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Layer name for parent functional description text (for ex-
ample, "MASTER RELAY")
Description
Layer name for child contact functional description text (a
copy of the description of the parent)
Description (Child)
Layer name for parent cross-reference textCross-reference
Layer name for child cross-reference textCross-reference (Child)
Layer name for terminal pin number textPin Numbers
Layer name for optional location and installation code textInstallation/Location
Layer name for switch position textPositions
Layer name for all other component annotationMiscellaneous Text
Layer name for dashed lines that can be inserted to show
multiple components linked together
Dashed Link Lines
Layer name for Location BoxesLocation Box
If a given layer name exists, use this switch (Freeze/Thaw)
to hide (freeze) all attributes on that layer. For example, to
Freeze
hide all child cross-reference text, select Freeze next to the
Cross-reference (child) edit box. You can also use the
AutoCAD LAYER command to do the same thing.
As AutoCAD Electrical inserts a component, it moves the
parts and pieces of the symbol to the category layers listed
Apply to entities on layer "0" only
in this dialog box. If you do not want an attribute or the
graphics of a specific electrical symbol block to move to
the defined AutoCAD Electrical layers, create your symbol
with the entities on some layer other than 0, and then select
this switch.
Wire Number Layers
Displays wire number layers.
Layer name for normal wire numbersWire Numbers
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