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1. WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Introducing WireCAD v6 by Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD All rights reserved You may copy or graphically reproduce this work for your own use provided that no part of this work is reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems for profit without the written permission of the publisher Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document Printed December 2010 Special thanks to Publisher All the people who contributed to this document to Lisa for being a Holbrook Enterprises Inc un
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3. pt j E E 3 A asso de adii ae 2 dee ee in Count 2 Y feeder Terminal as Source Window 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 35 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Displays the available Terminals sorted by Terminal style Jack Terminal Pointer L 4 8 lee Af Lia Terminal to Point fin drawing Terminal Offset Jacks s ejj FF JHT 4 qui Sum E WiC3 FM JACK Select the Terminal Terminals 477 t wow Five e d pou kus K ICON_S DWG West SW Terminal Offset Tr e um 40 02 FXLR 3 E ENET RJ45 E KB PS2 MOUSE PS 2 P 91 01 BNC Terminal as Destination Window Sets the distance between the connectio Drag into Drawing Drop on Point SYSTEM je 4 Donne nn nn sn wep ce Ae Wes MA Shba At n point and the terminal basepoint MD A APR NUTS Y a AA mt eee ee oe 4 Cable Cable EIN INPUT Terminal Offset E 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 3 Displays the available Terminals sorted by Terminal style Jack Terminal Pointer VMC3 FN JACK Terminal Offset see above 2 6 Assigning Unique IDs SysNames Applies To Menu Advanced Tools gt Equipment Functions gt Assign SysName All Product Levels Related Settings Default command line shortcut as SysName Format 7 Alternately double click the equipment bl
4. 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 83 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Variable List Displays the sequence of variables in grid view that will be concatenated into the final Cable Number input String Prejtx OO0G00 HC DATA Prefix DOOQU MC AQ Advanced Regular Expression Info Geek Stuff Available Variables Default Format regex pe O The signal type ux MEME nn pe 1 4 with the cable o EE 0000 associated with the signal tvpe of the cable The source SysName w l 6 name SOURCEALIAS The source Alias IX w 1 6 SOURCELOCATION The source location DN 1 6 The destination SysName Ww 1 6 AA AA name The destination alias Reig _ w 1 6 DESTLOCATION The destination alias NwW 1 6 222 Ip F _JACKF IELD the associated cable type if an STRING any string usually used for delimiters like dashes starts with the project starting number ALPHASEQUENCE an alpha sequence that oo NP 4 starts at the letter a BEEN the global equipment AA 1 51 library device definition user1 field USER2 RS w 1 6 USERS 6 USERA Nf 6 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Advanced Topics 84 SeqOn This variable should sequence on another variable s value Order The order in the list of the variable Test Sequence Performs a basic syntax test on the regular expressions More About
5. 6 3 Moving Projects Pack Up Check Out Applies To Menu Project gt Project Utilities gt Packup Check out XLT PRO Related Settings Menu Project gt Project Utilities gt Unpack None Menu Project gt Project Utilities gt Check In Default command line shortcut XL FREE does not support this function 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD s WireCAD v6 1 User Manual The Basics When moving projects from machine to machine there are external items upon which the project depends These are referred to as project and drawing dependencies The main project dependency is the global equipment database Drawings may have image XRef and font dependencies When we Pack Up a project we are grabbing all of those dependencies fonts are and exception and are not included and placing them in the Project folder We may choose to Check Out the project at the same time PRO only This flags the project rendering read only until such time as the project is checked back in Once packed up and or zipped up you are ready to move the project to another machine Simply copy the Project folder or the zipped file and move it to the new machine 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Frequently Asked Questions 90 Pack Un Check Qui Clicked ls Check Out 3 Flag Project as Checked out with return date Any subsequent access of project will be read only Copy file based Copy Blank Global Global Database D
6. A ExtLineDist ae ig m i i eo e PEI S e A a E ExtlineDist2 gt This angle is measured 9 3 5 Blocks Description A block is a collection of objects you can associate together to form a single object or block definition You can insert scale and rotate a block in a drawing You can explode a block into its component objects modify them and redefine the block definition Remarks Blocks streamline the drawing process For example you can use blocks to e Build a standard library of frequently used symbols components or standard parts You can insert 129 the same block numerous times instead of re creating the drawing elements each time e Revise drawings efficiently by inserting relocating and copying blocks as components rather than individual geometric objects e Save disk space by storing all references to the same block as one block definition in the drawing database When you insert t29 a block in your drawing you are creating a block instance Each time you insert a block instance you assign a scale factor and rotation angle to the inserted block You can also scale a block instance using different values in any coordinate X Y Z direction Blocks make it possible for you to organize your drawing tasks in a systematic way so that you can set up redesign and sort the objects in your drawings and the information associated with them 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 135
7. 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Included Plugins 116 Ckt rc Future Do notuse 000000 GreatedBy Who made the cable 00000 DateQriginated When entry was first created 000 DestLoc Destination Location 000 Destpin Destination Port Dest Sys Destination SysName DstAlias DestinationAlas 000 Integrator User field RE automatically generate a length Multicore True False Is it a Multicore cable NanedPath A named path See the Named Paths database Project Revision Inherited from the Global Projects database FeplacedBY Not used SHEET The drawing file name Signal Type SignalType 0000000 SRCA ias 000 Source Alias Source Connector Source Location Source Port SrePin 0 o SreSys 0 Source SysName User Is up to you User2 it s up to you User Is up to you 8 7 2 2 SysName Fields The following is a list of the available SysName fields that are available for use in the label Aias The friendly or functional name for this device 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 117 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Conflict resolution mode Conflicts arise when two devices that are marked IsSequential are connected together At this point we must discard one of the numbers Inherited from the Global Projects database The date created regardless of connection state Not curren
8. Alternative you can choose firstly the objects and then run the command However not every command accepts preselected objects Also not every command accepts multiple selected objects Remarks The commands are used to edit the drawing objects like splitting a line to two smaller lines delete a circle etc The commands are the following e Select 138 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 138 e Erasehs e Undolt3 e Redo e Copylt3 e Offsetl139 e Fillet 14 e Movelt4h e Trim 14 e Extendh4h e Mirror t42 e Arrayli42 e Break 143 e Scalefi43 e Rotate e Explodel 4 e Purgelt4 e Zoom t4A e Pan 143 e View3D 143 9 4 1 Select Description When you run an edit command which allows multiple object selection you have to select the objects or object that you want to edit There are many ways to select objects e You can click one by one the objects you want to select e Crossing method With this method you have to set a rectangle by setting the two opposite corners first set one of the two right corners of the rectangle Then all the objects that are included entirely in the rectangle or have an intersectection point with the rectangle will be selected e Window method It is similar with the crossing method but only the objects that are included entirely in the rectangle will be selected Also you have to set one of the left corners of the window e Select All With this method
9. Q When can I renew my subscription A You must renew your subscription before the expiration of your current subscription You can renew your subscription anytime before your current subscription has expired you will not lose any days as the new subscription will come into effect on the day your current subscription ends In effect your current subscription will be extended by 1 year If you do not renew your subscription before the expiry of your current subscription your subscription is considered as lapsed and you will not be eligible for free upgrades and other benefits anymore Q My Assurance subscription has lapsed How can I get the latest version A Maintaining your Assurance subscription and renewing your subscription each year to keep it current Is the best and the most cost effective way to receive all new major and minor versions as they are released In case your subscription has lapsed and you want to upgrade to the latest version you may simply renew your Assurance subscription at the current rates Q Do you offer academic discounts A We do have academic discounts if WireCAD will be used for education research purposes Please contact sales wirecad com for more information 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 14 2 Getting Started Contents Workflow Diagram MA Setting Up Your Global Data 1 amp Equipment Library TA Creating a New Project 2A Creating a New Drawingl23 Cr
