Connecting Components Together

Invalid Component Connections

A connection between components can be made in one of the following ways:

• Overlapping one component port connection over top another.

• The endpoint of a Wire component can be used to make contact with port connections, or the endpoint another Wire:

NOTE:  See Valid Connections in the Wire help page for more on connecting objects.

• Any point along a Bus component is considered a valid connection point, to which Wires and component port connections may be connected.  

Invalid Component Connections

It is important to note the difference between an electrical and a data signal when connecting components together.  Wires may be used interchangeably as data signal paths, or for connecting electrical nodes.  However, it is illegal to connect data signals to/from electrical nodes.  For example, the following connection is invalid:

Wires are universal in that they assume the signal type of the nodes they are connected to.  If a wire is connected to an electrical node, it will become an electrical wire, for example.