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■ BB?21.dwg
■ BB?22.dwg
■ BB?23.dwg
■ BB?31.dwg
■ BB?32.dwg
■ BB?33.dwg
The “?” is replaced with the next available digit. AutoCAD Electrical allows
up to ten styles using the digits 0-9. You can create them using new drawings
or by copying a set of existing wire connection template drawings to the
appropriate names and modifying as needed.
Starting a wire connection template from a new drawing
1 Start a blank new drawing.
2 Draw the graphics for the wire connection.
3 Use the AutoCAD ATTDEF command to add the wire connection attribute
definition. The insertion point of the attribute definition is the location
AutoCAD Electrical uses to connect the wire. The wire connection attribute
tag is X?TERM01. The "?" character position is used to identify the
preferred wire connection direction:
■ 1: wire connects to the attribute from the right
■ 2: wire connects to the attribute from above
■ 4: wire connects to the attribute from the left
■ 8: wire connects to the attribute from below
■ 0: special for motor connections that radiate from a circle
4 (Optional) Add the TERM01 attribute definition.
5 (Optional) Add the TERMDESC01 attribute definition.
6 (Optional) Add a custom drawing property to define the style description.
This value is the text displayed in the terminal style list in Insert Wire
Connections dialog box.
■ Select File ➤ Drawing Properties.
■ Select the Custom tab.
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