Sub circuit insert from Catalogue

A feature that has been available in cadett ELSA for over 30 years is the ability to insert symbols by selecting a resource in the Catalogue. When doing so, not only is the symbol that is associated with the resource in question inserted in the drawing sheet, but data from the Catalogue are also transferred to the symbol in question. That can for example be electrical data, the index and possibly other data as defined by the user in a configuration file called INSDTA.DBF. (*)

Nevertheless, until now, this feature has been limited to symbols. An unlimited number of symbols can be associated to a resource in the Catalogue, but the associations have been limited to individual symbols.

A new feature that was introduced in cadett ELSA R39 is the possibility to associate not only individual symbols, but also complete sub-circuits, meaning an assembly of multiple symbols, lines and other objects, like for instance a complete motor circuit.

Typically, the symbols of such an associated sub-circuit can be stored with resource data such as indexes and electrical data already filled-in. However, it is also possible to transfer data from the Catalogue to an individual symbol within the sub-circuit.

Below, you will find a complete description of how you can associate sub-circuits to resources in the Catalogue. How you can define in which way data should be transferred from the Catalogue to a symbol in the sub-circuit is also described, as well as how you can use the feature when the definition is done.