Creating Equipment Centers

This section describes how to create an equipment center.

An equipment center represents an area (for example, an electrical cabinet) which contains other logical components.

An equipment center consists of a logical equipment center component in the tree plus an optional 3D shape representation in the work area; an equipment center does not have a representation in 2D graph. The equipment center 3D shape representation can be connected via pathway connection points and pathways to other components.

Note: Only one shape representation can be associated to an equipment center.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  1. Open the logical description (2D graph) of your system.
  2. In 2D graph or tree, select the logical component under which you want to create the equipment center.

    If you do not select a logical component, the equipment center will be created under the current active node in the tree.

    You cannot create an equipment center under another equipment center, a space volume, a logical zone or a pathway set.

See Also
Allocating a Logical Component to an Equipment Center

Create an Equipment Center

This section describes how to create an equipment center component in the tree.

  1. From the Component section of the action bar, click Equipment Center .
    In the tree, the Equipment Center component is added.

  2. Optional: Create a 3D Logical Representation of the Equipment Center component.

Create an Equipment Center with Shape

This section describes how to create an Equipment Center component in thetree and a corresponding shape representation in the work area.

  1. From the Component section of the action bar, select the type of shape you want to create:
    • New Component with Box
    • New Component with Cylinder
    • New Component with Sphere
    • New Component with 3D Shape.

    A context toolbar appears in the work area. The type of context toolbar depends upon whether you chose a basic shape (Box, Cylinder or Sphere) or a detailed shape (3D Shape):

    or
  2. Optional: (Basic shapes only, not 3D shapes): To define the dimensions of the basic shape, click and in the dialog box which appears enter the required values and then click Close.
  3. In the context toolbar, select Equipment Center .
  4. Position the shape in the work area using one of the following placement modes:
    • To position the shape on a surface or point, click Select Surface or Point and then select a surface, point or edge in the work area.
    • To position the shape by giving coordinates, click XYZ coordinate . In the dialog box which appears enter your coordinates and then click OK.
    • To position the shape anywhere in the work area, click Selection on Compass Plane (Robot plane) and then select a position in the work area.
    When you have clicked to position the shape:
    • In the 3D view, for basic shapes, the shape appears.
    • In the 3D view, for 3D shapes, the shape axes appear.
    • In the tree, the Equipment Center component and associated Logical Shape representation (basic or detailed) are added.
    Note: Nothing is added to 2D graph.

    In this example, a basic box is created.