by Miles Nicholson
When defining wire types or indeed pipe or flow processes within AutoCAD® Electrical, the user has 20 user definable fields where the headers can be customised and the data reported out in reports such as a wire or pipe from/to lists (netlist).
This is easily achieved by editing the properties of the project. Therefore if the properties of the project(s) you use to create new projects from is edited, the new project will have the customised wire/pipe type headers.
As AutoCAD® Electrical can be multi-discipline within a project e.g. pneumatic and electrical drawings contained within the same project, it is easier if your electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and P&ID wires/pipes/flow processes are defined.
To change the headers of the Wire Type dialogue:
Right click over the current activated project
Select
Select tab.
Select
For each user value you wish to change, enter the header text you wish to be displayed e.g.
Select
Select again
- When creating new wires/pipes, select
Create/Edit Wire Type
- When drawing new wires/pipes, select
Insert Wire
- When drawing new pipes, select
Pipe (Cadline Localiser)
The dialogue will display the additional fields: