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Table Of Contents
Manufacturer code24Manufacturer
Conductor color or ID code24Conductor
Conductor gauge description24Gauge
Auto number field (used internally)N/ARecnum
For a given cable part number, there is a record for each conductor within
that cable. For example, a 15-conductor Belden type 8486 cable has 15 records;
one for each conductor in that cable type. The Manufacturer and Catalog
fields for all 15 records are marked "BELDEN" and "8486." The Conductor field
carries each unique color ID of the conductor.
Edit the list of generic colors
Edit the list of generic colors
1 Using a text file editor such as Notepad, open the file, cblcolor.dat.
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application
Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD Electrical {version}\{release
number}\{language}\Support\
Windows Vista, Windows 7:
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD
Electrical {version}\{release number}\{country code}\Support\
2 Add, edit, or delete colors as needed.
3 Save the file.
NOTE Do not remove the arrow at the end of the file.
Insert shield symbols
Insert shield symbols
AutoCAD Electrical provides a few special Shield symbols that graphically
represent the cable shield type. There are "dumb" shields that do not carry an
AutoCAD Electrical tag and there are cable marker/shields that carry an
AutoCAD Electrical tag. You can have parent and child shields. You can insert
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