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Place Device Dialog

Box

To access: Right click a device(s) or ground device(s) in the Logical Designs Browser (Function tab) and choose Place Device. Alternatively, click the device in the Logical Designs Browser, press Space Bar and enter Place Device. These menus are enabled only if the device is unplaced.

Use this dialog box to select a slot into which you are placing a device(s).

Objects

Field	Description
Slot Selection tab
Slots browser	Displays the slots in the design. The slots are split into the following groups: Slots with Matching Rule Slots with rules that say the device should be placed here. Slots without Matching Rule Slots with no rules that relate to the device. The device could be place in one of these. Slots with Conflicting Rule Slots with rules that say the device should not be placed here. Click the slot in which you want to place the device. A grayed out slot () indicates that it does not have a device placed in it yet.
Hiding device (non-ground) slots Showing device (non-ground) slots	Displayed only when placing a ground device. When placing a ground device, you can show or hide all non-ground slots by toggling the Show device (non-ground) slots option: indicates that all slots (including non-ground slots) display currently, indicates that only ground slots display currently.
Placement Option	If you want to perform a variant-based placement of a device, you enter an expression in this field. You can either enter the expression manually or click the ellipsis button (...) to display the Edit Option Expression Dialog Box where you can create an option expression. If you selected multiple devices with different option expressions for placement, the Option field is empty, and a tooltip states the reason why. You can enter an expression that will be assigned to all selected devices for this variant placement. Performing a variant-based placement is distinct from using the Edit Properties Dialog Box to add an option expression to a functional device itself in Capital Logic Designer because that would affect all instances of that device. Whenever an expression is entered during placement, this is treated as a variant-placement even when the option expression includes non-variant options. When you have used variant-based placement for a device, its symbol is slightly different in the Design Browser (Design tab). It looks like a device overlaid by a second device . Variant-Based Placement You can use variant-based placement to place devices in more than one slot. There is no check to ensure that the option expressions for multiple variant placements are mutually exclusive or exhaustive. Composite Wiring Synthesis takes into account any options used in variant-placement when promoting options. For devices placed in junction box slots, any options on the device are promoted to all harnesses connected to the junction box. After variant-based placement, the Table 77 of the Edit Properties Dialog Box for a device displays the Expression field under the heading Placement to distinguish the option expression from regular option tagging.
Connector Map tab	Displayed only when placing a device with a footprint. Allows you to map any footprint connectors to harness and device connectors in the slot.
Footprint Mappings table	Displays the footprint connectors for devices in the slot and the harness/device connectors to which they are mapped. Read-only.
Footprint - Device	Displays the name of the device with a footprint. Read-only.
Footprint - Connector	Displays the name of the footprint connector. Read-only.
Slot Connector - Harness	Displays the name of the harness connector to which the footprint connector is mapped. Click the field to display a drop-down list from which you can select a harness connector or create a new harness connector. By default, a new harness connector is created for each footprint connector and has the same name. You can rename the new connectors later. For existing harness connectors, the list also displays the harness on which it is located.
Slot Connector - Device	Displays the name of the device connector to which the mapped harness connector is mated. Read-only.
Harness	Displays the name of the harness on which the slot connector (and harness connector) are located. Read-only.
Library Information table	Displays library part information for the device, footprint connector and harness connector.
Name	Displays the name of the device or connector. Read-only.
Part No.	Displays the component part number that you have assigned to the device or connector. Read-only.
No. of Cav./pins	Displays the number of cavities or pins on the device/connector. Read-only.
View	Click the button to display a Details dialog box where you can view all of the library details for the Part No.

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