
1 = parent marker 2 = child marker The remaining characters are not specified. A zero (0) means that the symbol does not trigger a wire number change through it. Cable Marker Symbols AutoCAD Electrical cable conductor marker symbols follow this convention: The first character is H or V for horizontal or vertical wire insertion. These are referenced by AutoCAD Electrical and its icon menuing system and are inserted as standard AutoCAD blocks with attributes. Library Symbol Naming Conventions Using Multiple Symbol Libraries Substituting Symbols in the Library Schematic Library Symbols The following pages describe the naming conventions that should be followed when you create or modify library symbols.Ģ Library Symbol Naming Conventions The default symbol subdirectory, jic1, and a companion uniform text height library, jic125, each contain many hundreds of component symbols in standard AutoCAD ".dwg" file format. Though not mandatory, you are encouraged to follow the convention in order to take full advantage of the AutoCAD Electrical features. In the Select Symbol/Objects dialog box, Attribute template section: Browse to the Library path for example C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Acade \Libs\jic125.Browse to the existing block to select the symbol to create or edit.Click Schematic tab Other Tools panel Symbol Builder drop-down Symbol Builder.1 AutoCAD Electrical Symbol Libraries AutoCAD Electrical 2005 Symbol file names should conform to the AutoCAD Electrical naming convention. In the Attribute template section: Choose Symbol: Horizontal Parent for example.In the Attribute template section: Choose Type: Generic for example.Convert existing attribute or text objects to AutoCAD Electrical toolset attributes.Click Symbol Builder tab Edit panel Done.


If the existing symbol contains attribute or text objects you can convert these to the expected attributes for the symbol type.įindĪ default symbol name is supplied which you can keep or change as needed depending on the symbol type and symbol naming conventions.If the Symbol Builder Attribute Editor is not visible,Ĭlick Symbol Builder tab Edit panel Palette Visibility Toggle.Select the Convert Text to Attribute tool to open the dialog box.
