From the course: Learning SOLIDWORKS Electrical
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What is a component?
- An electrical component represents a uniquely identified assembly made up of manufacturer part or parts. Components can be represented by different symbols throughout our projects. The concept of exactly what is meant by a component, or a part, or a symbol may be confusing at first, but it is a very important concept with SOLIDWORKS Electrical. So I like to use this diagram when trying to help explain exactly what are components. So, a component may be represented by a manufacturer part or multiple manufacturer parts. It's also going to be represented by a symbol or multiple symbols, for example, the schematic symbols and the line diagram symbols we just saw. Then, most importantly, those manufacturer parts, the actual parts we purchase, have circuits, a number of electrical connection points, and the symbols we insert on our drawings also have circuits or those electrical connection points. At the end of the day, our hope is that those circuits from our symbols on our drawings will…
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