Wire Numbers Tab (Drawing Properties Dialog Box)

Apply drawing-specific wire number settings. These settings are maintained inside the WD_M block in the drawing.

Any drawing

Find

 Command entry:  AEPROJECT

In the Project Manager, right-click the drawing name, and select Properties Drawing Properties. Select the Wire Numbers tab.

Active drawing

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 Command entry:  AEPROPERTIES

Select the Wire Numbers tab.

Wire Number Format

Wire number tags can be sequential or reference-based.

Format	Specifies the way new wire number tags are created. The wire number tag format must include the %N parameter that is the base sequential or reference-based value per the selection above. If your format includes the sheet number %S parameter or the drawing number %D parameter, enter the values in the edit boxes in the Drawing Properties Drawing Settings dialog box. Note: For reference-based wire number tagging, individual items in the suffix list are applied to the wire tags to keep multiple wires in the same reference location unique. These values are added to the end of the tag, but you can force AutoCAD Electrical toolset to insert the suffix character somewhere within the tag format. Use the Suffix position parameter, %X, in the component tag format (for example, %X%N).
Search for PLC I/O address on insert	Specifies to use PLC I/O address values for wires that connect to an addressed I/O point. This setting overrides both Sequential and Reference-based tagging. New wires or wire renumbering on the current drawing shows PLC I/O address-based wire numbers automatically. Note: Like component tags, AutoCAD Electrical toolset uses the concept of a wire tag format string with replaceable parameters. The %N parameter must always be part of the wire format string. A typical format string can be just this %N parameter.
Sequential	Enter the starting sequential number (alpha, numeric, or alphanumeric) for the drawing. If you enter the same starting sequential number for every drawing of your wiring diagram set, AutoCAD Electrical toolset confirms at insertion time that a new sequential wire number tag is not repeated on any other drawing. If you set DEMO1 to 100 and DEMO2 to 200, the wire numbers on DEMO1 start at 100 and wire numbers on DEMO2 start at 200. If DEMO1 has more than 100 wire numbers it starts using wire number 200 and above. DEMO2 would begin its wire numbers where DEMO1 left off (making sure that duplicate wire numbers are not assigned).
Increment	The default is "1." Setting it to "2" with a starting sequential of "1" would yield wire numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and so on.
Line Reference	Sets the wire number tag suffix. This list is used to create unique reference-based wire number tags for multiple wire networks beginning at the same reference location (such as wire network beginning at a location per line reference number, X-Y grid reference, or X-Zone reference).
Suffix Setup	Displays a suffix list. List suffix characters for wire numbers beginning on the same line reference or in the same zone (to keep wire numbers unique). Select one of the four predefined suffix lists or enter your own custom suffix list.

New Wire Number Placement

Note:

The Insert Wire Number tool does not take the current wire number setting (in-line, above or below) into account when updating existing wire numbers. This setting is used only when inserting new wire numbers. Use the Toggle Wire Number In-Line tool for flipping existing wire numbers among the three modes.

Above Wire	Places the wire number above the physical wire.
In-Line	Places the wire number inline with the wire.
Gap Setup	Defines spacing between the inline wire number and the wire itself.
Below Wire	Places the wire number below the physical wire.
Offset	Specifies to insert the wire number tags the specified offset distance.
Centered	Specifies to insert the wire number tags in the center of each wire segment.
Offset Distance	Specifies a fixed, user-defined offset distance from the left or top of the first wire segment found on the wire network.
Leaders	(This option is unavailable for in-line wire numbers.) AutoCAD Electrical toolset places wire numbers on leaders when it determines that the wire number text bumps into something. It does not check if the leader itself overlays another object. Select the method for inserting new wire numbers as leaders: As Required, Always, or Never. Note: This change does not affect wire numbers that are already present on the drawing.