Placing/Removing a Components in a Diagram View

You can place or remove a component with a symbol representation in a diagram view.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Activate a diagram view.
See Also
About Diagram View and Symbols

Place a Component

  1. In the tree, right-click a function or a logical component containing a symbol representation and select Place in View.

    Note: if no symbol is associated with the function or a logical component, a default symbol is created in the diagram view.

    The symbol follows your pointer in the diagram view.
  2. Click the diagram view at the convenient place to create the symbol.
    The symbol is placed and a context toolbar appears to let you flip or rotate the new symbol.

  3. Optional: To modify the position of the symbol, select one of the following commands:
    • Flip horizontally
    • Flip vertically
    • Rotate to left by 90 degrees
    • Rotate to right by 90 degrees
  4. Click in the diagram view to validate your creation.

    Note: You can set the Schematic_ManageAutomaticSymbolPlacement opening ID to define if a symbol must be placed automatically or manually and choose the position, rotation and flip of a symbol during automatic placement. For more information, see Managing Symbol Automatic Placement (Schematic_ManageAutomaticSymbolPlacement).

Place Multiple Components with Connections

Before you begin: In Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Functional & Logical Design > Diagram View, select the Automatic connections option from the Place in View of Components section. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: Diagram View.
  1. In the tree, multiselect the function or logical components.
  2. On the context menu, select Place in View.
  3. Click the diagram view at the convenient place to place the symbols.

Remove a Component

You can remove a symbol from the diagram view.

To remove a symbol, port or route from a diagram view, right-click the entity, and then select one of the following options:

  • Remove from View: the symbol is removed from the diagram view, but not from the tree.
  • Delete: the symbol is deleted from the view and from the tree.