Project: Insert Ladders and Wires
· Wires and Ladders
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Completion Time: 10 Minutes | |
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Prerequisites | |
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Objective: In this exercise, you walk through the process of adding and editing ladders. You will be able to insert two ladders in a new drawing and edit the ladders by trimming rungs and adding wires and rungs. | |
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Instructions | |
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1: If the Project Manager is not displayed, on the Project tab, Project Tools panel, click Manager. | |
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2: If Schematic_Wiring_NFPA is the active project, skip to step 5. If it is open but not active in the Project Manager, do the following: | |
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3: In the Project Manager, click Open Project. | |
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4: Browse to where you installed the project files. Select Schematic_Wiring_NFPA.wdp then click Open. | |
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5: In the Project Manager, click New Drawing. | |
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6: In the Create New Drawing dialog box, for Name, type "Wires and Ladders" | |
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7: For Template, click Browse. | |
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8: In the Select Template dialog box, Select Acad_Electrical.dwt. Click Open. | |
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9: In the Create New Drawing dialog box, click OK. | |
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10: On the Schematic tab, Insert Wires/Wire Numbers panel, click Insert Ladder. | |
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11: In the Insert Ladder dialog box, for Width, type "9.00"
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12: For Spacing, type "0.75" | |
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13: For Rungs, type "25" Notice that the ladder length is automatically calculated when you click somewhere else in the dialog box. | |
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14: For 1st Reference, type "100" and then click OK.
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15: Select an insertion point for the ladder at approximately 5.00,20.00 or type "5,20" then press ENTER.
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16: On the Schematic panel, Insert Wires/Wire Numbers tab, click Insert Ladder again. | |
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17: In the Insert Ladder dialog box, for Width, type "8.00"
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18: For Spacing, type "1.00"
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19: For Rungs, type "15"
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20: Notice the 1st Reference is automatically set to 125, which is the next sequential ladder reference number. Click OK. | |
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21: Select an insertion point at approximately 18.00,20.00 or type "18,20" then press ENTER.
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22: The remaining steps will Edit the Ladders: | |
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23: In the Modify Line Reference Numbers dialog box, change the Rung Count value for ladder 1 to "20" | |
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24: Change the Rung Count value of ladder 2 to "20" | |
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25: Change the Reference Number Start value for ladder 2 to "150"
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26: Click OK. | |
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27: On the Schematic tab, Edit Wires/Wire Numbers panel, click Trim Wire. | |
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28: On the first (left) ladder, trim rungs 101 and 103. | |
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29: On the second (right) ladder, trim rungs 151 and 153. | |
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30: On the Schematic tab, Insert Wires/Wire Numbers panel, click Wire. | |
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31: Add a wire starting on rung 100, about one-quarter of the way from the left bus, and ending on the left vertical bus and 101. | |
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32: Add a wire starting on rung 100, about three-quarters of the way across and ending on the right vertical bus at 101. | |
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33: Add a wire starting on rung 150, about one-quarter of the way across, running down to rung 151 (click) and moving to the right, approximately three-quarters of the way across (click). Continue running the wire down, selecting the ending location on rung 152. | |
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34: On the Schematic tab, Edit Wires/Wire Numbers panel, Add Rung flyout, click Add Rung. | |
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35: Add ladder rungs at references 103 and 153. |
