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AutoCAD Electrical supplies a schematic symbol dialog box for finding and
inserting schematic components. It also triggers some additional features.
■ Automatic wire breaks
■ Component tagging
■ Real-time cross-referencing
■ Component annotation
Inserting components
AutoCAD Electrical employs a parent/child relationship for schematic
components. The parent coil symbol and the child contact symbols represent
a relay coil with a certain number of contacts. When the parent coil symbol
is inserted, it is assigned a unique component tag. When the child contact
symbols are inserted, the child is related to the parent and the parent tag is
assigned to the child symbol.
In this exercise, you insert components on the wires previously defined in
AEGS04.dwg.
Insert a parent component
1 If AEGS is not the active project, in the Project Manager, right-click AEGS
and select Activate.
2 In the Project Manager, double-click AEGS to expand the drawing list.
3 In the Project Manager, Project Drawing List, double-click AEGS04.dwg.
4 Zoom in on the upper left corner of the drawing.
5 Click Schematic tab ➤ Insert Components panel ➤ Insert Components
drop-down ➤ Icon Menu.
6 In the Insert Component: JIC Schematic Symbols dialog box, click Relays/
Contacts.
7 In the JIC: Relays and Contacts dialog box, click Relay Coil.
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