Capital Wiring Integrator > Slots

Constraining

the Placement of Devices in a Slot

You can use the Place by Attribute/Property constraint to control the placement of logical devices in topology slots based on attribute and property values. This constraint can be used to force the placement of multiple devices in one slot.

Note

You can bundle constraints into rules that you can set on objects. See Rules and Constraints to create rules.

Rules and constraints adhere to hierarchies. That means, if they are set on an object, child objects inherit them. For example, you can set constraints for a diagram so that they are inherited by all objects on the diagram (in this case, all slots and connectors). See Setting Constraints for an Entire Topology Diagram.

Procedure

Select a slot:Press the space bar and enter Properties.

Right-click and select Properties.

Double-click the slot.

The Edit Properties dialog box is displayed.

Click the Rules tab and click the Add Constraint button.The Constraint Selection dialog box is displayed.
Select Place by Attribute/Property and click OK.The constraint is added to the Edit Properties dialog box.
Edit the constraint as required and click OK.

Results

The constraint is applied when Capital Logic Designer designs are associated with the topology diagram and when updated data from the Capital Logic Designer design is synchronized with the topology design.

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