To Work With Fixed Wire Numbers

Fix a Wire Number

1. Click Schematic tabEdit Wires/Wire Numbers panelModify Wire Numbers drop-downEdit Wire Number. Find
2. Select a wire or select an existing wire number. If a wire number exists, the Modify/Fix/Unfix dialog box displays. However, if a wire number does not exist on the selected wire, the Insert Wire Number dialog box displays.
   Note: If the selected wire is on a layer defined as No Wire Numbering, the Insert Wire Number dialog box does not display. An alert displays indicating that the layer is set as No Wire Numbering.
3. Edit the wire number or enter a new wire number. If you are inserting a wire number, use the arrows or click Pick to select the appropriate wire number. Pick speeds up the task if you have some special wire numbers to edit manually.
4. Select to make the wire number visible or hidden.
5. To fix the wire number, select Fixed and click OK. If the wire number is already fixed and you want to turn it back into a regular wire number, clear the check box and click OK.

Fix Multiple Wire Numbers

1. Click Schematic tabEdit Wires/Wire Numbers panelModify Wire Numbers drop-downFix. Find
2. Select a wire number or component to fix.
3. Right-click when you are done selecting the wires. You can check whether the wire is fixed by clicking the Edit Wire Number tool, selecting the wire, and reviewing the dialog box.

Fix/Unfix Wire Numbers Project-Wide

1. Click Project tabProject Tools panelUtilities. Find
2. In the Project-Wide Utilities dialog box, Wire Numbers section, select Set all wire numbers to fixed or Set all wire numbers to normal, and click OK.
3. Select the drawings to process and click OK.