Creating Slots > Slot

Creating an Empty Slot

You can create an empty slot in a diagram, into which you place a device later.

Procedure

Press Space Bar and enter Add Slot, Add Ground Slot or Add Junction Box.
Position the mouse cursor over a grid point where you want to place one corner of the slot.
Drag the mouse away to place the opposite corner of the slot. A gray rectangle displays. Drag the mouse until the rectangle is the size that you want the slot to be and click the grid point where you want to place the opposite corner.

Results

The line color changes and the slot is added to the list in the Design Browser (Design tab).
When you create a slot in a diagram, it has the following constraint by default:

Do place devices with property matching Object Name = Ruled Object Name

When devices are placed in slots automatically later, this constraint specifies that any devices with the same Object Name as the slot is placed in that slot. You can edit or remove this constraint for a slot as required.

See Overview of Rules and Constraints for more information about constraints and Placement of a Device or Ground Device in a Slot for more information about placing devices.

Note

You can change the slot from a ground slot to an equipment or junction box slot and vice versa.

Parent Topic:

Slot