WD_JUMPER syntax change

shuhn
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WD_JUMPER syntax change

shuhn
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Has anyone else noticed there seems to have been a change in the syntax for this attribute?  I have some power supply symbols in my library, where we built-in the attribute so we wouldn't have to think about it.  I'm on 2023 now and this didn't appear to be working.  I reinserted/updated blocks, reconnected wires, and the whole shebang.  When I found something about the "Internal Jumper" command, I tried that and it actually showed my jumpers in the dialog box.   Well, I added the connections again through the command prompts, and I noticed the difference.

 

Previously, the attribute value for jumping terminals 5 and 6 together and 7 and 8 together was ((05 06)(07 08)).

 

After going through the command prompts to add the connections, the attribute value is  (("05" "06")("07" "08")).

 

I don't see anything on the message boards about this, so I assume people don't use this feature very often, and it actually shows my old syntax in the help files, so maybe AutoDesk is not aware of this?

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alds02
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For what it's worth, I do use WD_JUMPER, and I see each syntax example present in different symbols.

 

There's a parametric connector, for which I used the Internal Jumpers dialog box. That one has the "" around the pins.

 

Then there's a custom pneumatic Y symbol, and that does NOT have the "". I don't distinctly recall but assume I made that symbol with WD_JUMPERS set from the beginning. But I'm not using wire numbers on pneumatic tubing, so I just added one to see if WD_JUMPERS is working. It does appear to be - I added a wire number to one branch, then used Edit Wire Number on the other branches and it pulls up the number from the first branch.

 

This is confusing.