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Menu: Context Menu with Equipment Insert Selected>Equipment Functions>Edit Block in Place
Menu: Context Menu with Equipment Insert Selected>Equipment Functions>Edit Block in Place Ignore Attached Cables
Default command line shortcut: ebip, EditBlockinPlaceIgnoreAttachedCables
Related Settings:
None
Edit Block in Place allows you to modify an existing insert that was created from the Equipment Library. There are two variants of the function. One that attempts to keep all cables attached to the ports from which they started. The other does not.
Because blocks in the CAD file are immutable the function actually creates a replacement block and inserts it into the drawing in place of the other.
Prerequisites
A WireCAD created functional block
Overview
1.The port information is read from the block.
2.The display information is read from the block.
3.Cable information is read from the block.
4.The Equipment Library is queried for the incoming device and the Library is placed in Edit Mode.
5.The drawing information is used to create a matching block in the Equipment Library.
6.Edit to suit.
7.Update the insert in the drawing.
8.Re-route all cables to find their starting ports or not depending on the variant.
9.Cables that cannot find their starting ports are modified to show a dashed LineType.
10.Show a dialog indicating cables that cannot find home.
NOTE: While the port information is being read into the Equipment Library if a port exists on the drawing that does not exist in the Equipment Library it will be added.