- [Instructor] So, let's take a look
at the different ways we can create
and associate our components.
To begin, let's use a relater contactor as an example.
We're just going to start by inserting the components,
so I'll go to line diagram,
enter symbol, and other symbol.
Now go to a contactor, let's say.
You're going to grab this contactor as my line diagram symbol.
And say select and I'll just place it
in my line diagram drawing.
Again, jumps into my automatic symbol properties window.
I can edit whatever properties I'd like
or I'll just say okay to create a new component K1,
so by default whenever inserting a symbol
that's going to create a new component,
or be tied to an existing component if there was any.
In this case, I have no existing components.
It's my first symbol, my first component.
So, I just say okay and now just created
a brand new electrical component in this project.
So what does that mean?
Again, I have this K1, that's my component name
or component tag.
So, I can jump into from a documents panel
to just my components panel,
take a look at my existing project
and I have one component here.
This is the symbol for a electrical component
and, as you can see, it has the name K1.
So, I can expand that if I'd like and within the component,
it's going to show me all of the symbols
that are tied to that component.
So right now, in this project,
I just have the one component, K1,
and there's only one symbol,
this line diagram symbol associated with it.
And I can right click and say go to.
That's just going to jump me right
to that K1 symbol I just threw in.
Another method I can use to create a component,
rather than just enter in symbols,
I can actually right click,
just right on my project or my location here,
and I can go new and I can say component.
Just another method of really doing the same.
But, this is going to create a component without a symbol.
So, I can create a new component here,
give it whatever name I'd like,
maybe I want to throw it into, again,
I'll do another contactor
and it's going to come in as now component K2.
So, I say okay and now you can see I have two
components in my project,
my K1 that I inserted with a symbol,
and my K2 that I just created the component,
but I didn't throw in any symbol yet.
So, if I expand that,
there's going to be no symbols within it.
So, maybe what I'd like to do now is insert
a symbol for this K2 component.
Maybe this one I'm going to jump into a power drawing,
and I'm going to throw in a contactor component
for this new K2 component.
Again, I can just go insert symbol and tie it back to K2.
Or another option, I can actually right click
on my component within my component tree,
and I have that same insert symbol,
so it's going to tie it directly to K2,
it's not going to ask me to tie it,
I'm doing it straight from my component K2 in this case.
Again, kind of two methods to come up with the same result.
In this case, it knows it's a contactor I'm dealing with now
so it's automatically showing me symbols for contactor's.
I don't even really need to search.
And maybe in this case,
it's a power contact I'm looking for,
so I'm going to choose three pole normally open power contact.
And I'll place that maybe somewhere about here.
And now this is my K2 component,
and now if I opened up that component,
I should see there is one schematic symbol
tied with that K2 component.
Similarly, if I now want to re-associate them,
maybe I have changed my mind
and said, hey, I actually don't need
to purchase two different contactor's.
It should only be the one contactor, K1.
So, I'm going to change this K2 component
into a K1 component.
So, I can do that as well.
A couple of different methods.
I can just double click on my K2 and rename it K1,
or I can right click on my K2 and I can jump into
either symbol properties or component properties,
and again change it to K1.
If I jump into symbol properties,
same idea, we've been here before
in the symbol properties panel, and I can change it to K1,
or just click on K1,
and here it's already giving me the option.
The symbol is now going to be associated
with my K1 component.
So, a bunch of different options there.
I have to say okay and it'll finish off this one.
Finally, one other option that I had available as well,
is I could right click there
and I could have gone assign component
and use this tool to throw in this symbol
to whichever component I'd like, K1, K2,
whatever it might be.
So, again a number of different methods,
but now you can see that this symbol has been
thrown into my K1 component.
So, now my K2 component is empty,
nothing left in it, and my K1 component
has both the draw diagram symbol and the schematic symbol.
If I don't want this component at all anymore,
I can leave it there and maybe I'll need it later on,
or I can right click and delete,
get rid of this component completely as well.
Same idea, so generally you are going to need,
especially for a contactor, you'll have a whole number
of symbols within a specific single component.
Maybe I want to jump into control
and I'm going to insert a relay coil,
or something like this as well.
So, I'll go to insert symbols,
jump into my contactors,
or actually I'll look for something like this.
Maybe a single, normally open power contact,
something like this.
And, again, do I want this to be a new contactor K2,
or associated back to my existing K1?
And now I have more and more symbols
being associated with this single K1 contactor.