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as a one-line symbol. This is defined by the WDTYPE attribute on page
325 value of “1-” on the symbol, or a “1-1” on a one-line bus-tap symbol.
5 (Optional) If you are going to add the symbol to the icon menu at a later
time using the
Icon Menu Wizard on page 1231, check Icon image. Enter
the image name and folder.
6 (Optional) Click Details to see the Symbol Audit on page 359 dialog box
listing potential issues with your symbol.
7 Select OK.
8 Select Close Block Editor from the block editor toolbar.
9 (Optional) Select Yes to insert the symbol on the drawing and select a
location. If you place the terminal on an existing wire, the wire breaks.
The terminal tag is assigned.
Create a one-line parent symbol
In this exercise, you create a one-line circuit breaker parent 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 the symbol graphics.
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 where the one-line symbols are stored:
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\Autodesk\Acade {version}\jic125\1-
Windows Vista, Windows 7: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Acade
{version}\jic125\1-
4 In the Attribute template section, choose Symbol: Vertical Parent.
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