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NOTE Options that are duplicated on the Drawing Properties and Project Properties
dialog boxes are not be described in this section.
Drawing Settings Tab
Defines Installation and Location codes that are
used for drawing defaults when placing compon-
IEC-Style Designators
ents on the drawing and no override Installation or
Location values are given on the specific compon-
ent. These values are used when the Combined In-
stallation/Location tag mode option is selected
(described previously in Project Properties section).
Automatically override family tag codes
A component’s family name can be overridden at insertion time, during a
later edit, or automatically using the wd_fam.dat mapping file. The wd-fam.dat
file overrides the family tag code of library symbols by mapping the codes to
new values. The tag code of a symbol is used in generating the tag-ID of
inserted components, such as the “PB” of tag-ID “PB101.”
AutoCAD Electrical searches for this mapping file in the following order:
1 User subdirectory (C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application
Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD Electrical\{release #}\{country
code}\Support\User\)
2 Active project's .wdp file subdirectory
3 All paths defined under AutoCAD Options ➤ Files ➤ Support Files
Search Path
Depending on how you want to override component family names, you can
move the wd_fam.dat file into the various locations mentioned above.
■ To always substitute a new family value for all projects you create, place
the file in the User folder. (option 1)
■ To use AutoCAD Electrical defaults most of the time but sometimes override
them with project-specific defaults, place the file in the project folders for
the project you want to override. You can have different defaults for each
project. (option 2)
■ If you want a default override from the AutoCAD Electrical default values,
but sometimes want a project override to the global override, you will want
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