To Work With Item Numbers

To assign, fix, and resequence item numbers.

Assign an Item Number

1. Edit the panel or schematic component.
2. Type an item number in the Catalog Data section of the dialog box or click the Next>> button to have AutoCAD Electrical toolset find the next available item number.
   Note: If AutoCAD Electrical toolset finds another component in the project with an item number assignment for the same catalog, it assigns this item number automatically.
3. Check fixed to lock the item number so it will not update during a resequence.
   Note: Item numbers on schematic components cannot be marked as fixed.
4. If the project allows item numbers per-part number, and the component carries multiple catalog values, select Multiple Catalog to assign item numbers to each catalog value.

Note: If you assign an item number that does not match other components with the same catalog, you are instructed to run the Item Resequence command. Resequencing the item numbers will resolve any conflicts, making sure that components with the same catalog carry the same item number.

Fix Item Numbers Project-Wide

1. Click Project tabProject Tools panelUtilities. Find
2. Select from the options on the Item Numbers: Fix/Unfix drop-down list.
   • No Change. Do not modify the status of any existing item numbers. This option is the default.
   • Set all to fixed Change all existing items numbers to fixed. If you run Resequence Items Numbers later on, fixed item numbers do not change.
   • Set all to normal. Clear all fixed item numbers. If you run Resequence Items Numbers later on, normal item numbers update.
3. Click OK.
4. Select the drawings you want to process.
5. Click OK.

Note: Item numbers on schematic components cannot be marked as fixed.

Resequence Item Numbers

1. Click Panel tabEdit Footprints panelResequence Item Numbers. Find
2. Specify the beginning number to use.
3. If you want to assign item numbers only to components that do not already have one, check Process blank items only.
4. To define the manufacturers to process and the order to process them:
   • Clear Process all.
   • Select a manufacturer or group of manufacturers and click Add or Remove to select which manufacturers to process.
   • Select a manufacturer or group of manufacturers and click Move Up or Move Down to define the sort order. The default order is alphabetical.
5. Click OK.

Resequence Item Number updates panel and schematic components in the following order:

1. Panel components
2. Schematic components with a panel representation, assigning the same item number as the related panel component
3. Schematic components with no panel representation

Note: Fixed item numbers do not change.