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Managing bridges

SOLIDWORKS Electrical allows you to link two or more terminals using bridges (or jumper). Two methods are available to create bridges, manual or automatic.

Create manually a bridge

You can manually create a bridge, in the graphical interface by using the contextual menu of the wire you want to manage as a bridge or in the terminal strip editor, directly on the terminals.

Contextual menu of wires

To create a bridge in the graphical interface, use the contextual menu of a wire (Create / Delete bridges). When the command is launched, the dockable panel displays options to create or delete a bridge.

To create a bridge, select the wires in the graphical area, on which you want to add a bridge. To select several wires, use the [Ctrl] key. The selected wires appear in the table of the dockable panel. The Delete button allows you to remove one of the selected wires.

Terminal strip editor

To create a bridge in the terminal strip editor, select the terminals you want to link in their bridge column. You can use the Bridges command in the Advanced menu or use the Create bridges command in the contextual menu.

Automatic bridges

The Automatic mode creates a bridge on the terminals which are connected on the same equipotential. In the Terminal strip management in the Bridge creation column, select in the list the mode you want to associate to each terminal strip.

Manual: The Automatic creation mode is disabled and the bridges are manually created by the user.

Automatic: All the terminals which are connected in the same equipotential are automatically linked.

Automatic, only consecutive: It's the same mode as previous, but only on consecutive terminals.

You can also select the bridge creation mode in the Terminal strip properties.

Bridges graphical representation

When the terminal strips are drawn, SOLIDWORKS Electrical uses configuration parameters. The bridges are represented by a line and points linking two or more terminals.



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