Editing/Mapping Connection Point and Port

Before routing symbols, you can add connection point or graphical ports either from Systems Architecture Design or from Symbol Design.

  • In Systems Architecture Design: These commands are available in the Diagram section.
  • In Symbol Design: These commands are available in the Symbol Edition section.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Route Between Symbols

Edit Connection Point

You can modify the direction of a connection point.

  1. Click Modify Connection Point from the Diagram section of the action bar.
  2. Select a connection point.
    Arrows allowing you to select a direction and an anchor allowing you to fix the connection point are displayed.

  3. Optional: To change the port direction, select another arrow.

    Note: You can also modify a connection point's direction by clicking on the context toolbar.

  4. To lock the connection point position, click Fix/Unfix Connection Point on the context toolbar.

    Note: Locking a connection point position can be done in Symbol Design, Systems Architecture Design.

    The connection point position is fixed and it cannot be moved unless you select Fix/Unfix the Connection Point again.
    Notes:
    • In Symbol Design, pressing Ctrl unfixes the connection point.
    • When the position of the connection point is not locked, you can move the connection point within the symbol's boundaries, represented here by the dotted rectangle.

Map Connection Point with Port

When a stand-alone connection point is created, you can associate it with a port.

  1. In the Diagram section of the action bar, click Port Mapping .

    Note: If the Lock pins multi representation option is selected in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Electrical Sys. Design > Schematic , the Ports dialog box only displays pins which are not represented in a drawing.

    The Ports dialog box opens to let you select the port to be mapped with the new connection point.
  2. In a diagram view, select a connection point.
  3. If needed, you can filter the ports:
    1. Hover the pointer over the column to be filtered and click .

    2. Enter one of the following criteria in the Display Name box:

      Note: You can also select the filter from the list. For each column, it references the five previously applied filters followed by all the available values.

    • To display only elements beginning with abc, enter abc*
    • To display only elements containing abc, enter *abc*.
    • To display only elements ending with abc, enter *abc.
  4. In the list, double-click a port.

    Note: To display only the ports without mapped connection points, select the List unmapped ports option.

    The port and the connection point are mapped.
    Note: The filter can be removed by clicking Clear Filter .