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the geometry of the symbol or by converting text entities to AutoCAD Electrical
attributes.
You can also use AutoCAD attribute definition and editing commands to do
the same thing. Use this tool to quickly pick and place attributes. It tracks
what attributes are present and checks your work to make sure that any
AutoCAD Electrical required attributes are not omitted. For this exercise, you
create a symbol and add AutoCAD Electrical attributes to the new geometry.
Symbol Builder works in the Block Editor environment. You can add or modify
the geometry of the symbol using standard AutoCAD commands within this
environment.
Create a parent schematic symbol
In this exercise, you create a power supply using the Symbol Builder tool.
NOTE If you exit out of the Symbol Builder, restart it, and on the Select
Symbol/Objects dialog box, click Select objects and select any graphics and
attributes you added so far. You can then resume from where you left off.
1 In an AutoCAD drawing, draw a rectangle on the drawing.
NOTE You can also create and modify the graphics for the symbol in the
Block Editor environment.
2 Click Schematic tab ➤ Other Tools panel ➤ Symbol Builder drop-down
➤ Symbol Builder.
3 In the Select Symbol/Objects dialog box, Attribute template section,
browse to the Library path
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\Autodesk\Acade {version}\jic125
Windows Vista, Windows 7: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Acade
{version}\jic125
4 In the Attribute template section, choose Symbol: Horizontal Parent.
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