Connection Symbol Attributes
The supplied connection symbols have the set of attributes shown below.
NB: "(cat)" indicates an attribute can be loaded from the catalog.
Cable, Wire and Terminal Attributes
For Terminals:
| TBLOCK | Visible | Parent terminal block, or strip, of terminal |
| T1 | Visible | Terminal number or name |
| T2 | Visible | Optional second name |
| MFG | invisible (cat) | Manufacturer code number ( from manufact.dbf ) |
| CATNO | invisible (cat) | Manufacturers part number |
| CATDESC | invisible (cat) | Catalog description of component |
| VSN | invis. const. | Version number, for internal use only |
| LENGTH | invis. const. | Length of symbol |
| REFERENCE | Visible | Cross-reference data is automatically loaded to this attribute |
| PNLNO | Invisible | Panel enclosing device |
| RSTATUS | invisible (cat) | Control code for the "report status". e.g. Set to "No BOM" to exclude from the materials reports. |
| BUSW | invis. const. | Optional height of symbol and optional code for reversed symbol |
For Cables:
| CABLENAME | Visible | Name of cable containing core(conductor) |
| CORENAME | see below | Conductor name of core(conductor) |
| MFG | invisible (cat) | Manufacturers code number |
| CATNO | invisible (cat) | Manufacturers part number |
| CATDESC | invisible (cat) | Catalog description of component |
| REFERENCE | Visible | Cross-reference data is automatically loaded to this attribute |
| RSTATUS | invisible (cat) | Control code for the "report status". e.g. Set to "A_END_T" to specify the top connection will go in the "_A" columns. |
| LENGTH | invis. const. | Length of symbol if broken into line. Empty or absent if non breaking. |
For wires:
| WIRENAME | Visible | Conductor name of wire |
| WIRENET | Invisible | Used to explicitly pair or group wire extension markers with the same wire name. See Conductor naming and continuation (Ebase). |
| MFG | invisible (cat) | Manufacturer code number ( from manufact.dbf ) |
| CATNO | invisible (cat) | Manufacturers part number |
| CATDESC | invisible (cat) | Catalog description of component |
| REFERENCE | Visible | Cross-reference data is automatically loaded to this attribute |
| RSTATUS | invisible (cat) | Control code for the "report status". e.g. Set to "BARCOND" to identify as a link bar or bridge bar. |
| LENGTH | invis. const. | Length of symbol if broken into line. Empty or absent if non breaking. |
For termination blocks:
| FERRULE | Visible | Ferrule(wire label) data ( see below ) |
| NUMB | Invisible | Wire order number ( see below ) Goes in the WORDER field in Global Editor. |
| MFG | invisible (cat) | Manufacturers code number for a crimp or cable gland attached to the conductor |
| CATNO | invisible (cat) | Manufacturers part number for a crimp or cable gland attached to the conductor |
| CATDESC | invisible (cat) | Catalog description for a crimp or cable gland attached to the conductor |
| NAME | invisible | Name for crimp or cable gland |
| INSULATION | invisible | Insulation pack for a cable gland |
Notes
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The CORENAME is visible for cable core(conductor) and cable core(conductor) extension marker symbols. For the 1 line cable marker the corename is invisible and unused.
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Termination symbols have a: FERRULE attribute, which is visible and contains the ferrule(wire label) data for the termination to which a ferrule(wire label) is attached.
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Termination symbols have a NUMB attribute, which is placed on the invisible ETEXT layer. This attribute should contain the numerical order of this termination when reported in the wire schedule (lower numbers are reported first).
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All of the invisible attributes are used only in reporting. If you do not intend to create reports for your drawings, you will not need to enter data for invisible attributes.