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them one at a time and relate them as you would any other component or
insert a group at a time.
1 Click Schematic tab ➤ Insert Components panel ➤ Insert Components
drop-down ➤ Icon Menu.
2 On the Insert Component dialog box, click the Miscellaneous button.
3 Click the Shields button.
4 Select the type of shield to insert into the drawing.
5 Pick the points on each wire for the shield/cable marker and right-click
to end the selection. The shield inserts into the drawing.
If you chose to insert a cable marker with a shield, the standard Insert/Edit
Cable Marker dialog box displays.
NOTE Each successive symbol is automatically related to the parent (the
top/left-most wire) as it is inserted.
Add a second shield to a cable/shield representation
You can add a second shield representation to an existing set of cable/shield
markers.
1 Click Schematic tab ➤ Insert Wires/Wire Numbers panel ➤ Cable
Markers drop-down ➤ Cable Markers.
2 Select to Add 2nd Shield.
3 Select an existing shield marker (either select the first or last cable/marker
shield symbol).
4 Specify the insertion point and right-click to end the selection.
Custom shield symbols
A special command, “wd_cblshld_bld {type}”, is used to insert the shield
symbols and connecting lines. The {type} parameter indicates which library
symbols to use to generate the shield and whether to cross the connecting
lines or not. There are three symbols that are used to generate the cable shield,
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