push button with more than one contact

[mikegera]

I am new to AutoCAD electrical.  How do I insert a pushbutton, for example, that has more than one contact, and have it show more than one contact in my schematic?  Currently I am going to "Icon Menu", then "push buttons", the selecting, again for example, "Push Button NO".  It has one contact.  What if I want two?  Thanks guys/gals.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

When you open up the Icon Menu, look a little further down and select one of the symbols with the "2+" notation.  In the Component Tag entry of the Edit Component dialog box, give the symbol the same tag name as the original contact.  Take note that you can select the component tag by pressing the Project or drawing buttons below the Component Tag field.

[mikegera]

Not 100% sure if we're on the same page.  The pic below shows what I am trying to do:

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Main contact is parent.
Second contact is child.Defined as 2nd+NC or NO in the components dropdown screen.
Link components with AELINK

[mikegera]

Thanks.  Slightly off topic, but how do I globally change the text height of my components?  I can edit each atribute individually and do it, but this is very tedious. 

[Anonymous]

From user guide

Change attribute text style
Use this tool to adjust the font assignment (either project-wide or drawing-wide) to the text style “WD” or “WD_IEC.”
Click Project tabProject Tools panelUtilities.
In the Project-Wide Utilities dialog box, Change Attribute section, select Change Style and click Setup.
In the Project-Wide AutoCAD Electrical Style Change dialog box, select the font name to apply to text style WD or WD_IEC and click OK.
In the Project-Wide Utilities dialog box, click OK.
In the Batch Process Drawings dialog box, select to process the project and click OK.
In the Select Drawings to Process dialog box, select to process specific files or click Do All to process all of the drawings in the active project. Click OK.
AutoCAD Electrical processes the selected drawings and adjusts the text style WD or WD_IEC to the specified font name.
My comments

If your require permanent change then it easier to update the individual blocks that way you can control layout far better
You will find that there isn't that many different blocks that are used frequently

[Icemanau]

There is also a similar tool that will go through and adjust those settings in a library.

When you use this tool, it is best to set it up to run overnight as it will open every block in the library directory, make the changes and then save it.

Depending on how many blocks are in the library, this can take quite a few hours.

Regards Brad