Cross-Referencing

Select a cross-reference format and add cross-referencing to your drawings.

AutoCAD Electrical toolset adds cross-reference information to related schematic components indicating the reference location. The parent component is annotated with the reference location of each of its children. A child component is annotated with the reference location of its parent.

AutoCAD Electrical toolset supports three types of cross-referencing annotation on a parent component.

Cross-reference annotation on a child is always in text format.

Cross-reference information is also added to signal arrows. A source arrow is annotated with the reference location of each of its destination arrows. A destination arrow is annotated with the reference location of its source.

Define the cross-reference format and style on Drawing Properties Cross-References tab.

Cross-Reference Updates

If the project is set for real-time cross-referencing, each time an action changes the reference location of a component or signal arrow, the cross-reference annotation updates. For example, if you add a contact and relate it to a parent, the cross-reference on the parent updates to include the new child. If you move a child to a new location the parent's cross-reference updates to indicate the new location. If a child is deleted, the parent's cross-reference updates to remove the reference for that child. These updates happen whether the parent and child are on the same drawing or not.

If real-time cross-referencing is turned off, or if drawings could not update automatically, use the following commands to update cross-referencing:

Component Cross-Reference Find
Update Signal References Find

The Component Cross-Reference command creates two reports:

Cross-reference report - a listing of each component and quantity and locations of child contacts.
Exception/Error report - a listing of the exceptions which include child contacts with no parent and parent relay coils with no child contacts.