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Project Options
Specifies the ECDS project name. Enter your ECDS
project name or browse for it.
Existing VIA ECDS or Jr. Project (.VPJ)
Specifies the AutoCAD Electrical project name. Enter
an AutoCAD Electrical project name, either existing
AutoCAD Electrical Project (.WDP)
or new. If you are adding the drawings to an existing
AutoCAD Electrical project make sure that you select
that option, otherwise the .WDP project files are
overwritten. The ECDS drawings are copied to anoth-
er location before they are converted. A default loca-
tion for the converted drawings is supplied, but you
can enter any location. If the directory does not exist,
AutoCAD Electrical creates it.
Specifies the path to the schematic symbol library to
use for the project. A default search path is supplied
Library path
pointing to the Symbol library of converted symbols.
You can include electrical, pneumatic, or other
schematic libraries in the path. You can also include
a series of paths for AutoCAD Electrical to search in
order.
Adds the path for a specific library of converted
symbols. AutoCAD Electrical provides three libraries
Symbol1, Symbol2, Symbol3
of converted symbols. These symbols look just like
the older ECDS symbols but carry the expected
AutoCAD Electrical attributes. The path to those
symbols is added to your search path. Also, when
you select your project to convert, AutoCAD Electrical
reads the old ECDS PROJECT.CFG, and look for the
Symbol library name. You can also type in any direct-
ory path you wish.
NOTE The libraries of converted symbols are sup-
plied in a zip file called ConvSym.zip. Before running
the conversion utility, unzip the libraries. Unzip
pointing to your /Program Files/Autodesk/Acade
.../Support directory but make sure that you use the
folder names within the zip file. The zip file creates
three subdirectories called "Converted Symbol1,"
"Converted Symbol2," and "Converted Symbol3."
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