You can have projects that require working in the legacy JIC standard and other projects that require the IEC standard.
To switch from one standard to another change:
- Schematic library folders
- Schematic icon menu
- Component tagging options
The library folders and icon menu are project settings. The component tagging options are on a per-drawing basis and must be applied to each drawing.
Project settings
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- Right-click on the project name in Project Manager.
- Select Properties.
- Select the Project Settings tab.
- Expand the Schematic Libraries section.
- Remove any folder names you no longer want and add any that you need. For example, remove the JIC folder and add the IEC library folder. Note: AutoCAD Electrical toolset searches for a symbol in the order the folders are listed.
- Expand the Schematic Icon Menu File section.
- Remove the menu you do not want and add the menu you need. For example, remove the ACE_JIC_MENU.DAT file and add the ACE_IEC_MENU.DAT file.
- Click OK.
Drawing settings - change as a project setting
Component tagging options can be changed as a project setting and applied to a group of drawings.
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- Right-click on the project name in Project Manager.
- Select Properties.
- Select the Components tab.
- In the Component TAG Options section, check the Combined Installation/Location tag mode option for IEC tagging, uncheck it for JIC tagging.
If using IEC tagging, set any of the other tagging options.
- Highlight all the drawings in Project Manager you wish to apply the project settings to.
- Right-click and select Properties Apply Project Defaults.
Note: When the project settings are applied to a drawing, all settings are applied, not specific ones.
Drawing settings - change a single drawing
Component tagging options can be changed on a per-drawing basis.
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- Highlight the drawing in Project Manager that you wish to change.
- Right-click and select Properties Drawing Properties.
- Select the Components tab.
- In the Component TAG Options section, check the Combined Installation/Location tag mode option for IEC tagging, uncheck it for JIC tagging.
If using IEC tagging, set any of the other tagging options.
- Click OK.
Note: You can change the component tagging options on the active drawing by selecting Drawing Properties. Find