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■ You can add to the default prefix and suffix list display. Create an ASCII
text file and list each prefix/suffix entry, one per line in the file. Name the
file <projectname>.3ph (where "projectname" is the name of your active
project) or default.3ph and put the file in any folder that is part of AutoCAD
Electrical's search path list.
■ The wire number assignments go in as Fixed (they will hold the values
that you have assigned and will not retag with a subsequent run of the
Insert Wire Numbers command).
NOTE If this tool does not meet your needs, use the Edit Wire Number tool to
assign fixed wire numbers one at a time.
Automatically insert wire numbers
This tool quickly processes and tags wires on the current drawing, wires in
the project, or individually picked wires.
1 Click the Insert Wire Numbers tool.
2 Select to tag all wires or only new wires.
3 Select to process and tag wires with sequential wire numbers
or with wire numbers based upon the wire network's line ref-
erence location.
4 (Optional) Set other tagging options such as:
specify the wire tag format to use■
■ specify the wire layer format
■ force all wire numbers to be fixed
■ update cross-reference text on wire signal source and destination
symbols
■ update the database for wire signal source and destination symbols
5 Select to tag the selected wires, wires on a drawing, or wires
in a project.
Wire tagging
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