EPLAN offers the possibility to automatically place a wiring cut-out when inserting wiring combs in the layout space. To do this, two mounting surfaces must be defined on the outline of the wiring comb in advance. You specify the mounting surfaces by placing outline definition points of the type "Wiring comb front" and "Wiring comb rear" on the outline.
Preconditions:
- You have opened a project.
- An extrusion outline for a wiring comb of the type *.fc2 is stored in the master data.
- Select the following commands: Tab Master data > Command group Outline / Form > Drop-down button Outline (Extrusion) > Open.
- In the subsequent dialog select the outline of the wiring comb.
The outline is opened in the outline editor. - Select the following commands: Tab Insert > Command group Logic >
(Wiring comb front). An outline definition point "Wiring comb front 1.1" appears in the outline editor. - Place the outline definition point on the front of the outline with a mouse-click and with that determine the starting point of the mounting surface.
- At the desired distance of the outline definition point just inserted place another outline definition point "Wiring comb front 1.2" and thus determine the end point of the mounting surface on the front.
- Repeat the procedure for the definition of a mounting surface on the rear of the wiring comb by means of the following command: Tab Insert > Command group Logic > Drop-down button (Wiring comb front) > Wiring comb rear.
Note:
The outline definition points for mounting surfaces must be placed clockwise on the outline of the wiring comb.
- Close the outline editor.
- Stores the outline edited this way in the parts management at the part of the wiring comb in the Schematic macro field of the Properties tab.
- Place a wiring comb in the layout space (for example, on a rail of a wiring system) by means of the following commands: Tab Insert > Command group Devices >
(User-defined rail). And drag the wiring comb to the desired length. Together with the wiring comb the wiring cut-out defined in the outline editor is automatically placed.
Example:
Wiring comb (light blue) with automatically generated wiring cut-out (brown)
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