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NOTE AutoCAD Electrical provides a predefined
format for you to use or you can enter your own
format using replaceable parameters on page 236.
NOTE The %N parameter is mandatory in any
component tag format you define.
Searches for a connected PLC I/O module's I/O point.
If found, the I/O address value is substituted for the
"%N" part of the default component tag.
Search for PLC I/O address on insert
NOTE This setting is saved in the MISC_FLAGS attrib-
ute on the WD_M block of the drawing.
Enter the beginning sequential number for the
drawing. Sequential tags can continue uninterrupted
Sequential
from one drawing to the next if you assign the same
beginning sequential number to every drawing in
your project. As you insert components on any
drawing of the project set, AutoCAD Electrical starts
with the value you set and works its way up until it
finds the next unused sequential number tag for the
target component family.
NOTE If you finish a drawing and move to the next,
but return to the first drawing to add another com-
ponent and sequential tag, a gap appears in the
numbering sequence for that drawing. Use the
AutoCAD Electrical Project-wide Update/Retag tool
to retag the whole drawing set.
Set up the unique format tag suffix list. Use this list
to create unique reference-based tags when multiple
Line Reference
components of the same family are located at the
same reference location. (For example, three push
buttons on the same line reference "101" could be
labeled PB101, PB101A, and PB101B -- AutoCAD
Electrical does this using a suffix list of " ", "A", "B",
and so on).
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