Autodesk 22505-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Electrical 2008, User Manual

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NOTE You can place the connectors on the drawing and add wires at a later time.
To do so, follow steps 1 - 9. When you want to add wires, open the Connector
Selection dialog box, and click Wire It.
Connector selection
From the XML export from Autodesk Inventor Professional into AutoCAD
Electrical, you can select from a list of connectors defined in the export, and
then place the connectors onto a 2D drawing file.
Access:
On the Insert Connector toolbar, click the Insert Connectors from List tool.
From the Components menu, select Insert Connector
➤
Insert Connector from
List.
The first time you run this tool, you must select the connector list file (.xml,
.xls, .mdb, and.csv) in the Connector List File Selection dialog box and click
Open. The connector list file is retained in memory for subsequent selections
of this tool.
NOTE If you select to open a spreadsheet or database that contains multiple sheets
or tables, the Select Input Source dialog box displays where you can select the
sheet or table to open.
Connector List
Columns are not editable. You can perform an alphanumeric sort of the
connector details by clicking the column headers.
Displays an "x" if the connector is placed or was previously placed
into the project. Placed
Displays the component's Installation code if defined in the XML
import file. Installation
Displays the component's Location code if defined in the XML
import file. Location
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