Autodesk 235B1-05A761-1301 User Guide - Page 431

Drawing or Generating Wires You can add wires by doing one of the following: ■ Drawing the wires manually by using a wire tool, or by using the + grip on an electrical device ■ Generating the wires using a command. In this case, you must specify a circuit in the wire's properties. If you assign the devices to a circuit as you connect them with wires, the circuit is updated and evaluated for overloads based on the load and load category of the connectors on the devices. In circuiting preferences, you can specify whether the software warns you of the overloads, so you can decide whether to proceed and add the wire. If you overload a circuit, you are not notified of the overload again within the drawing session. When you use the + grip to invoke a wire-add operation, the software uses the set of properties for the connector of the chosen device. For example, for system, it will use the system type of the connector of the chosen device. If the system type is undefined, the wire-add operation uses the last used system in that drawing or session for the system type. The Properties palette will filter the Systems list to display only those systems that match the connector. The Properties palette will also show: ■ Circuit, unless it is unassigned ■ Panel, based on the circuit The list of available circuits will show only those that can be used for the chosen connector. When a connector circuit is unassigned, the available list shows: ■ For Power and Lighting circuits, the first available circuit with no load, or the one with the least amount of load ■ For Other circuit connectors, the first available circuit of that type ■ For General circuits, the first circuit available The list of circuits also displays the total assigned load for each circuit. The list of panels will show the last used panel, or All if Circuit is undefined. You can add wires using any of the following types of wire segments. Wire Segment Type Example Line. Use this type to draw wires using straight lines. Arc. Use this type to draw wires with arcs. Snake. Use this type to draw wires with arcs that alternate the offset direction. Polyline. Use this type to draw wires with lines connected with filleted corners. Chamfer. Use this type to draw wires with plateaus. Adding Wires | 413