Tab Assembly

In this tab you can assign the positions for the selected assembly, that is, the parts it should contain (so-called assembly items).

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Item number / Supplementary text:

These two properties come from pre-planning: When inserting a hook-up into the project it is transferred from the assembly to the part reference.

Length:

Input in this column is only possible for parts with length specifications (for example cables, connections, lines / conduits, hoses), but not for parts from the "Mechanics" generic product group.

For such a part, for example a cable, you can enter a part of the length here that you have stored at the part itself. If the assembly is inserted as a device into the schematic or is broken up during the part selection, the length entered here for the individual part is transferred into the part reference property Subset / length of the corresponding function and can be output in reports. The transfer, however, only functions for those functions that, because of their function definition, also have their own length field in addition to the part reference properties. These are, for example, cable definition lines and connection definition points.

Notes:

In order for an assembly to be broken up when it is inserted as a device or during the part selection you have to activate the Break up assembly check box in the user-defined settings for the part selection and parts management (the menu path for the settings dialog is, for example: Options > Settings > User > Management > Parts).
If the assemblies are not broken up in the schematic, you can nevertheless list the lengths stored in the parts management in the part assemblies. To this purpose you have to activate the Break up assemblies check box in the settings for part assemblies.

Popup menu:

The popup menu provides - depending on the field type (e.g. date, integer, multilingual) - the following menu items that are, depending on the situation, available for influencing the table or editing the values in the fields. You can find an overview of these popup menu items in the section Popup menu items.

In addition, the following dialog-specific popup menu items are available:

Menu item	Meaning
Clear contents	Deletes the contents of the currently selected cells.
Go to	This menu item is only available for the column Part number. Jumps to the part that is entered in the currently selected cell.

Break up in summarized parts list:

By means of the setting from this drop-down list you specify whether assemblies are to be broken up in the summarized parts list. The default value is the entry "From settings", meaning that the setting is taken from the Settings: Parts dialog. If you select a different setting here, it overwrites those specified in the settings.

Distributed placement of assembly:

Use this check box to control how an assembly is to behave: Activate the check box if the assembly is to be placed in the 3D mounting layout in a distributed manner (e.g., main switch distributed to panel and door). Deselect this check box for other assemblies that are placed together and are defined as an assembly in the bill of materials (e.g., contactors with auxiliary contacts).
Note that a distributed placement does not affect the reports and the behavior in the 2D panel layout.

Note:

The single parts in an assembly later belong to one device in the schematic.