4A59 (Customer) asked a question.

June 30, 2023 at 10:11 PM
Quickly remove blank wires from the ladder diagram

I have a simple ladder diagram, however, as I keep making changes, the diagram becomes wider and wider, eventually went outside the screen. a lot of the rungs are very simple with blank wires between two nodes. see example below.

 

I'd like to remove some of those extra wires, beside creating a new rung and copying the nodes to the new rung which is shorter and then delete the original rung. what's the best way to remove those wires?

 

example

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  • ADC_AutomationControls_PE03 (AutomationDirect)

    If I understand what you are wanting to do, the best way is to right click on the wire you want to remove and select Delete -> Column. This will shorten the rung. An alternative is to right click on the column number at the top of the ladder editor and select Delete Column for All Rungs - keep in mind that if you have any contacts in the column, they will be deleted, so do this with caution.

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  • ADC_AutomationControls_PE03 (AutomationDirect)

    If I understand what you are wanting to do, the best way is to right click on the wire you want to remove and select Delete -> Column. This will shorten the rung. An alternative is to right click on the column number at the top of the ladder editor and select Delete Column for All Rungs - keep in mind that if you have any contacts in the column, they will be deleted, so do this with caution.

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  • PouchesInc (Customer)

    If you typically write "simple" programs with just a few contacts in rungs you can also set your default columns for a project to 5-6. This will make all rungs shorter, and you can still add a column to a specific rung when you need one that is extra wide with many more contacts in it.

  • 4A59 (Customer)

    Thanks all for the tips!

  • Durallymax (Customer)

    Set default columns to less than 8, this will make it fit most laptops. I find it rare to need more than 4.

     

    Another trap to watch out for is compare contacts. Line them all up in the same column.

  • Durallymax (Customer)

    Also, set your ladder options to wrap the tag name text. This will shrink a substantial amount of whitespace.

  • Thad Hughes (Customer)

    I'm on software version 3.70 - there is no option to delete columns when I right click on either a wire or a column. I don't even see anywhere to set the "default" setting for number of columns.

    • kewakl (Customer)

      The DELETE COLUMN is a flyout of the Right Click context menu [Delete -> Column]

      The actions are highlighted in the attached image - for 3.7.0.10PAC Column controls

  • Thad Hughes (Customer)

    Yours looks nothing like mine... but you say you are on 3.7, not 3.70, so...

     

    Is there a way to get the old 3.7 version?

    screenshot

    • Durallymax (Customer)

      OP is using Productivity Suite, you're using Click.

       

      Similar workflow to add/sub wires though.

 

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