Need help using COPYTAG attribute

[Anonymous]

Hello, I am new to Autocad Electrical, and I'm trying to find out how to use the COPYTAG attribute to populate my terminal blocks with their designated numbers. I'd like a quick workflow for the numbers to copy to the terminal block across from it, as well as increasing numbers to populate lower terminal blocks.

For example; as in the image above, the "1" copies over to the block across from it. I'd like to find out how to use copytag to do the same thing for 2, 3, and so on.

Thank you!

[jseefdrumr]

Copytag may not be the best thing to use here...it's actually meant for other purposes and terminals should already be able to do what's needed with their attributes.

Are you using the Terminal Strip Editor to generate your terminal strips? How are your terminals represented in the schematics?

[Anonymous]

I am using the Terminal Strip Editor, but from what I understand, this editor only lets me change 1 thing at a time. I was hoping there would be a good and fast way to edit both sides at one time.

[jseefdrumr]

You should be able to make unlimited edits in TSE, to any or all sides of all terminals. You can make a bunch of edits, do a preview, decide you don't like it, and make more edits, all before actually inserting the terminal strip.

How are your terminals set up in the schematics? This actually has a lot to do with how TSE treats them. How are their 'designated numbers' assigned? Are they single level, or multiple level? How many connections per level? What attributes exist in the footprint?

Sorry for all the questions, but TSE can be tricky. How best to use it sometimes depends on what you're trying to do, coupled with how the terminals are set up in the schematics.

[testsubject]

You might want to check the footprints that you are using to make sure that the appropriate attributes are in there. I have WIRENOL and WIRENOR to show the terminal numbers in different places on the footprint. (I use the wire number for a terminal number.)

[trabuck7]

What I do for that is just copy the attribute so the same attribute is on both sides. I use the wire number as my terminal label and like to show it on both sides since that's how we label them physically. The WIRENOL and WIRENOR would work for me ONLY IF I had a wire connection on both sides of the terminal, which isn't always the case. To get around that I just have two WIRENO attributes and haven't had any problems. Of course this doesn't help if the wire number changes on one side, but these are for feed-through terminals where the potential will always be the same.