Adding a

Device Without a Library Part or Symbol

You can add a device to a diagram without assigning a library part or symbol to it.

Video

This video demonstrates how to add a device without a library part or symbol and then place pins on the device:

Procedure

1. Press the space bar and enter Add Device Without Pins.The cursor changes to .

2. Click to place the first corner of the device.

3. Move the cursor to position the opposite corner of the device. A shadow box indicates where the device will be added and a tooltip displays the width of the device and the number of pins that can fit on it. Click to place the device on the diagram. Note If you use Ctrl+click to place the opposite corner of the device, pins are added automatically.

Tip To rotate a device you are placing, press R after you click to place the first corner of the device. After placing the device: The device name is displayed vertically to the right of the device. Any pins placed automatically using Ctrl+click are placed on the top / bottom of the device instead of on the left / right.

Results

• The device is added to the diagram.

• Pins are added automatically to the device if you use Ctrl+click to place the device.

Note

If you add a device such that one of its sides is touching the side of a plug that can connect with a device, and the plug has pins, or the side of the device touching the plug has pins, or both, the plug will be mated with the device and matching pins will be added as required.

If you place a device without a library part across the path of a net, wire, or shield termination, pins are automatically created where the conductor enters and exits the device. The conductor is broken and a new conductor with the same properties is created on one side of the device. The two conductors are attached to the pins. This also applies to nets and wires in multicores and overbraids, which are split and retain their structure on both sides of the new device. If there are shields and daisy chains attached, they remain connected to the same pins but may belong to the newly created multicore or overbraid. If the existing multicore or overbraid belongs to an assembly, the newly created multicore or overbraid also belongs to that assembly. In the case of design-wide and shared nets, wires and multicores, the newly-created conductors are created as entirely new non-design-wide, non-shared conductors. That is, they are not created as instances of the design-wide or shared conductor.

Tip

For a description of how to add a library part to the device, see “Assigning a New Library Part to an Object” in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide.

Parent Topic:

Adding a Device

Related Topics

• Object Attributes and Properties

• Resizing a Device or Connector

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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