The wire connection attribute name has nothing to do with the wire type
attached to it. It is the point that trims the wire and establishes the
wire connection. It also directs the from/to report to the appropriate pin
assignment attribute. For example X1TERM01 means that the wire is coming
into the component symbol from the right (X1), it gets its pin asisgnment
from TERM01, and it was the first wire connection inserted (01).
The Spreadsheet to PLC I/O utility is not intended as a tool to develop a
complete schematic. It is mainly designed to handle the PLC and discrete
components attaching to the PLC. Some human editing will be necessary after
the utility is finished executing. If AcadE reaches the point where no
human editing is necessary, we designers can be replaced by a clerical
person who can use Excel.
If you are using a drawing template for AcadE to load as it creates each new
page, and you have a default wire layer/type selected, AcadE will use this
as the default wire type for the ladders. If most of your wires are field
wirng, you can create a wire layer/type, set its color and linetype as
desired, and set it as the default wire layer/type in the border template.
You set the default at the lower right of the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog.
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I am running the Spreadsheet to PLC I/O Utility using an analog input card.
I would like to change some of the wire connection linetypes to dashed or
hidden in order to represent field wire. Currently, I have wire connections
in the format "X1TERM01" but this produces a solid line. Is there an option
to change linetype in this application without manually doing so after the
utility is complete?
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