Connecting Devices by Drag and Drop
at Placement

This task explains how to place devices by drag and drop with automatic connection to an existing component.
The devices to be imported from a catalog are:
  • An equipment: EquipmentDA4
  • Two single connectors: SingleConnectorDF56L and SingleConnectorDF56R
Open a new product document.

  1. Click Catalog Browser to open the CatalogOfDevices.catalog.

    The dialog box opens:
    If necessary, use the Open icon to browse another catalog and select the CatalogOfDevices.catalog from the samples folder. The full path is: .../online/elbug_C2/samples/CatalogOfDevices.catalog.

    		To know more about the Catalog workbench, refer to Using Catalogs.

  2. Double-click the Electrical Devices: the folder content is displayed.

  3. Double-click the Equipments: the folder content is displayed.

  4. Select the EquipmentDA4, drag and drop it onto the Product1 in the specification tree.

    The equipment is imported:
    it is composed of three cavities.

  5. In the Electrical Devices folder, double-click Single Connectors, then

  6. Select the SingleConnectorDF56L, drag and drop it onto the left cavity for example or in the specification tree.
    The connector is properly located into the cavity: the constraints are created.
    The result looks like this:

    		The component is instantiated under the active product.

  7. Select the SingleConnectorDF56R, drag and drop it onto the SingleConnectorDF56L connector in the specification tree.
    The connector is properly located onto the male connector.
    The result looks like this:

  8. Close the Catalog Browser.
Note that when you insert a device into a product, you can take advantage of Assembly Design capabilities to constrain the device within the digital mock-up, profiting therefore by the associativity.
For more information, refer to Using Assembly Constraints.