Attached are the Entrelec blocks I modified for the drawing you saw earlier.
These are from the training tutorial I am developing. This tutorial starts
off with creation of the intelligent border template and then you design an
actual control system with AcadE 2008. These blocks have been corrected
(the rotation was 180 degrees wrong). I cleaned up the sub-standard
drafting by Entrelec and added the attributes for P_ITEM, color-coded
levels, etc. When you insert from TSE set the scale to 25.4 to convert
these from English to Metric.
Unzip the contents to: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Acade
2008\Libs\panel\ENTRELEC\TRMS-TERMINAL BLOCKS
Overwrite the existing blocks or make a backup of the original files before
unzipping.
The way you set the program to insert a certain footprint is through the
Footprint Database File Editor under the Misc. Tools fly-out menu of the
Panel layout toolbar. It is juts a lookup table by MFG and CAT. You set
the footprint to use for a certain MFG and CAT combination. See below a
paste from the Electrical HELP system with regard to using the Footprint
Lookup Database.
Use the footprint lookup file
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
Panel footprint lookup database file editor
The footprint lookup database links a manufacturer's catalog part numbers to
appropriate footprint block .dwg files. This information is in a multi-table
Access database file (footprint_lookup.mdb). There is a table for each
manufacturer code.
Access:
Click the arrow on the Miscellaneous Panel Tools tool to access the
Footprint Database File Editor tool.
From the Panel Layout menu, select Database File Editor Footprint
Database File Editor.
Each entry in the table maps a given part number to its footprint block
name. The table name must match the manufacturer code.
Edit existing table
Opens a sub-dialog box for editing existing manufacturer footprint
lookup tables.
Create new table
Opens a sub-dialog box for creating new manufacturer footprint lookup
tables.
Create empty file
Opens a sub-dialog box for creating a blank footprint lookup file. This
option is available if a Footprint_lookup.mdb file does not exist in the
designated location.
wrote in message news:5647263@discussion.autodesk.com...
Oh, and another thing...
In the schematic, how do you define on which level the terminal is?
At the moment I just number my terminals 1B, 1M, 1T, 2B, 2M, etc. for
1(bottom), 1(middle) and so on. Not sure if this is the best way.
Basically, although I have done the starter course (3 day), after that I am
self taught (finding out as I go along). And without this forum, I'd be
stuck!
Personally, I think you ought to write the definitive book (the one that
AutoCAD doesn't want to produce). There's a few thousand of us out here who
would buy it!
Anyway, thanks for all your help .
John
Doug McAlexander
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AutoCAD Electrical training and implementation support
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