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Schematic Diagram Generator

Dialog Box

To access: In the Project Browser window, open the project, and then right-click the project name and select Generate Diagrams.

The dialog box contains four tabs to specify the settings used to generate diagrams for all designs in a project.

Note

This action works only for generating diagrams for logical designs.

Figure 168: General Tab

Figure 169: Component Styling Tab

Figure 170: Layout Styling Tab

Figure 171: Prototype Tab

Objects

Field	Description
Export	Exports the settings of all fields on all tabs of this dialog box to a configuration file. See Exporting Configuration Settings for further details.
Import	Select to import a configuration file which will automatically complete all fields on all tabs of this dialog box with your saved settings. See Importing Configuration Settings for further details.
General Tab	Specifies various diagram settings to apply to the diagrams to be created. The settings can also be applied to existing diagrams.
Border Selection	Select a border to be used on the generated diagrams. Select [No Border] to generate the diagrams without a border.
Horizontal	Specify to align the border with the left, right, or center of the connectivity on the diagram.
Vertical	Specify to align the border with the top, bottom, or center of the connectivity on the diagram.
Regenerate Existing Diagrams	Select to regenerate any existing diagrams based on the currently specified settings.
Run Segment Overlay DRC	Select to run a design rule verification for overlaying conductor segments.

Field	Description
Component Styling Tab	Used to specify the required styling to use for objects on the generated diagrams. By default, Capital Schematic Generator for Logic Designer uses the Default style set for Capital Logic Designer. On the Component Styling tab, you can edit the default style set, or selected style set but note that the changes will apply to any designs using the style set, and is visible if this style set is viewed in Capital Project Manager. Refer to the Diagram Styling User Guide for full information about the style set configuration options displayed on this tab and how to edit them. If you have a license to use Capital Styling, you can click the Style Set dropdown list, at the top of the tab, to select a different style set, if available. Click the ellipsis button (...) to open the Style Sets Dialog and edit an existing style set, or create a new style set.

Field

Description

Component Styling Tab

Used to specify the required styling to use for objects on the generated diagrams. By default, Capital Schematic Generator for Logic Designer uses the Default style set for Capital Logic Designer. On the Component Styling tab, you can edit the default style set, or selected style set but note that the changes will apply to any designs using the style set, and is visible if this style set is viewed in Capital Project Manager. Refer to the Diagram Styling User Guide for full information about the style set configuration options displayed on this tab and how to edit them. If you have a license to use Capital Styling, you can click the Style Set dropdown list, at the top of the tab, to select a different style set, if available. Click the ellipsis button (...) to open the Style Sets Dialog and edit an existing style set, or create a new style set.

Field	Description
Layout Styling Tab	Used to specify the required styling to use for layout of objects on the generated diagrams. See Specifying Layout Styling When Generating Diagrams for illustrations of the effects of these settings.
Diagram Flow	Set the layout of the components, pins, and conductors on the diagram to flow: Horizontal (left to right). See Figure 152. Vertical (bottom to top). See Figure 153.
Enable Connector Flow	Select to have pins only on the sides of devices and connectors that follow the direction of the Diagram flow. On the top and bottom sides in a vertical flow, and on the left and right sides in a horizontal flow. This restricts the connector placement to the sides of devices following the flow. See Figure 154. Clear to have pins on all sides of devices and connectors, and therefore do not want to restrict connector placement on devices. See Figure 155.
Enable Tree Layout	Select to create diagrams using a tree layout that reflects the specified Diagram flow direction. Clear to create diagrams using a graph representation that reduces the overlapping of connectivity and bends in conductors. The following considerations are relevant to this type of layout: Generated diagrams do not have a flow. Pins are not always evenly distributed. Conductors may have 90 degree bends. See Figure 156 and Figure 157.
Enable Device Stretching	Select to stretch devices in the generated diagram to reduce net jogs, and the crossover of conductors. The device height and width exceeds nominal pin grid spacing. Otherwise, do not select. See Figure 158 and Figure 159.
Optimize Parallel placements of Tree Devices	Many devices can directly associate to a single device. Select to graphically represent associations by aligning the devices vertically or horizontally. This is considered a one-to-many connection. An example is an ABS module, and its sensors.
Enable Connector Splitting by Proximity	Select to split the graphical representation of harness connectors around the devices to which they belong, if it reduces net jogs, and conductor crossover. Otherwise, do not select. See Figure 160 and Figure 161.
Enable Inline Splitting	Select to enable the creation of individual inline pin pairs. For example, if an inline has ten pins then ten instances of that inline are created. Note: Enabling Inline Splitting normally creates a better layout when compared with a single instance of the inline; however, this should be validated on your data.
Auto Select Border to Fit	Select to automatically choose a suitable border to fit the design.
Connect Indicators with Daisy Chain	Select to connect multiple multicore indicators with daisy chains, to show electrical connectivity of different shields terminating at the same pin. Simplifies the diagram layouts, see Figure 163. The “Connect Indicators with Daisy Chain” option is always enabled when “click and sprout” invokes Capital Schematic Generator for Logic Designer to generate diagrams in Capital Service Explorers. Clear to create individual shield terminals for each multicore. See Figure 162.
Minimum Conductor Length	Specify the minimum distance in grid spaces that can exist between any two devices, connectors, or splices that are connected by a conductor. If a greater length is specified, more white space is displayed between objects on the diagram.
Minimum Device Width	Specify the minimum width in grid spaces for Device display.

Field	Description
Prototype Tab	Specifies an existing Project as a template for the generated diagrams. Any connectivity in the importing designs matching connectivity in the selected Prototype design, adopts the layout from the template. Any unmatched connectivity in the importing design is laid out automatically. If a design (for which diagrams have to be generated) and the template are revisions of the same design, connectivity objects (devices, conductors, and so on) are matched by revisions. Otherwise, connectivity objects are matched by name. Note The following conditions apply when Prototype matching is done during diagram generation. Prototype will be considered when a generated diagram has both the same diagram name and object base id/name. The Prototype design will be ignored for diagram generation if there is any naming mismatch. Direction based layout is not enabled in localized language environments.
Select Prototype Design By	Select Name or Revision to match the designs being imported to the designs in the selected prototype by Name or Revision.
From Project	Displays a list of all projects that are available to be used as a Prototype.

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