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Access:
Click the drop-down arrow on the Insert Footprint tool to access the Insert
Footprint (Catalog List) tool.
From the Panel Layout menu, select Insert Footprint (Catalog List). Click Add
or Edit.
NOTE When you add a record you must indicate if the component or circuit is
Schematic or Panel and you need to indicate if it should be inserted as a block or
exploded upon insert (as you would for a circuit). Then, at a minimum, you need
to define the block name and either the catalog number or description.
Select Schematic or Panel Device
Specifies if the component (or circuit) is Schematic or Panel.
Single block or explode on insert
Specifies if it should be inserted as a block or exploded upon insert (as you
would for a circuit).
Minimum of Block Name and either Description or Catalog
■ Block/Assembly/Circuit: The Block value can be a symbol name or AutoLISP
expression. If the footprint block is not in an AutoCAD search path or an
AutoCAD Electrical search path, include the part of the path that needs
to be appended to one of these search paths (or enter the full path to the
footprint block). Use Browse to locate the block name or use Pick to capture
the block name if it already exists on the current drawing.
■ Description: Specifies the optional comment for the footprint record. This
is for reference in this file only. It does not get extracted into any AutoCAD
Electrical report
■ Catalog: (not used for exploded inserts) The Catalog value may contain
wildcards. Wild card characters include:
* = match any characters
? = match any single character
# = match any single numeric digit
@ = match any single alphabetic character
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