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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The
Terminal strips
management shows a list of all the terminal strips contained in
the various locations of the electrical project. You can sort the list according
to the configuration settings.
When you select a location 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 multiselection, such as Delete or Properties.
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In the Terminal strips management dialog box, the following
options appear:
| Option |
Description |
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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 appears that lets you
define the book or folder in which the terminal drawings are
created. |
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Generate drawing. Generates
terminal strip drawings. If these already exist, they are updated. This
command uses the configuration file settings applied to each terminal
strip, supporting a variety of visual representations. |
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Reorder. Lets you sort and
renumber all the terminals of the selected terminal strips. |
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Undo. Lets you cancel the
previous operations. |
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Redo. Lets you 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. Click the header to sort the terminal
strips. |
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Configuration. Lets you manage
the display settings for items in the dialog box. |
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Specify the following filter options to make it easier to locate terminal
strips in larger electrical projects:
| Option |
Description |
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| Mark |
The terminal strip name. Enter a value to automatically filter the
listed terminal strips. |
| Parent |
Enter a component mark for terminal strips belonging to a component.
The list shows only the strips for that component mark. |
| Location |
Click ... to select from current electrical
project locations, or enter a value into this field to automatically
filter the listed terminal strips. |
| Function |
Click ... to select from current electrical
project functions, or enter a value into this field to automatically
filter the listed terminal strips. |
| Destination |
Click ... to select from current electrical
project destinations, or enter a value into this field to automatically
filter the listed terminal strips. |
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In the dialog box, the following options appear in the column:
| Option |
Description |
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| 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 |
Lets you automatically create a bridge on terminals that have the same
equipotential. In the list, select the mode you want. |
| Propagate |
Select to accept that the terminal marks of this terminal strip can be updated
by the Propagate data feature. |
| To draw |
Select the terminal strips that need their terminal drawing either created or
updated. |
| Destination folder |
The book or folder in which the terminal strip drawings are 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. |