Objects with Multiple

Instances

This section describes features that relate specifically to shared or design wide objects.

Cross-References on Objects

When there is more than one instance of a shared or a design wide object, cross-references are displayed next to the instances in the diagram by default, according to the scope or build list selected. Cross-references can also be displayed for re-usable pins on a pin list, but they are not by default.

When a build list is active, any cross-references in the designs in the build list will list only those instances in designs on the active build list. Cross-references in designs not in the active build list show all instances. If there is no active build list, cross-references show all instances.

Note

When a Capital E/E Publisher package is generated, a scope is selected which may include one or more designs / build lists. Cross references are re-evaluated, so the generated diagrams will only show those cross-references that point to designs in the selected scope, removing the remaining ones.

You can use the Project Preferences facility in Capital E/E Publisher to control whether cross-references are displayed for pin lists, conductors and pins. See Project Preferences for more information.

Alternatively, use style sets to control the display and styling of cross-references. See the Capital Diagram Styling User Guide.

The first instance of an object that you created is the home instance by default. The locations of all other instances of the object appear next to the home instance.

The location of the home instance appears next to all other instances of the device. You can have more than one home instance and change which instances are home instances. See Home Instances of an Object for more information.

By default, each cross-reference both for the home instance or other instances is in the format:

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/{DESIGN.NAME}:{DIAGRAM.NAME} {ZONE}

For example:

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/Audio:Audio_1 3-D

In this example, the cross-reference indicates that there is an instance of the device in the diagram Audio_1 of the design Audio. In the diagram Audio_1, the instance is in the zone 3-D.

A zone is only displayed if the diagram has a border that uses zones. See “Adding Zone Areas to a Border” in the Capital Symbol Designer User Guide for more information.

If a net conductor is part of an equivalence set, the cross-reference text lists the designs and diagrams names in which any of the other shared net conductors in the same equivalence set have been placed. Therefore, the cross-reference text also includes the name of the other net conductor.

For example:

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/Audio:Audio_1 3-D:Net-2

In this example, the net conductor Net-2 is in the same equivalence set as the net conductor by which the cross-reference appears. The cross-reference indicates that there is an instance of the net conductor Net-2 in the diagram Audio_1 of the design Audio. In the diagram Audio_1, the instance of Net-2 is in the zone 3-D.

See Highways for more information about equivalence sets.

If you are viewing an instance of an object, you can jump to another diagram where another instance of an object is. See Viewing Another Instance of an Object.

Parent Topic:

Partitioning Diagrams

Capital E/E Publisher User Guide, 2512.2606

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