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Tip:Inthe Graphicalpreview,thepagesyouhaveselectedinthePagenavigatorareshowninareducedview. Using thiswindow,youcan,forinstance,quicklysearchthroughallthepagesofaproject. PopupmenuInmany placesintheprogram infieldsofwindowsordialogs,inanopenedpage youcanopenupapopupmenu byrightclicking. Ifmenuitemsarepresentinthepopupmenuofafieldwhichgobeyondthestandardfunctions,youcan seethatfroma"popupmenubutton". ToolbarsAs standard,thetoolbarsarelocatedbelowthemenubarandconsistofbuttonsallowingyoutodirectlycall upthemostimportantEPLANfunctions.
Whenyoupointthemouseatamenuitemora buttoninatoolbar,abriefinformativetextrelatingtotheactioncalledbythiscommandisdisplayed here. Ifyouhavethecursorinanopenedpage,thestatusbarshowsyouinformationaboutthecursor position,grid,andlogicalstatus,alongwithdataaboutthecurrentlyselectedelement,insomecases.
Onlogicpages suchasthis schematicpage ,thecoordinatesareenteredingridincrementsandongraphicspages,theyareenteredin millimetersorinches. Devicedatais reportedonlogicpages. Inthemaximizedviewofthemain window,thediagonallinesarenotshown. Toshowthem,thewindowmustbereducedinsize,forinstance usingthebutton. ChangingtheUserInterfaceYoucanchangetheviewoftheuserinterfacetofityour ownworkhabits.
Youcanpositionanyofthese"Windows" in anundockedstate ,andeveryotherdialog,bypullingthetitlebarofthedialogtothedesiredposition whileholdingdowntheleftmousebutton. Nextclickthetitlebarofthe Pagenavigatorwiththeleftmousebuttonandkeepthebuttonpressed. Press[Ctrl]to avoiddocking,andpullthePagenavigatortoafreepositionontheWindowsDesktop. Ifthebordersof therespectivecontrolelementaredisplayedwithathickline,EPLANpositionsthecontrolelementasan independent,undockedelementontheWindowsdesktop.
Repeatthisprocedureforadditionalcontrol elements. Practicedocking controlelements,too. Todothis,clickthetitlebarofthedesiredundockedcontrolelement e. Thiswillbeahorizontalorverticalline,dependingonwhetheryouwishtopositionthecontrolelementat thetop,bottom,left,orright. Whentheprogramisexited,EPLANsavesthelastsettingsoftheseelements docked,undocked,size, position andrestoresthemthenexttimetheprogramisstarted. Moreover,anothertoolbar "Symbols" hasbeenhiddenandtwomoremovedaroundinsidethe mainwindow "Graphics","Connectionsymbols".
Toavoidunnecessarilyreducingthesizeof yourEPLANuserinterface,youhavetheoptionofhidingthetoolbarsyoudon'tneed. Clicktheright mousebuttononafreeareainthemenubarortoolbar. Selectthe Standardtoolbar,forinstance,andclickthecheckboxinfrontofthetoolbarname.
EPLANclosesthe popupmenuandhidesthetoolbar. Practice displaying unhiding toolbarstoo. Todothis,callupthepopupmenuagainandclickonthenameofa hiddentoolbar e. Youcanalsousethisdialogtocustomizeandextendthepredefinedtoolbarsandcreateyour owntoolbars. Weprovideyouwithafewpredefinedworkspaceswhichyoucanuseastemplatesforyourown workspaces. Fromthe Schemedropdownlist,selecttheentryConnectionsasanexampleofaworkspace.
BesidesthePagenavigator,themainwindownowalsocontainsthetwo windowsPotentialsandConnections. Inthesespecialnavigators,allthepotentialsandconnectionsofa projectareshown. The Workspacedialogopens. Youcanfindmoredetailed informationabouttheuserinterfaceforinstance,howyoucandefineyourownworkspacesinthe EPLANonlinehelp.
Projectsarestoredand organizedinaspecialdatabase"ProjectManagement". Allobjectsinaproject pages,devices,andfunctions mustbeidentifiedandplacedina hierarchicalstructurewithintheproject.
Inahierarchicallyarrangedprojectstructure,forinstance,you canstoreandfindpagesanddevicesmoreeasily. Theidentifiersforprojectstructurearecalled"structure identifiers". For instance,thestructureofpageidentifiersanddevicetagsarestoredinaprojecttemplate. Evenasabeginner,youcanusetheProjectwizard toquicklyandeasilygetresults. InthedialogofthewizardtheCreateproject Wizard dialogyou canenteralltheprincipaldataforanewprojectstepbystep. TheCreateproject Wizard dialogopens. IntheProjectnamefieldonthefirsttab,enterthe nameforyourfirstproject.
