Symbols

In the Device properties dialog, the Symbols tab shows which symbols are assigned to the device and whether they have been inserted into the drawing. On this tab, you can add symbols for the device before inserting an occurrence in the drawing.

• After clicking Add, select whether to select the symbol from a menu, from 3D symbols, from a file, or from the drawing:

  • From menu – Select the desired symbol in the Symbol selection dialog.

    Show/hide procedure

    Do the following:

    1. Select the desired tab:

       	Electrical symbols – This tab shows you all the Electrical symbols available.
       	Symbols in current drawing – This tab shows you the symbols that have been inserted in the active drawing.
       	Symbols in current project – This tab shows you all the symbols in the project.
       	User's symbols – This tab shows you the symbols you have saved with the Save user symbol function or imported from the user icon menus.
       	Favorite symbols – This tab shows you the symbols you have defined as your favorites.

    You can also filter the symbols more by opening and selecting the tree nodes. In the Symbols section, symbols are shown according to your selection.

    2. Double-click the symbols you want to select. Alternatively, right-click them and select Add. The symbols are moved to the selected symbols.

       

    3. Click OK.

       For more information on the Symbol selection dialog, see Symbol selection.

  • 3D symbol – Select the desired 3D symbols in the Symbol selection dialog by double-clicking them and clicking OK. For more information on the Symbol selection dialog, see Symbol selection.

  • From drawing – Select the desired symbol in the drawing. This option is not available in the DB tool.

  • File – Select the document type, and then the symbol. This option is not available in the DB tool.

• You can replace or remove symbols that have not been inserted.

• The type of the drawing affects replacing: If you are replacing a symbol of the same drawing type as that of the current drawing (single-line symbol / single-line diagram, for example), you have the option to select from the drawing or from a menu. If you are replacing a symbol of a different drawing type (single-line symbol / arrangement drawing, for example), you can only select from the menu.

  

• Attributes and their values are read when selecting symbols. For the attributes that create additional information, you can click the button to define when to update or add additional information according to the symbol attributes. The object's text fields 1–4 are also updated according to the E_SYMBTXT 1–4 attributes.

  The options for the setting are as follows:

  • Always – Additional information is always updated.

  • Never – Additional information is never updated.

  • Select – You can select the additional information you want to add/update. After selecting a symbol, the Update selected dialog opens and you can select what you want to update:

    

  The addition/update is done according to your selection as long as you change the setting.