Doug McAlexander
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Specializing in AutoCAD Electrical Implementation Support
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doug,
i've been working through your suggestions in this post, i'm using what looks like the same 4point terminal in the example picture where all 4 connections are jumpered internally, so i edited the terminal to be 4 levels with 1 wire connection point on each level (I then copied that block property to every terminal on the list, so they're all the same). I've been associating terminals and keeping each to a max of 4 connections on my own (even though it allows 8) Some terminals are showing up as highlighted yellow and i cannot find anywhere what that means...
In short terms, I have schematics where the common power wires may have wires connected via DOTs on a ladder bus, and the same wire # used on single terminals for devices elsewhere in the schematics. I don't care which levels the wires are connected to or which terminals are sharing which wires, i just want a total count for how many termination points i have for each given wire number and be able to set up the terminal block layout based on that requirement.
any thoughts?
one other question as well, when i have it working correctly, i then have the correct layout with the exact number of terminals i want, but i'm not sure how to get that list of terminals on the layout exported to a CSV file. When i run a schematic report, it shows every listing of each terminal, without taking into account the association i've done in the TSE...
Hello Doug,
Thanks a lot for your answer, it is the first clear explanation about terminals.
I'm starting to use them and I'm having troubles trying to represent jumped connections in a terminal strip.
For exemple on the attached files we can see AutoCad consider wires between TB04-1 and TB04-2 as another connection (terminal number is increased) when in real word we know that this wire is a jumper on the terminal strip.
So how can I indicate to AutoCad that this wire is a jumper and should not be taken in account in terminal connections?
Thanks you.
You can use the same method I explain at the link below to show a physical connection from one terminal to another, so the wire number is passed along, yet the connection doesn't appear on a wire list (because it is a metal jumper, not a wire). Think of the Create/Edit Wire Types list as a list of conductors. They could be wires, jumper-bars, or even pipes that carry fluid or gas. The latter can be used for hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams that you include in your project.
If you need to add the terminal jumper to the BOM you can assign via AEJUMPER, or you can add the jumper as a Multiple Catalog entry under one of the terminals, or insert a footprint to represent the jumper.
http://www.ecadconsultant.com/tips.html#Terminal_Bus
Doug McAlexander
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www.linkedin.com/in/doug-mcalexander-1a77623
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