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AutoCAD Electrical - How to create cables
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Jacob2018 
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Joined: 16.Jan.2018 Location: Australia Using: Solidworks Status: Offline Points: 2 |
 Topic: AutoCAD Electrical - How to create cablesPosted: 16.Jan.2018 at 05:08 |
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I have a very simple drawing with 1 wire going from a component to another. The wire is supposed to represent an ethernet cable. I want to assign all the cable attributes such as colour, length, rating, connectors etc. However I don't know how to convert the wire to a cable.
I have looked through many tutorials and have followed the instructions on http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-electrical/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-4B04D7D3-102C-4B5D-95BD-4CA3FEC59E29-htm.html however when it says 'pick the insertion point' I assume it is talking about a wire. I click on a wire and nothing happens. I have looked for hours for a video on how to do this but have gotten no where. Can someone please explain how I create a cable from a line/wire in a drawing, fill in the cable details/attributes and then export these? Please note, I have absolutely no experience with AutoCAD (8 years working with Solidworks) |
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 16.Jan.2018 at 11:46 |
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What version of AutoCAD Electrical are you using?
It sounds like you are trying to convert a wire to a cable. Is that correct? Have you researched the use of Cable Markers? To insert a cable marker you start the command, in the Insert Component dialog box, select Cable Marker. Pick the insertion point for the cable then fill in the Insert/Edit Cable Marker dialog box then click the OK button. Click the Close button if you are not adding any child markers. |
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