Covering Symbol or Covering Component

You can create a covering symbol or covering component and save it in the symbol library.

Overlapping symbols can be visualized in a drawing, when a symbol that is placed over another symbol has been defined as covering.

Creating a Covering Symbol

1. Draft the shape of the symbol as an unbroken shape line in the drawing.
2. Add section lines inside the unbroken shape line on the 101 layer.
3. Make a group out of the shape and section lines.
4. Update the limits of the drawing by selecting the context-sensitive function Update.
5. Select the group, and on the tab, in the Symbols group, select Save As Symbol.
6. Name the symbol, and select Save.
7. Select Ordinary Symbol.
8. Select OK.

Add a Covering Symbol

1. Select a covering symbol from the library.
2. Select a Z coordinate value for the symbol.

   

   Overlapping symbols have a different Z coordinate value (Z>0), so that the symbol with the larger Z coordinate covers the symbol with the smaller Z coordinate.

3. You can change the Z coordinate value by first selecting the symbol in the drawing and then selecting a new Z value in the contextual toolbar field.

   

4. The covering property can be seen when you hide layer 101 from view and remove the hidden lines.

   

Create a Covering Component

You can define the covering property for a 2D component in the same way as for symbols. See section Creating a Covering Symbol.

 Save as a component. On the tab, in the Symbols group, select Save Component.

Add a Covering Component

1. Add a covering 2D component to the drawing.
2. You can change the Z coordinate value by first selecting the component in the drawing and then selecting a new Z value in the contextual toolbar field.