10. The first place to go with any programming effort is the ubiquitous Hello World example in the Basic folder NOTE there are two types of WireCAD plugin 1 The automatically discovered AD plugin that loads silently and may or may not interact with the user 2 Plugins that require a WireCAD wpi manifest file that describes where the plugin can be found how to call it what icon to display and on which toolbar or menu etc Both plugins implement the WireCAD IPlugin interface AD plugins are named YourPluginName Plugin Dll and are placed in the WireCADx bin folder Standard WireCAD plugins have no naming requirements but must be accompanied by a wpi file in the WireCADx bin plugins folder To create a wpi file you can use the utility in Plugins Plugin Manager New PI Info Take some time to read through the code The interface is very simple yet you can access most of the WireCAD object model including drawing data access grids GUI reports etc You can also create your own forms and functions to interact with the WireCAD objects PM IB BB MITT LTT LLL LTT TLL TTT VB PT B PB MT MB B Bl B FB IT B B IIT THIRD PARTY LIBRARIES TOI TT IT TITI IT LIT LLL TTL LTT BB B B l B MB lll lI BW Bl C B T IT M B TM TIL T GL WIRECAD USES THIRD PARTY LIBRARIES THAT MAY REQUIRE YOU TO PURCHASE DEVELOPER COPIES PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS STATEMENT THESE ARE GREAT LIBRARIES AND IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL PLUGIN FOR WIRE
11. This makes inserted items double clickable This is not required and should not be used if you are using the dwg file as a DWGIcon or Custom Shape file Create Bounding Box Creates a rectangle around the entities in the dwg file of the color selected This is useful for DWGIcons or Custom Shape files Copy Copies fixed block files to the selected directories Subfolder and Prepend allow you to modify the location and filename upon copy 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 107 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 8 6 DWG Diff 8 6 1 Introduction Welcome to the DWG Diff Help File DWG Diff is a utility the displays the differences and commonalities between two dwg drawings Features e Open View Print dwg files e Difference the selected layout e Display Common A not B B not A drawing elements e Displays not only the drawing entity differences but also lists difference in the drawing structure such as Layers Layouts Text Styles Blocks Dimension Styles e Save the differenced drawings as dwg or pdf e Print the differenced drawings e Control the layers 8 6 1 1 Screen Shots Drawing A 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Included Plugins f e sl L Created with WireCAD gt i EFE p 4 11 i f mie V A en ue ja o L 0e m m te ene lm oo oe eos bolt i Ly EE TIT 377 f rib iiir
12. WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 9 3 6 Lights Description It is the collection of the Lights objects Adding lights to your drawing is the simplest way to improve the appearance of your models You can use lights to illuminate a whole model or to highlight selected objects and parts of objects in your drawing Remarks You can add as many lights you want but you can only enable 8 including the Default Light This is an example of a sphere with two lights 9 3 7 Selections Description One or more selected objects that specify a selection for processing as a single unit For example instead of copying objects to another location one at a time you can select all objects and copy the selection once Remarks There is no limit to the number of selection sets you can create in your drawing However there can be only one instance of the SelectionSets Collection The SelectionSets Collection object is predefined for each drawing 9 3 8 Section Clips Description WireCAD uses section clipping planes to hide an area of the drawing This SectionClip defines the side of the drawing that will be visible The rest will be hidden Remarks The visible plane is defined in the vdSectionClip object by defining the OriginPoint and the Direction vector The direction of that vector defines the visible area The area in the opposite direction will be hidden 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 136 Direction with the Ori
13. With this method user has to set 3 points of the arc T hind Font 9 2 5 Dimension Description Dimensioning is the process of adding measurement annotation to a drawing User has many ways to 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 126 dimension objects and many ways to format dimensions You can create dimensions for a wide variety of object shapes in many different orientations You can create dimension styles to format dimensions quickly and ensure that dimensions in your drawing conform to industry or project standards Dimensions show the measurements of objects the distances or angles between objects or the distance of a feature from an origin you specify User has three basic types of dimensioning linear radial and angular Dimensions can be horizontal vertical aligned rotated angular A linear dimension measuring the distance between two points which is displayed parallel to the points being measured In aligned dimensions the dimension line is parallel to the extension line origins The extension line origins are specified using the DefPoint1 and DefPoint2 properties Rotated 90 popa o al ALC Pu LinePosition Y i Rotated O Angular dimensions measure the angle between two lines or three points LinePosition DefPoints al lextPosition DefPoint1 DefPoint 3 O 9 2 6 Image Description Itis a basic object for inserting images in the drawing
14. international or numbers to you Enter these in the Register by Phone text box e Next click the Continue button You will receive a message box indicating the success of the activation id email support wirecad com with your Key and Unique Machine ID Enter the value in the box below and click Continue Troubleshooting Activation The following are a few reasons your activation by web will fail 1 Not connected 2 Lease already in use by another machine 3 Authorization key abuse 4 Authorization key not found in the database 5 Your machine Date Time is more than twenty four hours out of sync with our web server UTC 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 9 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 1 3 License Agreement License Agreement YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE OPENING THIS PACKAGE AND OR BY USING THE SOFTWARE OPENING THIS PACKAGE OR USING THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THEM YOU SHOULD PROMPTLY RETURN THE PACKAGE TO THE LOCATION WHERE YOU PURCHASED THE SOFTWARE UNOPENED WITH PROOF OF PURCHASE AND YOUR MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED Holbrook Enterprises Inc provides this program and licenses its use Holbrook Enterprises Inc retains the ownership of this product LICENSE Permitted Uses You May Use the software on any computer provided the software is used on only one computer and by one u
15. 01 VPB 01 VPB 01 VP 1 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 R ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 ROOM 110 4 R REI EN 16944 Fleck DV 1037 RTR VR ni A 4n BOOM 110 4 ACW E Eat Fiter 7 la Record 1of 117 v m gt 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Included Plugins 112 El P Touch Print Preview OM 130 4 110 4 OM 110 4 R OM 110 4 R OM 110 4 Ri I E gt t E d i i r mm Bi CE CE 110 4 R AA PEN ifs Edit riter T Rewdiofiz M M s H Table Combo Selects either the Cables database or the Systems database 8 7 1 2 Print Cable Labels and Port Tags From this page you select the template file into which you will print the selected data 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 113 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual fj P Touch Print Preview Cable Labels and Port Tags Data Brother P Touch Template File Printer Brother PT 3500PC CABLENO 1220 X 100 LONG Prnt TETTE PPP PP PPP PIMP PRI CABLENO 250 X 100 VER WRAP LOC CABLENO 250 X 100 VER WRAP NUR L ni A A 1001 A 1001 CABLENO 250 X 75 VER WRAP LOC Copies DA i CABLENO 260 X 100 VER WRAP bi i PA 01 gt L PA 01 gt CABLENO 260 x s ve Wei SPK 01 gt N SPK 01 l CABLENO SO x 25 HOA_FLAG Dl eut CABLENO 7
16. AV DWG MWMCTEMPLATE Alvi DG WETEMPLATE_B DWG WCTEMPLATE_BLAME DWG WCTEMPLATE C DWG WCTEMPLATE_D DWWG WWCTEMPLATE_E DWG Allows the use of template drawings If set to false just creates a new drawing without a template Open Last Project When I Behaves like earlier versions of WireCAD that opened the last project automatically on startup Start WireCAD Show the WireCAD Startup Page Warn Me When I Mismatch a Signal Type The WireCAD Startup Page shows the latest news from the WireCAD ranch w deu Li FF m Wiehe 16 WirecAD Werke When you finish drawing a cable WireCAD will check the source and destination port signal types you know if they don t match You can use the new status panel to know the port type if you are confused USB IREWIRE DAT 1001 HERNET FIBRE sane Calculator gt Name FIBRE Type DATA Conn SFP 29 5000 3 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Personalizing WireCAD 56 When I Double click a Many to Many cables 33 that are set for Multiple Database Entries can either be assigned all at or Many to Many Cable a single double click or if this setting is turned off a double click will find the closest port to the ct Assign All of Them and assign that Keep My Equipment This is useful if you are using dual monitors and want to have the Equipment Library stay open on Library Open other monitor When I Link Pointers Go The default Link Pointer fu
17. Center To Paper Portral Landscape Pager El Custom 20980 29652 mm i mmm meee DNO OS OD DOG GS ND NO eee DS SD D SESS COS D GRR COURS CON D GO ODD Parbal Q Ful Preview l Update Preview 1 At the top right window you can set the margins either in millimeters or in inches Orientation can be change to landscape or portrait With Scale you can set the scale of the drawing in the print page For example 1mm of the page will represent 0 35747 drawing units You can also turn B amp W to on in order to print in black and white mode In print area you can either set extends to include the whole drawing or you can choose a window 9 15 PDF Export Description By pressing the PDF Export button you can see the Print Preview dialog in PDF Export mode Note the Print button has been replaced by a Save button 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 153 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual NEN nr zi a Top 198120 Bottom 158120 Left 73650 Right 73680 Printer Units 1 0000 mm Drawing wing Lina 0 2580 F Scale to Fit Black and White Pen Assigment As bitmap 9 16 Extrusion Vector Description The extrusion vector defines the plane that the object will be drawn and is always vertical in that plane Extrusion Vector direction 1 0 0 Extrusion Vector direction 0 01 ll x Remarks If the entity has thickness then t
