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Term/Wire Numbers
Inserts wire numbers and terminal pin numbers. For each wire number you
need, select the desired wire number direction and then place the point on
your new symbol. Select one of the supplied wire number or terminal styles
from the menu. You can edit existing terminal styles or create your own. All
terminal symbols are saved in the /Program Files/Autodesk/Electrical/libs/jic1
subdirectory under file name "bb?*.dwg", where "?" is the style number.
You can also specify to insert multiple wire/terminal numbers and set the
scale for the numbers in this dialog box.
Convert text
If you windowed existing geometry and text entities at the initial prompt of
the Symbol Builder, this converts the existing text entities to AutoCAD
Electrical attributes "in place". Select Convert to AutoCAD Electrical attributes
to map your text/attributes to the attribute names for the selected symbol
type.
Change
Specifies the text style, text line weight, and width factor for the new attributes.
Save and insert
When you are finished, click Block to insert your new component into your
circuit or Wblock to first save a copy of your new symbol (the default save
location is your user subdirectory).
Swap blocks
The block swapper tool can operate in several different modes:
■ Swap Block: Exchanges one block for another, retaining the old block's
scale, rotation, wire connections, attribute values, and attribute positions
(if Retain is selected). For example, use the tool to swap out a red standard
pilot light with a green one, or drawing-wide, swap out all standard red
pilot lights with red press-test pilot lights.
■ Update: Updates all instances of a given block with an updated version of
the same block. Again, all attribute values and wire connections are
retained. For example, an old AutoCAD Electrical project set needs to be
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