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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 component on an existing wire, the wire breaks.
The component tag is assigned.
See also:
■ Create a parent schematic symbol on page 2083
Convert a non-AutoCAD Electrical block
1 Click Schematic tab ➤ Other Tools panel ➤ Symbol Builder drop-down
➤ Symbol Builder.
2 Browse to the existing block to select the symbol to create or edit.
3 In the Select Symbol/Objects dialog box, Attribute template section:
Browse to the Library path for example
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 for
example.
5 In the Attribute template section: Choose Type: Generic for example.
6 Select OK.
7 Convert existing attribute or text objects to AutoCAD Electrical attributes.
8 Add wire connections on page 350 as needed.
9 Click Symbol Builder tab ➤ Edit panel ➤ Done.
A default symbol name is supplied which you can keep or change as
needed depending on the symbol type and
symbol naming conventions
on page 282
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