18. Elevation 10 slot 4 would be 10 4 I Build My Racks From theNumbers from top down The default is bottom up Top Down 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD os WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Default Rack Height Default Rack Height in Rack Units Presets the Rack Builder 4 dialog _ Ai Rack Buller Rack Builder creates racks in a single row based on the equipment placed in the selected locabon Attribute Height Place Text if Item Cannot Be Created Default Cable Manu and Ifthe Signal Type in the global database does not define a default Cable Type and Manufacturer t Type this is used as a default User Can Modify These Only effective under WireCAD Security Settings 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Personalizing WireCAD 6 Add Pinout Data to Each Set to true to allow attachment of pinout data to each cable You must display the Edit Cable Data Cable in order to pick the pinout Pinouts are set using the Pinouts plugin to Once defined during a cat number assignment you can pick from pinouts that have the proper connectors defined If the pro connectors both src and dst do not exist in the pinout it will not be available for choice m Assign Cable Number SF 02 DMBDR 02 DW 1005 CableNo DV 1005 3 Show All Available Show Available For Sequence _ Fill Numeric Gaps in Available Cable Numbers CableTypeManu BELDEN CableType 169
19. If no translation exists WireCAD defaults to the en English language Select Language To Selects the language to edit in the right hand column Translate Show Context Select to display a column showing the primary context in which the string or message appears 8 4 Block Extractor Applies To Menu Plugins gt Extract All Blocks PRO XLT Related Settings Default command line shortcut exall None Requires an active drawing Extracts all blocks in the current drawing to the folder of your choosing Files are written out of the drawing as individual dwg files with the name of the block The basepoint of the drawing origin is the insertion point of the block 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Included Plugins Project Fie Eii Hamm LED Took Advanced Toole Vime Format Dean aim Repo Winds Heip atl 1 t Lost Back n LT E a a a de n ae sommes a DBA h Block oe Fem Sa a eu as La Son ab pasas Te Cu toe Ec t lt Select Fais Bacs mast pu NOPNE SM j P E 4 E s Pe i T derer i TES A 3 9 E Lrg Hc T E Loan Faiga T a ER RUM The Blocks T Collection is Exported Not Just Those Displayed in Current Layout c nphnne UND E Cni rode Be Ube 4 1 Pens HF ilice Ghat More Shotgun Projects Sal Seed Sha og aperta 5 ne Bana MES VOOM DERIT ig Men E rond ONE L New er ai CX pn Loma Epia Cae
20. Inserted Images can be BMP GIF JPG PNG and TIFF When the inserted image is an 1 bit Image B amp W then the background color of the image usually the white is shown transparent and the other color is shown black or white depending on the background color This is useful for drawings to be scanned and then inserted as images in other drawings Image has a Scale property that is used to resize keeping the aspect ratio of the image 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 127 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual The image is defined by InsertionPoint Rotation Width and Height 9 2 7 Polyface Description User defines a PolyFace by specifying each vertex and then associating those vertices with faces in the mesh In essence polyface is a number of 3dfaces combined to an object User can explode the polyface into 3dfaces User can create complex 3D objects 9 2 8 PolyHatch Description Polyhatch is a collection which contain PolyLine Objects Every PolyLine represents one Hatch which can be excluded from the whole collection or be included to the collection You can control this using CombineList property If the CombineList index 16 then it is excluded else it is included Remarks You can Use Item Count methods and for each to access the PolyLine Objects of Polyhatch object When your drawings have Polyhatch objects and are saved in third party formats then Polyhatches are converted to Hatches and vice versa Polyhat
21. LDF file If it can not find it you will have to add it manually 7 Click OK to attach the database 8 You will now need to configure each WireCAD client to look at the SQL Serverl 9 Launch WireCAD 10 Click Project Application Setup and follow the steps for SOL Server 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD tot WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 8 Included Plugins WireCAD includes a number of plugins that provide additional functionality WireCAD XL FREE does not load plugins so none of the following information applies to the XL FREE version Each plugin will load and register its own command line commands if the plugin provides command functionality For information on customizing WireCAD with your own plugins see the SDKF5 documentation and the SDK samples 8 1 Pinouts Applies To Menu Database gt Pinouts PRO Default command line shortcut po a settings The Pinout utility serves two functions The first is to generate pinout detail drawings X To X BELDEN Test Phase REversal The second is to generate data that can be used in the conductors table under any cable that we wish to attach the data to Latina Connector Cale Type Baghthand Connector o LW Pan s LH Buncion Codi Mumbser SiComa RHP Fai Functon 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Included Plugins 102 8 2 Search Applies To Menu None PRO l Default comman
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23. MAN DRE TY T den dP per B ee Less eats o s J 3 4 JP oot Pume lal dis E mc eu a Hi oa 1 ln n mium lois he E ER T Dare I B T P enu ouem 1 LE Un i zz zr Im A Eg de r E bu I me cap 1 i ai Hi nie 1 Ecl QE I 1 A n 1 See FUP au Pa ba mu ee ai ha jo Fumar qu 3 is e wa am 1 la gt EE b k 1 EI cu dk i In a EL j E E In In la y ba E T eua BS EU NUS GENII L AA RR H UNE bbe Oe T e CRT 4 La kma paa ee ee ee ee re 3 3 Template Drawings Applies To Menu File gt Save As Template Drawing All Related Settings Menu File gt Open Drawing Show New Drawing Wizard 55Y Template Drawings Support Path Default command line shortcut fo File Open 92 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD amp WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Template drawings are drawings that are preset with items that you don t want to add every time such as page borders titleblocks and viewports 14 It is not uncommon to create a template for each project by starting with an existing drawing and adding your titleblock data etc Some WireCAD users go so far as to create templates for their frequently used designs Template drawings are saved in the Template Drawings Support Path 521 You can pick template drawings from the New Drawing Wizard 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD e Wir
24. We recommend usw SQL server based security databases in a multiuser environment NOTE Use the File Application Setup wizard to setup WireCAD Security Security Database Type VISTA v Use WireCAD Security Enable Security When enabled the WireCAD security system uses the current login to determin program access If your user is a member of the Administrators group you will be able to contrc access of other users via the Project gt Security gt Manage Security dialog 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Personalizing Wire CAD 52 4 Record iof lt Record 1082 w cox c Security Database Type Typically you will only use security in a multiuser environment with a SQL host but the capability to use file based VistaDB databases Support Paths Panel Support Paths The support paths allow us to Support Paths substitute actual paths for Where we expect to find things variables and simply reroute flocks WBLOCKS C Users Public Documents WireCADWWireCADS Blocks m ron to key files and ees MU EEEE R a Documents DOCUMENTS C Users Pubic Documents WWreCaDVWreCcADS Documents s loons el CONS t C users Public Documents Wire AD rec ADS V cons e All Support Paths Can Template Drawings Users Public Documents Wire CAD hire ADS TT emplabteDr avangs ee Reside on Network Reports C Users Public Documents WireC ADW ire CADS Reports 4 Shar
25. dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 7 Choosing a Database Format Applies To Menu None PRO Related Settings Default command line shortcut none None WireCAD v6 PRO allows the use of both file based and server based databases for the project and global databases The choice of which to use requires some forethought Listed here are some basic considerations SQL Server VistaDB File Based Zero Administration X Portable X ACID Compliant atomicity X X consistency isolation durability Database Size Theoretically unlimited Theoretical limit is 16 Exabytes uint64 Practical limit is based upon machine resources Files are not limited by the database engine but loading very large databases will require large system resources In Process Processing X At first glance that the table above it would seem that the proper choice would be the file based solution However take note of the last item In Process Processing means that the WireCAD processes must read and write all data to and from the file based database Using SQL Server allows us to hand those processes off to the database server creating in many instances a significant read 10X increase in speed Before selecting a database format consider the following questions e Will I be moving the project from machine to machine If yes consider staying file based on the project e Do I have the chops to manage a SQL Server If no stay file based SQL Server requires ca
26. eee dieser sheet nee Sienne 102 4 1BIOCK EXTA CION tan sonne e naaa 103 5 BUIK BIOCK FIX OF Sac o 104 6 DWG DIT O a SR a AN nt ess 107 NUP OCU CUO IN Poe EE 107 OO A E ME CUM dE UEM ob E 107 FUNCTORS RC EET 109 7 Brother P TOUCH es 110 NATE OG CU ODN Rims M 110 BA a E E EAT 111 Print Cable Eabels arid AAA a A Fear EEE ERI RIED TRA 112 Database Field RUGS wm cu EE 114 Cable Number FES randana a E docs t Eo E Dette bao dente Rss ne outst 115 SVS Name FIG IGS eR eer 116 More about the Bc TS ii M 117 Part IX CAD Basics 119 T WNALIS CAD sn G ane 119 2 Drawing ENIE S rsisi an E nnn nr 120 LING Nn CE 120 CGI a 121 Polyline AS ccr 122 nil Ncc ccc a Y 125 DIMC ASTON a 125 AR ligu iu dA II E LA EI 126 lx 1 EE 2 Mc 127 POIVPRICH SR cea 127 A RP RE PSE A SR OP ER 127 Ti de 128 insert OO cete 129 2b lj o a 129 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 3 CON CHONS ETE ia 130 Layers A m 130 LAVOUIS n 132 l4 133 bluakagpi c a id az 133 BIOCKS MM m 134 Wh ame ro E 135 SeleCcHODS LS eam MEM E LM M EMI ME MEM MM EM ME 135 SECUHON CIPS Sn
