About Schematic Symbols; Inserting Components; Inserting Parent Components - Autodesk AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL 2005 Getting Started

About Schematic Symbols

AutoCAD Electrical supplies a schematic symbol dialog box for inserting
schematic components. Besides making it easy to find and insert the desired
symbol, it also triggers a number of additional features such as automatic
wire breaks, component tagging, real-time cross-referencing, and component
annotation.

Inserting Components

AutoCAD Electrical employs a parent/child relationship for schematic
components. A relay coil with a certain number of contacts is represented by
the parent coil symbol and the child contact symbols. When the parent coil
symbol is inserted, it is assigned a unique component tag. When the child
contact symbols are inserted, the child is related to the parent and the parent
tag is assigned to the child symbol.
Use the Insert Component dialog box to insert components into demo04.dwg.

Inserting Parent Components

Start by inserting the parent component.
To insert a parent component
1 Click the Insert Component tool.
Menu
2 In the Insert Component: JIC Schematic Symbols dialog box, click the Relays
and Contacts button.
3 In the JIC: Relays and Contacts dialog box, click the Relay Coil.
4 Respond to the prompts as follows:
Specify insertion point: Position the component on the wire at line reference 403
near the neutral wire and click (1)
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Chapter 2 Schematic Components
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