Displays the component details and wiring from\to information.
Find
Command entry:
AEPROJECT Select the Location View tab. Select the node or device in the tree you want to view the details or connections for. Select the top node to view the entire project. Click
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Details Pane
Displays component details.
Connections Pane
Displays wiring and connection information
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
- Export
- Exports the grid data to a .csv or .xls file. Only the columns included in the display are exported.
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Indicates all devices except cables.
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Indicates a cable.
Shortcut Menu Options
Right-click a column label, a row, or a cell to display a shortcut menu with relevant options.
- Columns to Display
- Controls which columns are included in the grid display.
Note: Drag a column label to change the order the column order in the grid.
- More
- Opens the Columns to Display dialog box where you can select which columns to include in the grid from the complete list of available columns.
- Restore All Columns to Defaults
- Resets the grid to the original program settings.
- Copy
- Copies the selected rows and cells to the clipboard for pasting.
Note: Pasting within the grid is not supported.
- Surf
- Opens the surf dialog box for the device tag contained in the row under the mouse.
Available Fields - Details Pane
- Tag. The tag value on the device.
- Manufacturer. The MFG value on the device.
- Catalog Number. The CAT value on the device.
- Description 1. The DESC1 value on the device.
- Terminal Strip. The TAGSTRIP value on a terminal.
- Item Number. The ITEM value on the device.
- Assembly Code. The ASSYCODE value on the device.
- Category. The catalog table for the device based on the WDBLKNAM value, component type, or block name.
- Rating 1. The RATING1 value on the device.
- Rating 2. The RATING2 value on the device.
- Terminal Number. The terminal number for a single level terminal, list of terminal numbers for a multi-level terminal, or wire number for terminals that take on the wire number.
- Description 2. The DESC2 value on the device.
- Description 3. The DESC3 value on the device.
- Installation. The INST value on the device.
- Location. The LOC value on the device.
Available Fields - Connections Pane
Each row in the grid can include two connected components, referred to as the From and To components. Whether a component is considered the From or the To component is based on the wire sequence for the wire network. The wire sequence can be defined specifically or can default to the Tag/Wire Number/Wire Sequence Order defined on the Drawing Format tab of the Drawing Properties dialog box.
- Wire Number. The wire number assigned to the wire.
- Wire Id. The identifier assigned to the wire in Inventor.
- From Installation. The INST value on the From device.
- From Location. The LOC value on the From device.
- From Component. The tag value on the From device.
- From Pin. The pin value on the From device the wire is connected to.
- To Installation. The INST value on the To device.
- To Location. The LOC value on the To device.
- To Component. The tag value on the To device.
- To Pin. The pin value on the To device the wire is connected to.
- Cable Installation. The INST value on the cable marker on the wire.
- Cable Location. The LOC value on the cable marker on the wire.
- Wire Type. The wire type for the wire as defined in the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog box.
- Wire Color. The wire color for the wire as defined in the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog box.
- Wire Gauge. The wire size for the wire as defined in the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog box.
- Cable. The tag value on the cable marker on the wire.
- Wire Length. The wire length as defined in Inventor.
Electromechanical
If the project is part of an electromechanical association, extra buttons and link status icons are available. Linked components that have a data mismatch are shown in two rows, one for the AutoCAD Electrical toolset component and one for the Inventor part. The different values are highlighted in yellow.
- Accept Inventor
- Updates the component values for the selected row or cells with the values from the Inventor component.
Note: This button is not available on the Connections pane.
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Indicates an AutoCAD Electrical toolset component not linked to an Inventor component.
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Indicates an Inventor component not linked to an AutoCAD Electrical toolset component.
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Indicates linked AutoCAD Electrical toolset and Inventor components with no mismatches in data.
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Indicates the AutoCAD Electrical toolset component is linked to an Inventor component, but there is some mismatch between the data.
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Indicates the Inventor component is linked to an AutoCAD Electrical toolset component, but there is some mismatch between the data.
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Indicates an AutoCAD Electrical toolset cable not linked to an Inventor cable.
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Indicates an Inventor cable not linked to an AutoCAD Electrical toolset cable.
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Indicates linked AutoCAD Electrical toolset and Inventor cables with no mismatches in data.
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Indicates the AutoCAD Electrical toolset cable is linked to an Inventor cable, but there is some mismatch between the data.
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Indicates the Inventor cable is linked to an AutoCAD Electrical toolset cable, but there is some mismatch between the data.
Details Pane
- Manufacturer
- Catalog Number
- Description 1
- Description 2
- Assembly Code
- Category
- Terminal Number
For other attributes such as Tag, Installation, and Location, you must manually change the values to resolve the differences. These values are not automatically accepted in AutoCAD Electrical toolset even when you click the Accept Inventor button.
Connections Pane
For Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical toolset components to be linked without any differences in connectivity, these values must match:
- From component
- To component
- From pin
- To pin
- Wire layer name in AutoCAD Electrical toolset (equivalent to wire name in Inventor)
- Cable tag
- Wire number
- Wire ID
- From Installation
- To Installation
- From Location
- To Location
- Cable Installation
- Cable Location