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1 Click Schematic tab ➤ Edit Wires/Wire Numbers panel ➤ Modify Wires
drop-down ➤ Show Wires.
2 Select whether to show the wires. All lines (wires) on wire layers are
highlighted in:
■ Bright red - regular wires.
■ Magenta - wires on layers defined as No Wire Numbering.
3 Select whether to show the origin point for each wire number attribute
text entity. The origin of a wire number block must lie on the wire
segment, though the text attribute may be moved away from the wire.
NOTE Do not use the AutoCAD Move command to move the attribute.
4 Select whether to highlight the wire number attribute text pointed to by
each Xdata pointer. Xdata pointers identify which wire number insert
goes with which wire segment.
Set wire number placement
Set wire number placement
You can set the wire number placement for new wires inserted in a single
drawing or for the entire project. It does not update existing wire numbers.
TIP Change the position of an existing wire number using the Toggle Wire Number
In-Line tool.
1 Click Project tab ➤ Project Tools panel ➤ Manager.
2 In the Project Manager, right-click on the project name and select
Properties (or click the drawing name, and select Properties ➤ Drawing
Properties).
If you change this setting in the project properties, the drawings already
in the project do not get this setting.
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