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Generate Wire Positioned Marker

Automatically positions a marker at the ends or middle of wires, and generates the marker text from the design data.

Usage

Copy

Add a marker at Position of Wire matching <any> using text = Text and color = <no color>

Arguments

Click the colored arguments to configure the constraint. Red hyperlink arguments are mandatory, and green arguments are optional.

See the Marker Constraints Overview for further argument configuration information common to all Marker constraints.

Argument Description
CopyPosition Marker position on the wire: End 1 End 2 Middle
Copy<any> Use to specify a query expression condition to drive the selection of the associated matching object. Click the text to open a popup where you can select: A predefined query from the list. Edit or New — Opens the Condition dialog box, to create or edit a new query. In the Condition dialog box, click the Advanced Editor button (), to open the Edit Query Expressions dialog box and create or edit advanced queries.
CopyText Use to specify a query text expression to drive the required marker text. Click the text to open a popup where you can select: A predefined query from the list. Edit or New — Opens the Text Expression dialog box, to create or edit a new query.
Copy<no color> Use to specify the marker color from the list defined in Library.

Examples

Example

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These constraints add markers at specified positions, including white marker text (combining the wire name and type) on black wires, or black marker text on wires of any other color.

Figure 216: Generated Wire Marker Values

Figure 217: Wire Is Black Query

Figure 218: Wire Is Not Black Query

Figure 219: Marker Text Query

Figure 220: Generated Wire Markers Values

Parent Topic:

Markers

Related Topics

  • Advanced Editor [Capital Project Manager User Guide]

  • Assigning a Rule or Constraint to an Object or Design [Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide]

  • Condition Dialog Box [Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide]

Capital Harness Designer User Guide, 2512

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Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/861057055/202410078.capital_hd_user/id2a845b83-6801-4b7b-883a-ad625ca21a00 · retrieved 2026-07-18