Report Format File Setup Dialog Box - Schematic Wire From/To

Find

 Command entry:  AEFORMATFILE

Select Wire From/To from the Schematic report list.

Category

By default, the report lists schematic components. Select a different Category to run the report for one-line, one-line bus-tap, hydraulic, pneumatic, P&ID, or user-defined components. These components are each identified by a unique WDTYPE attribute value.

Report options

• Save Report to File: Saves the report to a file. Select the type of output file from the Save Report to File dialog box. You can define multiple file outputs using this dialog box. Choose from: ASCII report (.rep), Comma Delimited (.csv), Excel spreadsheet (.xls), Access database (.mdb), and XML (.xml) format.

  The First Section Only button indicates to only show the selected option (such as title line or time and date) on the first section of the report, if multiple sections are used. If not selected, the selected options will be shown on all report sections.

• Change Report Fields: Changes what data fields are reported and the order in which they appear. You can also change the justification of any column and even the column label. If you include the Description field in your report, you choose which lines make up this field. Just toggle on and off the specific fields to define the Description.
• Put on Drawing: Opens the Table Generation Setup dialog box for specifying how to display your report as a table on your drawing.
• Sort Fields: Controls the sorting order of the fields in the report.
• User Post: Opens the Report Data Post-processing Options dialog box where you specify which options to run when the report is generated.

Note: The options are saved in the format file after you click OK on the subdialog boxes. If you are working in an unnamed format file, you have to save the data after you select Done in order to keep the changes you have made.

Format File

Format files define specific criteria applied to the report before generating the report to screen, printer, file, or automatic generation.

• Open Format File: Selects format files to edit. The Report Format Settings File Selection dialog box opens and displays a list of format files (.set) in the user subdirectory. Select a file to edit from the list and click OK.
• Save Format File: Saves a format file on the hard disk for later retrieval and usage when generating reports.
• Save As Format File: Saves a format file that you opened and modified with a different name.

The default location for format files is \Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Electrical {version}\{release}\{country code}\Support\User\.