Toggling

Multicore and Overbraid Indicators

Multicore and overbraid indicators can span the space between the conductors in the multicore / overbraid or be split into smaller pieces, with one piece on each conductor in the multicore / overbraid.

For example:

You have three devices and two wires as follows:

The two wires are put in a multicore. By default the indicator at the right-hand end of the wires is split.

Note

For overbraids, the indicator is not split by default. You can change the default settings in the Project Preferences in Capital Project Manager or Capital Logic Designer.

You can right-click one of the split indicators and select Toggle Indicator. The indicator changes as follows:

To split the indicator again, right‑click it and select Toggle Indicator. The indicator reverts to its original form.

Considerations When Splitting Indicators

The system considers the distance from the pinlist end. For an indicator placed at a non‑default location as shown below, because the combined distance of the indicators from the right‑hand end of the segment (where they are connected to different pinlists) is less than the distance from left‑hand end, they are considered nearer to the multiple pinlists side, and following the project preference setting, are split as shown below.

However, if the combined length of both the indicators from the left‑hand end of the segment (where they are connected to a single pinlist) is less than the combined distance of the indicators from the right‑hand end of segment (where they are connected to multiple pinlists), the system considers these closer to a single pinlist and they are NOT split, as in the following example.

Considerations When Splitting Indicators

Containing Foreign Segments

There may be cases where individual indicators on a multicore overlap with conductors that are not part of the same multicore. This can happen when an additional “foreign” segment is connected to a device, appearing to join with an existing multicore. To avoid creating confusion, the multicore indicator will not stretch across all the conductors, instead two separate indicators are generated on the diagram.

In the following example, WIRE30 is marked as one group, and WIRE31 and WIRE32 as another. WIRE33 and WIRE34 are not part of the multicore and are not tagged with an indicator.

If a group of multicore wires are split by drawing a foreign segment, removing the foreign segment automatically stretches the indicator back, as shown below.

If you have explicitly toggled an indicator (as shown in number 1) so it has stretched (as shown in number 2), adding a foreign segment (as in number 3) will not split the explicitly stretched indicator.

By default, the “Split indicators” project preference is cleared for overbraids. Therefore, if an overbraid is created with this default option, adding a foreign segment will not split the overbraid indicators.

The system stores this setting when the indicators are created and continues to honor them, as shown below.

See also the “Split Indicator Project Preferences” setting.

Parent Topic:

Multicores and Overbraids

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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