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You can select an auxiliary graphic that you have drawn in a composite drawing and associate this auxiliary graphic with an electrical item in your plant. After this association has been made, you can select the auxiliary graphic and open the common properties of the associated electrical item for viewing or editing. You can also change the property values of the associated electrical item in the Properties window.

Associate an Electrical item by Dragging

  1. In the Electrical Index or Electrical Engineer, select an appropriate electrical item.

  2. Drag the electrical item to an appropriate auxiliary graphic in the open composite drawing.

  3. After the dragged electrical item is within the boundaries of the drawing, press and hold the CTRL key.

  4. Release the mouse button and the CTRL key to make the association.

    • You can release the CTRL key once the indicator turns from Forbidden_16 to Allow_16, which means that the dragged item is already within the drawing boundaries.

    • The Forbidden_16 indicator means that no association is possible.

    • The Allow_16 indicator means that an association is possible if you release the mouse button when pointing to a symbol.

    • If you drag a plant item to an auxiliary graphic that is already associated with a plant item, the Exclamation Mark_16 indicator appears. If you release the mouse button at this point, a message appears prompting you to choose whether you want to change the association or keep the original one.

Find an Electrical Item and Associate It with an Auxiliary Graphic

  1. Select an auxiliary graphic in the drawing.

  2. Select Actions > Associate with Electrical Item Associate_16. Alternatively, you can also right-click the selected auxiliary graphic and select Associate with Electrical Item.

  3. Use the Find dialog to find the electrical item with which you want to associate the selected auxiliary graphic.

  4. Select OK on the Find dialog to make the association.

  • After selecting an associated auxiliary graphic, the properties of the associated plant item are displayed in the Properties window.

  • You can open the Common Properties of the associated plant item by right-clicking the auxiliary graphic and then selecting Common Properties on the shortcut menu.

  • To find the associated plant item in the Electrical Index and Electrical Engineer, right-click the graphic in the composite drawing and then on the shortcut menu, select Find in Electrical Index or Find in Electrical Engineer.

  • You can generate a Composite Drawing Index report that shows all the plant items and the composite drawings in which they appear. See Create a Composite Drawing Index Report.