PROJECT complete
Marking software
PROJECT complete
Marking made easy
Intuitive confi guration, intelligent functions, and a
customizable user interface: the PROJECT complete
software is currently the most innovative solution for
straightforward creation of the corresponding markings.
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Planning and marking software
PROJECT complete
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Contents
Easy and convenient creation
of markings 4
Interface overview 6
Inserting new material 8
Inputting data 9
Text editing 10
Special characters 12
Automatic sequencing 14
Autofi ll function 17
Automatic wire marking function 18
Setting the length of endless material 19
Printing 20
Importing data from Excel 21
Inserting graphics 26
Inserting barcodes 30
Changing materials 32
Creating a template 34
Setting up a printer 42
Perfect CAE integration 45
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Easy and convenient creation
ofmarkings
The software PROJECT complete marking can be
used to create your marking easily and conveniently –
despite the wide range of di erent marking materials.
• The areas that can be labled are indicated
• Handling is extremely user friendly
• All printing systems from PhoenixContact, as well
asstandard printers can be controlled
• Individual label creation with a template designer
Perfect CAE integration
PROJECT complete marking
comes equipped with
optimized interfaces to all
common CAE programs.
Withjust a mouse click,
the software imports all the
marking data for your project.
Intuitive software
operation
PROJECT complete marking
provides you with a new user
interface with a confi gurable
‘search function’ and dynamic
taskbars.
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The new standard for
the control cabinet.
More information on
pages 46 to 49.
Simply Easy
PROJECT complete markingis
suitable for all Phoenix Contact
marking systems. The integrated
template designer allows the
user to change label layout and
create custom labels designs
easily.
Intelligent functions like
the ready-to-use material
descriptions automate many
planning steps and ensure
signifi cant time savings.
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Interface overview
The user interface of PROJECT complete marking is
based on dynamic ribbon technology, which gives the
user a familiar feel to the layout of the application.
Functions are grouped into di erent tabs and depend
on the application.
Project tree
The marking material that
is associated with a project,
including the function and
location information, are
listedin an overview.
Marking Editor
Working area where the
marking material is visible
inreal and the marking
information can be entered
m anually.
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Tabs
The dynamic task bar contains
a summary of the functions in
tabs. Certain functions only
show up in their own tabs in
the task bar when they are
needed.
Insertion Center
Products can be found by
entering the order number
or name of material.
The live search suggests
material descriptions during
the input process.
Favorites
You can add regularly used
material descriptions to
your favorites list and
create a short cut to the
material.
Product information
General data on the material
isdisplayed here.
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Inserting new material
The initial starting page will display the ability to create a new
marking project.
• You may search for material by entering the part number,
typedescription or scroll through the list.
• Using the Insertion Center navigation panel, select your printer
(if Insertion Center is not active, go to View and click the
insertion center icon).
• Using the list of material associated with your printer,
selectthe required material for your application.
• Double click on the selected material to edit.
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Inputting data
The material is ready to use now and you can manually enter
your information on the selected material.
• Click on the marker to enter data.
• To enter multiple lines of text on a marker, hold Alt + Enter
or use the down arrow on the key pad.
• By hitting Enter or Tab, you will be moved to the next row
ofmarkers.
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Text editing
PROJECT complete marking provides a fully integrated text
editor to adjust the font settings.
• Click “Home” tab
(you must highlight the marker before changing font)
• Choose font type. Arial is the default.
• Set font size if needed.
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• Set font alignment.
• Text rotation
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Special characters
• “Special characters”
The working area: special characters oers a large range of
characters and symbols for dierent applications.
Working area: special characters
• Click on “View”.
• Click “Special characters”.
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• Choose symbols from categories by selecting the tab
along the top of the window.
• The drop-down menu opens up other choices under
system fonts only. All others have just one type.
• Select the desired symbol.
• Click “Insert”, double click, or drag and drop onto marker.
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Oers the possibilityto create labels based on numeric
andalphanumeric sequences.
Automatic sequencing
• Label numbering
• Click “View”.
• Click on “Label numbering”.
Working area: Label numbering
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• Click “Start”.
• Choose between numbers or letters.
• Select the start value, end value, and increment.
• Enter any alphanumeric prefixes if needed.
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Label numbering example
• Symbol
• Enumeration with the prefix A- and postfix -T3.
• Font style and size
• Text rotation
Special characters and label numbering examples
Font settings example
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This fills the remaining markers with the same content
• Only available for labels with multiple rows of markers
Autofill function
• The remaining markers are filled with that data.
• Enter data into the first marker.
• Right click on the first marker and select “Fill”.
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Create 360° visibility, ideal for wire marking.
Automatic wire marking function
• Data is then automatically repeated in as many rows possible
to ensure visibility in all directions.
(Font must be small enough for multiple rows)
• Enter the data on the wire marker.
• Make sure the marker is selected as indicated by the
green highlight.
• Select “Cable wrap” under the Home tab.
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Unit of measurement is metric by default.
Change the unit of measure in options.
Setting the length of endless material
• Select an endless material.
(designated with an “E” in the parentheses)
• Right click on the marker and under “Set material length”
typein the desired length. Hit enter to apply.
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After finishing the data input start the printing process.
Printing
• Click on Print.
• Print manager
• Click “Print” in print manager.
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Data can be created in Microsoft Excel (or another source)
and imported into PROJECT complete. This requires an initial
configuration of the data exchange manager.
