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action for this combination of selections. The sum is matched to a value
in the UI_SEL field. Once this match is made, the COMMAND_LIST value,
ANNOTATE_LIST value, and so on, are used to insert and annotate the
selections.
5 Edit the API call in the COMMAND_LIST column for this motor symbol.
For example, the last argument of this Insert Component API call is used
to predefine MISC1 coded values with nil when nothing extra is defined.
Before and after are shown:
Before:(c:ace_cb_insym #xyz nil "HMO13" #scl 8 nil)
After:(c:ace_cb_insym #xyz nil "HMO13" #scl 8 “RATING2=HP: @1@”)
NOTE See the API documentation for more information.
6 Save the spreadsheet.
Override the default tag format
There are two ways to override the drawing tag format for a component.
■ On the marker block for the component in the circuit template drawing.
■ In the Circuit Builder spreadsheet circuit codes sheet.
NOTE The attribute value defined on the marker block overrides any value defined
in the spreadsheet.
Marker block method
1 Open the circuit template drawing that contains the marker block for
the component.
2 Find the correct marker block for the component.
3 Edit its MISC1 attribute value using the format “_TAGFMT={format}”, for
example, “_TAGFMT=DISC-%N”.
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