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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.
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 that 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 append a "-RD-14" suffix
automatically to the wire number. For wire numbers generated on wires
drawn on layer BLK_10_XHHN, you want AutoCAD Electrical to append
a "-BLK-10" suffix to the wire number automatically.
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 applied 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.
Assign wire numbering formats by wire layers
The default format of a wire number is defined in the AutoCAD Electrical
Project Properties dialog box. This format is used for all wire numbers inserted
on a drawing. However, there are times when you want certain types of wires
to be numbered in a different way (that is, to carry a different format).
AutoCAD Electrical allows you to override the default wire number format by
using layer defined formats. For example, your default wire number format is
%N. It takes on the line reference number (in Reference Mode) or the sequential
number (in Sequential Mode). If there are multiple wire numbers on a particular
line reference a suffix is used from the defined suffix list to make the wire
number unique.
988 | Chapter 12 Wire/Wire Number Tools