In this tab you can assign the positions for the selected assembly, that is, the parts it should contain (so-called assembly items).

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Item number:
Supplementary text:

In these fields you can enter additional information on the parts of the assembly, for example the item numbers and variants of the mounting accessories from the hook-ups. The properties can, for example, be displayed in reports of the "Assembly/Module overview" type or used for filtering there.

DT ID:

Enter an alphanumeric value for the DT ID here. The DT ID can be used to carry out an assignment between the subparts of an assembly and the elements of a macro. Prerequisite for this is that the Distributed placement of assembly check box must be deselected for the assembly.

The macro can be a 3D macro (graphical macro) or a schematic macro that is assigned to the assembly. If the assembly is then inserted as a device into a layout space or onto a schematic page (for example from the Insert center), the subparts of the assembly are assigned to the components in the macro (device in the schematic macro, 3D part placement in the 3D macro) via the matching DT ID. A DT ID can be assigned more than once in the macro, but each DT ID must be unique in an assembly.

The assignment of subparts by means of a DT ID allows you to use macros flexibly. This allows you to use macros without assigned parts for different assemblies with different subparts.

Length:

Input in this column is only possible for parts with length specifications (for example cables, connections, lines / conduits, hoses), but not for parts from the "Mechanics" generic product group.

For such a part, for example a cable, you can enter a part of the length here that you have stored at the part itself. If the assembly is inserted as a device into the schematic or is broken up during the part selection, the length entered here for the individual part is transferred into the part reference property Subset / length of the corresponding function and can be output in reports. The transfer, however, only functions for those functions that, because of their function definition, also have their own length field in addition to the part reference properties. These are, for example, cable definition lines and connection definition points.

Contains supplemental parts:
Contains assemblies:
Contains modules:

You can use the Configure representation popup menu item to display these columns in order to display information about nested assemblies. If an assembly contains further assemblies and/or modules, the information whether these components contain further supplemental parts, assemblies or modules is displayed here.

Popup menu:

The popup menu provides - depending on the field type (e.g. date, integer, multilingual) - the following menu items that are, depending on the situation, available for influencing the table or editing the values in the fields. You can find an overview of these popup menu items in the section Popup menu items.

In addition, the following dialog-specific popup menu items are available:

Menu item	Meaning
Clear contents	Deletes the contents of the currently selected cells.
Go to	Only available for the Part number column. Jumps to the part that is entered in the currently selected cell.

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Part assemblies group box

Break up in summarized parts list:
Include supplemental parts (summarized parts list):
Break up in parts list:
Include supplemental parts (parts list):

Use the Break up in summarized parts list and Break up in parts list drop-down lists in the Reports and Manufacturing data (export) columns to specify individually for an assembly whether the assembly is to be broken up during reporting and/or during the manufacturing data export. In addition you can specify whether the supplemental parts contained in the assembly are to be taken into consideration when breaking up.

The default value is the "From settings" option. In this case the setting that was specified in the respective settings dialog for the reports or for the manufacturing data export is used.

• Reports: In this case the setting is taken from the Settings: Parts dialog. If templates are used for the respective report, the settings are first applied from the templates and then from the settings dialog.
• Manufacturing data (export): In this case the setting can be found in the Settings: Manufacturing data export / labeling dialog.

If you select a different option here, it overwrites the setting that was specified in the respective settings dialog for the part assemblies.

For general information on breaking up modules and assemblies, please refer to the section "Breaking up Modules and Assemblies".

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Part selection group box

Break up assembly:

If this check box is activated, the assembly is broken up during the part selection and the part numbers of the individual components of the assembly are assigned to the device. This also applies to the insertion of the assembly from the Insert center.
If the check box is deactivated, the assembly is not broken up during the part selection and the part number of the assembly is assigned to the device.

Instead of breaking up an assembly during the part selection, you can also decide during reporting whether an assembly is to be broken up. We recommend that assemblies not be broken up during the part selection because otherwise the relationship between the assembly part and the individual components is lost.

Up to level:

If you have selected the Break up assembly check box, you enter the number of hierarchical levels of the assembly that are to be broken up here.

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Distributed placement of assembly:

Use this check box to control how an assembly is to behave: Activate the check box if the assembly is to be placed in the 3D mounting layout in a distributed manner (e.g., main switch distributed to panel and door). Deselect this check box for other assemblies that are placed together and are defined as an assembly in the bill of materials (e.g., contactors with auxiliary contacts).

Note that a distributed placement does not affect the reports and the behavior in the 2D panel layout.

See also

Dialog Parts management

Creating Assemblies

Parts Management: Supplemental Parts

Creating Supplemental Parts