27. etc You may choose within the tool to perform an import export or bidirectional sync Demystifying Synchronization Synchronizing data in two tables of the same structure is really very simple In its most basic form records that do not exist in one table are added Records that exist in both tables receive the most current data based on a timestamp In order that records deleted from one table do not get added back in a special table is employed to track deleted keys If the delete is the most current action then the record will likewise be deleted from the other table In the unlikely event that the records have the exact same timestamp yet the data is different those records are flagged as conflict records from which you must pick the most correct Controls Database Location Sync Equipment Databases E Select either a VistaDB file based Synchronize with an extemal equipment database database or a SQL External Database Location Server host If server based you will need to provide host and credentials If you do File Name C sers bh Documents axe d o not know them contact your SQL Server database administrator Import Export Self explanatory Bidirectional Remember Settings Remember database location information Sync Initiates the synchronization with the top progress bar showing the overall progress and the bottom showing detail proaress Status Bar Displays status of the sync 2010 Holbrook Enterpr
28. filter dialog from which you may select a number of different FilterString Editor filters Equals Does not equal gt s greater than Is greater than or equal to Is less than Is less than or equal to Is between Is not between Contains Does not contain Begins with Ends with s like C Is not like 3 Is blank Is not blank Is any of Description Is none of Filters may also contain parameters that the user must enter before the report is generated In order to make use of this function you must follow these steps 1 Add a parameter to the report while in Design view Click the Parameters ellipsis button to Show Print Marc Yes view the Parameters collection 2 Click the Add button to adda Show Print Stat Yes parameter to the collection 3 Enter description and default value information 4 Open the filter editor see above 5 Add a condition and edit the comparison then click on the icon to the right of the field to select Parameter Collection dac M parameters Mantas 6 Click Preview to preview the AA report You will see a Parameters 4 pane on the left hand side with a submit button 7 Enter a value and click Submit 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Reporting e Click here twice ta select parameterz FilterString Editor And Filter5tnng Editor SEE And Poparby Grill l bankRrporti Report d G bru Reimenn Sirag Arey kal Qsepa
29. flags to help you sort the equipment in your Systems table IsSequencial Not Yet Implemented Engineering Data Various fields to track IP address Power Consumption etc tab User Data tab User fields 2 Assigning Cable Numbers Applies To Menu Advanced Tools gt Cable Functions gt Assign Cable Number All product levels Related Settings Default command line shortcut ac Cable Number Format 8 Alternately Double click the cable in the drawing Project Settings 58 Assumes that the devices on both sides of the cable have first been assigned SysNames To assign multiple cables at once create a selection of cables The order the cables are added to the select set is the order that they will be assigned numbers Once you have created a selection of cables click Advanced Tools gt Cable Functions gt Assign Cable Number or type ac into the command line followed by the Enter key This function performs the following steps 1 Gets the next number in the sequence based on the Cable Number Format 81h 2 Prompts the user for input 3 Updates the drawing 4 Updates the project systems database Edit Cable Numbers Dialog 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual CableNo If you manually enter a Cable Number it must follow the format defined in the Cable Number Format tool The CableNo textbox will be masked to help you follow the format CableNo New Unlock CableTypeManu C
30. into two types 2D and 3D 2Dimensional almost like drawing on a drafting board essentially a flat view usually dimensioned and detailed to some type of standard but is somewhat limited 3Dimensional is very popular and with the ability to manipulate 3D Models as if they were actual solid objects very desirable Each 3D model is an exact replica of an existing object or idea of an object but in digital format which can be up scaled or down scaled or modified to any specific tolerance These digital objects are then ready for multiple views or cross sections dimensions and details just like 2D drawings But 3D models have much more to offer NC programming can be done to create actual products see CAM or even for graphic development for the animation industry which is also very popular CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing in some cases the manufacturing of parts fixture gauges stamping dies prototype models moulds etc The relation to Mach9 Technologies Inc is not so much Manufacturing but more Computer Aided CAM the use of computer generated 3D models see CAD to develop specific programs for any particular solid object Creating a program cutter path for an Numeric Control NC machine is the most widely used format for cutting various forms shapes and contours into various materials such as steel aluminum tool board wood and machinable waxes There are many other ways to cut materials which are computer controlled as well and thes
31. it means that the cable is drawn through another device or must overlay another cable If you do not like the way a cable is routed you have two choices first manually drawing the cable by selecting Manual Draw second select the cable and grab a grip on the cable and move it around 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 25 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Topics WireCAD Cable Terminology P25 Draw Cables Toolbar 253 One to One Cable 28 Aux Text 28 Manual Draw Cables 274 Cable Router X Offset 2A Cable Router Y Offset 30Y Default Pointer 30 One to Many Cablel 30 Many to One Cable 325 Many to Many Cable 335 Terminal as Source 345 Terminal as Destination 355 WireCAD Cable Terminology Devices have inputs and outputs Cables have sources and destinations For purposes of this manual we will refer to Jacks Junction Boxes Router Crosspoints Bulkhead connectors and On Sheet Off Sheet Pointers collectively as Ter m nal s Draw Cables Control Descriptions ltem Desc Draw Cable Toolbar 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 2 Many to One Cable Many to Many Cable Apply Jumps One Cable Point in Drawing to Terminal Terminal to Point in Drawing Cable Drawing Properties Draw Cable One to One Cable 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Replac
32. ri FU an IMETT iier beer Pleo Text of Im arret Be Created Sets the width of the chassis in DU OK Sets the height of the locator grid in Rack Units RU 1 75 inches or 4 445cm Sets the number of slots per locator grid This is used to position items that may not be located at the insertion point of the rack unit WireCAD searches the Elevation field for numeric values first then for the slot delimiter if found it parses the the data into two values the elevation and the slot or in other words how far up in the rack and how far over Where to start the whole process If view rule is not ShowDWGInPath sets the attribute height of the displayed text ShowDWGInPath use the dwg file found in the equipment definition BlockRef CreateFromDimensions use the dimension data from the equipment definition to create a 3D rack block CreateFromDimensionsIfNotFound Use dimension data if the BlockRef is not found If the item cannot be created due to lacking data place a text marker in the drawing at the location 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 4 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 2 10 AutoScheme Tools The AutoScheme tools create functional drawings or parts thereof from the data in the project systems and cables databases This is useful to create detail or overall views The AutoScheme tools consist of two utilities The Auto Block tool automatically places blocks in the drawingona g
33. the Cable numbering scheme Using the Cable Number Format dialog you can select any field that is associated with the Cable Number and concatenate it into your own numbering scheme Each of the fields selected can be formatted and the numbers can be set to sequence off of another field Topics How it Works 79 Controls Explanation 80Y Available Variables 83N More About Regex 81 Applies To XLT PRO Related Settings None 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Advanced Topics EN How it Works The Cable Number format tool is used to generate regular expressions that are then used to parse Cable Number info as well as provide formatting information to masked text boxes Two forms of regular expression are generated a simplified form that is used as a mask in both the Cables database and in textboxes and a complex form that aids in the generation of queries to determine the next number in a sequence The following are both the simplified and complex regex for the default cable number format w 1 6 d 1 5 w lt SIGNALTYPEPREFIX gt w 1 6 lt NUMERICSEQUENCE gt d 1 5 lt MULTICOREDATA gt w Controls Explanation Selected Format tt Cable Number Format Details Selected the current Cable Tools Number format Allows addition and deletion of ee formats as well Prefx 000000 MC DATA Prefix QO0Q0 MC 42 Advanced Regular Expression Info Geek Stuff Record 10 5 Edidi
