question for dougmcalexander

[ColmacCadGuy]

Hello Doug,
Your multi level terminal block instructions helped me immensely. Thanks!
Here is another TB question. With using a 4 level TB as one circuit I have to show one block per wire connection in the schematics. My question is, is there a way to handle multiple wires connections to one schematic block? Other than having multiple blocks like in my attached picture?
In the picture the orange line indicates a jumper.

[ColmacCadGuy]

Here is another picture to show how the terminal block looks in the panel layout referencing the schematic plan.

[dougmcalexander]

Nice job of color-coding the labels. You can attach more than one wire to
any schematic terminal symbol but if you do AcadE interprets that you will
place two wires under one screw or clamp. Think of each terminal block
schematic symbol as representing one screw or clamp and you have it. So to
answer your question, the way you have it drawing currently is correct.
That's the same way I do it. The jumper bar between the blocks represents
the internal jumper.

Note: If you are assigning MFG and CAT in the schematic, rather than waiting
until Terminal Strip Editor, be sure to only assign to one terminal block
symbol of the 4. I find it easier to wait and let TSE handle it. I just
"plunk" down symbols in my schematic and attach wires. I will go ahead and
place the jumper bar between them if applicable. Then when I get to panel
layout, I create the multi-level associations in TSE and assign the MFG/CAT.
Then TSE will go back and update the individual schematic symbols for me.
It's much easier that way because TSE does most of the work.

Side note: I do not use the AcadE jumper tool for terminal blocks, only
because I like the printed drawing to show the electrical connection of the
jumper from lug to lug or clamp to clamp; plus I have been doing it this way
long before AcadE had the terminal jumper tool. If you use a wire
color/gauge label to mark Jumperbar as Jumperbar, it will be clear on a
monochrome plot that they are not wires. I have attached a screenshot from
one of my drawings.


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Here is another picture to show how the terminal block looks in the panel
layout referencing the schematic plan.