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Access:
From the Projects menu, select Drawing Properties. In the Drawing Properties
dialog box, click the Drawing Format tab. In the Layers section, click Define.
NOTE You can also change layer properties using the Project Manager tool.In the
Project Manager, right-click the drawing name, and select Properties ➤ Drawing
Properties. (To change the project default settings, right-click the project name
,and select Properties.The settings are applied to new drawings). In the Drawing
Format tab, Layers section, click Define.
The layer names you choose are what AutoCAD Electrical uses as it inserts the
parts and pieces of component symbols and wire numbers. It doesn't matter
what layer is current at the time. If the layer name you enter doesn’t exist
when it comes time for AutoCAD Electrical to insert something onto that
layer, AutoCAD Electrical creates that layer on the fly.
Component Block Layers
Displays layer names.Type layer names into the edit boxes. A blank entry
inserts that category on the current layer. Multiple categories can be tied to
the same layer name (enter the same layer name into multiple edit boxes).
When a schematic component is inserted, the block's graphics are inserted
onto the layer listed in the Non text Graphics box. The block's attribute text
is automatically moved to the layers listed in the other boxes, based upon
attribute function.
Layer name for all non attribute graphics of a symbolNon-Text Graphics
Layer name for all parent and child component name tags
(for example, "CR101")
Component Tags
Layer name for component tags that are fixed and are not
changed if processed by the RE-TAG command
Fixed Tags
Layer name for parent functional description text (for ex-
ample, "MASTER RELAY")
Description
Layer name for child contact functional description text (a
copy of the parent's description)
Description (Child)
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