Create or Edit Content of a Basic Cable Block Diagram

The content of basic cable block diagrams is added and edited using the Cable Block Diagram window. This is opened from the Open option in the Actions section of the Diagrams tab, or by double-clicking on its record in the Cable Block Diagrams grid.

It is also displayed automatically when a basic diagram is first created (refer to Create a New Cable Block Diagram).

If there have been any changes to the items on the diagram since it was last saved, the Refresh Summary window is displayed, listing these changes.

Cable Block Diagram Basic Operations

To move equipment around a diagram, click on the equipment tag (or near the equipment edge) and drag the item to a new location. Electrical Wiring Manager will reposition any cables connected to the moved equipment including the cable numbers.

Users can also move any cable number flags by dragging them. If a flag is moved off a cable line, a line is then added between the cable the cable flag.

To remove an equipment item from the diagram, select it (click on it) and press the delete <Del> key. To remove a cable, select the cable and press the delete <Del> key.

Note:
Using the Delete key removes selected objects from the current diagram. It does not delete the object from the project database.

Electrical Wiring Manager allows multiple selections:

• By "windowing": select any point not on an object and drag a rectangle. Everything within the rectangle window is selected

• By using the Layout menu option Select All.

Zooming and Panning

Use the zoom commands on the toolbar to change the zoom factor.

The Overview window (activated from the Zoom pull-down menu option) enables dynamic zooming when a user changes the internal green window size and dynamic panning by dragging the small green window within the Overview window:

Users may also perform a dynamic pan by clicking on the main Cable Block Diagram window with the middle mouse button. This action displays a small dynamic pan icon. Any movement of the mouse will dynamically pan the diagram. End dynamic panning by clicking anywhere in the window.