Connecting Parts
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This task explains
how to connect two objects.
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You use this procedure to connect parts to
connectors, or parts to parts, and to connect cableway connectors to hangers.
To disconnect parts, see Disconnecting Parts. |
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To connect two objects, click the
Connect Parts button
.Select a part or
connector in your document.
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And the Connect Parts dialog box displays.
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The selected object name displays at the top (as
Object 1 ) and all connectors of
the selected object display in the Connectors
column. If a connector is connected to another object, the connected
objects and its connected connectors display in the Connected
Object, and Connected Connector columns.
Select the second part or connector in your document, and
all of its connectors display in the
Object 2 frame in the Connect Parts dialog box. |
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Select the object that you want
to connect (in the Object 1 frame), then select the second
object in the Object 2 frame.
If you select a run, as in the example above, the run extremities and
all segments display in the Connectors
column in the Object 2 frame.
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If a connection can be made, the Apply and OK
buttons are enabled. |
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To be able to
connect two objects, the second object must be a free connector (not
connected to any other object). |
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Click Apply or OK
to connect the objects.
If you click Apply, the dialog box remains open, and the
Object 1 frame lists the names of the connectors and the
connected objects under the Connector, Connected Object,
and Connected Connector columns.
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Information clears from the Object 2 frame, and you can
select another object in your document to connect to free connectors in
the Object 1 frame.
The objects also connect In your document, the connector and connected
object are highlighted, and CT displays beside the connection.
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You can use the Connect
Parts dialog box to determine whether objects are connected. Click
the Connect Parts button, and select an object in your
document.
The Connect Parts dialog box displays all connectors and
connected objects for the selected object in the Object 1
frame. You can also select a second object in your document, and see how
it is connected.
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You
can
connect cableway connectors to hangers. Click the Connect Parts
button and select
a cableway connector in your document. The electrical
connectors display under the Connectors
column in the Object 1
frame.
Select a hanger and and a hanger part connector displays
under the Connectors
column in the Object 2 frame.
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Select one or more
cableway connectors to connect to the
hanger part connector .
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