To dothis,click[ By default,yourprojectsaremanagedintheProjectsdirectoryina"companyfolder"createdduring installation intheillustration,theCompanycodefolder.
Selectthis"companyfolder"andclickon[Make NewFolder]. Anewfolderiscreatedbelowthecurrentlyselected"companyfolder",whosetemporary nameNewFolderishighlightedwithaneditframe.
Todo this,clickthe[ Ifyoudon'tselectatemplatehere,youwill notbeabletoperformanymorestepsintheProjectwizard. TheOpendialogisclosed,andthenamefortheprojecttemplateis acceptedfortheTemplatefield. Thetemplateandlocationnowbeingusedwillthenbethedefaultsnext timetheProjectwizardisstarted. TheImportingproject dialogopens. Thisproceduremaytakesome time. Projectsformthefirstlevelinthetree icon:. Thelevelswiththeprojectpagesaretypically belowthelevelwiththeprojectname.
Theselectedprojecttemplateenableshierarchically arrangedstructuresforallobjectsintheproject. Structure identifiersforthe"higherlevelfunction"andthe"mountinglocation"areusedtoidentifypagesand devices.
Thiswill,forexample,bevisiblelaterwheneditingthepagepropertiesintheFullpagename dialog seepage There,youwillalsoread howtoassignstructureidentifiersforthepages. Note:OnceyouaremorefamiliarwithEPLAN,youcan usethedifferenttabsoftheCreateproject Wizard dialogtochangethedefaultsettingsfromtheproject templateregardingstructure,numbering,andproperties. Inthischapter,youwilllearn howtocreatepagesandedittheirpageproperties.
The pagetypeisgenerallyassignedwhenthepageiscreated,butitcanalsobechangedlater. Aschematicmultilinepageisapageforwhichtheschematicdocu mentationhasmultilinesymbols. Ithasspecialeditingcapabilitiesforthecreationandanalysisof schematicdiagrams. Whatis agraphicaleditor? Agraphicaleditoristhepartoftheprogramyouusetocreateandeditschematicsand mechanicaldrawings. Besidesthewindowinwhichthepageis displayed,themenubaralsohasnumerousprogramfunctions suchastheInsertmenu availablefor graphicalediting.
Ina"maximized" view,thewindowoftheeditorfitsintothemainwindowinsuchawaythatthetitlebarisintegratedinto themenubarofthemainwindow seealsotheillustrationonpage ThePagetypefieldisautomaticallyprepopulatedwithSchematicmulti line I. Note:BasedontheBeginner modeselectedintheSelectscopeofmenudialog,youusefieldsthatallowmultilingualentries e. Thisfunctionprovidesyouwith thewholewordbasedonthelettersyoutypein. InthetreeviewofthePagenavigator,selectthe1Power supplypage. Mostproperty fieldsalreadyhavevalues.
EPLANacceptsthepropertiesoftheselectedpageandautomaticallysuggests thenextfreepagefortheFullpagename. Thecontentsofsomepropertiesfields suchasthePagedescriptionfield aredeleted. TheautomaticallysuggestedFullpagenameandthe prepopulatedPagetypearekept. TheAddpagetype dialogopens. InthePagedescriptionfield, enterthetextCoversheet. FortheFormnameproperty,clickintheValuefieldnexttoit,andthenclick thebuttonthatappears.
Novalueneedstobe enteredforthePlotframenameproperty. Theplotframeusedforapageisalreadypredefinedinthe projectsettings. Theotherdisplayedproperties,ScaleandGrid,arealreadyprepopulatedwithcorrect entries.
ThecoversheetisshowninthetreeviewofthePagenavigatorandopenedinthe Graphicaleditor. ClosingapageSinceyoudon't immediatelyneedthesecondschematicpage,closeitagain.
The page3ControlET1isclosed. InthetreeviewofthePagenavigator,selectthepage2 Coversheet. The coversheetoftheprojectisshown. Thisisthecase,ifinthe Viewmenu,youactivatedthemenuitemWorkbook. InthePagenavigator,youcanrecognizetheopened pagefromthefactthatthepagenameanddescription 2Coversheet arenowinbold.
Tip:Toopenapage selectedinthePagenavigator,youcanalsodoubleclickonthepageorpressthe[Enter]key. Openthe page1inthesameway. Thiswillautomaticallyclosethefirstpageanddisplaytheemptyschematicinthe Graphicaleditor. Forinstance,selectpage2again,thenfromthepopupmenuofthePagenavigatorselectthemenu itemOpeninnewwindow. Forevery openedpage,atabisshownbelowthegraphicaleditorwindow. Youcanquicklyswitchbetweenpagesby clickingthesetabs.
