Add a Wire with Circuit ID

Electrical Design

You can add a wire to a drawing as an arc and assign the desired attributes to it.

  1. Select Modeling | Wire Wire With Circuit Id.
  2. Click the starting point.
  3. Depending on the status of the input, the system continues in one of the following ways:
    • The start point is connected to a macro that does not have a circuit ID assigned to it:
      • If there is not an active circuit, the system will ask for the circuit ID. If you have generated a breaker panel drawing, the drawing opens and you can select which breaker the wire should be connected to. Otherwise, you can define the circuit ID in the New Circuit ID text box. Type a new circuit ID in the text box, or select an existing one from the drop-down list.
      • If there is an active circuit ID, the system assigns the active circuit ID to the device.
    • The start point is connected to a macro that has a circuit ID assigned to it:
      • If there is not an active circuit ID, the system will set the circuit ID of the device to be the active circuit.
      • If there is an active circuit ID but these IDs are different, then the system gives a warning and asks if the user wants to override the circuit ID of the device.
      • If there is an active circuit ID and these IDs are the same, the system continues to the next step.
  4. There are a number of functions available in the auxiliary menu. Select one of the following, if necessary:
    • Select where the wire runs:
      • Run Wire in Walls
      • Run Wire in Floor
      • Run Wire in Ceiling
    • Select wire attributes:
      • Select Material Code
      • Select Number of Wires
      • Select Gauge of Wire
      • Select Active Circuit ID (if no breaker panel)
      • Select Wire Label 1
      • Select Wire Label 2
      • Select Additional Wire Length
      • Input Wire Length - Ask wire length instead of calculating it.
    • Select the start and end point symbols:
      • Start Symbol Arrow
      • Start Symbol Label
      • Start Symbol Arrow+Label
      • Start Symbol Homerun+Label
      • End Symbol Arrow
      • End Symbol Label
      • End Symbol Arrow+Label
      • End Symbol Homerun+Label
    • Change Active Breaker Panel (if several panels in the drawing).
    • AUTO-wiring Mode of Outlets - If there are outlets at the both ends of the wire, the system automatically wires all the other unwired outlets on the same circuit.
  5. Click the end point. This may be another outlet, equipment, etc. or it may be a free end point.

Note

  • You can edit and delete the wires as lines. You can move the points of a wire by dragging from the grip points.