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Overview of Toolbar Actions

The following actions can be inserted as buttons in toolbars:

Action

Meaning

Open workspace

Sets the EPLAN user interface according to a particular workspace definition.

Define setting

Sets a user, station, or company setting to a certain value.

Import settings

Imports the property arrangement, dialog memory, tree and list configuration and external program settings.

Export manufacturing data / Output labeling

Outputs the manufacturing data / labeling for a project.

Set format of graphical elements

Sets one or more formatting settings of selected graphical elements to specific value(s). If you have not yet selected a graphical element then, after clicking the button, the cursor symbol changes and you can select a desired area containing the graphical elements.

Export functions

Exports the function properties of the current project for external editing.

Insert device

Allows placing of a predefined device without calling up the Part selection dialog.

Insert macro

Allows insertion of a particular variant of a pre-defined macro without calling up a selection dialog. If the variant does not exist in the macro then a message is displayed.

Set project property

Sets a project property for a selected project to a specific value.

Define project setting

Sets a project setting to a certain value.

Set component property

Sets a component property for a selected component to a specific value.

Set component format

Sets one or more formatting properties for all property texts of selected components to specific value(s). If you have not yet selected a component then, after clicking the button, the cursor symbol changes and you can select a desired area containing the components.

Export pages

Exports the page properties of the current project for external editing.

Set page property

Sets a page property for a selected page to a specific value.

Insert symbol

Allows insertion of a pre-defined symbol without using the interactive Symbol selection dialog. If the "?" placeholders in the command line are not replaced with sensible values, then the Symbol selection dialog is opened.

Insert symbol with function definition

Allows insertion of symbols with the same function definition.

Copy toolbars

Copies the buttons of one toolbar to another.

Set text format

Sets one or more formatting settings of selected text elements to specific value(s). If you have not yet selected a text element then, after clicking the button, the cursor symbol changes and you can select a desired area containing the components.

Export connections

Exports the connection properties of the current project for external editing.

Set graphical format of connections (connection definition point, potential definition point)

Sets one or more formatting settings of selected connection and / or potential definition points to specific value(s). If you have not yet selected a definition point then, after clicking the button, the cursor symbol changes and you can select a desired area containing the definition points.

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