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Insert terminal strip

Terminals are inserted same way as devices, except that you can insert the terminals one by one or insert all terminals for a terminal strip.

 

Menu: Cabinet layout > Insert terminal strip

Contextual menu of the terminal strip: Insert terminal strip

Contextual menu of the terminal: Insert

 

If the command has been launched from the ribbon, the terminal strip selector dialog box opens to select the one you want to insert.

The dockable panel is modified when a terminal strip is inserted.

The insertion of one terminal is similar to the component insertion. As well as this, you can insert terminals strip accessories by using the component insertion feature (contextual menu).

Specify the symbol to insert

1.     Click on Other symbol to select another symbol apart from the one suggested.

Options

Selected terminal strip: Select the terminal strip to be inserted.

Space between terminals: Enter the offset value between each terminal.

Position of next terminal: Select the direction of terminal insertion in relation to the first terminal.

Hide background: Select this option to hide elements placed behind the one currently being inserted.

Insert only base manufacturer part: This option allows you to insert or not the accessory terminals.

 

2.     Click on the insertion point of the first terminal.

 

The terminal is inserted according to the rail orientation. If the rail is horizontal, the terminal is vertically inserted and if the rail is vertical, it's inserted horizontally.

The following terminals are automatically inserted relative to the first terminal (except if you have inserted only one terminal).

Copying terminals that already exist in the graphical interface automatically creates new terminals. They belong to the same terminal strip as the original terminals.



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