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The Create New Submenu dialog box appears. Here you can select the
function that will be performed when the icon is selected from the icon
menu.
Three pieces of information are needed to trigger the new menu page.
2 On the Create New Submenu dialog box, specify the image file name and
.sld or .png graphic to appear in the icon button. The image name can
be manually typed into the edit box. You can browse to an existing .sld
or .png file to assign to the icon, use an image file that matches the active
drawing name, use an image file that matches a picked block on the
drawing, or use an image file with the same name as the block name
entered for the block name.
NOTE Browse cannot be used if you are using a slide library (instead of
individual <slide>.sld files). Manually enter these as "library name(slide name)".
3 Specify the submenu's title.
4 Click OK.
5 Select the appropriate Insert Component command and test your new
symbol insert.
Add an icon to trigger a command
An icon can be configured to trigger an AutoCAD command, trigger an
AutoCAD Electrical command, or run a program. For example, "Rectangle"
can be typed into the edit box so that every time you click the box, it runs
the AutoCAD Rectangle command.
1 On the Icon Menu Wizard dialog box, click Add Command.
NOTE You can also right-click in empty space and select Add icon
Command.
2 On the Add Icon - Command dialog box, specify the name to appear on
the icon and the image file to use on the icon button.
3 Specify the command to execute when the icon button is selected.
Click List to select from a list of AutoCAD Electrical Commands for Panel
and Schematic multi-pole symbol inserts. This makes it easier for you to
build the appropriate command to insert a multi-pole symbol or a panel
symbol. To see the command line parameters for a specific AutoCAD
Electrical command, select the command in the list and the parameters
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