.

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:

Deactivate: This popup menu item is available if a filter has been set: Resets the filter setting to the "- Not activated -" entry.
Activate <filter name>: This popup menu item is available if the filter setting is "- Not activated -": Reactivates the last active filter.

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:

The tree view lists the symbols in a hierarchical structure.

List:

The list view lists the symbols vertically in columns, where the order and number of the columns shown can be individually configured; you can sort in an ascending or descending manner within any column displayed by clicking once on the column header. The direction is shown in the column header with a graphical icon.

Popup menu:

Menu item	Meaning
Adjust column width (list only)	Adjusts the width of all table columns so that both the headings and column contents are fully legible.
Insert	Inserts the currently selected symbol, i.e., allows placement in the schematic page using the mouse. If a node in the tree is selected then the first symbol in this node hangs on the mouse pointer and can be placed.
Library-oriented (tree only)	Shows the symbol libraries in the upper nodes of the tree. Under them are the function definitions.
Function-oriented (tree only)	Shows the functional categories (such as "Coils and contacts" and "Signal devices") in the upper nodes of the tree.
Name with preceding sign (list only)	If the Name with preceding sign column is automatically displayed in the first position of the list view; the specified identifier of the symbol library along with the symbol name under Preceding sign (Options > Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Management > Symbol libraries) is displayed (e.g. I:SL for an NO power contact of the symbol library IEC_Symbol<X>, whose preceding sign is I in this case). This preceding sign serves to distinguish between the symbol libraries, where EPLAN suggests the first letter of the symbol library. The preceding sign may be duplicated; this allows several symbol libraries to be combined in the list view.
Settings	Opens the Settings: Symbol libraries dialog. Here you select the symbol libraries to be displayed by selecting / deselecting the corresponding check boxes, or select new symbol libraries to be stored (click [...] in the Symbol libraries field), or delete those that you no longer require. You can also specify the preceding sign for the symbol libraries here. (This dialog can also be called up using Options > Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Management > Symbol libraries.)
Configure representation	Opens the Configure representation dialog, where you define which properties are to be displayed in the list and tree view.