Inthefollowingsection,wedescribehowyoucanassign theidentifierbyeditingthepageproperties. InthetreeviewofthePagenavigator,selectthecoversheet page2Coversheet. Todothis, clickthe[ Here, youcanenterthestructureidentifierandthenameofthepage e.
EnterthevalueANLinthe Higherlevelfunctionfield. InthePagename field,changetheentryfrom2to1. Thestructure identifiersareacceptedforthefieldofthesamenameinthePagepropertiesdialog. InthePage propertiesdialog,click[OK].
Forthe"Higherlevel function"structureidentifierlevelwiththeidentifierANL,theiconwillbeusedandforthe"Mounting location"levelwiththeidentifierDBT,theiconwillbeused.
Repeatthisactionfortheschematicpage page1and3. IntheFullpagenamedialog,asthestructureidentifierfortheHigherlevelfunction, enterthedesignationANLagain. FortheMountinglocation,enterthedesignationSCPfortheschematic pages. Nowallpages intheprojecthavestructureidentifiers. YoumayfirsthavetoenlargethePagenavigator windowalittlebeforeyoucanreadallthepagedescriptions. Note:Ifyouhavemadeachangeduringpage editing forinstance,changedpageproperties,insertedgraphicalelements,etc.
Thereisnoseparatesavenecessary,andsothereisnocorrespondingmenuitemin theprogram! Youwillalsolearnhowtoopenandcloseaproject,andyouwilllearnafewbasic commandsforviewingandeditingaproject. Here,theprojectsareshownwhicharelocatedinyourpredefinedproject directorybydefault. Thepagedescriptionis displayedinthePagenavigator.
First, pagethroughthepagesofthisextensiveproject. Thecurrentlyselectedlevelinthetreeviewwillbeopenedor closed. Forinstance,ifyouwantto showallthepagesofaprojectinthetreeatonce,thenselectthe closed levelwiththeprojectname,and pressthe[X]keyonthenumericblockofyourkeyboard. Foralargerproject,thisprocesscantakesome time.
PagingThroughtheProjectPagesUsingtheappropriateprogramfunctions,youcanlookatthe pagesofaprojectoneaftertheotherintheGraphicaleditor. Repeatthisactionafewtimesandlookatthecontentsofthepagesinthe Graphicaleditor. Ifthetreestructureinthe Pagenavigatorwasnotyetcompletelyopened,thiswillbedonewhilepagingthroughthepages. Thepage nameandthedescriptionofthecurrentlyopenedpagearehighlightedinboldinthePagenavigator. TurningonthegriddisplayAglanceatthetwo menuitemsViewandOptionswillshowyouthatinEPLANtherearenumerousprogramfunctionswhich makeiteasierforyoutodrawschematics.
Youcanworkwithagridtomakethepositioningofelements easier. Ifthisoptionisactivated, thegraphicalelementsandsymbolsarepositioneddirectlyonthegridpointsofthegridduringthe drawingprocess. Inthegraphicaleditor,youcan modifythegridsizesetbydefaulttotherespectivepagetype. UsingthetobuttonsintheViewtoolbar, youcanswitchbetweenfivedifferentgrids,forwhichdifferentgridsizeshavebeenstoredintheuser settings.
PleasekeeptheSnaptogridoptionactivatedduringthesubsequentschematicgenerationanduse GridCwiththedefaultgridsize4. The"ON"or "OFF"textinthestatusbarinfrontofthegridsizeindicateswhetherthesnaptogridisactivatedornot seeexampleregardingstatusbaronpage Theuseofgridsnapisindependentofthegrid displayoptions.
Ifthisviewbothersyoulaterwhencreatingtheschematic,thenturnthegriddisplayoffin thesameway. Forschematicediting,itisoftena goodideatoenlargeacertainscreensegmentinordertobeabletoseedetailsbetter. Forinstance,youcan usethe"windowzoom"inordertoshowacertainwindowsegmentinanenlargedview.
In additiontothemousepointer,amagnifyingglasswillalsobedisplayed. Leftclickthemouseinthe upperleftcorneroftheschematic,andusethemousetoopenanareawhichincludesaboutaquarterofthe schematicpage. Clicktheleftmousebutton again. Bydefault,duringscrollingthemousewheel actsinthesamewayyouarefamiliarwithfromotherCADprograms. Inthesettings,youalsohavetheoptionofchangingthe scrollingbehaviorsothatitmatchesthebehavioroftexteditingprograms. Inthiscase,whenyouscroll withthemousewheel,thevisiblesectionofthepageismovedupwardsordownwards.