34. the line object if you want to edit individual segments Remarks Line is specified by two points the Start point and the End point When the line has thickness then the extrusion vector of the line defines the direction of the thickness 9 2 2 Circle Description A full circle is defined by its CenterPoint and its Radius vier FS Circle is drawn in the plane that is defined by CenterPoint and ExtrusionVector Remarks Ways to design a circle Center Radius 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 122 AIS With this method user sets the center point and the radius of the circle 2 Points With this method user sets two opposite points of the circle Basically the two points define the diameter of the circle position and size 3 Points Point With this method user sets three points that belong to the circle Faint 9 23 Polyline Description This object is a 2D 3D line composed of line and arc bulges segments Polyline is specified by an array of Vertexes points When the Polyline has thickness then the extrusion vector of the polyline defines the direction of the thickness 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 123 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual endpoint of arc E T Polyline can be Open or Closed can be SPLine and be filled with a color or a hatch Remarks Bulge Geometry 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics
35. those you can by setting those properties on the text object ws ActiveDrawing ActiveLayOut Entities AddItem text now refresh the drawing ws ActiveDrawing Redraw true alternately you can just invalidate the text object less expensive like this l text Invalidatet endregion 10 2 Getting Started Applies To Menu Plugins Plugin Manager Edit Plugin Code XLT PRO Related Settings Default command line shortcut none None To get started writing plugins for WireCAD launch the Develop pronounced sharp develop development environment A Plugin Manager Click File gt New gt Solution 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 161 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Select WireCAD Plugin and enter a Name and solution path Location Co Wsers cbh Documents Solution Name Click Create and a new solution will be created for you with all the necessary references and interface files Now start coding Fin Ua Vem aeos Pie Bald Dog Ser Toot Window Hay PEE E CE X d EIA ELO IO O ME CD D A x peblir class Algas EPlugiatare fregien Field F Plare your fleld Level verlables here refulsit ion segon Properties fiPlace your Properties Hare Frrirrgpira seegion IPluglr amp o e Hesira has peradsilos to run wt this application mode level and for this perssntidene ler i amnem n F puerum nmn The Singleton Horkipata abjrctio param elt de T urnent uper ide
36. we must Check In to the current Project es Unzip filas to TEMP directory Incoming praje name matches current project Yes name Sync Global Database wiih file based one in the incoming Project Databases Folder must Check In to tha same project that we checked aut from s SOL Projec Database Cwarwrite Current file based Project Database with incoming one Copy drawing from TEMP unzipped location to Project Drawings folder tree Mark Project as Checked In Sync Incoming Project Database with current Project Database If you have not Checked Out the project then there is no need to Check In the project If you are moving a project to another machine use the Unpack function 6 4 Menu Database Sync Equipment Libraries Default command line shortcut XL FREE does not support synchronizing another Equipment Database Synchronizing with Another Equipment Database Applies To XLT PRO Related Settings Syncs the incoming global equipment database to the connected Global Equipment Database 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Frequently Asked Questions 92 Occasionally you may experience the need to sync with another user s global database This will copy all of their equipment to your global Equipment Database The sync includes manufacturers equipment inputs outputs signal types connectors cable types cable core data relational tables
37. 124 Bulge TAMilnAngle 4 f Altitude x d AA AL included Angle pr center point _T chords SORTIP2x PIxF2 P2y P2xF2 Bulge 2 x Altitude chord TANIIncludedAngle 41 Altitude radius radius x casl IncludedAngle 2 01 radius l chord 2 0 x chord 2 0 altitude xalhitudell 2 0 x altitude IncludedAngle atanichord 2 0 sqrtiradius 2 chord 2 021 x 2 0 Arc Lenght IncludedAngle x radius bulge 0 E bulge 0 e vo V 1 b PolyLine V3 bulge gt 0 Opposite direction bulge 0 L alge Var N VEN mam en VI WO PolyLine 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 125 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 9 2 4 Arc Description A circular arc is defined by the center point the radius the start angle and the end angle fave AAN Zen FAUX E nai bea An arc is always drawn anti clockwise from the StartAngle to the EndAngle The StartPoint and EndPoint properties of an arc are calculated through the StartAngle EndAngle and Radius properties The ExtrusionVector is always vertical to the arc Arc is drawn in the plane that is defined by CenterPoint and ExtrusionVector Remarks Ways to design an arc Center Point Radius Start Angle End Angle Radius End Angle With this method user has to set Center Point Radius Start angle Start Angle and End angle of the arc Center Point Second Po First Fount
38. 23 CreatedBy 115 CreateFromDimensions 41 CreateFromDimensionslfNotFound 41 CurrentProjectRevsion 116 Customizing WireCAD 156 Cut Mark 112 D datagrid 111 Data Page 111 167 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Database Field Rules 114 Database Format 97 DateAdded 116 DateModified 115 116 DateOriginated 115 Default Pointer 30 Demystifying Synchronization 92 DestConn 115 Destination 38 DestLoc 115 Destpin 115 DestSys 115 Dimension 125 DimStyles 133 Display As 46 Display Preferences 46 Distance 4 7 Draw Cable Toolbar 24 Draw Cables Toolbar 25 Drawing Cables 24 Drawing Objects 120 Drawing Settings Panel 56 DstAlias 115 E Edit 112 Elevation 116 Ellipse 127 Engineering Data tab 36 EquipmentName 116 Erase 138 Explode 144 Extend 141 Extrusion Vector 153 M Feeder Selection 31 Fill Gaps 36 Fillet 140 Flags 36 Floating License Lease 6 Floating Licenses 6 ii s Get Port Data From Cables Database 46 Getting Started 160 Grid 149 H Half Cut 112 Height in RU 41 Hello World 157 Horizontal Spacing DU 46 How Rack Builder Works 42 How SysName Formatting Works 79 How SysName Formattion Works 82 How to Place Custom Titleblocks into Your Drawing 86 How To Add Equipment to Drawings 20 How To Add Equipment to the Library 19 How To Create a new drawing using the wizard 23 How To Create a New Project 22 How To Create Your Own Custom Titleblocks 87 Image 126 Include hashes 41 Input
39. 44 Black SignalType SDI Ole Calc time EET A a 3 2 Setting the Skin Applies To Menu View Skin or Project Settings User Basic Skin All Related Settings Default command line shortcut set None 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD et WireCAD v6 1 User Manual WireCAD ships with a number of custom skins Play with them until you find one that suits you Some of them are very functional while others are quite whimsical DAY senties Wee Suns Veces Daten Lez AR Pata Fuse he Pte Dreg iard Vie Creating New Ce meg D opn My Last Project When Start Wire AD bre the veined tatu Page when ant eed F Vicar Mie een E Mipegich a gru Type hide Drain Cables abr E rubi ich e arto ar Cable Adice Ad of Tho eso My Eqipaent Library Open Afer Add Dopage to the Ceaser Only Works on Dual Mois her E Lk Pieters La Bach to be ot rg Grainy Wer Praia Library Multple Port Add Leading dera Court ata Cre cours ts ehe treated ports Then setting creed Pur Add Poe Casio Propre clins 1741406 z NO E ml Mamans ELLE i L LI 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Personalizing WireCAD amp Caramel pM i WO 7 4 EA D DE m D A AN q E LT JE NM E DR E E sharp plus LT i Mami Me M a dida gar nma diy Baum agn agua ues ile Pr DAU 79 WAR OD BALE me y eer he Te Y ERRADA PEI y
40. 5 x 25 HOR FLAG bi PORTTAG 25 xX 40 DESTPORT Ib C Half Cut Chain Print Cut Mark Mirroring Not al options avallable on all printers Template File listbox enumerates all Ibl files in the WireCAD Common App Data Plugins Brother Ptouch Templates folder lt Preview gt Load the selected record into the selected template file and display it lt Print All gt Prints the entire recordset to the printer lt Print This gt Prints the selected record lt Edit gt Launches the P touch editor if installed Copies textbox Enter the number of copies to print Preview pane Displays a preview of the selected record Record Selectors 4 Record lof 117 oy Navigate through the recordset Printer Options Half Cut If supported on the printer will only cut through half of the label creating a roll of labels that can be torn off in the field This is available on the industrial series printers like the PT 9500 and is really slick 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Included Plugins 114 Chain Print No space between label prints nor feed or cut at the end Cut Mark Prints a cut mark Mirroring Inverts text 8 7 2 Database Field Rules This plugin extends the capabilities of the lbl file The plugin will evaluate field expressions and insert merge text values from any of the database fields into the label In order to evaluate properly the field na
41. CAD YOU WILL WANT TO HAVE THEM If you are developing a small project or line of business function for your own use you may not need to purchase licenses Here is an example If you want your plugin to have the same look and feel or create a custom form with the same gridview or treeview as WireCAD you will need to purchase the Developer Express library If you are developing a custom form that needs to show its own drawing engine you will need to purchase the VectorDraw developer framework If on the other hand you are able to use the WireCAD baseforms object are happy with the WinForms controls and can develop using the WireCAD drawing engine then you can get started without spending a dime 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 157 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 10 1 Hello World Every programming effort starts with the ubiquitous Hello World example This example is meant to provide just enough information to show the framework and produce an output Please note that in C comments are preceded by FILS TL LA LT EEL IGP IIS CITA VACA ETAT TES LA Pa ETT AS PIT IIA eae eee ae WireCAD Plugin Contents 17 I4 Basic WireCAD Plugin Framework Instructions cs 1 This project assumes that you installed WireCAD in the default j location If you did not you will need to change the reference FS path and the build path to that of your install path WireCADx bin folder You can do that byclicking Projec
