This dialog enables you to review the available layouts of items for which you want to generate enhanced reports. By assigning a layout to one or more selected items, you define a page template, title block, and the wire representation to be used when generating enhanced reports for those items. Layout settings that you assign to the selected wiring items overwrite the default layout settings set for all the existing items. You set the default layout settings in the Preferences dialog.
Note that you cannot edit or delete the default layout. You can create, modify, and delete user-defined layouts only. Also, it is possible to duplicate any layout.
To enter or change the values of layout properties, you access the Layout Properties dialog.
Find layout
Type the name of an existing layout. The software highlights the required row as you type.
Report type
Select the report type for the layout. The available report types depend on the item type that you have selected for generating a report.
Data Window
Displays default and user- defined layouts. If in the Preferences dialog you specified paths for the default layout template and title block, they appear in the Template and the Title Block columns.
Layout
Displays the layout name.
Description
Displays a description of the layout.
Template
Displays the template *.sma file and path. The template file contains page setup properties set for printing enhanced reports. Smart Instrumentation includes several standard .sma files. You can create your own templates as needed.
The following is a list of standard .sma files that Smart Instrumentation supplies:
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Template File |
Description |
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A3tall.sma |
A3 portrait |
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A3wide.sma |
A3 landscape |
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A4tall.sma |
A4 portrait |
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A3wide.sma |
A4 landscape |
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Atall.sma |
11 in x 8.5 in letter portrait |
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Awide.sma |
11 in x 8.5 in letter landscape |
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Btall.sma |
11 in x 17 in portrait |
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Bwide.sma |
11 in x 17 in landscape |
Title Block
Displays the title block file and path.
Wire Representation
Displays the connector representation (Diagonal or Orthogonal) for wires between terminals. For a visual comparison of these representations, see Connector Representation Examples.
Cross-Wire Representation
Displays the connector representation (Diagonal or Orthogonal) for cross wiring.
Split strip display between pages
Indicates whether or not this option is selected in the layout properties.
Enlarge terminals with multiple connections
Indicates whether or not this option is selected in the layout properties.
Display all jumpers
Indicates whether or not this option is selected in the layout properties.
Assign
Assigns the selected layout to the items you selected. You can associate an item with one layout only.
Properties
Opens a dialog where you can view or modify the properties of the selected layout.
New
Opens a dialog where you can define a new template, title block and wire representation, and then appends a new layout row to the data window.
Duplicate
Opens a dialog where you can define a new layout based on the properties of the selected layout.
Delete
Does one of the following:
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If no items are assigned to the layout, deletes the selected layout
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If items have been assigned to the layout, opens the Delete Layout dialog.
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You cannot delete the default layout row.
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When generating an enhanced report with many connectors, where the layout settings for the connectors are set to diagonal, the connector names do not appear directly over their respective connectors.