Edit Dialog Box (Cross-Reference Symbol Mapping Table)

Edit the file that maps a contact block name to a graphic drawing name when the cross-reference table uses the symbol mapping format.

This graphic drawing is inserted as a block in the TYPE column of the cross-reference table for the contact.

Find

Project Manager

 Command entry:  AEPROJECT

Right-click the project or drawing name, and select Properties. Click the Cross-References tab. In the component Cross-Reference Display section, select Table Format and click Setup. On the Cross-Reference Format Setup dialog box select Symbol Mapping, and click Edit.

Find

Drawing Properties

 Command entry:  AEPROPERTIES

Click the Cross-References tab. In the component Cross-Reference Display section, select Table Format and click Setup. On the Cross-Reference Format Setup dialog box select Symbol Mapping, and click Edit.

Note: You can also access this when you use Insert Component. Select the component type to insert and specify the insertion point on the drawing. In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, Cross-Reference section, select Component override, and click Setup. In the Cross-reference component override dialog box, select Table Format, and click Setup. On the Cross-Reference Format Setup dialog box select Symbol Mapping, and click Edit.

This database table is a table within the catalog lookup Access .mdb file. The default file name is default_cat.mdb, table _XREF_GRAPHICS, and is populated with a sample of symbol mapping data. Expand this table as needed. Use your copy of Microsoft Access or use this dialog box to add new entries, add entries based on existing entries, edit, and delete entries from the table.

Sort	Sorts the list of database records using either an alphanumeric sort or number values. You can specify four sorts to perform on the list.
Find	Find the next instance of the text you enter. Select to look in the entire table or a specific field. Select to match the entire field, part of the field, or the beginning of the field with the entered text. Make it case sensitive by clicking Match case.
Replace	Indicates to replace the find value with the new text string that you specify.
Filter	Filters the listing based on certain values in the table. Picking the blank entry in the list removes the filter for that field. After you define the values to filter, apply the filter in the database editing window.
Edit	Displays the Edit Record dialog box for modifying the existing record in the database.
Add New	Displays the Edit New Record dialog box for entering a new record into the database.
Add Copy	Displays the Edit Copied Record dialog box for modifying and copying the record to make a new record. You cannot have two duplicate copies in the database.
Delete	Removes the selected record from the database.

Table Format

SEARCHORDER	Arranges the order of the records so that certain wildcard patterns are used before others. For example, the contact symbol HCR217F.dwg matches two different SYMBOL values, “*217F*” and “*21*”. Since “*217F*” has a lower SEARCHORDER value, its GRAPHIC symbol is used in the cross-reference table.
SYMBOL	The contact symbol block name or wild card to map to a graphic block name. The following codes are supported to handle special cases. A+B map one graphic block where two separate NO/NC contacts exist for a given coil and the pins match up with a Form-C in the PINLIST for that coil. SP=NO map a spare normally open contact SP=NC map a spare normally closed contact SP=<> map a spare convertible contact SP=NONC map a spare form-c contact SP=NO2 map a spare normally open contact that is part of a form-c definition SP=NC2 map a spare normally closed contact that is part of a form-c definition Note: The spare contacts are shown only if the cross-reference option to display the unused child contacts is selected.
GRAPHIC	The name of the block (.dwg) file that is inserted into the table cell when the block name of the contact matches the SYMBOL value.
COMMENTS	Explains the purpose of the wild-card pattern and graphic.