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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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 tool box. Draw Cables Tool Box
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
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
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

Manually Adding 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 box. Draw Cables Tool Box
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 box 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

Manually Linking Pointers

If you havent named your systems, you can manually link the pointers after assigning a SysName. Start by naming the equipment on both ends of the pointer. For information on naming systems, refer to Assigning SysNames to Equipment.

Step	Description
After naming your systems, 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

Linking Pointers While Assigning Cable Numbers

If you havent named your systems, you can automatically link the pointers while creating cable numbers after assigning a SysName. Start by naming the equipment on both ends of the pointer. For information on naming systems, refer to Assigning SysNames to Equipment.

Step	Description
After naming your systems, Double Click the cable connected to the Source pointer.	WireCAD will automatically update the pointer information as well as assigning a cable number to both pointers. Connection Pointers While Assigning Cable Numbers

Creating 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
Double Click the pointer and a Dialog Box will pop up asking you to select which drawing you want to connect this pointer to.	Select Which 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