To Assign Wire Number Format per Layer

Use the Wire Layer/Format Overrides tool to have wire numbering automatically insert with wire color, gauge, and type information encoded into the wire number itself.

1. Click Project tabProject Tools panelManager. Find
2. In the Project Manager, 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 Based on Wire Layer and then click Layer Setup.

   The Assign Wire Numbering Formats by Wire Layers dialog box opens. Enter each wire layer name and the wire number format that you want to see for wire numbers on that wire layer. For example, let's say that you routinely use wire layers "RED_14_THHN" and "BLK_10_XHHN" in drawings in your project. Whenever you have a wire number on the red wire, you want AutoCAD Electrical toolset to append a "-RD-14" suffix automatically to the wire number. For wire numbers generated on wires drawn on layer BLK_10_XHHN, you want AutoCAD Electrical toolset to append a "-BLK-10" suffix to the wire number automatically.

5. In the Assign Wire Numbering Formats by Wire Layers dialog box, enter RED_14_THHN in the Wire Layer Name box and enter %N-RD-14 in the Wire Number Format For Layer box.
6. Click Add.
7. Enter BLK_10_XHHN in the Wire Layer Name box and enter %N-BLK-10 in the Wire Number Format For Layer box. Click Add.
8. Repeat until you have all possible wire layers set up.

   This information is stored in the project's .wdp file and is applied across all drawings listed in your project.

9. Click OK.

Now when you run the Insert Wire Numbers command on any drawing in your project, nonfixed wire numbers update if they are associated with wires that are tagged in your override list.