Importing data from Excel
• It is possible to import from more than one column.
• Click “File”.
• Click “Data Exchange”.
Start the data exchange manager
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Create a new import configuration
• Click “New”.
• Click the Browse button to find the Excel file.
(You may have to change to all files to find the Excel file)
• Click “Open”.
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• Preview the data.
• Click “Material mapping”.
• Click “Enforce default material”.
The insertion center will automatically pop up.
Define the needed marking material for
theapplication
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• Select the desired material.
• Click “Insert”.
• Select your printer.
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• Click “Run Import”.
• The file has been imported and you are returned to
the standard view.
• You may make any changes as needed and print the project.
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Inserting graphics
• Select desired material and click “Insert” at top.
Click on material.
• Click “Bitmap”.
• Draw a box for estimated size of graphic.
Project complete supports any image file
(.jpg, .tif, .gif, .bmp, etc.).
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• In the pop-up window, browse to select graphic.
• Use the yellow grab points for resizing the graphic.
Pure black and white is recommended for best print quality
(unless using the Bluemark ID color printer).
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Re-sizing an positioning graphics
For specific requirements.
A grid helps visually lay out the graphic on the label.
• Need to be in “View”.
• Click in marker area to use the visual grid and snap to grid
(graphic must be highlighted for this menu to be visible).
• Toggle “Use grid” and “Snap to grid” on or o,
depending on preference.
• “Use grid” and “Snap to grid” turned on.
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Layout tab
• Click “Layout” and input specific dimensions
for width and height.
• To change the width and height independently,
click the chain icon to break the link.
• The frame option outlines the graphic.
Adjust the line thickness and choose line type
from the dropdown.
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PROJECT complete marking oers a lot of dierent
barcodetypes (Code 39/128/93, EAN 8/13/128, ISBN,
DataMatrix, QRCode, etc.)
Inserting barcodes
• Click to highlight the marker.
• Click “Insert” and select “Barcode”.
• Use dropdown to choose barcode type.
Working area: barcode
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• Use the mouse to draw a box where you want the barcode.
• Type in the information for the barcode into the white area
and hit enter.
• Use the yellow grab points to resize barcode if needed.
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This wizard is helpful for changing the material type
of an existing project.
Changing materials
• Click the “Home” tab.
• Click “Change material”.
• Then click “Select material”.
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You can change the material to any type regardless of
material type or printer.
• Choose material and click “Insert”.
• Click “OK”.
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PROJECT complete oers the template creation that is used to
design custom labels on existing material.
Inserting text fields
Creating a template
• Here is an example of a template for a machine type label.
• Permanent text field: for text that you wish to remain constant.
i.e same on every label, titles like Date/Part number etc.
• Dynamic data input: where the data can be edited.
e.g the actual date.
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Starting a template
• Click “File”.
• Click “New” and “New template”.
• Choose printer and material.
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• Highlight template.
• Click “View tab” and choose “Snap to grid” and “Use grid”.
• Click “Insert” and select “Text field”.
• Insert box the estimated size of text field
(can be adjusted later).
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• For indexing through text fields, you need to click on
“Properties” to access the text field name and number.
• Click on the area to be protected.
• Click “Content Protection” and “Location Protection”.
This locks the graphics and text fields so they cannot
be changed.
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• Click in the text field and give it a name (optional), hit enter.
Give it a number in the index box and select the checkmark.
• Indexing example, 1, 2, 3
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Saving the created template
• Click “File”, then click “Save as”.
• Name the template and click “Save”.
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Export template
Exporting the template allows you to save the template outside
of the PROJECT complete library for saving to other computers.
• Click “File”, “Templates”, Export template.
• Select the template to be exported.
• Click “Export template” and save file in desired location.
• Select the template to be exported and click “Export”.
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Import template
Importing templates adds templates to the PROJECT complete
library that were designed on another computer.
• Click “File”, “Templates” and select “Import template”.
• Select previous exported template and open to view
from new location.
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Note: Make sure you have the printer driver installed before
completing this step.
Setting up a printer
• Click “File”, “Printer configurations”, then click “New”
and select printer.
• Then click drop-down box and select the printer.
• Your printer is now set up as an output device to print.
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Setting print alignment and speed
Note: Make sure you have the printer driver installed before
completing this step.
• Click “File”, “Printer configurations”, choose the
printer.
• In printer calibration choose the material that needs to
be aligned. Double click under the “Oset X” or “Y”
depending on how the alignment needs to be adjusted.
• Click up or down arrows to make adjustments.
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Cutter options
For material that is on an endless roll.
Note: Make sure you have the printer driver installed before
completing this step.
• In the printer configuration area, click “Print calibration”,
choose the material and then double click the perforation
mode to activate the drop down menu. Then select the option
you require.
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PROJECT complete marking comes equipped with optimized
interfaces to all common CAE programs. With just a click of the
mouse, the software imports the data from electrical plans and
automatically creates the corresponding marking solutions.
Perfect CAE integration
PROJECT complete
planning has bidirectional
interfaces to CAE
programs
The bidirectional interface
allows you to send terminal
strips from CAE programs to
PROJECT complete planning.
You can make the following
changes to your terminal
strips in PROJECT complete
planning:
1. Replace terminals
2. Add accessories
3. Replace wire bridges with
jumpers
After the terminal strips
havebeen edited, the changes
are exported to the CAE
programs.
CAE program
PROJECT complete planning
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