Schematic Layout Wire Connection Annotation Dialog Box

Defines the wire connection text format.

Find

 Command entry:  AEWIREANNOTATION

Make your selections and click OK.

Note: You can build two sets of panel footprint symbols: one set that does not carry the target attributes for wire information and a set that does. When you insert your panel symbols from the schematic extract, select Use Footprint Tables to access the first set of symbols or select Use Wiring Diagram Tables to access the second set.

Format

There are two format edit boxes on the dialog box. The "Full" format is used if the target attributes are not found and MText is inserted. The "Partial" format is used if the target attributes are found (described later). Each format uses parameters that are then replaced with the specific wire information. AutoCAD Electrical toolset provides some predefined formats for you to select from the list box at the right; or you can enter your own format using replaceable parameters.

Parameters must be separated by non-blank delimiters for AutoCAD Electrical toolset to be able to re-extract wiring diagram information into reports. For example, "%T=%W %1 %G" is not acceptable because there is only a space between the %W and %1 and %G parameters. Acceptable formats include "%T=%W (%1) %G" or "%T=%W / %1 (%G)" or "%T=%W (%1) %G".

Note: You cannot use commas in the format. They signal multiple wire connection annotations onto a single wire connection attribute.

Additional options for the "To" component tag

Additional options to include in the text.

Add terminal pin as a suffix to tag	Adds the terminal text as a suffix.
Add terminal description to tag	Adds any terminal description value as a suffix.
Include installation prefix to IEC tag format	Adds any installation value as a prefix.

View/Test

Allows a preview or test of the report.

Suppress any duplicated annotation on each terminal

Indicates to hide duplicated annotations so that they do not show on the report.

Delimiter between multiple instances on same line of text

Enter the character used to separate multiple panel wire annotation values for the same wire connection.

If wire numbering converts to MText

The default MText insertion point is the same as the insertion point of the footprint block. The default text size either matches that of existing wire number attributes found on the footprint symbol or, if none present, the MText size is forced to match the current value of the AutoCAD system variable "TEXTSIZE".

To predefine the MText insertion point, text size, and text style on footprint blocks, insert an invisible attribute "WXREF" on your footprint block library symbol. Open up each footprint symbol in AutoCAD and insert a blank attribute definition "WXREF". Put its origin at the point where you want AutoCAD Electrical toolset to insert the MText wire connection information. Mark this attribute definition invisible and set its text size and style to the desired MText size and style.

Note: You can define the default wire connection text format using the Panel Configuration dialog box. Click Panel Wire Connection Report XYZ Offset Reference Setup.