To Work With Manipulating Wires

How to trim, stretch, and bend wires.

Trim Wires

1. Click Schematic tabEdit Wires/Wire Numbers panelTrim Wire. Find
2. Select the wire segment to remove on the drawing or type F followed by a [space] to remove multiple wires at once.
3. If you are removing multiple wires, draw a fence through the wires to trim.

A Zoom Extents is triggered when a wire runs off the screen. If this zooming back and forth becomes annoying during multiple trims, then zoom back so that all the circuitry is shown on the screen. Or press Z and [space] at the trim prompt. It triggers a Zoom Extents that persists through the rest of the trimming edits.

Note: You can use the AutoCAD Erase command to remove wires, but wire connection dots or tees are not removed automatically.

Stretch, Extend, Trim Wires

1. Click Schematic tab Edit Wires/Wire Numbers panelModify Wires drop-downStretch Wire. Find
2. Select the end of the wire to stretch.

   The wire stretches or trims to the nearest wire or in-line component wire connection point.

Bend Wires at Right Angles

1. Click Schematic tabEdit Wires/Wire Numbers panelModify Wires drop-downBend Wire. Find
2. Select one of the two wires that make up a right-angle turn.
3. Select the opposing wire that makes up the right-angle turn.

   The additional wire segments are added based on the right-angle direction.

4. Right-click to exit the command.