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Wire Number Format
Wire number tags can be sequential or reference-based.
Specifies the way new wire number tags are created. The
wire number tag format must include the %N parameter
Format
that is the base sequential or reference-based value per the
selection above. If your format includes the sheet number
%S parameter or the drawing number %D parameter, enter
the values in the edit boxes in the Drawing Properties ➤
Drawing Settings dialog box.
NOTE For reference-based wire number tagging, individual
items in the suffix list are applied to the wire tags to keep
multiple wires in the same reference location unique. These
values are added to the end of the tag, but you can force
AutoCAD Electrical to insert the suffix character somewhere
within the tag format. Use the Suffix position parameter,
%X, in the component tag format (for example, %X%N).
Specifies to use PLC I/O address values for wires that con-
nect to an addressed I/O point. This setting overrides both
Search for PLC I/O address on insert
Sequential and Reference-based tagging. New wires or wire
renumbering on the current drawing shows PLC I/O ad-
dress-based wire numbers automatically.
NOTE Like component tags, AutoCAD Electrical uses the
concept of a wire tag format string with replaceable para-
meters. The %N parameter must always be part of the wire
format string. A typical format string can be just this %N
parameter.
Enter the starting sequential number (alpha, numeric, or
alphanumeric) for the drawing. If you enter the same
Sequential
starting sequential number for every drawing of your wiring
diagram set, AutoCAD Electrical confirms at insertion time
that a new sequential wire number tag is not repeated on
any other drawing.
If you set DEMO1 to 100 and DEMO2 to 200, the wire
numbers on DEMO1 start at 100 and wire numbers on
DEMO2 start at 200. If DEMO1 has more than 100 wire
numbers it starts using wire number 200 and above.
DEMO2 would begin its wire numbers where DEMO1 left
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