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Converting attribute definition or text objects
If the existing symbol contains attribute or text objects you can convert these
to the expected attributes for the symbol type.
1 If the Symbol Builder Attribute Editor is not visible,
Click Symbol Builder tab ➤ Edit panel ➤ Palette Visibility Toggle.
2 Select the Convert Text to Attribute tool to open the dialog box.
All the attributes and text objects contained in your non-AutoCAD
Electrical block are in the left-hand list. The AutoCAD Electrical attribute
names are in the right-hand list.
3 Select an existing attribute/text from the left-hand list. Click the arrow
next to the attribute in the right-hand list.
4 Repeat for each non-AutoCAD Electrical attribute or text object you want
to convert.
5 Select Done.
Create a panel footprint
A panel footprint symbol can be in either of two general forms: a to-scale
physical representation of the device or a generic wiring diagram representation
whose main purpose is to show wire connection annotation information.
The procedure for creating a panel footprint is like that of creating a schematic
symbol with the following differences:
■ Panel footprint symbols do not have to carry the wire connection attributes
that schematic symbols almost always carry.
■ There are no parent/child versions of a symbol for panel footprint symbols.
■ Some of the attribute names are different. A panel symbol must have the
P_TAG1 or P_TAGSTRIP attribute rather than the TAG1 or TAGSTRIP
attribute.
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