Problems keeping Schematic and W/Diag in sync !

[svend007]

I have just 2 drgs in the project at present. 1 Sch. Diag & 1 W/Diag. After adding all the panel components into the W/Diag (from Schematic List) I then need to add INST values which will populate both drgs. What would be the simplest/Quickest way to do this ?
Thanks
Pete B.

[Anonymous]

One idea would be the Spreadsheet Export and then Import feature. You export
to the spreadsheet, then edit all of the INST values in the spreadsheet,
then run the Import from Spreadsheet. If all of the components are to
receive the same INST value and you are using IEC tagging it might be enough
to just assign the INST value as a Drawing Property. Other users might have
other ideas.

Pat Murnen

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I have just 2 drgs in the project at present. 1 Sch. Diag & 1 W/Diag.
After adding all the panel components into the W/Diag (from Schematic List)
I then need to add INST values which will populate both drgs. What would be
the simplest/Quickest way to do this ?
Thanks
Pete B.

[svend007]

Thanks Pat. Yes, this is definitely the easiest and quickest to do this. I use the 'INST' value as the item number on the Wiring Diag. since every item needs to have a different number for routing purposes. It's normally easiest to assign this value after the wiring diagram is laid out, which is after the Schematic is drawn. Then the 'INST' values are allocated to each item on the wiring diagram from Top to bottom, left to right. This value then becomes part of the Panel wiring diagram annotation text, representing the destination of each wire.
I'd be interested to know how others handle wiring diagram wire routing to/from information, although I know a lot of companies seem to have 'done away' with wiring diagrams nowadays, or use some sort of table format instead.