In the project Options dialog, select Wire Options. The following fields will appear.
This function allows you to make settings that affect the appearance of wires and wire labels in drawings.
Wire Crossing Preference
This setting determines how a wire will appear when it crosses another wire without connecting. Choose Standard or Loop Over.
Wire Connector Type
This setting determines how the connection between two wires will appear by default. Choose Node (connection point) or Diagonal.
Wire Property Display
Wire Property Display - This field determines the properties of the wire that will be displayed in the drawing. To change the entry, select the Edit button. The Wire Properties Display dialog will appear.
This dialog, accessed using the Edit button in the Wire Options dialog, allows you to
The left side of the dialog lists the variables that are available for inclusion in the properties display. To add one of these elements to the displayed properties, select it and click on the Add to Expression button. It will then appear on the right side of the dialog.
To remove an element from the format, select (highlight) it, then either press the <Delete> key or right click on the element and select Delete from the popup menu. Use the Clear button to empty the field of all selected elements. Use the Reset button to reload the format that you had when you first entered the dialog.
The Example field shows the kind of wire properties that the selected variables will produce using example values.
Text & Position Options - Use these fields to set the position of the displayed wire properties in relation to the wire.
Position Along Line - Sets where the wire tag will appear on a wire segment. Select Left or Top, Middle, or Right or Bottom.
Wire Number On Wire - Select this checkbox if you wish the number to appear on the wire itself.
Offset from Line - Sets the distance of the wire tag from the wire.
The Properties area of the dialog has two fields Prefix and Suffix that allow you to add characters to the beginning or end of any of the elements in the format. These fields become available when you select (highlight) one of the elements that has been added to the expression.
Same Potential Over Terminal - This checkbox selects whether or not the same wire number will be assigned before and after a terminal when wires are numbered. When this checkbox is selected, the same wire number will appear before and after the terminal symbol. If the checkbox is not selected, a different wire number will be assigned after the terminal as shown below.
Wire Layer Configuration
Wire Layer Configuration - Select the Wire Layer Configuration button in the Wire Options dialog. The following dialog will appear.
This dialog is for making settings for drawing wires on two or more different layers. (Layers correspond to MicroStation “levels.”) You can assign different wire properties such as gauge, color and voltage to different layers. This will, for example, allow you to draw power wires on one layer and signal wires on another layer. The appropriate properties are then automatically assigned to each wire type.
If the Allow Multiple Wires Per Mode radio button is set to On the software will allow the user to define different types of logic line layers for each drawing mode. If this feature is set to Off the software will only permit the user to define one layer for logic lines for each mode.
Import Layers - Selects this button to open a file browser dialog and select a .DWG or .DXF file. After the file is opened the software will extract all the layer names used in the drawing and list them in the layer configuration dialog.
New Layer - Select this button to enter the name of a new layer and add it to the list.
Delete Layer - If the user selects this button the currently selected layer will be deleted.
Rename Layer - If the user selects this button the software will allow the user to enter a new name for the currently selected layer.
Use the drop-down list in the Drawing Mode column to assign a drawing mode to each layer. (The drop-down list will appear when you place the cursor in a field within the column).
The Use column allows you to assign a description to the logic line layer. When you place the cursor in that column a drop-down list will appear that lists every use that has already been defined.
The More Properties button will display a dialog that lists the other ten user-definable attributes.
Default Wire Properties
Select the Default Wire Properties button in the Wire Options dialog to display the Default Wire Properties dialog. This dialog allows you to set the values that are prompted when setting wire properties in a drawing or in the Force Routing Manager.
To enter values, first select the desired property in the Wire Property field. The available selections are Gauge, Color, Type, Voltage and Current.
Select the “+” button to enter a new value. You will be prompted with the Add dialog where you can enter the value. This value will then appear in the Default Value field. You can add more values as needed.
You can set the order of the default values by selecting a value in the Default Value field and then selecting the up or down arrow button to move it up or down the list. You can delete a value by selecting it and then selecting the “X” button.
Wire Tag Formats
The Wire Tag Formats area of the Wire Options screen allows you to format wire labels (wire numbers). \
displayed). This means you could have two wires with the same number in different installations or locations and they would not be considered duplicates because the different installation or location in the tag makes each one unique. If you select the Tag Only radio button, identical tags will be considered duplicates even if they are in separate installations.
When you select the Duplicate Label Checking Between Modes the software will not allow duplicate wire labels even if the drawings have different drawing modes (schematic, pneumatic, etc.).
Four types of wire labels can be formatted:
• Standard - a typical wire.
• Terminal Number- a wire connected to a terminal symbol.
• PLC - a wire connected to a PLC input or output.
• Cable - a wire assigned to a cable.
For each format type, the dialog shows the name of the profile that the format is currently based on (default, etc.). If you wish to change this setting, select the Edit button for that field.
Select the Edit button to access the Wire Tag Format area of the dialog.
The Profile Name field displays the name of the current label profile. The profile is a saved format. You can create new profiles, save them and reload them as your project needs require.
Use the Save Profile button to save changes to the current profile. If desired, you can change the entry in the Profile Name field and save the changed profile under a different name. Use the Load Profile button to load a previously saved profile. On the left side of the dialog is a list of available elements that can be added to the wire label. To add an element, select (highlight) it, and then click the Add to
Expression button. It will then be shown on the right side of the dialog as part of the label. The following elements are available:
Line Number
Terminal Number, Terminal Strip - For terminal wire labels.
Available elements Profile name Currently selected elements Example of current elements
Sequential Number - A number incrementing from 1. You can choose to have this numbering extend across the entire project, an installation, a location, a page or a single line.
Branch Label Drawing Set
The right side of the dialog displays the currently selected label elements. Below this is an example of what the label will look like in an actual drawing. To remove an element from the label, select (highlight) it, then either press the <Delete> key or right click on the element and select Delete from the popup menu. Use the Clear button to empty the field of all selected elements. Use the Reset button to reload the
combination of elements that you had when you entered the dialog.
You can further format the label by selecting (highlighting) one of the selected elements. When you do this, additional fields become active.
The Prefix and Suffix fields allow you to define a character string that will be placed at the beginning (Prefix) or end (Suffix) of the label element.
The Width and Fill with fields allow you to set the number and type of characters that will be used for the selected label element. These fields become available when you select a label element and then select the Fixed number of characters checkbox. (If
Select element
Additional fields become active
divide the value from the rest of the wire label. If you select the Suppress first occurrence checkbox, then the first item on the line will not have the additional value, but succeeding items will. For example: 102, 102.1, 102.2.
When you have made the desired changes to the wire label format, use the Save Profile button to save the changes for all future projects using the profile. If you select the OK button (without saving) the changes will only apply to the current project.