Symbol Context Menu

General

Option	Description
Symbol properties	Opens the Symbol properties dialog box.
Assign component	Assigns the selected symbols to an existing component.
Move	Allows you to move the symbol.
Cut	Copies the symbol to the SOLIDWORKS Electrical's clipboard and deletes the symbol.
Copy	Copies the symbol to the SOLIDWORKS Electrical's clipboard.
Copy with insertion point	Copies the symbol to the SOLIDWORKS Electrical's clipboard and defines the insertion point.
Hyperlink	Creates and edits a link to an external document.
Delete	Deletes the symbol from the drawing.

Attributes

Option	Description
Edit Attributes	Modifies the symbol attributes.
View Attributes	Displays the symbol attributes.
Assign component	Assigns the selected symbols to an existing component.
Edit cross references style	Opens the cross references configuration dialog box.
Edit symbol terminals	Opens the dialog box to edit the material terminals of the component.

Symbol

The following commands are available in the symbol's context menu, allowing you to edit that.

Option	Description
Update	Updates the inserted symbol in relation to its definition in the Symbol management.
Replace	Replaces the inserted symbol with another symbol in the Symbol management.
Open Symbol	Opens the symbol in the modification interface to change its graphics, attributes, or connection points.
Add to library	Adds the inserted symbol to the Symbol management.
Component Properties	Opens the dialog box to edit the component and allocate the mark, location and function, enter data specific to the component, and allocate a manufacturer part.

Component

Option	Description
Change location	Changes the location associated with the symbol.
Change function	Changes the function associated with the symbol.
Insert in terminal strip	Inserts the symbol in a terminal strip. Select the terminal strip in the terminal strip selector.
Assign manufacturer parts	Assigns one or more manufacturer parts with the symbol.
Remove manufacturer parts	Removes the manufacturer parts associated with the symbol.
Insert symbol	Inserts a symbol for this component.
Insert connection label for components	Inserts a connection label associated with the component.

Go to

Option	Description
Go to browser	Displays in the Components tab, the list of symbols associated with the selected component. Use this feature to define a component by a very large number of symbols.

Cabling

Manages the cabling and cabling order.

Option	Description
Wire cabling order	Produces the cabling order upstream or downstream of the symbol
Cable core association	Produces the cable association upstream or downstream of the symbol.

Orientation

Changes the direction of the symbol.

Option	Description
Symbol Rotation	Specifies the rotation angle. Icon Description Specifies a 0° rotation. Specifies a 90° rotation. Specifies a 180° rotation. Specifies a 270° rotation.
Free rotation	Use the mouse to rotate the symbol.
Invert	Makes a mirror image of the symbol.