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About Connectors
A connector is a specific type of component symbol with the parameter and value OBJ_TYPE = CONNECTOR. A connector can use two additional parameters; GENDER (MALE or FEMALE) at the component level and ENTRY_PORT at the pin level. Connectors may have wires and cables routed between the nodes or pins on the symbol.
There are two types of connectors in Diagram:
• Fixed—The connector appears as a drawn, fixed-shape symbol, either created in session or retrieved from a library. Fixed connectors are defined, stored, and added like components and differ only in parameters.
• Parametric—The parametric connector appears as a standard symbol, its shape determined by the specified connector attributes, such as gender and number of pins. When the connector attributes are modified, the appearance of the symbol updates accordingly.
To Read a Parameter File into a Connector or Component
To Add a Fixed Connector
To Move Components and Connectors
To Mark a Pin Name as Lowercase
To Show or Hide Node Names
To Add a Parametric Connector
To Create a Parametric Inline Connector
To Modify the View of a Parametric Connector
To Edit the Parametric Connector Node Name
To Modify Multiview Definition Pin Names
To Add or Edit Electrical Parameters
To Modify the Pin Gap in Parametric Connectors