Insert wires

Inserts wire with automatic connection and wire crossing gaps or loops.

1. Click Schematic tab Insert Wires/Wire Numbers panel Insert Wires drop-down Wire.

   Click the Insert Wires drop-down to access the Insert 22.5, 45, or 67.5 Degree Wire tools.

2. Select the starting point of the wire. You can start a wire segment in empty space, from an existing wire segment, or from an existing component. If you start from a component, the wire segment is started at the nearest wire connection attribute to your pick point on that symbol.

   During wire insertion, the current wire type displays at the command prompt.

   • T = override the current wire type. Select a new wire type from the Set/Edit Wire Type dialog box. The new wire type becomes the current wire type and the command continues with the wire insertion.
   • X = show the wire connection points when the wire approaches a component.
   • TAB = temporarily disable or enable collision checking during wire insertion.

     This setting is remembered only for the current session. Collision checking is on when AutoCAD Electrical restarts.

   • V = force a vertical direction for the wire segment.
   • H = force a horizontal direction for the wire segment.
   • C = insert the next wire segment at the current cursor location and continue wire insertion.
3. Select the ending point of the wire. You can end the wire segment or angled segment in empty space, from an existing wire segment, or from an existing component. If it ends at a wire segment, a dot (wddot.dwg) is applied, if appropriate. If it ends at another component, the nearest wire connection attribute is found and connected to your pick point on that symbol.

   Note: If the distance between two horizontal wires is relatively small, the vertical wire crossing them avoids inserting loop gaps. The wire trap distance setting is used to see whether wire loop gaps are possible or not. Reduce the scale factor or increase the distance between two wires to insert gap loops.

   If the wire was an angled wire, press "N" to switch to normal 90-degree wire mode. The wire picks up at the end of the angled wire segment and defaults to horizontal or vertical.

Note: A wire connection point has up to three wire connections tied to it. Adding more wires to a single point prevents the angled wire connection to tie uniquely to the wire connection point.

Inserts wire with automatic connection and wire crossing gaps or loops.

Ribbon: Schematic tab Insert Wires/Wire Numbers panel Wire.

Toolbar: Wires

Menu: Wires Insert Wire

Command entry: AEWIRE

Inserts a line or series of lines on a defined wire layer in AutoCAD Electrical. A drawing can have multiple wire layers. Wires do not have to begin or end at snap points, and can be at any angle. A wire network is one or more wire segments and optional branches that interconnect and form an electrically unbroken conductor.

Inserts a line or series of lines on a defined wire layer in AutoCAD Electrical. A drawing can have multiple wire layers. Wires do not have to begin or end at snap points, and can be at any angle. A wire network is one or more wire segments and optional branches that interconnect and form an electrically unbroken conductor.

You can insert single or angled (22.5, 45, or 67.5 degree) line wire segments on a wire layer (the wire layer does not have to be the current layer). AutoCAD Electrical supports scooting components along angled wires.

Note: The AutoCAD Insert Line command can also be used to insert AutoCAD Electrical wires on a valid wire layer.

Collision checking on

Collision checking off