Place Pins Dialog Box

To access: Select an object in the diagram then press Space Bar and enter Place Pin or Place Backshell termination. Alternatively right-click an object in the Design Browser or diagram and select Place Pin or Place Backshell.

Used to place already existing pins or backshell terminations to applicable objects.

Figure 11: Example Place Pins Dialog Box

Objects

Field	Description
Select Pins	Lists the pins that can be placed on the object. If the As Reference option is selected or the “Disallow pin/port duplication within a design” project preference is not selected: For objects without library parts associated all the pins on the object are listed. For objects with library parts associated all the pins in the library part definition are listed. If As Reference is not selected and the “Disallow pin/port duplication within a design” project preference is selected: Unplaced pins and pins that have reference instances but no non-reference instances are listed. Stud pins are listed. For objects with library parts associated pins in the library part definition that are not placed on the object are listed. If the object has a library part, the pin icons for unplaced pins are grayed out, even if they are not placed as reference. Select the pins that you want to place on the object. To select multiple pins hold down the Ctrl key while selecting. If you choose to place pins individually, when you are placing pins on the diagram they will appear in the order in which you selected them in this table. See Select Pins Table for further information about this table.
Symbol View / Connector View	Displayed only for objects that have an associated symbol. Displays a zoom-able view of the associated symbol. If the object has multiple symbols associated you can select an alternative one from the Symbol dropdown list. Modular connector symbols show the face views of the connector, modular inserts and pins defined in the Capital Library. See Select Pins Table for information on cross-highlighting of pins in the symbol and the table.
Place	Specifies how you would like to place the pins on the object instance. Choose from: Individually Manually place the selected pins one-by-one. When you are placing pins in the diagram they will appear in the order in which you selected them in the Select Pins table. As Group Place all the selected pins as a group in one click. The pins are placed as individual pins next to each other. You can control the spacing and order of the pins using modifier keys which are described in a tooltip that is shown when placing the pins. When indicated by a tooltip you can press the Shift or Ctrl keys to change between placing Individually or As Group when you are placing the pins.
As Reference	Specifies whether the selected pins will be added as reference pins (selected) or not (cleared). The pins displayed in the Select Pins table may change depending on whether or not As Reference is selected. See Select Pins, above.
Load shared details	Select this to populate certain columns in the Select Pins table for pins placed in designs other than the current design.
OK	Click OK to place the selected pins. Unavailable if no pins are selected in the Select Pins table. Click cancel to abort the operation.

Parent Topic:

Using Fetch Related and Fetch Related Extended Actions to Complete Wiring Diagrams

Capital E/E Publisher User Guide, 2512.2606

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