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WireCAD supports the use of Adapters. Adapters are typically used to convert from one connector to another and may also involve the conversion of signal type. Adapters are found in the Terminals tool panels and are placed similar to other terminals. The difference is that instead of a wire being placed between the port and the terminal the Adapter is placed directly on the port. Once placed, the adapter reads the block to which it is being attached and gets the SysName and Port information. It then asks you for the connector new connector type. Finally it populates the Adapter with the extracted information.

 

NOTE: if the functional block to which you are attaching the adapter is not yet assigned a SysName you will be prompted that the operation cannot complete until you have assigned a SysName to the device. You will then need to double-click each attached adapter to get the information into the adapter.