Cross-References on Objects

When you create a design wide object or shared object, cross-references are displayed next to the instances on the diagram by default. Cross-references can also be displayed for re-usable ports on a port list but they are not by default.

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Cross-reference data is not updated when you edit shared objects, add another instance of a shared object, or click the Refresh Shared Objects icon on the Shared Objects Browser Window. To update cross‑reference data, you must click Refresh > Cross References on the Capital ribbon to Refresh External Data. The cross-reference data is only updated automatically when you perform the following actions:

• Open the design

• Create a design-wide object or shared object

• Place the first instance of a shared object in a design

• Refresh a shared highway

• Refresh cross-references

You can use Project Preferences to control whether cross-references are displayed for port lists, signals and ports. See also “Setting up Project Preferences for Cross-references”. Alternatively, you can use style sets to control the display and styling of cross-references. See the Capital Diagram Styling User Guide.

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If you release a design, then close the project in Capital Systems Modeler and then re-open the project and design, the cross-reference text becomes invisible.

If you want to override the Project Preferences related to the display of cross-reference text, you can edit the cross-reference properties for an instance of an object. To do this, right-click on the instance of the object in the diagram and select the Properties option from the pop-up menu. See Editing the Graphical Properties of Cross-References for more information about the properties on the Cross-references tab of the Edit Properties facility.

The first instance of an object that you created is the home instance by default. The locations of all other instances of the object are displayed next to the home instance.

The location of the home instance is displayed next to all other instances of the function. You can have more than one home instance and change which instances are home instances.

By default, each cross-reference both for the home instance or other instances are in the format:

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/{DESIGN.NAME}:{DIAGRAM.NAME} {ZONE}

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/Audio:Audio_1 3-D

In this example, the cross-reference indicates that there is an instance of the function in the diagram Audio_1 of the design Audio. In the diagram Audio_1, the instance is in the zone 3-D.

A zone is only displayed if the diagram has a border that uses zones. See “Adding Zone Areas to a Border” in the Capital Symbol Designer User Guide for more information.

When a build list is active, any cross-references in the designs in the build list will list only those instances in designs on the active build list. Cross-references in designs not in the active build list show all instances. If there is no active build list, cross-references show all instances.

If you are viewing an instance of an object, you can jump to another diagram where another instance of an object is.

• Setting up Project Preferences for Cross-references

• Viewing Another Instance of an Object

• Changing the Home Instances of an Object

Parent Topic:

Projects and Designs

Capital Systems Modeler User Guide, 2512.2606

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