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2 Click the arrow on the Insert Circuit tool to access the Save
Circuit to Icon Menu tool.
3 Click the Save Circuit to Icon Menu tool.
4 On the Save Circuit to Icon Menu dialog box, right-click in
the Symbol Preview window and select Add icon ➤ New cir-
cuit.
NOTE You can also click the arrow on the Add tab and select
New circuit.
5 On the Create New Circuit dialog box, specify:
Name of the icon.■
■ Image file to use. Make sure to select Create PNG from current screen
image.
■ Circuit drawing file name.
NOTE If you didn’t zoom in on the circuit in Step 1 above,
you can click Zoom on the Create New Circuit dialog box to
zoom around the circuit to save.
6 Click OK.
7 Select the circuit's insertion base point.
8 Window around the circuit (from left to right), capturing all
of the appropriate components and wiring and press Enter.
AutoCAD Electrical processes the circuit and saves it to your
AutoCAD Electrical user subdirectory.
NOTE You can overwrite the user subdirectory using the
wd_usercktdir setting in the environment (.env) file. For example,
if wd_usercktdir is enabled and set to “N:\Electrical\Circuits”, the
new circuit and image file are saved to N:\Electrical\Circuits.
AutoCAD Electrical creates and adds a new circuit icon (.png)
of your circuit to the bottom of the symbol preview window.
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