Command entry:
AEPANELTERMINAL Select the method for inserting a terminal strip and place the terminal strip on the drawing.
Find Command entry:
AEEDITFOOTPRINT Select a terminal to edit.
Tag Strip
These controls determine the overall tagging of the terminal strip in the project. The Installation, Location, and Tag Strip values define which strip the terminal belongs to.
- Installation
- Changes the installation codes. Click Browse to search the active drawing, entire project, and an external list (default.inst) for installation codes. Pick from the list to update the component with the installation code automatically.
- Location
- Changes the location codes. Click Browse to search the active drawing, entire project, and an external list (default.loc) for location codes. Pick from the list to update the component with the location code automatically.
- Tag Strip
- Specifies the Tag ID given to the terminal strip. If there is an existing name, it appears in the edit box. If not, you can enter a specific ID name or click the < and > buttons to increment or decrement the last digit/character in the Tag Strip value.
- Number
- Specifies the terminal number. If there is not PINLIST information, the < and > buttons increment or decrement the terminal number. You can also click Pick to select a text object or an attribute on the active drawing to use for the terminal number
If the panel footprint is already associated to a schematic symbol, this edit box is already populated with its value.
Modify Properties/Associations
These controls support associations between schematic terminal symbols and their panel terminal footprint and between multiple schematic terminal symbols.
- Add/Modify
- Displays the Add/Modify Associations dialog box. Select terminal strips and their respective blocks to make an association to the terminal symbol being inserted or edited.
Note: It is disabled if the active drawing is not part of the active project or if the terminal was inserted with Terminal Strip Editor.
- Break Out Panel
- Removes the selected terminal symbol out of the defined association. The properties from the original association and the levels of the terminal are maintained.
Note: It is disabled if the active drawing is not part of the active project or if the terminal was inserted with Terminal Strip Editor.
- Block Properties
- Displays the Block Properties dialog box where you can define and maintain terminal block properties.
Note: It is disabled if the active drawing is not part of the active project.
Properties/Associations
The list box displays the status of the edited terminals association. It lists all associated terminal symbols from the schematic and terminal panel footprints. If the terminal symbol is being inserted for the first time, the list box only displays the reference for itself. The number of levels defined in the block properties displays at the top of the Properties/Associations group. The terminal number being edited is highlighted in the list box.
You can double-click in the list to modify the terminal association in the Add/Modify Associations dialog box.
- Label
- Lists the level description defined in the terminal block properties.
- Number
- Lists the terminal numbers defined in the association. Only one terminal number is allowed per level and each level displays its respective terminal number or text. Panel terminal symbols do not display terminal numbers.
- PinL
- Lists the pin numbers defined left side of the terminal block. This data is entered into the L0nPINL attribute if present; otherwise, it is placed in the xdata.
- PinR
- Lists the pin numbers defined on the right side of the terminal block. This data is entered into the L0nPINR attribute if present; otherwise, it is placed in the xdata.
- Reference
- Lists the reference location of the terminal symbol in the project. The syntax is ‘Sheet,Reference’ based on the drawing configuration.
Catalog Data
You can do a drawing-wide or project-wide listing of similar terminals with their catalog assignments. During your editing session, the last MFG / CAT / ASSYCODE assignment for each terminal you insert into your wiring diagram is remembered. When you insert another terminal of that type, the previous catalog assignment of the terminal is set as the default (assuming a previous one was made during the current editing session).
- Manufacturer
- Lists the manufacturer number for the component. Enter a value or click Catalog Lookup and select one from the Catalog Browser.
- Catalog
- Lists the catalog number for the component. Enter a value or click Catalog Lookup and select one from the Catalog Browser.
- Assembly
- Lists the assembly code for the terminal. The Assembly code is used to link multiple part numbers together.
- Item
- Lists the item number for the terminal. Terminals with the same catalog receive the same item number. Click the Item button to launch the Item Number dialog box to:
- Search the drawing or project for an item value assigned to this catalog.
- Fix the item number. If checked, marks an item number as fixed. If you run Resequence Item Numbers later on, fixed item numbers do not change.
- Catalog Lookup
- Opens the Catalog Browser from which you select the catalog value. Search the database for a specific catalog item to assign to the selected terminal.
- Drawing
- Lists the part numbers used for similar terminals in the current drawing.
- Project
- Lists the part numbers used for similar components in the project. You can search in the active project, another project, or an external file.
- Active project: All the drawings in the current project are scanned and the results are listed in a dialog box.
- Other project: All the drawings in a selected project are scanned and the results are listed in a dialog box.
- External file: Select from a list of catalog assignments contained in a text file. Assign a value to the appropriate category.
- Multiple Catalog
- Inserts or edits extra catalog part numbers for the selected component. These multiple BOM part numbers appear as subassembly part numbers to the main catalog part number in the various BOM reports.
- Catalog Check
- Extracts the details from the catalog database to display what the selected item looks like in a Bill of Material template.
Descriptions
Specifies the optional description attribute text to assign to the terminal block (up to three lines of text can be specified). Click Browse to search for all terminal descriptions in the project or active drawing. Select the description you want to copy to the edited terminal block by selecting it in the list and clicking OK.
Ratings
Specifies values for each ratings attribute. You can enter up to 12 ratings attributes on a terminal. Select Show All Ratings to display a list of default values.
Mount or Group
Changes the mount and group codes. You can search the current drawing or entire project for the codes. A quick read of all the current or selected drawing files is done and a list of codes used so far is returned. Select from the list to update the component automatically with the codes.
Show/Edit Miscellaneous
View or edit any attributes that are not predefined AutoCAD Electrical toolset attributes.
External List
Assigns information from an external list to specified data in the Panel Layout - Terminal Insert/Edit dialog box. Any existing information from the dialog box appears in the edit box. To define the information from the selected file, highlight the appropriate information in the Choices list. Select the appropriate button next to the edit box.