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into the wire number itself. For example, you can have wire numbers like
123-RD-14 or 124-BLK-10 instead of 123 or 124.
1 Click the Project Manager tool.
2 In the Project Manager, right-click the project name, and select
Properties.
3 In the Project Properties dialog box, click the Wire Numbers
tab.
4 In the Wire Number Options section, select Based on Wire
Layer and then click Layer Setup.
The Assign Wire Numbering Formats by Wire Layers dialog
box opens. This is where you enter each wire layer name and
the wire number format that you want to see for wire numbers
on that wire layer. For example, let's say you routinely use wire
layers "RED_14_THHN" and "BLK_10_XHHN" in drawings in
your project. Whenever you have a wire number on the red
wire, you want AutoCAD Electrical to automatically append
a "-RD-14" suffix to the wire number. For wire numbers gener-
ated on wires drawn on layer BLK_10_XHHN you want Auto-
CAD Electrical to automatically append a "-BLK-10" suffix to
the wire number.
5 In the Assign Wire Numbering Formats by Wire Layers dialog
box, enter RED_14_THHN in the Wire Layer Name box and
enter %N-RD-14 in the Wire Number Format For Layer box.
6 Click Add.
7 Enter BLK_10_XHHN in the Wire Layer Name box and enter
%N-BLK-10 in the Wire Number Format For Layer box. Click
Add.
8 Repeat until you have all possible wire layers set up.
This information is stored in the project's .wdp file and is ap-
plied across all drawings listed in your project.
9 Click OK.
Now when you run the Insert Wire Numbers command on any drawing in
your project, nonfixed wire numbers update if they are associated with wires
that are tagged in your override list.
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