PLC - 'Summary' Symbol

[WoHo]

At least in Europe we use a little different schematic representation for PLCs: each I/O, power supply or whatever else is a represented by a single symbol. This is of course possible in AutoCAD Electrical. Additionally, we have a 'main' symbol which displays all the I/Os, etc. with I/O text and address and a cross reference to the page and line there the I/O is located in the project. Often, all 'main' symbols placed on a single page (and consecutive).

[ccad2509]

Your talking about the siemans split i/o Method

This effectively kills approx 50% of potential sales simply becasue there is no efective methd of doing this out of the box

I know they have looked at this in the past as i have seen some of Nates work back in acade 2009

youve beaten me to the punch on this one as i was preparing a worked example from an eplan project 

[WoHo]

Not only for Siemens, for all PLC's. All customers I know want to have one parent symbol with all information of the PLC (I/O addresses, I/O texts and cross references, etc.) and as many children as I/Os the PLC has. And a cross reference from the child back to the parent.  

A link (on Autodesk 360) to 3 drawings as sample; the graphical representation can of course be different; some want a very simple symbol for the parent, some want a more 'realistic' view for the parent.

[t_chaws]

Hi,

Thank you for your suggestion. We have included your idea in our research bucket and will be looking into it for our future releases.

Keep on posting new ideas!

Best Regards,
AutoCAD Electrical Team