Creating new components

  1. In the Project tree, select the directory in which you want to create the new component or create a new directory. In the screenshot below, a component is being created in an existing directory.
  2. Image: Working method Create new component

  3. Open the Edit tab.
  4. Click on New component.
  5. The dialog Create new component will appear.
  6. In the section Component type, select the component type.
  7. The list of component types are listed according to the manufacturer. In device specific tutorials, you will also find the directory in which the respective component type is located.

  8. In the fields Component directory and Working directory, the name of the selected component type will be entered automatically as the name of the component. You can adjust this at any time. Edit the paths to rename the component if you wish to do so.
  9. Image: Create New Component dialog

  10. Click on Create component.

Until the first check-in, the new component only exists locally (on your computer).

Click on Create base version and Check-In, to copy the new component and all the data it contains to the server. The base version is saved and the new component is available to other users of the same octoplant system.

 

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Check-In