Creating a line fork (incl. a connection point)

How to create a line fork in the →graphical FBD-editor:

  1. Point to the line.

    images/download/thumbnails/435193021/LineConnection_D-version-1-modificationdate-1571988753301-api-v2.png
  2. Press and hold the primary mouse button, then move the mouse pointer onto a free node of an FBD-elements within the drawing field.
    Result: logi.CAD 3 inserts a connection point (= the red node) onto the line.

    images/download/thumbnails/435193026/LineConnection_E-version-1-modificationdate-1571988809109-api-v2.png
  3. Release the primary mouse button.
    Result: images/download/thumbnails/435193031/LineConnection_F-version-1-modificationdate-1571988849970-api-v2.png

Variant: It is also possible to insert the connection point onto the line at first and to create the line fork afterwards:

  1. Double click onto the line where you want to create the connection point. Alternative: Position the mouse cursor over the line and press the J-key.

    Line

    Line with the created connection point

    images/download/thumbnails/413893243/LineConnection_A-version-1-modificationdate-1533815037555-api-v2.png

    images/download/thumbnails/413893248/LineConnection_B-version-1-modificationdate-1533815058390-api-v2.png

  2. Point to the connection point.

  3. Create the line fork as described above.
    Result: images/download/thumbnails/413893253/LineConnection_C-version-1-modificationdate-1533815076927-api-v2.png

See "Connecting FBD-elements by lines" about the basic functionality how lines are created, if the line is e.g. highlighted as faulty.