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NOTE The AutoCAD Insert Line command can also be used to insert AutoCAD
Electrical wires on a valid wire layer.
1 Click the Insert Wire tool (or click the arrow on the Insert Wire
tool to access the Insert 22.5, 45, or 67.5 Degree Wire tools).
2 Select the starting point of the wire. You can start a wire seg-
ment in empty space, from an existing wire segment, or from
an existing component. If you start from a component, the
wire segment is started at the nearest wire connection terminal
to your pick point on that symbol.
During wire insertion, the current wire type displays at the
command prompt. You can override this by typing in the
hotkey "T" and selecting a new wire type from the Set/Edit
Wire Type dialog box. The new wire type becomes the current
wire type and the command continues with the wire insertion.
You can also type "X" during wire insertion to show the wire
connection points in the drawing.
3 Select the ending point of the wire. You can end the wire seg-
ment or angled segment in empty space, from an existing wire
segment, or from an existing component. If it ends at a wire
segment, a dot (wddot.dwg) is applied, if appropriate. If it ends
at another component, the nearest wire connection terminal
is found and connected to your pick point on that symbol.
NOTE If the distance between 2 horizontal wires is relatively small,
the vertical wire crossing them avoids inserting loop gaps since
the wire trap distance setting is used to see whether wire loop
gaps are possible or not. Reduce the scale factor or increase the
distance between two wires to insert gap loops..
If the wire was an angled wire, press “9” to switch to normal
90-degree wire mode. If the wire was an angled wire, press “N”
to switch to normal 90-degree wire mode. The wire picks up
at the end of the angled wire segment and defaults to horizont-
al or vertical. To view wire connection terminal locations pos-
ition the cursor near the target component, press "S" followed
by a [space]. Green Xs appear on the screen at the wire connec-
tion point locations.
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