Draw device boundaries

Single-line tab > Devices group > Boundary
  Schematics tab > Other functions group >  Boundaries menu > Device boundary
  Cabinet Layout tab > Devices group >  Device menu > Device boundary

With this function, you can define variDo the following:ous drawing elements to a device in a drawing. There may be any elements inside the boundaries.

  1. Enter the device ID, or select it from the tree with the button. If you want the device boundary ID to be written as three separate texts (object ID, electrical position and device ID) instead of the ID only, define object ID and electrical position.

    ID only

    		 Object ID, electrical position and ID

  2. Select the shape for the boundary.

  3. On the Appearance tab, adjust boundary appearance.

    • Select boundary color and line type.

    • If you select Show symbol, you can add a raster image or symbol inside the boundary.

      • You can define the color and scaling method for the symbol. In addition to selecting a symbol from the drawing, you can select a Schematics or Layout symbol from the menu. To see the options, either click Select symbol or the symbol pane:

      • Select a raster image by clicking Select image and then selecting Select from disc. The image will be scaled to fit the boundary while keeping the image aspect ratio unchanged. By default, raster images are saved to the Attachments sub-directory in the project directory.

    • You can define the boundary background color by selecting Boundary background color.

    • You can locate the marking text either inside or outside the boundary. You can also define the color for the text.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Draw the device boundary in the drawing.

In the following image, only the device ID has been entered and it has been located inside the boundary. If the sheet object ID is, for example, =4333 and electrical position +MCC1, the full ID of the terminal block is =4333+MCC1-U100-X1:1.

If the ID X1 is not given to the terminal block, the full ID is  =4333+MCC1-U100:1.

All components inside the boundary get the U100 ID. Elements on the border are included in the boundary.

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