Creating a Wire Reference

This task explains how to create a wire reference. One or more Wires can then be routed in a Cable.

Creating a Wire can be done by:

Before you begin: Create a logical reference (Electrical System).
Related Topics
About Electrical Logical Systems
Defining a Cable Extension

  1. Select Electrical Wire Reference from the Electrical toolbar.

    Tip: This command is also available from the menu bar, via Insert > New... > Electrical Wire Reference.

  2. From the RFLP structure tree or from the 2D representation, select a parent component for your wire (Electrical System).

    Tip: You can select a logical component before or after selecting the command.

    The Logical dialog box appears.

  3. Type a name, Wire1 for example.

  4. If need be, you can add a description in the Description field.

  5. Click Finish to close the dialog box and create a wire reference.

    From the tree, under the parent component (Electrical System), note that:

    • a Wire1 node is created.
    • an Electrical node is created to store all electrical objeccts. In our example, it aggregates a Wires node containing the extended electrical component (Wire 1).


    Tip: To enlarge the 2D representation of a wire, select 2D Graph... > Restore from the contextual menu.

  6. Right-click the wire, then select Properties from the contextual menu.

    The Properties dialog box appears.

    An Electrical tab has been created to display the electrical properties.