topic Re: MULTI-PHASE SYMBOL INTERNAL SPACING in AutoCAD Electrical Forum

MULTI-PHASE SYMBOL INTERNAL SPACING

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:14:55 GMT

HOW CAN I MODIFY THE INTERNAL SPACING INSIDE A MULTI-PHASE SYMBOL (i.e. 3 POLE CIRCUIT BREAKER) IN ORDER TO AVOID INTERNAL INTERFERENCE, PLEASE CHECK ATTACHED PHOTO

Re: MULTI-PHASE SYMBOL INTERNAL SPACING

rhesusminus — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:48:28 GMT

You can do one of two things:

1. Start using 10 mm/units for wire spacing.

2. Change the symbols, so that the are 5 mm/units wide instead of 10.

Re: MULTI-PHASE SYMBOL INTERNAL SPACING

rhesusminus — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:56:08 GMT

Well, that being said.. 10 year ago I create a 5 mm/units library for a customer that don't exist any longer, so attached you'll find the files needed!

Set up the libraries like this:

And then your drawing might look like this:

Re: MULTI-PHASE SYMBOL INTERNAL SPACING

Icemanau — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:36:44 GMT

The component spacing is set by the wire spacing.

Increase the space between wires in your settings and ACADE will automatically place the components on the wires.

Go to the Dwg properties and select the Drawing Format tab.

In the Multi Wire Spacing, set the distance to 10 or higher.

To draw a multi wire bus, you select the Multiple Wire Bus tool, set the number of wires and the starting method and click ok to draw. The wires are then drawn at the spacing you have set. NOTE that you can override the setting in the drawing properties when using the Bus tool if you need to.

The other option is to edit the blocks themselves and either make the box around the blocks smaller or remove them altogether.

Regards Brad

Re: MULTI-PHASE SYMBOL INTERNAL SPACING

a01284215 — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:29:35 GMT

I tried placing the folders but my symbols are still 10 mm. I applied settings and everything.

Re: MULTI-PHASE SYMBOL INTERNAL SPACING

rhesusminus — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:06:19 GMT

You should run the PURGE command to remove the old unused blocks before trying to insert them again.