- [Justin] Very similar to our dynamic PLC tool,
we also have a dynamic connector insertion tool.
This is because connectors just like our PLCs
have a very large number of pins
that will often be broken up over multiple pages.
Thus the ability to split up these symbols easily
is very useful.
So again, lets take a look at inserting a connector here,
into our project.
Just the same as with our PLC
I can do this just as I would any other component.
So I can just go to schematic, insert symbol,
and browse for a connector symbol.
Looking through my classifications I have connectors here
and a whole bunch of different connector symbols;
you know 5 pins, 7 pins, 10 pins.
Whatever it may be. Or individual pins.
So this of course is a great option for me
and a lot of people might just use the default,
prebuilt connectors here.
Again these are my static tools.
But I do have the ability
to insert dynamic connector symbol as well.
So say for example our connector,
instead of having five or six pins,
has 25 or 50 or 100 pins.
Again, most likely won't fit on a single page
so might be nice to be able to easily break that up
across multiple pages.
So lets close out of this.
And just like I had my...
insert PLC command,
I also have right by it here, is a insert connector command.
So I jump into insert connector.
First thing I might do is going to ask me
what manufacture a part,
what actual connector I'd like to use.
So I can search my filters, remove my filters.
I'm going to just look into all of the connectors
I have within my library.
And I'll search.
And so I just have a few different connectors
in my library here.
I'll try to use maybe the biggest one I have,
it looks like this Phoenix Contact has 24 different
connection points or terminals.
So I'll use that one for an example here.
And I'll just add it to my project.
Add whatever property values I may need to throw in there.
I can jump in the manufacture part tab,
but of course that's just the Phoenix Contact manufacture
part we just threw in there.
And you see I have those 24 circuits,
looks like they're all power male pins here.
And I can say, "Okay."
So now it's very similar, as you can see,
to my insert PLC or my dynamic PLC insertion command.
I now have the connector dynamic insertion,
very similar I can just check on or off
whichever pins I'd like to throw in.
I can also play around with what configuration I'm using.
So let's see what I have by default
in the SolidWorks library.
I have dynamic connector without pin symbol.
And this is the general shape that I'm going to get
for that specific symbol.
And again, as I turn my pins on or off,
the size should automatically dynamically change.
Let's say maybe I want to throw 10 or 12 on there.
Now of course my connector size is changing.
Maybe 24 pins can't all fit on one page,
maybe it can just barely fit on one page,
but it's going to be very busy, very disorganized.
So I want to break it up across multiple connectors
or multiple pages, whatever it might be.
So this is just the default symbol that might come in.
I also have a couple others, I have dynamic connector
with the pin symbol, let's try that one.
Looks very similar,
I just now have the pin symbol coming in as well.
And I also have one symbol per pin.
So that's just going to show the connector pin
and not the shape of the connector.
So those are just three just default configurations
I have to choose from.
With this SolidWorks default, and of course, again,
this can be completely customizable.
You can change and edit the way these symbols look
to fit your specific needs.
So in this case maybe I'll just use dynamic connector
with pin symbol.
And I'm just going to throw in the first five or so.
Yeah, so just throw the first five
maybe jump to the next page, insert more and more and so on.
Again, don't have to be in order, it can be out of order,
it can be whatever you'd like, just check on or off,
whichever pins you're looking for.
So I'll just do the first five and click to place.
Just like any other symbol.
There's my first five pins of my connector.
You've seen the states being shown,
that it has been placed in green.
Then maybe I want to just throw in a couple more.
Maybe the next 10 pins... down below.
And so on. And maybe I'm not even using all the pins.
So I'm just going to throw in the first five and the next 10.
Maybe I jump to a next page to throw in the rest.
Or if I'm not even using them, I can just finish that off
and now I'm finished with my connector there.
Just very similar idea behind the dynamic PLC insertion tool
just used for connectors as they can also be fairly large
components.
And same idea, I if I want to change the general shape of this
or which attributes are coming in, and so on,
same as always I can just jump into the project tab,
the configurations dropdown
and just like we customized our PLC symbol drawing,
I also have the connector symbol drawing here.
So I can jump into this connector,
add or change whatever I may like.
I'll just create a new one,
and maybe I'll name this...
Justin's Custom,
whatever it might be.
And then I have whatever connector points
or symbols I'd like to come in...
What circuits I'd like to come in...
And just the general size and everything else,
and I can just say "apply."
Close. Or I can build up using one of the existing.
So I can create a duplicate, create a copy,
jump into the properties of one of the existing ones.
Maybe I'll jump into the dynamic connector with pin.
Those properties, and again have a couple more options here
in regards to sizing, how the symbol will actually look,
which attributes are going to come in.
In this case just the tag number,
maybe a description and so forth.
What's going to come in with the connection points,
how much information, maybe a pin number, terminal number,
wire number, so on.
And again I can customize, edit those, change that,
throw in however much or little information I'd like.
And then close that out, and then just same idea.
When I'm jumping into my insert connector tool.
Maybe I'll just continue to insert my X3 connector.
Now I should have that new configuration I just created.
I created one called Justins Custom here, for example.
So in most cases you'll either use
the SolidWorks default options
or maybe you create your own custom connector configuration
for your specific company standards.