42. DE Coloring the objects surfaces with it s colors l Combines the SHADE and WIRE options SHADEON A Displays the objects using 3D wire frame representation and hides lines representing HIDE back faces E Displays the objects using lines and curves to represent the boundaries WIRE 2 Sets the view point to World system VWORLD amp Sets the view point to any angle VPOINTANGLE 9 5 Limits Description While designing in paper user has a specific space to make the drawing with CAD user can have unlimited space to design the drawing The drawing limits are two dimensional points in the world coordinate system that represent the lower left and upper right boundaries You cannot impose limits on the Z direction Remarks When limits checking is turned on the drawing limits restrict the coordinates 146 you can enter to within the rectangular area Drawing limits also determine the area of the drawing that can display grid dots the area displayed by one of the scale options of zoom and the minimum area displayed by zoom all 9 6 Coordinates Description Coordinates are being expressed in drawing units Drawing units are not expressing particular units meters inches etc In this part user have to make some assumptions in order to define that the coordinates of the drawing mean particular units meters inches etc For example For a mechanichal drawing we can make the assumption for example where one drawing unit defi
43. ES PTE ceni ICI t Haim x Mee Select From File Browse to the dwg that contains your custom title block in the Model Space Click OK to place the insert into the drawing Now you will need to place a Viewport to the model space 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Click View gt New Viewport a ms and select the logical boundaries of the viewport within the titleblock you placed earlier Now double click the viewport to activate it for zooming and panning and use the mouse wheel or zoom commands to position the viewport over the model space 6 2 Creating Custom Titleblocks Applies To Menu Basic CAD Tools gt Blocks gt Insert Block Into Drawing All Product Levels Default command line shortcut Related Settings None How To Create Your Own Custom Titleblocks 1 Create a new drawing with no template 2 Draw your titleblock in Model space scaling it 1 1 with your printed page size ie an 11x17 page border would be 11x17 minus your margins 3 Place any images and attribute definitions 4 Save the drawing 5 Follow the steps here 86 for placing your title block drawing in any other drawing Linked nat embedded Image Make sure that the image file is In the same location ar in the folder with the dwg file Attributes Create Editable Text Once Inserted in another drawing 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Frequently Asked Questions 88
44. Each project has its own settings Starting Cable Number 1001 2 Integer used in conjuncbon with he Cable Number Format tool as a starting number Leading Zero Count 4 C ignore Cables Text Color Locabon Elevation and Slot Parsing Lecation Hevation Debmeber Eevation Slot Delmeter I Build My Racks From the Top Down Default Rack Height in Rack Unite 45 2 Default Cable Type Manufacturer and Cable Type To Use When Assigning Cable Numbers Default Cable Manufacturer BELDEN Default Cable Type 15054 v Used when no cable type is assodated with a Signal Type for the cable number being assigned Users mere mortals Can Modify These Project Settings _ Add Pinout Data to Each Cable Pinout Data is Defined in the Database gt Pinouts Tool starting cable number This will be the starting number for any new sequence It is overridden by a range in the Signal T global database leading zero count Leading zeros for cable numbers Affected by the Project Cable Number Formata ignore cable text color True to set the Cable text entity PenColor ByLayer Location Elevation By default this is a When the Location and Elevation fields are combined in the drawing this will Delimiter delimiter Example Location Rack 10 Elevation 10 would be concatenated with the Location Eleve Delimiter as follows Rack 10 10 Elevation Slot Delimiter By default this is a When parsing the elevation field this variable is used to identify a slot Exar
45. Express as well Both are free Lang en SQL Server does not provide a graphical user interface so you will want to download the management studio listed above Setting Up the WireCAD Global Databases on SQL Server 1 Install SQL Server You will be prompted for an instance name Instance names allow you to have multiple SQL Servers running on the same machine In addition you will be prompted for a security mode Windows or SQL Windows uses your Windows users and groups SQL ignores these and allows you to manages different users and groups from within SQL Server 2 Install SQL Server Management Studio SQLSMS 3 Launch SQLSMS and log in to the server If the server is on your local machine you can use the shorthand INSTANCENAME for the host 4 The next step is to attach the global databases 5 In the Object Explorer right click the Databases node and click Attach Datalzzzzz Secu New Database A Serve Ca Repli Man Restore Database Restore Files and Filegroups Attach Refresh 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD NOS WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 6 Click the Add button on the Attach Databases form and browse to XP C Documents and Settings All Users Shared Docs WireCAD WireCAD6 WireCAD_Global_Equipment MDF VISTA 7 Public Public Documents WireCAD WireCAD6 WireCAD_Global_Equipment MDF The form will look for and add the WireCAD_Global_Equipment_log
46. FooterBand one band per page Wednesday March 31 2010 Click Here to load General Document Properties into the property arid If you open a new report without running the wizard you will need to set the report Data Member variable Click in the dark grey area to load the general properties Select the Data Member from the drop down 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD You can drag fields from the Field List directly to the report designer If you want to concatenate multiple fields in a single label you can drag multiple fields onto the same label or edit it directly To edit a label double click it to enter edit mode STE Type directly into the label Field names must be enclosed in brackets 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 5 Advanced Topics Contents SysName Formatting 795 Cable Number Formatting 81 5 1 SysName Formatting Applies To Menu Project Explorer Project Databases Project SysName FormatXLT PRO Related Settings Default command line shortcut fsys None XL FREE does not support changing the format Allows control of the SysName numbering scheme Using the SysName Format dialog you can select any field that is associated with the SysName and concatenate it into your own numbering scheme Each of the fields selected can be formatted and the numbers can be set to sequence off of another field Topics How it
47. Inc may periodically check the web for updates No personal information will be transferred LIMITED WARRANTY Holbrook Enterprises Inc warrants for a period of 30 days from the date of original delivery to you that the program will substantially conform to the published specifications and to the documentation provided that it is used on the computer hardware and with the operating system for which it was designed Holbrook Enterprises Inc warrants the diskette s on which the program is furnished to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of delivery to you as evidenced by a copy of your receipt This warranty gives you specific legal rights You may have other rights that vary from state to state DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD IF THE SOFTWARE DOES NOT PERFORM AS WARRANTED YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE TO SEND THE SOFTWARE TO HOLBROOK ENTERPRISES INC 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Introduction 10 WHICH SHALL AT ITS OPTION EITHER REFUND TO YOU THE PRICE PAID OR REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SOFTWARE To the extent permitted by applicable law Holbrook Enterprises Inc disclaims all other warranties either or implied including buy not limited to warranties of merchant ability and fitness for a particular purpose Holbrook Enterprises Inc makes no warranty as to title No Holbrook Enterprises Inc dealer distributor agent or employee is
48. Lease On Shutdown Default Project Database Host Application Settings Some of the basic settings and behaviors Check for Program Updates Automatically Upon Startup Show Application Setup Wizard Upon Startup Community Library Auto Contribution Mode Auto Contribute My Work Dv C Release License Lease Upon Application Shutdown Release Lease is useful if you are floating your license among multiple machines It is however not a good idea if you are not going to be web connected when you restart Vire CAD Default Project Database Host SQL only eglexpress Checks for new updates to the application on application startup Shows the Application Setup Wizard which walks you through the basics of setting up the Applice level settings on startup Your Equipment Library will be automatically contributed to the WireCAD community unless you otherwise If you are floating your licensel 5 you will want to set this to true unless you plan to start WireC while you are not web connected Applies only to SQL projects Presets the New Project Wizard 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 51 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Database Server Information patate kane PS Wl Use Windows User Validation Database Users DOO O WireCAD Security WireCAD Security Using WireCAD Security limits access to program function by Users and Groups If you opt to use WireCAD Security you will need to select a Security Database location
49. Pick one WireCAD client machine from which to copy the global databases and copy from WireCAD6 WireCADGlobalEquipment vdb3 to YourNetworkShare FolderForWireCADGlobalDatabases WireCADGlobalEquipment vdb3 4 Launch WireCAD on the client machine 5 Click Project gt Settings Support Paths 6 Modify the support paths for both the Global Equipment database any blocks or reports that you wish to share among all users 7 Click lt Done gt and relaunch WireCAD 8 Click Project gt Security gt View Permissions If you are an administrator or rather if your WireCAD identity is that of Administrator you will have edit ability on this grid 9 WireCAD v6 uses your Windows groups You assign permissions to the group The current user Identity is set to the group thus determining their access level 6 6 Upgrading from v5 Menu Various Applies To Default command line shortcut none All product levels Related Settings None 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Frequently Asked Questions If you are upgrading from v5 you will need to take the following steps 1 Install WireCAD v6 2 Setup your global databases file based or SQL Server 3 Click Database gt Import Old Equipment Library 4 Click the ellipsis and enter the path to the v5 dbEquip mdb gv y mn ran impor Esser Date m EE rm 5 Click Next The import tool will launch and sync the two databases Note this may take some ti
