Swapping components

Use the Swap Block tool to swap one component for another.

Swap switches while keeping wire connections

1. If AEGS is not the active project, in the Project Manager, right-click AEGS and select Activate.
2. In the Project Manager, double-click AEGS to expand the drawing list.
3. In the Project Manager, Project Drawing List, double-click AEGS04.dwg.
4. Zoom in on the limit switch on line reference 406.
   
5. Click Schematic tabEdit Components panelSwap/Update Block. Find
6. In the Swap Block/ Update Block/ Library Swap dialog box, specify:

   Option A: Swap a Block - drawing wide

   Pick new block from icon menu

   Retain old block scale

   Auto re tag if parent swap causes FAMILY change

   Attribute Mapping: Use Same Attribute Names (default)

   Click OK.

7. In the Insert Component: JIC Schematic Symbols dialog box, click Miscellaneous Switches.
8. In the JIC: Other Switch Types dialog box, click Proximity Switch NO.
9. Respond to the prompts as follows:

   Select component type to swap out:  Select the limit switch, LS406

   The limit switch symbol disappears and the proximity switch symbol inserts. All existing text annotation transfers to the new symbols and the wires reconnect.