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1 Adding Location Boxes................................................................................3
2 Editing the Location Boxes..........................................................................7
3 Working with the Nested Location Boxes.................................................10

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1 Adding Location Boxes
Everything inside a location box is allocated to a different DIN group from that which
is defined in the page properties. The components then have the same relationship
to the location box as they normally have to the page. This assumption of the DT also
occurs if only identifier blocks like installation and location are entered in a
component in the location box.
Preconditions:
You have opened a project and are viewing a schematic in the graphical editor.
In the settings, the check box Use Place identifiers dialog (Options > Settings
> User > Display > Identifiers) is selected.
Insert > Box / connection point / mounting panel > Location box
1. Draw the rectangle representing the box.

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2. Enter the item data in the location box specific Properties dialog.

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3. In the Identifier tab, click [...] in the Full DT field.

4. Accept the default for the DT or make new entries for the identifier blocks if
you would like to modify the structure.

5. Click [OK].

6. Specify additional settings in the other tabs of the Properties dialog.

7. Click [OK].

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8. Specify the position for the new identifier in the Place identifiers dialog using
the buttons.

9. Click [OK].

10. Proceed in a similar manner for all of the location boxes you would like to
insert.

11. Select Popup menu > Cancel action to terminate the action.

The location box is inserted into the project with all its properties.

Note:
If grid-snap is switched on (Options > Snap to grid) then a newly created location
box will be placed exactly on the grid on which it is placed; if grid-snap is not active,
the location box can be drawn at any desired position next to the grid.
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2 Editing the Location Boxes
Preconditions:
You have opened a project and are viewing a schematic in the graphical editor.
The page contains at least one location box.
In the settings, the check box Use Place identifiers dialog (Options > Settings
> User > Display > Identifiers) is selected.
1. Double-click the location box you would like to edit. (Or select Popup menu >
Properties, in this case you can select more than one location box.)

2. Edit the desired data in the property dialog specific to the location box.

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3. In the Identifier tab, click [...] in the Full DT field.

4. Accept the default for the DT or make new entries for the identifier blocks if
you would like to modify the structure.

5. Click [OK].

6. Specify additional settings in the other tabs of the Properties dialog.

7. Click [OK].

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8. Specify the position for the new identifier in the Place identifiers dialog using
the buttons.

9. Click [OK].

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3 Working with the Nested Location Boxes
If the Location box check box is selected in the Nesting group box in the Extended
project structures dialog, then location boxes can be nested. In this case, the
display (the entry) of points is omitted in the innermost identifier in the schematic.
Example:

If you have multiply nested location boxes =A2+O2, =A3+O3, and =A4+O4, and have
made the setting Nesting = Yes (left part of the illustration), then the fuse receives
the DT =A2.A3.A4+O2.O3.O4-F3; if Nesting = No is set (right side) then the fuse is
called =A4+O4-F3.
When this setting is changed, therefore, all components located in location boxes
must be edited.
The view is always from outside inwards, i.e., in the outermost location box the
missing parts are taken from the page. A box located within this box then completes
its missing parts from the box outside it, and so on. Finally, the components fill in
their missing parts from the innermost box. That means that missing or incomplete
identifiers in the displayed DT entry are completed from the superordinate unit,
where a superordinate unit can be a page, a location box, or a black box.
Precondition:
You have opened a project.
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1. In the tree view of the page navigator, select popup menu > Project
Properties.

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2. In the Project properties dialog, bring the Structure tab to the front.

3. Click [...] in the Separator field.

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4. In the Extended project structures dialog, select the Location box check
box in the Nesting group box.

5. Click [OK].

6. Click [OK].

The project structures are changed and the device identifier adjusted.

7. Switch to a schematic page.

8. Insert multiple nested location boxes.

In the Full DT field, the nesting for each inner box will be shown using the
nested device tag.

Note:
Identifiers in the displayed DT of the location box will always be interpreted as sub-
identifiers, regardless of whether the separator for sub-identifiers (period) was
entered or not.
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