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■ Decide if an underlying wire is trimmed.
■ Set up the circuit annotation.
NOTE If you choose to Insert a circuit, bypassing the Circuit Configuration dialog
box, the default options, as defined in the
Spreadsheet on page 655, for each circuit
element are used.
Marker block attributes
This attribute value provides the link between the marker block on the circuit template
drawing and a section in the circuit codes sheet. The value on this attribute matches
with the CODE column value in the circuit codes sheet for the selected template.
CODE
This attribute value controls the sequence of circuit element display and insertion
within the circuit. Marker blocks are processed in order, from low to high. Assigning
ORDER
the same order value to multiple marker blocks links multiple marker blocks together
for processing as a group. For example, to adjust the spacing between multiple wires
of a 3-phase bus there are three marker blocks with a common CODE value and a
common ORDER value. The ORDER value can be an integer or a decimal number
value. Support for decimal number order values makes it easy to add a marker block
between two others without having to reorder everything.
This attribute value contains miscellaneous annotation values, actions, and flags.
Annotation values are in the format <attribute name>=<attribute value>. Actions can
MISC1
include embedded AutoLISP expressions or programs. Flags are key words that include
enabling child contacts to link to parents and overriding multi-pole build directions.
Flag codes include the following
■ _TAGFMT=<value> - override the drawing property component tag format or
wire number format setting for this one instance.
■ _PRETAG=<value> - predefine a default alias tag for parent child linking. This
option can be used for situations when the child component is inserted before
the parent. For example, the marker block for the child contact has
"_PRETAG=MR". When the parent coil is inserted, its marker block also has
"_PRETAG=MR". As the circuit completes, the actual tag value of the parent an-
notates on to the child contact. This action is based upon the matching "MR"
alias assigned to each.
■ _WIRENO=<value> - predefine a fixed wire number.
■ WIRENUMBERS=0 - if a required wire type does not exist, create it and mark it
as No Wire Numbering. If a required wire type does not exist and this flag is
missing or has a value of 1, create it and mark it as Wire Numbering.
■ _WIRETYPE=<value> - predefine the wire type layer name.
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