Theelementisdisplayed inadifferentcolor. Belowthesymbol,asmalltextwindow Tooltip isdisplayedwithinformationabout theelement. Youcan,however, usetheUndocommandtoreinserttheelement. Note:When editingelementsintheGraphicaleditor,besidestheusualWindowsoperatingmethods firstselect elements,thencallcommand ,inmostcasesthereverseorderofoperation firstcallthecommand,then selectelements isalsosupported.
Thebox withtheredXisthesymbolassignedtothedeletefunction,andtheboxwiththedashedlinestandsforthe areatobeselected. Leftclickthemousebutton ontheupperleftoftheelement,andusethemousetodragaframearoundQ1. TheelementQ1is removed. IfyourcursorisinthePagenavigator,thentheprojectforwhichyouhaveselectedone ormorepagesisclosed. Note:PleasenotethatthemenuitemCloseinthepopupmenuPagenavigator onlyclosesthepagecurrentlylocatedintheforeground. Tip:In theProjectmenu,beneaththemenuitemPrint,alistofthelastprojectsopenedisdisplayed.
Youcanuse thislisttoopenacorrespondingprojectwithoutneedingtousethemenuitemOpen. Nowthatyouhavelookedatthecomplicateddemoprojectinthischapter,inthenexttwomainsections youwillcreateamuch"simpler"schematic. By default,symbolsdonotcontainanylogicaldata.
Whatisa component? Itconsistsofthe functionandsymbol. A componenthasadevicetag,connectionpointdesignations,andsoon. Devicesare logicalelectronicorfluidtechnicalunitsthatworktogether. Dependingonthepagetype,acertaincoordinatesystem willbethedefault. Onelectricalengineeringschematicpages,thecoordinatesystemisofthetype, Electricalengineering. Thecoordinates areindicatedingridincrementsRXandRYanddisplayedinthestatusbar.
Anglesandotherelements Tnodes, interruptionpoints,etc. The Coordinateinputdialogisclosed. Youcanimmediatelyinsertmore angles. Notes:Intheentire sampleproject,weplacethedifferentschematicelementsintopreciselydefinedpositionstomakeit possibletocomparetheresults. Thiskindofdeterminationofinsertioncoordinatesisnotabsolutely necessarywheneditingyourownschematics. Todothiswheninsertingasdescribedaboveyoucan useCoordinateinputorpositiontheelementsatthegivencoordinatesusingthemouseorthecursorkeys.
IfyouusetheCoordinateinputdialogtodothis,eachelementisdirectlyplacedafterconfirmingthe coordinateswith[OK]. Ifyoupositiontheelementusingthemouseorkeyboard,thenafterpositioningyou muststillleftclickorpress[Enter]inordertoplacetheelementonthepage. Pleasenotethatwhen insertingtospecificcoordinatesoutsideofthecoordinatesystemsinuse,thegridsizebeingusedwill alsoplayarole. If, forexample,inthePagepropertiesyouchangedthedefaultGridfrom"4.
Oncetheconnectionpointsoftwoanglesymbolsaredirectly horizontally orvertically alignedintheschematic,theyareautomaticallyconnectedwithaconnection line. Thisiscalled"autoconnecting",inwhichtheconnectionlinescreatedthiswayarecalled "autoconnectlines". Onlytheseautoconnectlinesarerecognizedandreportedaselectricalconnections betweensymbols.
Autoconnectingisalwaysperformediftheconnectionpointsoftwosymbolsarealigned horizontallyorvertically. Wheninsertingandmovingsymbols,apreviewoftheautoconnectlinesis shown. InsertingPotentialConnectionPointsThepotentialsintheschematiccanbedefinedbypotential connectionpoints.
Thesymbolforthe potentialconnectionpointhangsonthemousepointer. TheProperties components : Potentialconnectionpointopens. OnthePotentialdefinitiontabinthe propertiesdialog,fortheNameofpotential,enterthevalueL1. Thepropertiesdialogis thenclosed. Afterthesymbolsareplaced,adifferentsymbolvariant mustbeselectedinthepropertiesdialog.
Tip:Iftherearedifferentvariantsofa symbol suchasforapotentialconnectionpoint ,thenyoualreadyhaveseveralpossibilitiesduring positioningtoselectbetweenthedifferentvariants. Forinstance,ifthesymbolishangingonthemouse pointer,youcanpressthe[Ctrl]keyandmovethecursorinacircle. Onceyouhavedecidedonavariant,firstreleasethe[Ctrl]key,thenclicktheleftmousebuttontoplace thesymbol.
