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Insert panel footprints using vendor menus
Pick the item from a vendor icon menu that is preset with specific catalog
number data and footprint block names. Choosing from this menu supplies
AutoCAD Electrical with the manufacturer and catalog information and the
footprint block name, bypassing any look-up.
It can save time if you frequently use the same vendor and panel components.
You can apply this method to create client-specific menus making it easier to
use the vendor or components that each client prefers.
Insert panel footprints using vendor menus
A vendor icon menu is preset with specific catalog number data and footprint
block names. Choosing from this menu supplies the manufacturer and catalog
information and the footprint block name, bypassing any look-up.
1 Click Panel tab ➤ Insert Component Footprint panel ➤ Insert Footprints
drop-down ➤ Manufacturer Menu .
2 In the Vendor Menu Selection dialog box, select the vendor menu to use
and click OK. You can select one from the list or click Browse to search
for a vendor (.pnl) menu file.
NOTE This dialog box is also available by clicking Vendor Menu Select on
the Vendor Panel Footprint dialog box after a vendor is first selected.
3 In the Vendor Panel Footprint dialog box, select the component to insert
from the Symbol Preview window and click OK.
Clicking an icon inserts the footprint into the active drawing as defined
by the command in the .pnl file.
4 Select the insertion point on the screen.
Vendor menu selection
Ribbon: Panel tab ➤ Insert Component Footprints panel ➤ Insert
Footprints drop-down ➤ Manufacturer Menu.
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