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Defines and edits wire types.
Ribbon: Schematic tab Edit Wires/Wire Numbers panel Modify
Wire Type drop-down Create/Edit Wire Type.
Toolbar: Wires
Menu: Wires Create/Edit Wire Type
Command entry: AEWIRETYPE
The program saves the wire layer name and associated properties, such as wire
color, size, and whether the wire layer is processed for wire numbers, in the
drawing file. Use the grid control to sort and select wire types to modify.
TIP Use the Change/Convert Wire Type tool to convert lines to wires. You can
also type "T" at the command prompt during wire insertion to use the Set Wire
Type tool.
Wire type grid
Displays the wire types used in the active drawing. The wire layer name and
the wire properties like color, size, whether the wire layer is processed for wire
numbers, and user-defined properties are listed in the grid. An x in the Used
column indicates that the layer name is currently used in the drawing. A blank
value in this column indicates that the layer name exists in the drawing but
it is not currently being used. The current wire type is highlighted with a gray
background; selected wire types highlight in blue.
If you do not want wire numbers assigned to wires on a specific layer, select
No Wire Numbering for that layer. The Insert Wire Numbers command
follows these rules:
If all wires in the network are on layers set No for Wire Numbering, no
new wire number is inserted.
If any wire in the network is on a layer set Yes for Wire Numbering, the
existing non-fixed wire number is updated or a new wire number is inserted.
If a wire network already has a non-fixed wire number, it is updated
regardless of the Wire Numbering setting. Use the Delete Wire Numbers
command to remove the wire number.
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