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 what Input and Output you would like to connect.

How To Create An On Sheet Pointer

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 dialog box. Draw Cables Dialog Box
Click the [Replace Cables With Pointers] box.	A dialog box will pop up asking you to "Select a default pointer. Set Source and Destination Terminal Offsets". Select Pointer Dialog Box
Click [Ok] and select the Pointer you would like to use and your Terminal Offsets.	Your Source and Destination Offsets are going to be the distance from the port you would like your pointer in drawing units. Select Pointer
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. Pointer Insert
If you havent named your systems, you will have a few more steps to follow. Start by naming the equipment on both ends of the pointer.	"Double Click" on the equipment to open the Name System dialog box. Name Equipment Dialog Box
After naming your systems, Double Click the source pointer.	A dialog box will pop up asking you what drawing your destination termail is located on. Select Drawing
Select the correct drawing 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. Your pointers will now update with the new Sysnames. Updating Pointer Information

Adding/Changing I/O Ports And Updating Detail

At this point, your newly created equipment should be the only visible piece of equipment

Step	Description
Click the [Detail] tab.	From here enter in any information you have avaliable on your equipment. (Again, we ask that you please be as thorough as possible and please upload your equipment to the community when you're done) Equipment Detail Page
When you have finished updating your equipment detail, Click the [I/O] tab.	This will pull up the I/O page where you will be able to add, delete or modify all inputs and outputs on this piece of equipment. I/O Detail Page
In the middle of the screen, Click the [Add Ports] button	A dialog box will now pop up allowing you to fully customise your I/O list. You have the ability to select add as an Input, Output or Both, The Name Of The Port, Cable End Connectors, Signal Type, Input and Output Pin Types, Add Multiple Ports and Appending Characters. To learn more about customising your I/O, please refer to Customizing Equipment I/O Add Port Dialog Box
Click [Finish]	Your equipment is now ready to be placed in your drawing.

Uploading Equipment Back To The Community Library

We ask that all of our WireCAD users upload any created equipment back to our Community Server to share with everyone. This way the database will continue to grow and new equipment will be avaliable.

Please refer to Uploading Equipment To Community Server