Inserting Manufacturer Drawing In Place of Terminal Block Graphic

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I'd like to insert the manufacturer scaled drawing in place of the terminal block graphic, in the terminal block layout, to get more accurate size when I design panels, any ideas?

[dougmcalexander · Accepted solution]

If you think that the terminal footprint supplied by the manufacturer via Autodesk is not accurate, you can edit the Footprint Lookup database and redirect the software to use your footprint symbol preference, or you could rename your block to match the ones supplied by Autodesk and replace theirs with yours.  This will save the time of updating the Footprint Lookup database.  I have done that myself, numerous times.  Of course back everything up in case you ever need to revert to the original versions for whatever reason.

For example, the Entrelec terminal block footprints are upside down when inserted vertically.  That is because they were rotated incorrectly by whoever added the attributes to make the blocks compatible with Terminal Strip Editor. I rotated them for my panels.  I also added color to the blocks to make them appear onscreen in gray, yellow, green, etc.  As part of the content I provide to those who attend my training classes, I provide my customized blocks.  I kept the block name the same, so all they need to do is overwrite the existing block files in the appropriate Panel subfolder.