To Create/Edit Terminal Jumpers

Use the Edit Jumper tool to jumper two or more terminals together in a schematic diagram. The terminals to be jumpered can be on the same drawing or span multiple drawings within the same project.

Choose one of the following workflows for editing terminal jumpers:

Workflow 1:

  1. Click Schematic tabEdit Components panelEdit Jumper. Find
  2. Select the primary terminal.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Select the secondary terminal on the drawing to create a jumper to the primary terminal. You cannot select a terminal that is part of another jumper.
    • Enter Browse (B) at the command line to browse to and select the secondary terminal in the Select Terminals to Jumper dialog box.
  4. (Optional) Continue selecting any terminals to add to the jumper.
  5. Press Enter to create the jumper or enter Edit (E) to edit the jumpers.
  6. (Optional) If you selected to edit the jumpers, make modifications in the Edit Terminal Jumpers dialog box and click OK.
  7. (Optional) Enter Show (S) at the command line to draw temporary broken lines between the primary terminal and secondary terminals within the same drawing.

Workflow 2:

  1. Click Schematic tabEdit Components panelEdit Jumper. Find
  2. Press Enter at the command line.
  3. Select the terminals to be jumpered (from the left tree view) and click the arrow to copy to the right tree view.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Click Edit to create the jumper or edit the jumpers on the selected terminal.
    • Click Close to return to the command prompt and:
      • (Optional) Select additional terminals in the drawing to add to the jumper.
      • Press Enter to create the jumper or enter Edit (E) to edit the jumpers.
      • (Optional) If you selected to edit the jumpers, make modifications in the Edit Terminal Jumpers dialog box and click OK.
      • (Optional) Enter Show (S) at the command line to draw temporary broken lines between the primary terminal and secondary terminals within the same drawing.
  5. Click Cancel to cancel the operation.