WD_3Unit issue with drawing file search

WD_3Unit issue with drawing file search

Joshua_JacksonS2BSW
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WD_3Unit issue with drawing file search

Joshua_JacksonS2BSW
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I have created a custom component that is a one pole disconnect with an auxiliary contact. I know normally you just use a parent child relationship between the disconnect and an aux but the existing way the company I work at wants the contact to be displayed similar to a 4 pole device where the 3 main contacts are on the 480V bus and the aux is shown with a to arrow. I created a custom symbol and called it:

 

VDS12_1PDiscAux

 

This was created using the symbol builder and I have not messed with the name as I know the naming conventions really need to be followed. This symbol appears to be a vertical two pole device. I then intended to make a second one with the same name as the child that would be used with it. 

When I add VDS12_1PDiscAux to the symbol library it inserts just fine. As soon as I try to use the command: 

WD_3UNIT VDS12_1PDiscAux

I get an issue. When I attempt to use this it tells me it can not find the symbol:
WD_3UNIT HDS12_1PDiscAux

Which is true, I did not create a horizontal version. I did attempt to make a copy of VDS12_1PDiscAux and then rename it HDS12_1PDiscAux and it finds it, even with no changes to my command. But that brings in the issue that it wants to expand up or down. Nothing I do can get it to expand left/right. I tried rebooting my computer, I remade a whole new part with a different name from scratch. Nothing seems to work, it always seems to get caught up looking for HDS12_1PDiscAux. It is really weird and I can not figure out what to do. 

 

Note: 
When I tried to make a part named "VDS12_001" it faults saying it can not find "HDS12_001" as if it can not understand the existence of a vertical disconnect.

 

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james.mcmillanNYR6A
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Have you selected to insert the symbol as vertical on the icon menu, or are inserting it on a vertical wire?

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Joshua_JacksonS2BSW
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I do not even get to the point of being able to choose a wire to insert it onto, as soon as I click the icon in the icon menu the fault pops up. 

That being said I did make a discovery. Even though I have it labeled as a single pole diconnect it is physcially drawn as a two pole disconnect. My intent was to have the child be drawn as a single pole so that the parent would have two, one for the first phase line and the two children on the other two phase with the extra floating out in space as an aux contact. 

 

I found out that by using a properly drawn single phase vertical disconnect this issue does not occur. It is like the software can detect that the device is 2 poles as drawn. 

I also did some digging and found out that the WD_3UNIT command can be given more than one block name, and can be given more than 3 even. So if I use the command:

 

WD_3UNIT VDS22_1PDisc VDS22_1PDisc VDS22_1PDisc VDS12_1PDisc

 

I can select the left most phase and build to the right and it will build 4 of them for me and with the parent being the last in the list makes it the one on the far right (i.e. this appears to be the aux contact) which works for me.

I have no idea what caused the other issue other than the fact that ACADE seems to detect it is not really a 1 pole device even if I only put wire connects vertically in the symbol builder.