On and Off Sheet Pointers

Command Line Shortcut: ' User Permissions Level: All Product Level: All Create on and off sheet pointers to connect equipment on multiple drawings.

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Before You Start

You will need to have a drawing (or drawings) with equipment placed and know what Input and Output you would like to connect. You will also need to make sure that your drawing is saved and is part of your Project Database before placing pointers. ----

Note: You will get much more detailed information on your pointers if you have named your systems before adding pointers.

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Note: When clicking pointers, make sure you are Clicking the pointer itself. If you are on the correct spot, a Pink Box will appear.

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How To Create An On Sheet Pointer

Step	Description
1. With your drawing open, select the [Draw Cables] tab at the bottom of your Project Explorer.	This will open up your Draw Cables Tool Panel. Draw Cables Tool Panel
2. Click the [Replace Cables With Pointers] box.	A message box will pop up asking you to "Select a default pointer. Set Source and Destination Terminal Offsets" Select Pointer Message Box
3. Click [Ok] and select the Pointer you would like to use and your Terminal Offsets. "Your Terminal Offset is NOT the Router Offset fields above the Default Pointer field."	To change the Terminal Offset from the default setting of 4, you will need to select the [Terminal To Point In Drawing] and [Point In Drawing To Terminal] as shown in the Terminal Offset picture 1 & 2. Your Source and Destination Offsets are going to be the distance from the port you would like your pointer in drawing units. Select Pointer Terminal Offset 1 Terminal Offset 2
4. Click [Start Cable]. Using your cursor in your drawing, select your Output terminal first and then select your Input terminal.	WireCAD will place a terminal at both points. If your systems have been named, the pointers will automatically update and tell you which piece of equipment each pointer goes to along with to what port it is connected. Pointer Insert

How To Manually Add Individual Pointers

There may be times when you want to add a pointer to a piece of equipment but are not ready to have that pointer correspond with another pointer on a different piece of equipment.

Step	Description
With your drawing open, select the [Draw Cables] tab at the bottom of your project explorer.	This will open up your Draw Cables Tool Panel. Draw Cables Tool Panel
Click the [Terminal To Point In Drawing] or [Point In Drawing To Terminal] depending on if you are adding this pointer to the Input or Output port.	[Terminal To Point In Drawing] is used on Input Ports and [Point In Drawing To Terminal] is used for Output Ports. Select Input Or Output
After selecting which port you are going to place the pointer on, scroll down to the Pointers Field in the Terminals Tool Panel and select the pointer you wish to use.	Pointers with WC3 at the begining of their name can be connected to other WC3 pointers however Pointer_S can only be connected to a Pointer_D pointer. Pointers Field
Drag and drop the pointer to the port you want.	The cable and pointer will automatically populate. This pointer is now avaliable to be linked to another point in the future. Individual Pointer

How To Manually Link Pointers Both On And Off Sheet

Step	Description
Double Click the source pointer.	A dialog box will pop up asking you what drawing your Destination Terminal is located on. Select Drawing
Select the drawing with your Destination Terminal and Click [Ok].	Your cursor will now have a line to the Source terminal on it. Drag it to your Destination Terminal and Click the pointer.---- Note: Make sure you are clicking the pointer and not the cable. Your pointers will now update with the new Sysnames and Port information. Updating Pointer Information Updated Sysnames and Port Information

How To Create Off Sheet Pointers

This is for creating pointers that connect equipment in seperate drawings.

Step	Description
With your drawing open, select the [Draw Cables] tab at the bottom of your project explorer.	This will open up your draw cables toolbox. Draw Cables Toolbox
Make sure that your [Replace Cables With Pointers] box is unchecked. In your Draw Cables toolbar, Click the [Point In Drawing To Terminal] button.	Point In Drawing To Terminal
Select your drawing with the Output port you wish to use. Scroll down to find the pointers section of the Terminal Toolbox.	Pointer Field
Drag and drop your pointer onto the Output port you wish to start with.	Output Pointer
After placing you Output pointer, Click [Terminal To Point In Drawing] and switch to the drawing that has the Input you want to use.	Switch Drawing
Select the pointer you want to use and drag and drop it to the Input port you want to use.	Input Pointer
Switch back to your Output port drawing and Double Click the pointer. A Dialog Box will pop up asking you to select which drawing you want to connect this pointer to.	Select Which Drawing
Select which drawing to link to and Click [Ok].	You will now have a link line attached to your cursor in your drawing. Click on the Terminal you wish to link to. WireCAD will now automatically update your the SysName and Port information. Updated Information

Re-referencing Pointers

If you change the name of your drawing or copy and paste into a new drawing and save that drawing you may want to Re-reference your pointers to update with the new information. A message box will pop up that says "WireCAD can re-reference all pointers to this drawing. Only do this if you have On/Off Sheet pointers that point to this drawing and you want to rename them to match this new name. Continue?". Clicking yes will automatically update each pointer both on this drawing and other associated drawings to reflect the new info from this new drawing.

Re-reference Pointers