To Configure Wire Numbering for Export to Autodesk Inventor Professional Cable and Harness

There are several steps to set up the wire numbering convention in AutoCAD Electrical toolset for the import of data into Autodesk Inventor Professional Cable and Harness.

Define wire layers

Layers defined in AutoCAD Electrical toolset must be defined as valid wire layers. While the following steps do not create the layers on the drawings that need to be mapped into the Cable and Harness Library, they tell AutoCAD Electrical toolset which layers are treated as valid wire types.

1. Click Schematic tabEdit Wires/Wire Numbers panelModify Wire Type drop-downCreate/Edit Wire Type. Find
2. In the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog box, click Add Existing Layer to add the wire line layers in use in the schematic to the list to be recognized as layers by AutoCAD Electrical toolset.
3. In the Layers for Line Wires dialog box, enter the layer name or pick a wire from the existing layer list.

   A wildcard used in the name selects a group of layers. For example, RED_* selects all layers that begin with "RED_."

4. Click OK.
5. In the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog box, click OK.

Note: You can also change layer properties using the Project Manager tool. In the Project Manager, right-click on the project name and select Properties. In the Drawing Format tab, Layers section, click Define.

Set unique wire IDs

You need to assign each wire a unique wire ID or number before they can be imported into another application.

1. Click Project tabProject Tools panelManager. Find
2. In the project listing, right-click the project name, and select Properties.
3. In the Project Properties dialog box, click the Wire Numbers tab.
4. In the Wire Number Options section, select On per Wire Basis.
5. Click OK.

Fix wire numbering

You must fix the wire numbers so they stay the same for subsequent imports into Autodesk Inventor Professional Cable and Harness. Do this after the wire numbers have been assigned. Use any of the following procedures to fix wire numbers.

Automatic wire numbering:

1. Click Schematic tabInsert Wires/Wire Numbers panelInsert Wire Numbers drop-downWire Numbers. Find
2. In the Wire Tagging dialog box, select Insert as Fixed if it is not already selected.
3. Click Project-wide, Drawing-wide, or Pick Individual Wires depending on which method you want to use to update your wire numbers.

Manually inserting wire numbers:

1. Click Schematic tabEdit Wires/Wire Numbers panelModify Wire Numbers drop-downEdit Wire Number. Find
2. Click a wire that does not currently have a wire number assigned to it.
3. In the Edit Wire Number/Attributes dialog box, select Fixed to force the wire number to a fixed state.
4. Click OK.

Inserting wire numbers using project-wide utilities:

1. Click Project tabProject Tools panelUtilities. Find
2. In the Project-Wide Utilities dialog box, select Set all wire numbers to fixed.
3. Click OK. All wire numbers in the project are now flagged as fixed.