Creating and Placing Disconnects

Placing and Connecting Plug and Receptacle Representations

In a diagram view, you can place and connect the plug and the receptacle representations of a disconnect.

Before you begin:
  • In Data Setup, assign plug and receptacle representations to the Default Electrical Components Representation resource.
  • Create a diagram view.

The following scenario is also valid when placing the receptacle representation first.

  1. Create a disconnect containing three pins.

    Note: When creating a disconnect, two connector ports are created. Each port has a Style attribute in its properties identifying it as plug or receptacle.

  2. Double-click the diagram view.
  3. In the tree, under Disconnect > Ports, right-click the plug port and select Place in View.
    The symbol associated with the plug part appears and follows your pointer.
  4. Click the diagram view to place the plug symbol.
  5. On the context toolbar, click Display Connector and Pins .
  6. In the Manage Connector and Pins Display dialog box, select the pins to displayed.


  7. Click the plug symbol and click Smart Positioning Harness Connector on the context toolbar.
    The plug and receptacle symbols are connected. The pins of the receptacle are aligned with the pins of the plug, in the same order.

 

See Also
More help on this topic