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Cross-References and

Composite Symbols

This section explains how cross-references work when a composite symbol is used for a device. The following rules apply:

If the composite symbol, or any blocks within it, have cross-reference placeholders in Capital Symbol Designer, these placeholders are always used (regardless of the Override Symbol Styling setting in the style set that is applied).
The first placed instance of the composite symbol for a connectivity object is set as the home instance. All later instances of the composite symbol for the connectivity object are not set as home instances. However, the home instance can be changed manually.
By default, any instance of a block from a composite symbol is not set as a home instance.
If a connectivity object has been placed on the diagram using instances of the complete composite symbol, instances of blocks from the composite symbol, and instances of parameterized devices (that is, instances drawn without using a symbol), all of these instances reference each other.
A composite symbol can have additional cross-reference placeholders on the symbol blocks in it. If such placeholders exist, the references pointing to other instances of the same block are grouped together and listed at those placeholder locations. If no such placeholders are available, these references appear at the location of the cross-reference placeholder for the composite symbol.
If a composite symbol or block does not have cross-reference placeholders defined in Capital Symbol Designer, the cross-reference is created based on Project Preferences or the applied style set (depending on the Project Preference setting: Project Preferences > Capital Logic Designer > Diagram node > Use Style-Set Cross-reference).
If a block within the composite symbol does not have a cross-reference placeholder defined in Capital Symbol Designer, no new placeholder for that block is created when the block is placed on a diagram (irrespective of the Project Preferences or the applied style set).

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