Cross-referencing is based on collecting and annotating groups of components that carry the same TAG text string value (for example, 101CR). Components do not have to be of the same family to be cross-referenced, but they must have the same TAG1/TAG2/TAG_*/TAG attribute values.

Cross-reference data is annotated on to attributes XREFNO and XREFNC for N.O and N.C. references respectively. Alternately, if attribute XREF is present, both N.O. and N.C. references are combined into a single cross-reference text string.

The AutoCAD Electrical Component Cross-reference tool creates two text reports in the process of annotating components with cross-reference information. The Cross-reference report gives a listing of each component and quantity and locations of child contacts. The Exception/Error report lists the exceptions AutoCAD Electrical found as it processed the drawing or drawing set. Exceptions include child contact with no parent and parent relay coil with no child contacts found.

Procedures

Cross-Reference

Click Schematic tabEdit Components panelModify Component Cross-Reference drop-downComponent Cross-Reference.
Select to process:
- Project - select from a list of project drawings to process.
- Active drawing (all) - process all components on the active drawing.
- Active drawing (pick) - select components to process.
Click OK.
If Active drawing (all) is not selected, select the components or drawings to process.
The components are cross-referenced and the Cross-Reference Report or Error/Exception Report dialog box displays.
Select from the options:
- Cross-reference - display the Cross-Reference Report which gives a listing of each component and quantity and locations of child contacts.
- Exception - display the Error/Exception Report which lists the exceptions found. Exceptions include child contacts with no parent and parent relay coils with no child contacts.
- Surf - surf to components listed in the Error/Exception report.
- Print - print the displayed report.
Click Close.

Surfing on Cross-Reference Exception reports

Click Schematic tabEdit Components panelModify Component Cross-Reference drop-downComponent Cross-Reference.
Select to process: the project, active drawing, or selected components.
- Project - select from a list of project drawings to process.
- Active drawing (all) - process all components on the active drawing.
- Active drawing (pick) - select components to process.
Click OK.
If the Active drawing (all) option is not selected, select the components or drawings to process.
The components are cross-referenced and the Cross-Reference Report or Error/Exception Report dialog box displays.
Select Exception to display the Error/Exception Report.
Select Surf.
AutoCAD Electrical changes to surfer mode.
Double-click any listed error/exception entry in the Surf dialog box. AutoCAD Electrical surfs to the appropriate drawing and zooms up on the offending contact.
Click Edit to correct the error, and then surf to the next one.

Change cross-reference visibility

This tool changes the visibility of the cross-reference XREF attribute. In most cases, the cross-referencing should be visible but there are times when you may not want the cross-referencing displayed on parent symbols.

Click Schematic tabEdit Components panelModify Component Cross-Reference drop-downHide/Unhide Cross-Referencing.
Select the objects whose cross-referencing you want to hide or display. Single selection, window selection, or multiple selection is allowed.
Right-click to end the selection and apply the command.

Exclude contacts when cross-referencing

You can exclude the contact from being included in any AutoCAD Electrical cross-reference text annotation.

Enter ATTEDIT at the command line.
Select the contact that you want to exclude from cross-referencing.
Change the CONTACT attribute value to “NULL”.
Click OK.

Note

Run the Cross-reference command to update the cross-referencing on the parent symbol.

References

Component cross-reference

Adds or updates cross-reference text on related parent and child components.

Ribbon: Schematic tab

Edit Components panel

Modify Component Cross-Reference drop-down

Component Cross-Reference.

Toolbar: Main Electrical 2

Menu: Components

Cross-Reference

Component Cross-Reference

Command entry: AEXREF

The drawing properties define the cross-referencing format. Component Cross-reference creates both a listing of each component with the quantity and locations of child contacts, and an exception report.

Cross-referencing is based upon collecting and annotating groups of components that carry the same TAG text string value (such as "101CR"). Components do not have to be of the same family to be cross-referenced; they must have the same TAG1/TAG2/TAG_*/TAG attribute values.

Cross-reference data is annotated on to attributes "XREFNO" and "XREFNC" for N.O and N.C. references respectively. Alternately, if attribute XREF is present, both N.O. and N.C. references are combined into a single cross-reference text string.

Run Cross-Reference on	Specifies to run the report on selected components, the current drawing, or the entire project.
Cross-reference	Displays the last Cross-Reference report.
Exception	Displays the last Exception/Error report.

Using other dialog boxes to set cross-reference options

The cross-reference format is set up on the Drawing Properties Cross-Reference dialog box. It is on a per-drawing basis and can include sheet and drawing ID, line or grid-reference location, and fixed punctuation.
A project-wide option to fill unused contact references with a user-defined text string is available using the Project Manager tool. Right-click the project name and select Properties. In the Project Properties Cross-References dialog box, Component Cross-Reference Display section, select Text Format and click Setup.
Real-time cross-reference update can be turned on or off on the Project Properties Cross-References dialog box.

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