Project tab - Other Tools panel

 

Command

Description

Surfer

AESURF

Moves from reference to reference across the project drawing set. A new window opens and the original window closes when Surf is selected unless you hold the Shift key while running the command.

Continue Surfer

AESURFCONT

Continues a previous surf session from the point where you left off.

Previous DWG

AEPREV

Loads the drawing listed above the current drawing in the project explorer, and closes the current drawing.

Next DWG

AENEXT

Loads the drawing listed below the current drawing in the project explorer, and closes the current drawing.

Migration Utility

AEMIGRATION

Migrate database and support files from a previous version of AutoCAD Electrical toolset to the current release.

Language Conversion

AELANG

Translates component description text from one language to another. Description text and switch position text is processed on schematic and panel components.

Edit Language Database

AELANGDB

Opens the current language table for review and modification. The default table is wd_lang1.mdb.

Title Block Setup

AESETUPTITLEBLOCK

You can link some AutoCAD Electrical toolset project description data entries and some of the drawing values to the attributes in the title blocks. There are two methods, an attribute mapping file or a mapping attribute embedded on the title block.

Title Block Update

AEUPDATETITLEBLOCK

Automates updating title block information for the current drawing or the entire project drawing set. Project and drawing specific settings are linked to one or more attributes contained in the title block.

 

Component update from catalog

Updates component values with values from the catalog database based on the assigned catalog value.

IEC Tag Mode Update

AEUPDATEIECTAG

Updates component tagging based on a change in the IEC tagging mode.

Update to New WD_M Block, Values, Layers

AESWAPWDM

Replaces the schematic wd_m.dwg block in the current drawing with a newer copy, and converts to the newer configuration values and layers.

Update to New WD_M Block, No changes

AESWAPWDMNOCHANGE

Replaces the schematic wd_m.dwg block in the current drawing with a newer copy, but keeps existing configuration values and layer names.

Update to New WD_PNLM Block, Values, Layers

AESWAPPNLM

Replaces the panel wd_pnlm.dwg block in the current drawing with a newer copy, and converts to the newer configuration values and layers.

Update to New WD_PNLM Block, No changes

AESWAPPNLMNOCHANGE

Replaces the panel wd_pnlm.dwg block in the current drawing with a newer copy, but keeps existing configuration values and layer names.

Update Symbol Library WD_M Block

AECOPY2SYMLIB

Writes the attribute settings for the wd_m block in the current drawing to the wd_m.dwg drawing file in the symbol library.

Settings List Utility

AEDWGCFG

Reports the settings of each drawing in the project, and provides the means to edit the report and update the drawing properties with the edited values.

Xdata List

AELISTXDATA

Lists extended entity data, xdata, on a selected object.

Xdata Editor

AEXDATA

Allows display and edit of an object's “1000” type extended entity data (Xdata).

Right Click Menu Off

AEOFFRIGHTCLICKCONTEXTMENU

Turns off the right-click menus in AutoCAD Electrical toolset.

Right Click Menu On

AEONRIGHTCLICKCONTEXTMENU

Turns on the right-click menus in AutoCAD Electrical toolset.

Add Catalog Table

AEADDCATALOGTABLE

Adds a new, blank table to the catalog lookup database file.

Create Project-specific Catalog Database

AECREATEPROJCATALOG

Creates a project-specific catalog database containing only the entries used in the project.

Move Objects to Layer

AEMOVE2LAYER

Moves all objects on a layer in the active drawing to a different layer.

PLC Database Migration Utility

AEPLCMIGRATE

Adds the Category field to the PLC database tables. This field is used by the Spreadsheet to PLC I/O utility to determine module placement.