For terminals that are right next to each other you can use screwable metal jumpers that allow you to connect multiple neighboring terminals with each other in order to distribute a certain potential to multiple connection points. Terminals that are a long way apart are normally connected with wire. The manufacturers of terminals offer numerous options for jumping terminals. A function cannot be assigned directly via drag & drop.Jumpers are used to connect the terminals on a terminal strip with one another. Move the cursor to a suitable component, and with one click you can apply the data of the function to the component.

When you let go of the left mouse button, the function description of the highlighted function will hang on the cursor. You can use to 'page' through the available symbol variants for each function.Īlternatively to deciding, prior to the drag & drop in the device navigator (or other project data navigators), whether you want to place or assign the function, you can now do this while executing the action: You now decide to assign the function while executing the drag & drop, simply press the + shortcut keys while performing the dragging action. In this context, you can 'browse' the functions using the key and select the required one. If you have selected a DT in a navigator and you drag it to a schematic page using drag & drop, all the functions of this device are offered for placement one after the other. Click on another function of the selected block this removes the original selection and selects the new function. The function that was selected last is marked by a broken border line. Please note that when using multiple selections in a navigator's tree view, the selection made is only retained if you draw the most recently selected function. Inserts (with parts data) / assigns (3D: placed). In the navigators from within which you can place functions (e.g., device navigator), it is also possible to make a multiple selection and to place the selected functions on a page one by one via drag & drop. When you have selected the desired position, insert the function with a click. Special feature of Drag & Drop: When the mouse button is released, the function hangs on the cursor.

The created representation type depends on the page type where the function is placed. In the process, it does not matter if the function has already been placed, is unplaced, or is of a different representation type. Object can be assigned here (if you drag, e.g., a DT from a navigator into the graphical editor by means of ).įrom the navigator, you can place every function on a page as many times as you like. For instance, you can directly open a file once you have dragged and dropped it. This way, you can see when the action is possible and which action you are currently executing in connection with drag & drop (move pages, place function, insert external file, etc.).

When you then release the mouse button, depending on the source and target programs, the data associated with the source object is copied, moved or linked to the target program.Īs for drag & drop in the EPLAN platform, you are shown an additional information text in the status bar as soon as the action is permitted.

If you click with the mouse button on the graphical representation of a drag & drop source and then move the mouse while holding down the mouse button, then the cursor will change its shape, and you can then see if you have dragged it onto a target object that is drag & drop capable. Drag & drop is a method of moving data between computer programs using the mouse.

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