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Symbol Libraries
Determine symbol block names
The symbol folder on page 204 contains hundreds of component symbols in
standard AutoCAD ".dwg" file format. They are referenced by AutoCAD Electrical
and its icon menuing system and are inserted as standard AutoCAD blocks with
attributes. There are two ways to determine the block name of an existing
symbol:
METHOD A
Insert the symbol from the AutoCAD Electrical icon menu and then use the
AutoCAD LIST command to display the block name. Add the appropriate library
path as a prefix to this block name to obtain the path to the ".dwg" file of the
symbol. The default library path is
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\Autodesk\Acade {version}\libs\{library}\
Windows Vista, Windows 7: \Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Acade
{version}\libs\{library}\
METHOD B
The
icon menu on page 204 file lists the symbol descriptions and file names of
all components referenced in the AutoCAD Electrical icon menuing system.
You can pick the symbol names from this file. Here is an example of how the
data looks in this file.
"On delay coil | S2(SHTD1N) | HTD1N".
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