Place Pins Dialog

Box [Non-Shared Objects]

To access: Select an object in the Design Browser or diagram, press the space bar and enter Add Pin, or right‑click an object in the Design Browser or diagram and select Add Pin.

Used to place pins on, or add new pins to, a non-shared device, plug, jack, or inline (including single-instance non-shared objects and design-wide objects).

Objects

Field	Description
Select Pins	Lists the pins that can be placed on the object. If the As Reference option is selected or the “Disallow pin/port duplication within a design” project preference is cleared: For objects without library parts associated all the pins on the object are listed. For objects with library parts associated all the pins in the library part definition are listed. If As Reference is cleared and the “Disallow pin/port duplication within a design” project preference is selected: Unplaced pins and pins that have reference instances but no non-reference instances are listed. Stud pins are listed. For objects with library parts associated pins in the library part definition that are not placed on the object are listed. Note Unplaced pins are created when you: Delete an instance of a shared object or design-wide object that has pins and is not the last remaining instance of the object. Delete a stacked pin but retain the individual pins. See Deleting a Stacked Pin. Press Ctrl when deleting a pin. Unplaced pins are listed in the Unplaced Pins folder under the object in the Design Browser. If the “Purge unplaced objects on Save” project preference is selected unplaced pins on non-shared objects are deleted when a design is saved. Modular insert pin names display the blocked cavity and pin numbers separated by a colon “:” to indicate the hierarchy of pins within inserts. See Modular Connectors. If the object has a library part, the pin icons of pins in the library part definition that have not been placed on the object as non‑reference pins are dimmed. Select or multiselect the pins to place on the object. If you choose to place pins individually on the diagram, they will display in the order selected in this table. See also Select Pins Table.
Symbol View / Connector View	Displayed only for objects that have an associated symbol. Displays a zoom-able view of the associated symbol. If the object has multiple symbols associated you can select an alternative one from the Symbol dropdown list. Modular connector symbols show the face views of the connector, modular inserts and pins defined in the Capital Component Manager. See Select Pins Table to cross-highlight pins in the symbol and the table. Read-only.
Place	Specifies how you want to place the pins on the object instance: Individually Manually place the selected pins one-by-one. When placing pins on the diagram, they will display in the order selected in the Select Pins table. As Stack Place all the selected pins as a single Stacked Pin. Unavailable if As Reference is selected. Note You cannot add a reference pin to a stack. See Stacked Pins. This video demonstrates how to add pins as a stack: As Group Place all the selected pins as a group in one click. The pins are placed as individual pins next to each other. You can control the spacing and order of the pins using modifier keys which are described in a tooltip that is displayed when placing the pins. This video demonstrates how to add pins as a group: When indicated by a tooltip, you can press the Shift or Ctrl keys to change between placing Individually, As Group, or As Stack when you place the pins.
With Conductor	You can automatically generate conductors based on the signals defined in the ICD if the project preference “Generate conductors on ICD pins” is selected, even if the signals have no connected endpoints. If the project preference is not selected then this option will not be displayed on the dialog box. See Automatic Generation of Conductors.
As Reference	Specifies whether the selected pins will be added as reference pins (selected) or not (cleared). The pins displayed in the Select Pins table may change depending on whether or not As Reference is selected. See “Select Pins”, above. See Reference Pins.
Place	Unavailable if no pins are selected in the Select Pins table. Click to place the selected pins.
Create	Not displayed for objects with library parts. Click to add a new pin.

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Pin Dialog Boxes

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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