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Check line entities
Some problems with wire numbering (or lack thereof) can be traced to line
wires not being on a valid wire layer. Use the Show Wires tool to make a quick
check of what is a wire and what is not. The solution to the problem may be
as simple as moving some line entities to a valid AutoCAD Electrical wire layer
(per the drawing's property setting for wire layer names).
Show Wires highlights every line entity in bright red that is found to be on a
valid AutoCAD Electrical wire layer. Select the AutoCAD Redraw command
to remove the highlights.
1 Click the drop-down arrow on the Insert Wire tool to access
the Show Wires tool.
2 Click the Show Wires tool.
3 Select whether to show the wires. All lines (wires) on wire
layers are highlighted in bright red.
4 Select whether to show the origin point for each wire number
attribute text entity. The origin of a wire number block must
lie on the wire segment, though the text attribute may be
moved away from the wire.
NOTE Do not use the AutoCAD Move command to move the
attribute.
5 Select whether to highlight the wire number attribute text
pointed to by each Xdata pointer. Xdata pointers identify
which wire number insert goes with which wire segment.
Insert special wire numbering
This tool speeds up the process of inserting special wire numbering generally
associated with 3-phase bus and motor circuits. It can also be used in a
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