Application Interface
Icons in Browsers
Icons are used in browser trees to differentiate different types of folders and nodes. Additional decorations are added to indicate aspects of a node’s status, such as whether a design revision has been added to the working set and whether a design object is shared or frozen.
Project
Browser Icons
| Icon | Identifies |
|---|---|
| Project | |
| Build list | |
| Plans folder | |
| Plan | |
| Study | |
| Platform design folder | |
| Platform design revision | |
| Platform diagram | |
| Functional design folder | |
| Functional design revision | |
| Functional diagram | |
| Logical design folder | |
| Logical design revision | |
| Logical diagram | |
| Capital Wiring Integrator or Capital Systems Integrator design folder | |
| Capital Wiring Integrator or Capital Systems Integrator design revision | |
| Capital Wiring Integrator or Capital Systems Integrator diagram | |
| Harness design folder | |
| Harness design revision | |
| Harness diagram |
Project Browser icons are modified in certain scenarios:
A green dot indicates that a build list or design revision has been added to the working set, or that a design is in a build list that has been added to the working set.
A green check mark in a box indicates that a design revision is the most recent revision of the design.
Design
Browser Icons
| Icon | Identifies |
|---|---|
| Device | |
| Ground | |
| Plug | |
| Jack | |
| Ring Terminal | |
| Modular connector empty position | |
| Modular connector filled position | |
| Butt splice | |
| Center strip splice | |
| Pin | |
| Stud pin | |
| Net | |
| Wire | |
| Center-stripped wire | |
| Shield termination | |
| Shielded multicore | |
| Coax multicore indicators | |
| Oval multicore indicators | |
| Twisted multicore | |
| Twist-commercial multicore indicators | |
| Twist-z multicore indicators | |
| Twist-military multicore indicators | |
| Overbraid | |
| Overbraid indicators | |
| Backshell | |
| Backshell termination | |
| Highway | |
| Single line | |
| Assembly | |
| Block |
Object icons are modified in certain scenarios:
A hand indicates that an object is shared.
A blue snowflow indicates that a shared object is frozen.
An orange circle indicates than an object has an Analysis model attached to it.
An orange check mark indicates than an object has a library part associated with it.
A red arrow indicates that a pin is a reference pin.
A stop sign indicates that a modular connector empty position is blocked.
Blue and red squares indicate that a modular insert blocks a cavity on the parent.
Black dots indicate that a block has an associated design.
Note
The Design Browser icons are also used in the Shared Objects Browser and the Groups Browser.
Shared
Objects Browser Icons
Many of the Design Browser icons are also used in the Shared Objects Browser, as are these additional icons:
| Icon | Identifies |
|---|---|
| Multicore inner cores | |
| Design abstraction |
Symbol
Browser Icons
| Icon | Identifies |
|---|---|
| Device symbol | |
| Backshell symbol | |
| Ground symbol | |
| Splice symbol | |
| Comment symbol | |
| Function symbol |
Note
You cannot add a function symbol to a logical design.
Parent Topic:
Application Interface
Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512
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Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/861057055/202410078.capital_ld_user/idb4918a80-83d1-43cb-b087-ac05cf33d22c · retrieved 2026-07-18