50. Regex The Format field uses regular expressions The following are some simple examples w 1 6 Any non number non punctuation string from 1 to 6 characters w Any non number non punctuation string any length a zA Z0 9 5 Lower Upper case and O thru 9 exactly 5 characters d 1 5 Digits 1 to 5 digits in length d Digits any length a slash The is the escape character so you need two a dash except when in or then a range a zA Z0 9_ 1 4 Lower Upper case 0 9 underscore dash and comma 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Frequently Asked Questions 86 6 Frequently Asked Questions Contents Placing Custom Titleblocks Page Borders 86 Creating Custom Titleblocks 87 Moving Projects 88 Synchronizing with Another Equipment Library 915 Setting Up on a Network 935 Upgrading from v5 935 xx To8 6 1 Placing Custom Titleblocks Page Borders Applies To Menu Basic CAD Tools gt Blocks gt Insert Block Into Drawing All Product Levels Default command line shortcut Related Settings None How to Place Custom Titleblocks into Your Drawing Switch to the Layout in which l you intend to place your Dp Mda mes ett ad gm iiri custom page border Open the Insert block into Insert Bik Drawing dialog Mock Mam Basic CAD Tools gt Blocks gt Insert Block into Drawing ir lis peser idee ST ie ne y El Y ER orh cres uias Cri ROS
51. Report Series Shen Marg br Tes Verte Costes Exact E Tei sl 4 3 Creating Reports Contents Standard 683 Labels 72 Report Design Basics 767 4 3 1 Standard Applies To Menu Report gt New Report with Wizard XLT PRO Related Settings None 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD e WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Default command line shortcut rw Create a new report How To Create a New Report e Click Reports gt New Report with Wizard Alternately from the Project Explorer click New Report with Wizard e Select the Standard Report option Click Next gt e Select a data collection Data collections access both the global and project databases For example say you wanted to show a list of all manufacturers You would select the GlobalManufacturersC ollection Reports Wizard a be aet an Welcome to the Reports Wizard This wizard wil create a new report with data bound controls to display information from the dataset you specify Chick Next to connue nas ort Type Reports Wizard l F P Pin miia iea Select Data Collection For Report gt l GlobalManufacturersColection 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Reporting e Select the fields Reports Wizard l Y columns you wish to poe display in the report Choose columns to display in your report Your report can display any of the columns available in the dat
52. Slurp SysNames Pulls all SysNames from a drawing and puts them in the systems database Cool for reusing drawing from other projects e Improved Settings 50 dialog Lots of improvements to the settings dialog including the ability for plugin developers to register their own settings panels e Modifications to Terminal Assignment 40Y Now very easy to change the SysName of a terminal and keep port data unchanged DWG 2010 Now supports reading ACAD 2010 Fixes to HP plotters Fixes an issue that made plotting to HP plotters difficult Works with VBox Now works with oracle Vbox virtual machines Flipped pointer sets that work backwards in a drawing This is useful if you need to represent a cable in the drawing from right to left using pointers Port Polling 5 Status Bar Panel When drawing a cable shows the port info Name Type Connector in the status bar panel Helps to reduce confusion e Text Editor Works with both Text and Mtext entities e Assign Cable After Draw When checked and cable draw is completed the Assign Cable Number function is launched e Aux Text 283 You can now display axillary text for each cable that can be assigned to one of several variables e Many new skins 605 New Plugins e Block extractor t03 Extract all blocks from a drawing and write them to a folder e Bulk Block Fixer 10 Makes using manufacturer DWGs easier SDK Changes We have made the following non breaking changes to the Software Developmen
53. System The SysName to snapshot Sort I O By Last Display The last display order defined in the equipment library Order Terminal The terminal to display Circuit Recursion None disabled Get From Circuits Table Not yet implemented Guess search for either a direct string match on the corresponding I O or a numeric match of the same signal type Lulu Generate Do It Copy to Clipboard Copies the snapshot to the clipboard for pasting into another drawing 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Personalizing WireCAD 50 3 Personalizing WireCAD The Settings Dialog 505 Setting the Skin 60 Template Drawings 62 3 1 The Settings Dialog Menu Project gt Settings Applies To All Related Settings Default command line shortcut set None The settings dialog hosts panels for several different settings levels Applica Setting occurs once per application install per machine tion User Setting specific to the current user Project Setting specific to the current project if any The following is a listing of the default panels If your organization is using WireCAD Security your user will require Administrator privileges in order to edit Application level setting and some Project level settings The may be a partial listing depending on the plugins loaded Application Settings Panels Basic Check for Updates Show Application Setup Wizard Community Library Auto Contribute Mode Release
54. TET H eee EER 2H Turri rp EFI rracrikRE h Dreeee ez 11 illl 11411155 013311117 Entities in A but not B 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 109 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 8 6 1 2 Functions Menu Items File gt Open A Open the A drawing File gt Open B Open the B drawing Tools gt Calculate Differences Does the work Compares the selected drawing space eg Model or Layout Model Layout Layout AMSIA 11417 View gt Zoom Extents Zoom the selected space to the extents of all entities Help gt Help Displays this file Help gt Softw are Activation Displays the activation screen Help gt About Displays the about screen that show version information etc Right click Context Menus The following menus are available from all drawing spaces 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Included Plugins 110 Save AS Print Preview Export to PDF Layer Control 8 7 Brother P Touch 8 7 1 Introduction At your side ELECTRONIC LABELING SOLUTIONS Welcome to the WireCAD plugin for Brother P touch Electronic Label printers This plugin supports any of the P touch printer drivers for Windows and works in conjunction with the stock P touch lbl template formats For best results this plugin should be installed in conjunction with at least one P touch printer driver follow the instructions with the
55. Updated Automatically New Drawing Far Functional Black Diagrams Run Autoblock Tod To Populate Drawing with Functional Blocks 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 16 2 1 Setting Up Your Global Data Applies To Menu Several All product levels Related Settings Default command line shortcut several None WireCAD maintains a global database with tables representing Manufacturers Equipment Signal Types Connectors Etc Getting started with WireCAD entails setting up the global databases to fit your needs While the database is populated with data you may find that it suits your needs to purge the data and start fresh If this is the case we can provide empty databases At the very least you will want to set up the Signal Types grid with your defaults Next you will customize the Equipment Library with the products and IO that you use In order to do this you may either download existing products from the WireCAD Community Server or enter your own 195 Manufacturers The topmost table in the heirarchy Equipment The Equipment description Inputs inputs of a device Outputs outputs of a device Signal Types signal types and a bunch of defaults Connectors connector types Pinouts pin out definitions data Color Codes color code lookup Used by Cable Types Cable Types cable type information Cable Cores cores or conductor data for a cable type 2010 Holbrook Enterpr
56. WG D 65KB f Y TE Long Stereo Shotgun dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 66KB Maha New Folder Cancal TE MICROPHONE NUMBER BIG dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 60 KB MICROPHONE NUMBER dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 60 KB TE Mini Lapel Directional dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 63 KB t Mini Lapel Omni dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 62 KB t Mini Shotgun dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 64 KB Tt Radio Mic dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 61 KB TE Radio Super Shotgun dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 83 KB Fr RF Mic dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 61 KB Tt RF Receiver dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 90 KB TE Short Mono Shotgun dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 62 KB TE Short Stereo Shotgun dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 62 KB Fr Super Shotgun dwg 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D 74 KB E VANIM DFFALI Town 12 13 2010 10 32 WireCAD6 DWG D amp KR 8 5 Bulk Block Fixer Applies To Menu Plugins gt Bulk Block Fixer PRO XLT Related Settings Default command line shortcut bIkf None The Bulk Block Fixer utility provides a means by which dwg files may be easily converted for use with WireCAD The fixer will convert a single drawing or all drawings in a folder 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 105 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual M Bulk Block Fixer Converter Modifies block files so that they have the correct origin point for working with the Rack Builder tool and th
