Command entry:
AEFORMATFILE
Select Wire Annotation Exception from the Panel report list.
Installation Codes to Extract
Extracts only the information for components with specific installation values. Indicate to process all components, components without an installation code, or only components marked with an installation code that matches that entered in the edit box. Wild cards are supported.
After you click the Named Installation button, you can type the installation code in the box, or click the List: Drawing or List: Project button to select from a list of used installation codes.
Location Codes to Extract
Extracts only the information for components with specific location values. Indicate to process all components, components without a location code, or only components marked with a location code that matches that entered in the edit box. Wild cards are supported.
After you click the Named Location button, you can type the location code in the box, or click the List: Drawing or List: Project button to select from a list of used location codes.
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 are 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. The Description field is handled a little differently than the other fields. This field can be a multi-line field which is actually made up of multiple fields. If you include the Description field in your report, you choose which lines make up this field. Switch 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.
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\.