Expanding a branch in Connected Components Workbench

[jsock]

How do you expand a branch in connected components workbench.
Example i want to add an interlock around more than one contact.
Most software you just drag to point, but i have had no luck.
Thanks,

 

[drbitboy]

Do you mean add a parallel branch to a rung?

 

[geniusintraining]

Like this ?

 

[jsock]

Yes but how to expand branch to interlock around more than one existing contact?

 

[geniusintraining]

Drag it to the plus sign

 

[jsock]

When i drag it the branch just moves it doesn't expand the branch.

 

[geniusintraining]

First drop the branch on the rung, then drag your contact to the branch... then you can add more

 

[jsock]

 

[jsock]

So this is what im talking about. I want to expand around several contacts.

 

[geniusintraining]

Are you wanting to join them? Maybe the issue is they are the same? do you have two NC WS201B_...INSE_ON?

 

[I_Automation]

So this is what im talking about. I want to expand around several contacts.

If you want to know how to add a branch, follow GIT's pic I cropped.


Click the rung right of the instruction(s) you want to branch around (orange ellipse) then click the branch icon (orange circle)


That will place the branch in between the 2 instructions, then click & drag the left side of the branch to encompass all the instructions you want to branch around.

 

[RedDraw]

You don't expand the branch. You move the contacts you want to inside the branch.

 

[jsock]

I figured it out.
You have to drag the contacts in upper rung inside of of branch.
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[drbitboy]

Is good you found a workaround, CCW is not exactly intuitive.

I am not sure if it's in CCW or tia, but you can also select an instruction by clicking it, or multiple instructions via shift-left-click, then right-click the selected instruction(s), and in the pop-up that appears the will be an option to insert something, and a pop-up to the right of that there will be an option to "surround with branch," IIRC.

Again I might be thinking of Siemens TIA, but I know I have seen this somewhere.

 

[geniusintraining]

CCW is not exactly intuitive...

Another reason I like CLICK PLCs...