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AutoCAD Electrical reads the line of text from the file and breaks
it into its component parts. These are displayed in the left-hand
dialog list. For each relevant item, highlight it and then pick the
appropriate category button in the center column. The high-
lighted item is transferred to the corresponding category (and
then to the Insert/Edit dialog box once OK is clicked).
Inserts or edits extra catalog part numbers on to the selected cable.
You can add up to 10 part numbers to any cable. These multiple
Multiple Catalog
BOM part numbers appear as sub-assembly part numbers to the main
catalog part number in the various BOM and component reports.
Displays what the selected item will look like in a Bill of Material
template.
Catalog Check
Wire Colors
Set the conductor color code by manually entering it in the edit box or by
picking from a color list. The list displays the wire colors for the cable. If you
have already selected catalog information, the colors in the list correspond to
the specific cable type. If you haven't assigned catalog information, the list is
a generic set of colors.
To assign a color to a particular wire, select the wire in the list of wires for the
cable. Assign the color by selecting it from the list or type it in the edit box.
You can assign a color to all wires at one time by selecting Follow Color List.
This assigns a color to each wire of the selected cable even if the wire already
has a color assigned to it.
Setup
Opens a dialog box for setting the parent cable marker symbol, the cable
marker placement on the wire, and options for hiding children attributes.
Insert/Update Now
Opens any affected drawings and automatically inserts or updates any cable
markers.
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