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No headersWhen you select a wire to label, AutoCAD Electrical reads the layer name of the wire, retrieves the matching text label, and inserts it as a label/leader on the drawing. The resulting wire color/gauge label is automatically revised if you change the wire layer of a labeled wire.
The mapping file is an ASCII text file with a ".wdw" extension. The default mapping file, default.wdw, is referenced if a project-specific .wdw file is not found. The mapping file lists each wire layer name followed by the wire color/gauge label text to assign to that wire layer.
You can easily set up or edit these labels. Select the wire color/gauge tool and select Setup to display the setup dialog. All the valid layer names of the current drawing are listed in the upper dialog box list along with any matching labels found in the ".wdw" file (if it exists). Highlight any layer name and type in the label you want to associate with it. Use the "|" character to trigger a line break within your label text. For example, "RED_14_THHN:RED|AWG#14" causes wire labels for layer "RED_14_THHN" to display as two-line "RED" and "AWG#14" labels. Your entries are saved to the ".wdw" file for instant reference as you insert wire color/gauge labels.
AutoCAD Electrical places wire numbers on leaders when it determines that the wire number text bumps into something (it does not check if the leader itself collides with something). AutoCAD Electrical first makes 15 tiny step checks in the "up" direction. If it fails it checks 15 steps in the down direction. If it fails, it tries at approximately 60-degree angles. If all checks fail, it leaves the wire number where it originally was going to put it. This entire process takes just a split second.
Leader checks are triggered when wire numbers are inserted or they re-center due to an adjacent SCOOT operation. If a component is scooted and the result is enough room for a wire number on a leader to do without the leader, AutoCAD Electrical automatically removes the leader and positions the wire number just above the wire.
Map wire type labels to each wire layer
This tool maps a wire color/gauge/wire type label to each wire layer.
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- Click Setup to change the text size, arrow style, and layers for the label.
- Select the layer name to add/modify the default color/gauge text string for wire labels and leaders.
To add or modify the default color/gauge text string, select the layer name from the list in the Wire label color/gauge setup dialog box. To add new wire layer names, use the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog box.
- Set the text size, arrow size, arrow type, and gap size for the leader.
The label text size follows the current AutoCAD DIMTXT setting and the arrow size defaults to the current AutoCAD DIMASZ setting.
- Specify the leader layer and text layer.
- Click OK to apply the changes to the wire labels. The specified leader and text layers are displayed in the dialog box under the Setup button.
- Select the layer name to add/modify the default color/gauge text string for wire labels and leaders.
- Select how to place the label in the drawing: automatic placement by AutoCAD Electrical, by picking the leader location point, or by picking the location for the text label with no leader. If you picked Auto placement, AutoCAD Electrical looks for a clear spot and insert the leader/label automatically.
Insert wire color/gauge labels
Inserts a wire color /gauge label with or without a leader..
Toolbar: Wire Leaders
Command entry: AEWIRECOLORLABELIn Setup, set the default color/gauge text string, text size, arrow size, gap size, and arrow type for the wire label/leaders. In the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog box, add new wire layer names.
Setup | Sets the default color/gauge text string, text size, arrow size, gap size, and arrow type for the wire label/leaders. To add or modify the default color/gauge text string, select the layer name from the list in the Wire label color/gauge setup dialog box. To add new wire layer names, use the Wires |
Manual/No Leader | Places the text label (with no leader) at a selected location. |
Auto Placement | Places the label on the drawing automatically. AutoCAD Electrical looks for a good spot to place the label and the label is automatically placed without any picking on your part. |
Manual | Places the label at the selected leader location point. |