Newbie Question %

[jlshapiro]

What does the % mean in the following statment and in general in the ACADE Getting Started Manual?

Specifies IEC default values for the drawing, such as Project (%P), Installation (%I), and Location (%L) fields. When you insert a component, the %I and %L default values are used if the Installation and/or Location values would
normally be blank.

[Anonymous]

These are like variables, AcadE calls them replaceable parameters. They are
used in a number of AcadE tagging type commands and are replaced with the
actual value at the time the tagging or other operation is performed. Here
is some information from the help -

The Drawing Properties dialog box makes use of codes as replaceable
parameters that are encoded on to attributes of the invisible WD_M block of
the drawing. For example, if you set your component tag format to be %F%N,
this format is encoded on to the TAGFMT attribute of the WD_M block. When
AutoCAD Electrical assigns a TAG to a component, this format is read and the
codes are replaced with the appropriate values.

Replaceable parameters are also used for device tagging, cross-referencing,
wire numbering, wire annotation, and graphical terminal strips.

For device tagging, cross-referencing and wire numbering
Defined in the Drawing Properties.

%F
Component family code string (for example, "PB," "SS," "CR," "FLT,"
"MTR")

%S
Sheet number of the drawing (for example, "01" entered in upper right)

%D
Drawing number

%G
Wire layer name

%N
Sequential or Reference-based number applied to the component

%X
Suffix character position for reference-based tagging (not present =
end of tag)

%P
IEC-style project code (default for drawing)

%I
IEC-style installation code (default for drawing)

%L
IEC-style location code (default for drawing)

%A
Project drawing list's SEC value for active drawing

%B
Project drawing list's SUB-SEC value for active drawing


The %L and %I values used for cross-referencing are the Drawing Default
Location and Installation values from the corresponding Parent or Child
drawing and not the Location and Installation values of the component
itself.If you have a Parent on a drawing that has a default Location of "M"
and its child is on a drawing that has a default Location value of "MC," the
cross-referencing on the parent shows the "MC" (drawing default location
value of the drawing the child is on) and the child shows the "M" (drawing
default location value of the drawing the parent is on) no matter what the
location value is on either the parent or child.

NoteIf you include %I or %L in the Tag code of the component, you are
prompted to recalculate the tag if you change the Installation or Location
value of the component once it is inserted.
Example of Component Tags

(For relay number 50 on sheet 3)

%F%S%N = CR350

%F%N = CR50

%F-%S-%N = CR-3-50

(For 3 push buttons on line reference 101 using reference-based tagging)

%F%N = PB101, PB101A,PB101B

%N-%F = 101-PB, 101-PBA,101-PBB

%N%X%F = 101-PB, 101A-PB,101B-PB

Example of Wire Number Formats

(For wire number 50 on sheet 3)

%S/%N = 3/50

%N = 50

W-%S%N = W-350

For defining wire annotation and graphical terminal strips
%P
Terminal pin text

%Q
Terminal pin TERMDESC text

%I
IEC-style installation code

%L
IEC-style location code

%M
Mount assignment (on panel footprint equivalent)

%U
Group assignment (on panel footprint equivalent)

%W
Wire number

%C
Cable tag + conductor/core color combination (format is "tag-color")

%E
Cable tag

%J
Cable conductor/core color

%V
Cable tag substituted for wire number if cable tag is non-blank.

The wire number is displayed when a cable ID does not exist.

%G
Wire color/gauge (or wire layer name)

%H
Cable wire color substituted for wire number if cable color is
non-blank.

The wire layer is displayed when a wire conductor in conjunction with
a cable ID does not exist.

%T
Terminal strip terminal pin assignment

%K
Terminal strip TERMDESC text - useful for multi-stack terminals

%1
Destination component tag ID. You can use only one of the (%number)
parameters.

%2
Equivalent of "%1:%P" (comp tag:term)

%3
Equivalent of "%1:%P:%D" (comp tag:term:termdesc)

%4
Equivalent of "%L%1" (IEC comp tag)

%5
Equivalent of "%L%1:%P" (tag:term)

%6
Equivalent of "%L%1:%P:%D" (tag:term:termdesc)

%7
Equivalent of "%I%I%1" (INST prefix+IEC comp tag)

%8
Equivalent of "%I%L%1:%P" (tag:term)

%9
Equivalent of "%I%L%1:%P:%D" (tag:term:termdesc)


The part after the colon(:) is suppressed if the value is blank in %2 - %9
parameters (for example, %2=comp tag:term). The ":term" part is suppressed
if blank.



Hope this helps,

Pat Murnen

wrote in message news:6000948@discussion.autodesk.com...
What does the % mean in the following statment and in general in the ACADE
Getting Started Manual?

Specifies IEC default values for the drawing, such as Project (%P),
Installation (%I), and Location (%L) fields. When you insert a component,
the %I and %L default values are used if the Installation and/or Location
values would
normally be blank.

[jlshapiro]

Understood now.

MUCH thx Pat!!!

[Anonymous]

No problem. Keep posting 🙂

Pat

wrote in message news:6001100@discussion.autodesk.com...
Understood now.

MUCH thx Pat!!!