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About the Diagramming Tab
Use these tools to manipulate design objects.
Clipboard Group
Use the Clipboard commands to cut, copy, and paste design items.
Paste—Click the arrow to display paste options.
Paste Shapes—Pastes a new shape of the copied components. Conductors are filtered out.
Paste—Pastes a new instance of all copied design objects including conductors.
Cut—Cuts the selected design object and copies it to the clipboard.
Copy—Copies the selected design object.
Explorers Group
Use the Explorers commands to create or open design sheets and items.
Design Explorer—Opens the Design Explorer dialog box.
Catalog Explorer—Opens the Catalog Explorer dialog box.
Explorers—Displays an additional command:
Model Explorer—Opens the Model Explorer dialog box.
Insert Group
Use the Insert commands to instance catalog items.
Instance Group—Opens the GroupsCatalog Selector dialog box to instance a group.
Route—Click the arrow to route a fiber, cable, or highway.
Route Fiber—Opens the Catalog Selector dialog box to route a fiber.
Route Highway—Opens the Catalog Selector dialog box to route a highway.
Route Cable\Pipeline—Opens the Catalog Selector dialog box to route a cable or pipeline.
Follow Fiber—Automatically routes a fiber after you select a fiber to follow, a start point, and an end point.
—Opens the Catalog Selector dialog box to instance a block.
—Opens the Catalog Selector dialog box to instance a draft group.
—Opens the Select member shape to place dialog box to instance a member in a variable group.
Insert—Displays an additional command:
Instance Port—Opens the Catalog Selector dialog box to instance a port.
Modify Group
Use the Modify commands to modify instanced shapes.
Extend across sheets—Prompts to select a location for the cross-sheet graphics and opens the Select Sheet dialog box.
Edit Fiber—Enters edit mode for the selected fiber.
Edit Highway—Enters edit mode for the selected highway. Click the arrow to display additional commands for editing highways:
Add fibers—Prompts to select a start point on a fiber to route it to a highway.
Remove fibers—Prompts you to select a fiber to remove from a highway.
Replace Shape—Click the arrow to display commands to replace artifact or port shapes:
Replace Shape—Opens the artifact shapes dialog box.
Replace PortShape Graphics—Opens the Replace portshape graphics dialog box.
—Opens the Properties dialog box.
—Deletes the selected object.
—Opens the Select a Color dialog box.
Click Modify to display the following commands:
Reassign Shape—Opens the Reassign Shape dialog box.
Place Shape—Attaches another instance of the selected shape to the pointer.
Group Format Copy—Copies the cutaway format from the first variable group selected to the second variable group selected.
Open Shape—Opens the shape for editing.
Close Shape—Closes the shape and opens scenery for editing.
Reparent—Prompts to select a component to reparent the selected object.
Orphan—Orphans the selected object.
Transformation Group
Use the Transformation group to move, rotate, scale and flip design objects.
—Opens the By X and By Y boxes at the bottom of the main window. Click Move to display an additional command:
Move to Sheet—Opens the Select Sheet dialog box.
Rotate—Prompts to select a point and opens the By X and By Y boxes at the bottom of the main window.
Magnify—Prompts to select a point and opens the By X and By Y boxes at the bottom of the main window.
Flip—Flips the selected object. Click the arrow to select Flip Vertical or Flip Horizontal.
Label Group
Use the Label commands to add labels to design objects or sheets.
Click Add Label to display an additional command:
Add Label—Opens the Create Label dialog box.
Add Sheet Label—Opens the Create Label for Sheet dialog box.
Cable Group
Use the Cable group to create and modify cables.
Create Cable—Opens the Select Cable dialog box to create a cable from the selected wires.
—Prompts to select a cable to add the selected wire or cable. Click Modify Cores to display additional commands.
Add Member—Prompts to select a cable to add the selected wire or cable.
Remove Member—Prompts to select a cable to remove the selected wire or cable.
—Prompts to select a cable decoration to move.
—Prompts to select a shield port to route a shield fiber.
Crossovers Group
Use the Crossovers group to add or remove crossovers.
Crossovers—Click the arrow to add or remove crossovers.
Add—Automatically adds fiber crossovers.
Remove—Removes fiber crossovers.
Update Group
The Update group includes commands to update labels and shapes.
Labels—Click the arrow to display more commands for updating labels.
Update Current Sheet—Updates all labels, derived parameters, tables, and cross references on the current sheet.
Update All Sheets—Updates all labels, derived parameters, tables, and cross references on all design sheets.
Groupshape—Click the arrow to display update groupshape commands.
Shape on All Sheets—Updates multiple variable groupshapes on all design sheets.
Shape on Current Sheet—Updates multiple variable groupshapes on the current sheet.
Update Shape—Updates the selected variable groupshape.
Sheet Group
Use the Sheet group to change the sheet template and edit sheet parameters.
Change Sheet Format—Opens the Change Sheet Format dialog box.
Sheet Parameters—Opens the Sheet Properties dialog box.