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Use cross-reference exception reports
The AutoCAD Electrical Component Cross-reference tool creates two text
reports in the process of annotating components with cross-reference
information. The Cross-reference report gives a listing of each component
and quantity and locations of child contacts. The Exception/Error report lists
the exceptions AutoCAD Electrical found as it processed the drawing or drawing
set. Exceptions include child contact with no parent and parent relay coil
with no child contacts found.
Surfing on Cross-Reference Exception reports
Click Surf on the Error/Exception Report dialog box. AutoCAD Electrical flips
into surfer mode. Double-click any listed error/exception entry in the Surf
dialog box. AutoCAD Electrical immediately surfs to the appropriate drawing
and zooms up on the offending contact. Click Edit to correct the error, and
then surf to the next one.
Component cross-reference
Cross-referencing is based upon collecting and annotating groups of
components that carry the same TAG text string value (such as "101CR").
Components do not have to be of the same family to be cross-referenced; they
just need to have the same TAG1/TAG2/TAG_*/TAG attribute values.
Access:
Click the arrow on the Parent/Child Cross-Reference tool to access the Compon-
ent Cross-Reference tool.
From the Components menu, select Cross-Reference ➤ Component Cross-
Reference.
Cross-reference data is annotated on to attributes "XREFNO" and "XREFNC"
for N.O and N.C. references respectively. Alternately, if attribute XREF is
present, both N.O. and N.C. references are combined into a single
cross-reference text string.
Specifies to run the report on selected components,
the current drawing, or the entire project.
Run Cross-Reference on
Displays the last Cross-Reference report.Cross-reference
Displays the last Exception/Error report.Exception
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