To Work With Inserting Cable Markers

You can insert parent and child cable markers into wires. Insert markers one at a time or work with all the markers for a cable.

Insert Cable Markers

1. Click Schematic tabInsert Wires/Wire Numbers panelCable Markers drop-downCable Markers. Find
2. In the Insert Component dialog box, select the cable marker to insert and pick the insertion point on the drawing.

   The Insert/Edit Cable Marker dialog box displays.

3. Set the cable tag by keeping the default, using the buttons, or typing in a new tag.

   Select Fixed to mark this tag that it is not updated on a future retag.

4. Define the wire color by selecting it from a list or typing the color ID in the edit box.
   Note: If this area is unavailable, the component you are editing does not carry a RATING1 attribute. The one-line cable marker symbols by default do not have a RATING1 attribute.

   Subsequent insertions of child cable markers, tied back to the parent through any of the normal methods, causes AutoCAD Electrical toolset to offer the next conductor color of the cable as a default.

5. Assign the catalog information, description, location and installation codes, and references for the tag.
6. Click OK.

   If a parent cable marker was inserted, the Insert Some Child Components dialog box displays. Insert child cable markers automatically that are tied to the parent.

   Note: If the parent is a one-line symbol, the Insert Some Child Components dialog box does not display.
7. If you want to insert child markers, change the dialog box and click Ok insert Child. If you do not want any child markers to be associated with the parent marker, click Close.

Note: You can use the Dashed Link Line command to insert linked lines between the symbols.

Insert Multiple Cable Markers

1. Click Schematic tabInsert Wires/Wire Numbers panelCable Markers drop-downMultiple Cable Markers. Find
2. Select to run a report for the project or drawing and click OK.

   AutoCAD Electrical toolset processes the drawing or project before the Location Code Selection for From/To Reporting dialog box displays.

3. Pick the location codes from the left and right-hand lists.
   Note: Components that have no assigned location code are grouped under a generic "(??)" code.
4. Make any necessary changes in the From/To combination box and click OK when you are ready to run the report.

   The Cable Insert/Edit dialog box displays.

5. Define which wires are part of the cable by using the Include, Include All, Remove, and Remove All buttons.

   The wires for the cable are listed in the Wires Included in Cable portion of the dialog box.

6. Set the cable tag by keeping the default, using the buttons, or typing in a new tag. Select Fixed to mark this for this so that it is not updated on a future retag.
7. Set the wire color by selecting it from a list or typing the color in the edit box.

   Subsequent insertions of child cable markers, tied back to the parent through any of the normal methods causes AutoCAD Electrical toolset to offer the next conductor color of the cable as a default.

8. Assign the catalog information, description, location and installation codes, and references for the tag.
9. Click Insert/Update Now to insert the cable or click Insert/Update Later to save the changes for later.

   If you chose Now, any affected drawings are opened and the cable markers are inserted or updated. If you chose to insert/update later, your changes are saved in a file called 'projnam_cblmrkin.upd' in the same directory path as your project file. When you are ready to insert the cables, select Schematic tab Edit Wires/Wire Numbers panel Multiple Cable Markers Update from the ribbon.