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Unplacing

a Placed Device from a Slot

If you want to change the placement of a single device, you can unplace it from a slot before placing it in another.

Prerequisites

If you want the action to automatically delete any wires that become obsolete, ensure that the “Automatically delete obsolete wiring after unplace or uncombine” project preference has been selected. See Project Preferences for Capital Systems Integrator Designs in the Capital Design Tools – Common Functions User Guide.

Procedure

  1. Right-click on the device in the Logical Designs Browser (Function tab) and choose Unplace Devices from the pop-up menu. Alternatively, click the device in the Logical Designs Browser (Function tab), press Space Bar and enter Unplace Devices.

  2. The symbol for the device is grayed out in the Logical Designs Browser (Function tab) and the device is removed from the Design Browser (Design tab).Note If you unplace a device that has wires connected to it, the system does not delete the wires. If you want to delete them, either run wiring synthesis again or manually delete the wires (see Deleting the Synthesized Wiring for all Signals or Deleting the Synthesized Wiring for Selected Signals).

Results

  • If the “Automatically delete obsolete wiring after unplace or uncombine” project preference has been selected, the action deletes wires that are now obsolete and reports this in the Place tab in the Output Window at the bottom of the Capital Systems Integrator application. It deletes obsolete wires for all signals that are or were connected to the selected devices. Regardless of whether the project preference is selected, the action deletes obsolete wires which are connected to a device through a hole.

Note If you have not selected this project preference, you can manually delete obsolete wires. See Deleting Obsolete Wiring for a Slot, Connector, or Signal.

  • The Change History tab in the Output Window also reports on any wires that have been modified or deleted.

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Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/861057055/202511026.capital_si_user/id1c4a0534-dc39-4be6-951b-6458ba15ce60 · retrieved 2026-07-18