Schematic tab - Other Tools panel

 

Command

Description

Symbol Builder

AESYMBUILDER

Converts existing symbols or creates new, custom components on the fly. It works nicely for quickly building power supplies, filters, drives, controllers, and other custom devices or for converting existing non-AutoCAD Electrical toolset symbols to make them “AutoCAD Electrical toolset smart.” Schematic symbols created or converted using the Symbol Builder are fully compatible with AutoCAD Electrical toolset, break wires upon insertion, and appear in the various BOM, component, and wire connection reports.

Modify Symbol Library

AEUPDATESYMLIB

Performs an update of all library symbol scaling and text heights in the folder.

Icon Menu Wizard

AEMENUWIZ

Launches the Icon Menu Wizard to easily modify or expand an icon menu, or replace an existing icon menu with your own custom menu. You can change the default icon menu using the Project Properties dialog box. The default icon menu can also be redefined in “wd.env.”

Drawing Properties

AEPROPERTIES

Defines defaults for component and wire tag formats, signal references, cross references, and layers.

Rename Schematic Layers

AERENAMELAYER

Renames layers one by one, or multiple layers at once by using the Find/Replace method. In addition to renaming the layer, this also updates the AutoCAD Electrical toolset layer assignment information carried on the drawing's WD_M block. For example, if DEMO-WIRES is currently assigned as an AutoCAD Electrical toolset wire layer, and you rename it using this utility, the new layer name is substituted for DEMO-WIRES in the AutoCAD Electrical toolset wire layer name list.

Settings Compare

AESHEETCOMPARE

Displays differences between drawing and project settings. Allows update.

PLC Database File Editor

AEPLCDB

Creates and modifies PLC I/O module definitions. All editing and creation of PLC data is stored within the PLC database file (ACE_PLC.MDB).

Electrical Standards Database Editor

AEBDEDITOR

Edits the electrical standards database file, ace_electrical_standards.mdb. The electrical standards database file sets default Circuit Builder values, defines calculations, and allows Circuit Builder to perform engineering analysis in the area of power conductor size versus energy losses

Schematic Database File Editor

AESCHEMATICDB

Edits the records in the schematic_lookup.mdb file to use for mapping panel footprints and terminal representations to the equivalent schematic component block names.