Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
To draw wiring, click the Wire button on the Home tab. The bottom half of
thebuttonisadrop-downlistwithoptionsforthestyleofwireyoucandraw.
Youcan draw arc orchamfer wires automatically and spline wires manually.
These options indicate only how the wire is drawn and have nothing to do
with wire types or the electrical properties of the circuit or devices. Once
you have selected a wiring style, you can choose a wire type from the Type
Selector in the Properties palette. You can use the Tag On Placement button
on the contextual tab to place a tag on the wire as you draw it.
You can draw wire anywhere in your plan views, so it is important that you
snap to the component geometry of the elements for which you are showing
the wire. If you draw a wire between two symbols, it may appear that the
wire connects them, but if the wire is not “attached” to the devices, the wire
doesnotmovewhenthedevicesmove.Toensurethatyourwireisconnected
to an element, you need to snap to a point on the component geometry, not
the symbol that represents the component. As long as your cursor is over
some part of the component when you start your wire, the wire connects to
the component at the electrical connector. Figure 14.24 shows a wire being
drawn from a mechanical unit by clicking the edge of the unit (top), and the
wire attaching to the electrical connector of the unit (bottom).
 
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