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Wire/Wire Number Tools
Overview of wires
AutoCAD Electrical treats line entities as wires when the lines are found on an
AutoCAD Electrical-defined wire layer. You can have many wire layers set up
on your drawing. Each wire layer has a descriptive name like "RED_16" or
"BLK_14_THW" and is assigned a screen color to mimic the wire color visually.
Wires do not have to begin or end at snap points, and they do not have to be
orthogonal (they can be skewed at any angle).
A wire network is one or more wire line segments and optional branches that
interconnect and form an electrically unbroken conductor. Wire segments of
the network may contain in-line terminals and wire crossing gaps. All segments
of a wire network receive the same wire number unless you select On per Wire
Basis in the Wire Number Options section of the Project Properties ➤ Wire
Numbers dialog box (on the Project Manager, right-click the project name and
select Properties). When multiple wires are tied to a common wire connection
point, each wire is treated as an independent wire network and receives its own
unique wire number assignment by AutoCAD Electrical
NOTE A wire connection point should only have up to three wire connections tied
to it. Adding more wires to a single point prevents the angled wire connection to
tie uniquely to the wire connection point.
Use wire layers
The Set Wire Type tool is used for setting a wire type for new wires only. The
wire layer name and the associated wire properties (such as wire color, size, and
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