Editing Macro-Typicals

1. In the Macro navigator mark the macro that you want to add to the Macro-Typical.
2. Click the Add macro button in the workspace.
3. The macro is added at the end of the list of Elements.

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2. In the list of Elements click the button of the element under which you want to add the macro.
3. The macro is added under the element.

1. Click the desired macro in the list of Elements in the workspace.
2. The view is extended with the structure and variable information that exists in the macro.

2. Select one of the following options:

• Active button: The macro is always used when the project documentation is generated. It is not displayed in the Project BuilderThe project-specific configuration and the automatic generation of the project documentation takes place in the Project Builder on the basis of the configurators and sets of rules defined in the Designer..
• Configure button: An additional input field is displayed. If you enter nothing there, the engineer determines in the Project Builder whether the macro is used when the project documentation is generated. It is displayed in the Project Builder.
• Configure button: An additional input field is displayed. Control the usage of the macro with a configuration variable. Enter a corresponding formula, for example =V1=='Generate'.

You can specify the position on the schematic page at which window and symbol macros are to be placed. To this purpose you enter an X and Y coordinate or you let the position be calculated automatically with a formula. The position specification is effected in the measurement unit selected by you and always references the bottom left-hand corner of the schematic page.

1. Click the desired macro in the list of Elements in the workspace.
2. The view is extended with the structure and variable information that exists in the macro.

2. Click the From macro button under Position if the macro is to be placed at the position that is stored in the macro.

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2. Click the Absolute button if the macro is to be placed at a different position.
3. Two new input fields are displayed next to the Absolute button.

3. Enter the X and Y coordinates at which the macro is to be placed. Alternatively you can specify the formulas that are used to calculate the coordinates.
4. The macro is placed at the desired position.

Placing macros sequentially

You can place macros sequentially next to each other without specifying absolute positions. You place the first macro on the insertion point that is stored in the macro. For the following macro you specify the direction and the distance in which it is to be placed. Relevant for the calculation of the position of the following macro is always the edge of the macro box of the preceding macro.

1. Click the desired macro in the list of Elements in the workspace.
2. The view is extended with the structure and variable information that exists in the macro.

2. Activate the Sequential button.
3. A drop-down list and an input field are displayed.

3. From the drop-down list select the direction in which the macro is to be placed.
4. In the input field enter the distance in which the next macro is to be placed.
5. The position is calculated automatically and the macro is placed correspondingly.

1. Click the desired macro in the list of Elements in the workspace.
2. The view is extended with the structure and variable information that exists in the macro.

2. Under Structure enter a value only in those fields that are to have a fixed default value. Alternatively you can reference the individual structure identifiers with configuration variables.
3. All the fields into which you enter a value are not displayed in the Project Builder.

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2. Activate the From macro check box in order to use the values of the structure identifiers that are available in the macro.
3. No structure identifiers are displayed for configuration in the Project Builder.

3. Under Variables enter a value only in those fields that are to have a fixed default value. Alternatively you can reference the variables of a macro with configuration variables.
4. All the fields into which you enter a value are not displayed in the Project Builder.

1. Click the button next to the macro that you want to duplicate in the list of the Elements in the workspace.
2. The duplicate is added under the selected macro. In the process all data on position, structure and variables of the macro are applied. The name of the macro is not changed.

1. Click the button next to the name of the element that you want to remove in the list of the Elements in the workspace.