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NOTE You can also do this by creating an electrical template drawing with the
wd_m block pre-inserted and the increment value pre-assigned.
Change the default wire number size
You will need to change several block inserts in each of the symbol libraries
you use. The wire number block drawings you need to adjust are: wd_wnh.dwg
(horizontal wire number), wd_wnv.dwg (vertical wire number), wd_wch.dwg
(horizontal extra wire number copy), and wd_wcv.dwg (vertical extra wire
number copy). You can find these in your AutoCAD Electrical symbol library
(C:\Program Files [(x86)]\Autodesk\Acade {version}\Libs\jic1, jic125, iec2,
iec4, and so on).
1 Determine which schematic symbol library is in use and open drawing
"wd_wnh.dwg" in AutoCAD.
2 Change the text size of the WIRENO attribute definition.
3 Save the drawing.
4 Open drawings "wd_wnv.dwg", "wd_wch.dwg", and "wd_wcv.dwg."
5 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each.
NOTE You won't see these new, resized wire numbers on existing drawings unless
you erase all of the wire numbers and purge the drawing of the old block inserts.
Make wire numbers on vertical wires come in rotated 90
degrees
You can make wire numbers for vertical wires come in automatically rotated
90 degrees so the wire number lays along the wire.
1 Determine which schematic symbol library is in use and open drawing
"wd_wnv.dwg" in AutoCAD.
2 Rotate the WIRENO attribute 90 degrees using the AutoCAD Rotate
command.
3 Save the drawing.
4 Open drawing "wd_wcv.dwg."
5 Repeat steps 2 and 3.
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