Each AcadE project you create carries its own copy of the symbol library
search path that it will use for that project. You can access the project's
library path search sequence by opening the PROJECT dialog and selecting the
"Symbol Library" button in bottom left-hand part of screen. The search path
is what shows up in the middle edit box on the next subdialog. You can have
multiple paths defined... separated by semicolons. The default value that is
held in wd.env file is applied to your project's search path if you hit the
WD_LIB button just below the edit box.
The reason that Autodesk did this is that some users may need to access
different libraries for different projects (ex: different customers,
different plants, different standards such as IEC vs. JIC). So, when you
call up project A that needs to access the IEC library, it does it
automatically... minutes later, when you call up project B, it needs to use
the JIC125 library and does it automatically... then you call up project C
and it has a customer-supplied special library...accessed automatically.
But, for users who want to access the same library for every project, set it
up in wd.env and then when each new project is started, verify that the lib
path is correct. If not, hit the "WD_LIB" button described above.
"Jay Mackey" wrote in message
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> OK, I think this is it:
>
> I had begun creating this drawing prior to getting our network totally set
up, and my wd.env customized for our setup. After changing over to JIC125,
'new' symbols inserted into the drawing will use symbols from the JIC125
directory. However, since the block search path sequence starts by looking
for the block in the drawing itself, AE will never go out to the JIC125
directory for blocks that are already present in the drawing, and this
apparently includes ladder reference blocks, wire numbers, signal reference
text, and schematic component symbols. Even though I deleted the original
ladder and schematic that I had started testing with, the JIC1 blocks were
still present in the drawings. They must be deleted and purged.
>
> >:(
>
> Is there a way to alter the block search path?
>
> - Jay