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Setting up layers
1 In a blank AutoCAD Electrical drawing, click the Drawing
Properties tool.
2 On the Alert dialog box, click OK to add the WD_M block.
3 In the Drawing Properties dialog box, click the Style tab.
You can select the default Fan-In/Out marker style here along
with defining the layers for the wires. Notice that the default
layer name for fan in/out single line layers is "_MULTI_WIRE."
4 In the Drawing Properties dialog box, click OK.
5 Click the AutoCAD Layer tool.
6 In the Layer Properties Manager dialog box, change the color
of "_MULTI_WIRE" to red and the color of "WIRES" to blue for
this example. The color difference illustrates how the feature
works.
7 In the Layer Properties Manager dialog box, click OK.
Inserting components
1 Click the Insert Component tool.
2 In the Insert Component: JIC Schematic Symbols dialog box,
select Push Buttons.
3 In the JIC: Push Buttons dialog box, select Push Button N.O.
4 Press F9 to turn SNAP on.
5 Insert the push button anywhere on the left-hand side of the
drawing.
6 In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, click OK-Repeat to
insert two more push buttons directly below the first one.
7 In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, click OK after the
last push button is inserted on the drawing.
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