Reports and Design rules managements
A report is a list which is useful for production or manufacturing (such
as a list of equipment or cables).
Design rules are lists that can
be used to extract data that does not satisfy the basic design rules for
an electrical scheme (for example, a list of symbols without manufacturer
parts or a list of non-connected wires).
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In order to help you
choose design rule configurations, you can download the Design
Rules.proj.tewzip electrical project in which
the different cases managed by the design rules are listed. |
These two report Management
dialog boxes are based on the same features and are managed in the same
way.
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Menu: Electrical
project > Reports
Dockable panel > Contextual menu of the electrical project:
Electrical project >
Report management |
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Menu: Electrical project > Design rule
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Dockable panel > Contextual menu of the electrical project:
Electrical project >
Design rule management |
In this chapter and the chapters
common to reports and design rules, the generic term Report
will be used to refer both to Report
and Design rule.
Reports retrieve data stored in the electrical project database. The
data can be generated in the form of drawings or exported to different
file formats such as Excel or text files. that can be accessed outside
SOLIDWORKS Electrical.
The reports are based on report configurations that provide layout and
formatting data. SOLIDWORKS Electrical
has a number of standard configurations, although users can create their
own.
The Report management (Design rule management)
allows you to manage the reports you wish to use in the
electrical project. The left-hand side of the dialog box displays the
list of report configurations used in the electrical project. The right-hand
side displays the results of the selected report.
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Add: Allows you
to add a new report
configuration in the electrical project.
Add
similar: Allows you to add a new and similar report configuration
in the electrical project. |
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Delete:
Removes the selected reports. |
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Properties: Edits
the selected report configuration. |
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Schedule: Allows
you to manage the order
in which the reports will be generated. |
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Update:
Updates data of reports when the software is used in Client/Server
mode (data can be modified by another user). |
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Add filter: Opens the Filter edition
dialog box to create a new filter. |
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Edit filter: Opens the Filter edition
dialog box to manage filters. |
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Generate drawings:
Generates or updates the
report drawings. |
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Excel export: Exports to a Microsoft Excel
file the electrical project data using the report configurations. |
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Txt export: Exports
to a text file the electrical project data using the report
configurations. |
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XML export: Exports
to an XML file the electrical project data using the report
configurations. |
Book: Allows you to filter the
report preview on the selected book.
Data row: Select the number
of records that you want to display on the report preview.
Break condition: Select this
option to display the Sort and break column on the report preview. This
column will not be generated in the report drawings.
Using links
The report preview can include links to navigate to the electrical project
elements, such as symbols, location properties or manufacturer parts.
A link is materialized by an underlined blue text. To use the links, click
the text (default link) or use the contextual menu to select the element
(if several objects are associated with the object).
To create links in the reports, use the Go
To setting in the Report configuration.
The action done when you click the link depends on the linked object.
Object |
Action |
Document |
Goes to the drawing |
Component |
Shows the component in the dockable panel (component tab).
Shows all symbols associated with the component (goes to the
symbol in the drawings), including 2D footprint. |
Circuit |
Shows the symbols associated with the circuit. |
Symbol |
Goes to the symbol in drawing, zooming around it. |
Cable |
Shows the line diagram where the cable is reserved (Goes
to the first component connected to the cable).
Shows the cable core in the scheme drawing (Goes to the first
component connected to the cable core). |
Equipotential |
Shows the equipotential in the scheme drawing. |
Wire/Cable core |
Shows the wire in the scheme drawing (Goes to the first
component connected to the wire). |
Manufacturer part |
Shows the symbol associated to this reference and goes to
this symbol (2D footprint, wiring label,
3D component). |
Location |
Opens the location properties dialog box. |
Function |
Opens the function properties dialog box. |