Terminal strips
SOLIDWORKS Electrical
has a complete terminal strip management system, from the insertion
of terminals in drawings, to the automatic generation of terminal
strip drawings, to cabling the terminals.
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Menu: Electrical project
> Terminal strips
Dockable panel > Contextual menu of the electrical project:
Electrical project >
Terminal strip management |
The Terminal strips management
shows a list of all the terminal strips contained in the various locations
of the electrical project . This list can be sorted according to the configuration settings.
When a location is selected in the list on the left, the right side
of the dialog shows a list of terminal strips in this location. The right
side of the dialog also shows the function, the number of terminals in
the terminal strip, and the terminal strip drawing configuration settings.
Some of these features accept the multi-selection, such as Delete
or Properties.
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New: Creates a new
terminal strip in the selected location. |
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Delete: Deletes
the selected terminal strips. |
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Properties: Opens
the Properties dialog
box for the selected terminal strips. If you select several terminal
strips, the Properties
dialog box displays only the common properties. |
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Edit: Opens the
selected terminal strip in the terminal
strip editor. |
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Destination folders:
Edits the location of the terminal drawings. A dialog box is shown
letting you define the book or folder in which the terminal drawings
will be created. |
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Generate drawing:
Generates terminal strip drawings. If these already exist, they
will be updated. This command uses the configuration file settings
applied to each terminal strip, supporting a variety of visual
representations. |
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Reorder: Allows
you to sort and renumber
all the terminals of the selected terminal strips. |
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Undo: Allows
you to cancel the previous operations. |
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Redo: Allows
you to redo the previous canceled operations. |
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Tree mode: Displays
the terminal strips in a tree view ordered by location or function. |
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List mode: Displays
the terminal strips as a list. A click on the header allows you
to sort the terminal strips. |
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Configuration: Allows
you to manage the display
settings for items in the dialog box. |
Filters
Filters can be applied to make it easier to locate terminal strips in
larger electrical projects.
Mark: The terminal strip name.
Entering a value into this field will automatically filter the listed
terminal strips.
Parent: Enter a component mark
for terminal strips belonging to a component.
The list will show only the strips for that component mark.
Location: Click the [...]
button to select from current electrical project locations, or enter a
value into this field to automatically filter the listed terminal strips.
Function: Click the [...]
button to select from current electrical project functions, or enter a
value into this field to automatically filter the listed terminal strips.
Destination: Click the [...] button to select from current
electrical project destinations, or enter a value into this field to automatically
filter the listed terminal strips.
Columns
Mark: Terminal strips mark.
Description: Terminal strip
description.
Parent: A list of parent components
for terminal strips that belong to a component.
Location: Terminal strip location.
Function: Terminal strip function.
Number of terminals: The number
of terminals in the terminal strip.
Bridge creation: Allows you
to create automatically a bridge
on terminals that have the same equipotential. Select in the list, the
mode you want.
Propagate: Check the box if
you accept that the terminal marks of this terminal strip can be updated
by the Propagate data
feature.
To draw: Check the terminal
strips that need their terminal drawing either created or updated.
Destination folder: The book
or folder in which the terminal strip drawings will be created.
Configuration: The configuration
file associated with a terminal strip, used when generating the terminal
strip drawings.
State: The current terminal
strip status, and the effect that generating the terminal strip drawing
will have.