Distribute Terminals

The Distribute terminal tool lets you link symbols to specific circuits and pins, simplifying the depiction of complex terminal arrangements in electrical schematics. It offers an intuitive interface for dynamic circuit and pin selection, ensures precise symbol-to-terminal mapping, and improves design accuracy.

You can select a specific terminal when adding a new terminal strip, in addition to selecting the circuit. It distributes a single circuit over multiple schematic symbols.
This functionality is available for terminal components only.

The Distribute terminal tool also lets you change the mapping between symbol connection points and component circuit terminals. This command is enabled when two terminals are selected. You can switch component connections between different circuits.

The Component Properties dialog box contains a Terminal section that has a list of terminals with columns for Circuit, Index, Mark, and Relation.

Distributing Terminal Components

You can use the Distribute terminal tool to manage and switch component connections.

To distribute a terminal:

  1. Click Insert Terminal .
    In the Terminal Mark tab, a node for terminals appears in the right pane.
    • The software groups terminals of the same circuit together and displays available circuits for multilevel terminal components.
    • Partially used circuits appear as with a half-color/half-grey icon in the Component tree, showing only free terminals.
  2. Select a component to associate with the circuit terminal.
  3. In the Manufacturer part and circuits tab, click Distribute terminal to manage and switch component connections.