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continuous mode. You can insert a long series of incrementing wire numbers
and assign each, in turn, to the wires you pick.
1 Click the arrow on the Insert Wire Numbers tool to access the
3 Phase Wire Numbers tool.
2 Click the 3 Phase Wire Numbers tool.
3 Enter a base starting number in the edit box or click Pick to
select an existing attribute value on the active drawing.
If the picked text carries a numeric substring, this is extracted
and inserted into the Base edit box.
4 Enter an optional Prefix and/or Suffix value or choose from a
default pick list by clicking List.
The prefix or suffix value can be a comma-delimited string
with each entry applied in sequence to the Wire Numbers
section shown at the right-hand side of the dialog box.
5 Set the hold and increment options for each of the edit box
values as required. Pay attention to the proposed generated
wire numbers in the right-hand side of the dialog box.
6 Set the number of wire numbers needed in the bottom right-
hand side of the dialog box.
TIP Select None to potentially generate a continuous list of incre-
menting wire numbers.
7 Select OK.
8 Select the wires for the wire numbers, either single picks or
using the Fence selection.
Fence selection inserts the wire numbers at the crossing points
while single selections uses the drawing's default wire number
placement (for example, centered on the wire segment).
Tips and Hints
■ Tab out of an edit box to start the Wire Numbers listing to update.
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