Adifferentwaytopagebetweenthevariantsavailableconsistsofpressingthe[Tab]keywhile inserting. Foreach direction,therearethenfourvariants. Theinsertionpointsofallplacedschematicelementsare shownintheschematicas"blacksquares". TheT noderightdialogopens. Tips:Forfastdisplayandhidingoftheinsertionpoints,youcanalsousethe[i] key. Bydoubleclickingtheinsertionpoint,youcanalsoopentherespectivepropertiesdialogandthen editthepropertiesforothersymbols,textsandgraphicalelementsthatareplacedinthegraphicaleditor.
Therectanglehangson themousepointer. Clicktheleftmousebuttonto determinethestartingpointoftherectangle. Note:Wheninsertinggraphicalelements,asmalltextwindowforinputting numbersisdisplayedonthecursorbydefault. Thevalues enteredintheinputboxrelatetothegraphicalcoordinatesystemwithitsoriginatthebottomleftand whichisreportedin"mm"or"inch",accordingtothepresetdisplayedmeasuringunit.
IftheInputbox functionisenabledintheOptionsmenu,youcanusetheinputbox,forexample,topositiongraphical elementsquicklyandpreciselyongraphicalpages. Onsuchpages,thegraphicalcoordinatesystemis preset. Clicktheleftmousebuttontodeterminethestartingpointofthefirstlineof therectangle. To"visually"highlighttheactionline, changetheformattingpropertiesofthelinesinserted.
Doubleclick,forinstance,onthe"PE"line the firstline. Changethe settingshere. Todifferentiatethelines,selectdifferentformattingproperties e. Inthetreeview, symbolsaredividedneatlyintodifferentgroupsbasedontheirfunctiondefinitions. Here,youcanpage throughthedifferentgroupsuntilyoufindthesymbolyouwant. Example:Thefollowingillustration showssymbolselectionthroughthetreeviewforthefirstdevicetobeinserted.
Ontherightsideinthedialog,theSymbol selectionpresentsyouwithapreview. Onceyouhaveselectedthedesiredsymbolinthepreview,you canthenacceptitwithadoubleclick.
Forthesampleproject,weareusingasymbolselectionfromthelist view. Note:Thesymbol selectionviadirectentrydescribedbelowworksonlyifyouleavethecolumnsofthelistconfiguredsothat thenameofthesymbolisinthefirstcolumn. TheSymbol selectiondialogisopened. Toreducethenumber ofsymbolsshown,selectafilternow. Todothis,fromtheFilterdropdownlist,applytheIECsymbols, multilineentry.
Thevarioussymbolsare managedinsocalled"symbollibraries". Afteryouenterthefirstcharacter,the cursorjumpstothefirstsymbolwhosenamebeginswiththatcharacter,andselectsit. Theselectedsymbol isdisplayedinthepreviewwindowontherightside,withallexistingvariants. Thefirstvariantofeachis selectedinthepreviewwindow. Inthelist,selectthethreepole switchQ1andclick[OK]. Thesymbolhangsonthemousepointerandcanbeplacedonthecurrentpage intheGraphicaleditor. DeterminingpropertiesAfterplacingtheswitchonthepage,the Properties components dialogopens.
ThefieldsDisplayedDT,Connectionpoint designation,andConnectionpointdescriptionarealreadyprepopulatedwithentries. Enterthevalue 16AintotheTechnicalcharacteristicsfield. Intheschematic,youalsosee theconnectionpointdesignationsenteredandthefunctiontext. Tip:TocallupSymbolselectionquickly, youcanalsousethe[Insert]keyorthebutton Symbol intheSymbolstoolbar.
Insertingothergeneral devicesProceedinthesamefashionasaboveforthecomponentslistedbelow. Inthelistview,select Symbolselectionusingdirectentry. Todothis,enterthesymbolnamegivenbelowforeachone,and leavetheIECsymbols,multilinefilterfilteractivated. Beforeyoucanthenselectadifferentsymbol,youmustfinishthe actionandthencallSymbolselectionagain.
Positionthesymbolsonthegivencoordinatesandfillinthe propertiesofthecomponentsinserted,ifnecessary. Theentriesoftheprepopulatedpropertiesaregivenin parenthesesinthefollowinglisting. InsertingTerminalStripsandTerminalsTerminalsareakindof deviceand,likegeneraldevices,canonlybeinsertedintoyourschematicusingsymbolselection. IntheSymbolselectiondialog, selecttheListtab. Theterminalsymbolhangsonthemousepointerandcan beplacedonthecurrentpageintheGraphicaleditor. TheProperties components :Terminals dialogopens.
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