Cable information on Wiring Diagrams

[John]

When creating a Wiring Diagram (Panel Layout), how can I include cable information?

Does ACE2007 have any new features that help?

Is there any way that I could insert cable information say as a suffix on the wire number? Automatically and only if the wire was part of a cable (i.e. had a cable marker on the wire in the schematic). Or possibly some sort of special panel footprint that could show the wires associated with a cable?

The wireman is complaining!

John

[Anonymous]

If you're talking about the wire connection annotation that the "Wire
annotation of Panel Footprints" command inserts on to footprint
representations, try adding parameters %E and %J to the annotation format.
The %E is a replaceable parameter for cable tag-ID and the %J is for the
cable core or wire color assignment.


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When creating a Wiring Diagram (Panel Layout), how can I include cable
information?

Does ACE2007 have any new features that help?

Is there any way that I could insert cable information say as a suffix on
the wire number? Automatically and only if the wire was part of a cable
(i.e. had a cable marker on the wire in the schematic). Or possibly some
sort of special panel footprint that could show the wires associated with a
cable?

The wireman is complaining!

John

[John]

Nate,

This looks interesting. Where do I put the %E and %J parameters? Not the wire number format. Are these added to the terminal or component footprint in some way?

Please explain.

John

[Anonymous]

Hi John,

I must have misunderstood your original post. This set of parameters is used
for defining the wire annotation format that can be pulled from schematics
and written to the panel footprint representations. It's not part of a wire
number format.

The command that uses this format is on the Panel toolbar, the 6th toolbar
button from the left, "Wire Annotation of Panel Footprints". So, if panel
footprint has a wire connection that is actually marked as a cable conductor
on the schematic, you can show the cable tag and color code on the
annotation that can be deposited on to the panel footprint.

Where exactly did you want to show cable tag-ID and conductor/core color
assignment? In the wire number itself or in some report?

Nate.

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Nate,

This looks interesting. Where do I put the %E and %J parameters? Not the
wire number format. Are these added to the terminal or component footprint
in some way?

Please explain.

John

[John]

I want to show the cable information on the Wiring Diagram (Panel Layout) itself. I already include cable infomation in the wire to-from report.

The easiest way would be to append a cable number to the wire number.

John

[Anonymous]

Hi John,
I'm trying to visualize what you want to end up with. The product has the
ability to annotate cable info as schematic wire connection information
shown on panel component and terminal representations but this must not be
what you're looking for. If you'd like to attach a sketch or sample, maybe
it would click in my head what you're wanting to do.
Nate.


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I want to show the cable information on the Wiring Diagram (Panel Layout)
itself. I already include cable infomation in the wire to-from report.

The easiest way would be to append a cable number to the wire number.

John

[John]

Nate,

The annotation of cable info sounds like what I want.

I have made up a little example of a possible way of showing cable info. Can this be done? I am open to other ideas.

Thanks for your attention.

John