Component annotation
These utilities may take non-AutoCAD Electrical blocks or graphics representing a symbol, replace it with an AutoCAD Electrical block and transfer the attribute or text values to this new AutoCAD Electrical block.
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| On the Conversion toolbar, click the Convert to Schematic Component tool. From the Projects menu, select Conversion Tools On the Conversion toolbar, click the Map Attributes from Old to New tool. From the Projects menu, select Conversion Tools |
The left-side of the dialog box lists the text or attributes to map to an AutoCAD Electrical block while the right-side of the dialog box lists valid attribute fields to fill in.
Text value | (available only if you select non-AutoCAD Electrical elements) Lists the available text values to assign to the attributes. All AutoCAD Electrical attributes for the block inserted are displayed in the Text Value list (if there is a block to map with existing attribute values). |
= | (available only if you select non-AutoCAD Electrical elements) Transfers the text value to the selected attribute. Select a value from the list at the left and then pick the "="button next to the desired AutoCAD Electrical attribute. |
+ | (available only if you select non-AutoCAD Electrical elements) Appends the text value to the end of the current value for the selected attribute. Select a value from the list at the left and then pick the "+"button next to the target AutoCAD Electrical attribute. |
Pick | Picks text or attribute objects from the drawing to assign to the AutoCAD Electrical attribute. |
Hide | Makes the AutoCAD Electrical attribute visible or invisible. |
Drawing/Project | Lists the installation, location, mount, and group annotations already used on the current drawing or project. |
Miscellaneous, Ratings, Positions, Pins | Opens sub-dialog boxes for changing the attribute list to reflect ratings, pins, and so on. |
Delete original non-AutoCAD Electrical block | Deletes a non-AutoCAD Electrical block once you've mapped all of the attributes. |
Delete picked text objects | Replaces the picked text with the new AutoCAD Electrical attribute. To leave the selected text as is, then make sure you turn this option off. |
Zoom window | Defines an area of the drawing to fill the graphics window. Click to define the graphics window; the image is then zoomed to the area that you defined in the window. |
Zoom extents | Zooms the selected block to the size of the graphics window. |
Zoom in | Increases the magnification of the view so the blocks appear larger. |
Zoom out | Decreases the magnification of the view so the blocks appear smaller. |
Pan | Shifts the location of the view without changing the magnification. Use the Pan button to move the view in the graphics window in any direction planar to the screen. |
