What a loop folder contains at handover
By Saad, practising automation engineer · Updated 2026-09-25
Cover, index, loop sheets, register, and schedules. SchematicForge issues those from one IO list. It is a drafting package, not a signed FAT certificate.
What commissioning opens
A typical loop folder is the loop sheets for the tags in that area, the Loop Register, the cable schedule, the JB schedule, and the termination list. FAT teams also want as-found / as-left rows — use the loop-check template; it is not generated from the engine.
What the SchematicForge PDF actually contains
Cover, symbol legend, general notes, drawing index, cable schedule pages, JB schedule pages, software/network register when HMI/SOFT rows exist, I/O allocation appendix, then one or more sheets per field-wired loop. Native DXF is a separate zip in the pack.
What is not in the zip
There is no from-to wire list CSV, no ferrule print file from the project, no catalog BOM, and no manufacturing terminal-strip drawing. Those remain Excel or the free templates until a later product slice.