Placing Connector Port Representation

In the diagram view, you can place a connector port representation and display its pins.

The following type of connector port can be placed:

  • Equipment connector
  • Equipment shell
  • Equipment terminal block
  • Terminal

In this scenario, an equipment connector is placed in the diagram view and is connected to the equipment. This scenario is valid for the other types of connector ports.

Before you begin:
  • In Data Setup, assign a connector port representation to the Default Electrical Connector Port Representation resource. For more information, see Electrical Logical Resources.
  • Create an equipment and insert a symbol representation under the equipment.
    Tip: You can also define the representation in Data Setup.
  • In a diagram view, place the equipment representation.
  1. Create an equipment connector. For more information, see Create an equipment connector.
    Once you have validated the creation of your equipment connector, its representation appears and follows your pointer.

  2. Place the connector port representation on the equipment and click.

    Notes:
    • You can also right-click the connector port in the tree and select Place in View.
    • Placing a connector port representation without the equipment representation in the diagram view is also possible.

  3. On the context toolbar, select Display Connector Port and Pins .
    The Manage Connector and Pins Display dialog box appears.
  4. In the Step box, type the step value to define the distance between two pins.

    Note: The default step is defined in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Electrical Sys. Design > Schematic > Symbol Representation. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: Schematic.

  5. In the Offset box, type the offset value to define distance between the top of the connector port and the first pin.

    Note: You can define the default offset during the symbol's creation. For more information, see Defining Customized Connector Representation.

  6. Select the boxes of the pins to be displayed.

    Notes:
    • If the Lock pins multiple representations option is selected in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Electrical Sys. Design > Schematic, the pins already represented in a diagram view loaded in session cannot be selected. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: Schematic.
    • A component whose pins are already placed in view cannot be placed in view if the Lock pins multiple representations option is selected.

  7. Click OK.
    The pins appear on the connector port.

  8. Click anywhere to validate the connector port position in the diagram view.
    The connector port is placed in the diagram view and is graphically linked with the equipment representation. If you modify the orientation of the equipment representation, the orientation of the connector port representation is also modified.
    Notes:
    • If the connector port is not placed on the equipment, the graphical link between the two representations is not created.
    • If all pins of the connector port are displayed, the connector port is displayed with its full representation. For more information, see About Electrical Component Representation.