57. Works 79 Controls Explanation 803 Available Variables 80 More About Regex 815 How it Works The SysName format tool is used to generate regular expressions that are then used to parse SysName info as well as provide formatting information to masked text boxes Two forms of regular expression are generated a simplified form that is used as a mask in both the Systems database and in textboxes and a complex form that aids in the generation of queries to determine the next number in a sequence The following are both the simplified and complex regex for the default format w 1 6 d 1 5 lt EQUIPMENTTYPE gt w 1 6 lt NUMERICSEQUENCE gt d 1 5 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Advanced Topics 80 Controls Explanation Selected Format Selected the current SysName format Allows addition and deletion of formats as well Simplified Regex w 1 6 d 1 5 Complex Regex EQUIPMENTTYPE gt ye 1 6 HUMERICSEQUENCE gt 1 5 Variable List Displays the sequence I File Edit Tools of variables in grid view that will be concatenated into the final SysName Simplified Regex Ww 1 5 Md 1 5 Complex Regex EQUIPMENTTYPE gt i 1 6 HUMERICSEQUENCE gt iL 1 5 Available Variables Variable Description Sequencable Default Format reaex Manufacturer Name w 1 6 X Model Number DESCRIPTION The device description as X w 1 6 contained in the
58. a point at an object that you want to extend If the object you want to extend does not intersect with above objects then nothing will happen 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics RUE Before extend After extending the objects D Remarks 9 4 10 Mirror Description With mirror command you can create the symmetrical of one or more objects reflected by an axis defined by the user First you have to selectl3 amp the objects you want to mirror Then you have to set the axis by setting the first point of mirror line and then the second At this point you have to choose if the source ojects will be deleted or not Original objects Mirrored objects mirror axis Remarks 9 4 11 Array Description Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern There are the Rectangular Array and the Polar Array With the rectangular array you can create an array defined by a number of rows and columns of copies of the selected object 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 14 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual First you have to selectf3 the objects Then you have to define number of rows and number of columns of the rectangle the distance between rows and the distance between columns With the Polar Array you can create an array by copying the selected objects around a center point First you have to select the objects Then you have to set the center point and next you have to define the nu
59. ableType SignalType Multicore Data Add All Cores Source and Destination info CktNo 2 8 Assigning Menu Advanced Tools gt Equipment Functions gt Assign Terminals Default command line shortcut ats x DI Assign Cable Number SERWER 01 Location Location General Misc User Cableblo C 1002 le Show All Available Show Available For Sequence Al Numeric Gapa in Available Cable Numbers CableT per BELDEN ae CaneT ype 8723 Signal ype CTL s Muticare Data Add Al Cores Calc time 00 00 00 1237000 Cancel CableNo V 1001 CableNo is a direct entry field as well as a dropdown that displays all available available cables within the current sequence filling gaps if so desired OO Show All Available Show Available For Sequence Fill Numeric Gaps in Available Cable Numbers When double clicking an assigned cable the form will be shown in edit mode The Unlock button will allow the cable number to be fully edited This requires some caution Be sure to check the database to be sure that the edits and deletions have been committed CableTypeManu BELDEN CableType 1505A k Select the Cable Type Manufacturer and Cable Type Signal ype VID Select the signal type If you have selected a multicore cable from the CableType dropdown the core data will be shown If you are assigning a single core in the core structure se
60. aetearsnars 162 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Index 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Contents 166 1 Foreword Foreword This manual is a work in progress While you are viewing the printed version the online documentation is updated with every revision and hotfix Be sure to visit www wirecad com for the latest documentation 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 3 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 1 Introduction Welcome to WireCAD WireCAD tools aim to decrease the frustration associated with creating accurate detailed documentation WireCAD produces DWG compatible drawings What is WireCAD WireCAD is a cable management and facility design tool that allows you to easily create AutoCAD drawings WireCAD maintains a database of equipment from which you can create equipment blocks for your drawings Equipment blocks are created dynamically from information stored in the equipment database Rather than maintaining a large library of equipment blocks or symbols WireCAD stores this information in a database and then creates blocks from the equipment definitions contained therein Equipment definitions are easily added to the database In addition to equipment databases WireCAD also provides drawing tools to rapidly create documentation and database management tools to track Projects Drawings Revisions Cable Types Signal Types Connectors Jack Fields Jacks Th
61. an also specify if the textl128 will be underlined bold etc There is no limit to the number of text styles you can create in your drawing Remarks The active text style determines the appearance of new text created in the drawing StyleName of text object will get the value of ActiveTextStyle property When you enter text it uses the current text style which sets the font size and other text characteristics If you want to create text using a different text style you can make another text style active 9 3 4 DimStyles Description A dimension style is a group of dimension settings that determines the appearance of a dimension 125 Remarks The active dimension style determines the appearance of new dimensions created in the drawing To change the style of an existing dimension use the StyleName property found on the dimension When you create a dimension the current dimension style is associated with that dimension The dimension retains this dimension style unless you apply a new dimension style to it or set up dimension style overrides 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics ME The picture below shows where the vdDimstyle s properties apply to vdDimension objects ExtLinelolor ExtLineVisible TextHorRotation Aligned or horizontal Here 15 Aligned TextVer Just Aligned or Above Here 15 Aligned Linelsinvisible ArrowName ArrowSsize 7 E EXON TextLolor e v1 TextDist
62. anged drawings Updated VTR 04 in rack layout dwg Checking for mechanical System to move in rack Elevation field can t be empty Checked all closed project drawings No updates occurr Updated VTR 04 Drawing Handle 226EC in AS Demo dwg Checking for mechanical System to move in rack Elevation field can t be empty Controls 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 4 The Basic tab allows you to select the locations to include in the Rack Building function Use the gt gt gt and lt lt selector buttons to move items from the left hand list to the right hand list Include hashes Spacing DU LI Hack udder Fan Base pai FORCE neue rem bari nn fw our paced in a eec ned ae Bosc Advanond Select bankana For bc o Bui Rad Errar Speed bread This will normally be checked unless you are rebuilding a drawing that already has the locator grids Sets the location grid spacing in Drawing Units Systems Involved list Displays a list of all the systems that will be placed in the created drawing The Advanced tab exposes properties that control the behavior of the utility Chassis Width Height in RU Slot Count Slot Delimiter Insertion Point Attribute Height View Rule Place Text If Item Cannot Be Created E Hack udder dh a Fan Damen paie POS n E rem bari nn fw Lee paced in a feed ee IN E dra T Chase icis pE taught
63. are the benefits of the Assurance Subscription A A current Assurance subscription gives you the following premium benefits 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Introduction 12 e Free major and minor version upgrades and hotfixes e Priority technical support e New samples tips and how to topics from time to time e Discounts on training e Access to beta products e Assurance Price Lock guarantees that your annual Assurance rate will not increase year to year as long as you remain current Q Does the license expire if the Assurance Subscription expires A No Your licence does not expire even if your Assurance expires Y ou can use the products indefinitely even after the Assurance subscription expires Q How long does my Assurance Subscription remain valid A Y our subscription duration is for 1 year from date of purchase or renewal Q My Assurance Subscription is about to expire What should I do A Y ou must renew your subscription to continue to receive the latest versions for free along with all the other benefits of the subscription To renew your Assurance contact sales wirecad com Note that you may or may not receive notifications from Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD about the pending expiration of your subscription It is your responsibility to renew your subscription when it is about to expire You can renew your subscription as early as you want or opt for a monthly credit card payment
64. aset Which columns do you want to display in your report e Apply any grouping Reports Wizard LS t M AA homes Go e Do you want to add any grouping levels gt specify several grouping fields at the same level to perform muliiple grouping Le 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual e Select a Layout and Reports Wizard Orientation for your Pesci tm report How would you like to lay out your report The reports layout specifies the way in which the selected data fields are arranged on reporte pages Note the Adjust field width to fit function will force all selected fields on to a single page possibly XXXXXXX rendering some of the data XEYE EXEX XKXK KXEX IKEK WEKE HENE LXLX unreadable If you have ne lots of fields to display EKEK XXX ENEK XXXI e EXEX XEXE EXEX AAA consider using a Justified EXEN XXXX XXXX KEKE report TXK KENE XXE XXE Cenk Lux HEE XXXX EERE CREE e Select a Report Style c Ed t A Pains mb nome m EE EEF IKIN EEF IA What style would you like The r ports style specifies the appearance of your report JA FETE REED ERED E Adjust the field width so all feds fit on page 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Reporting 72 e Title your report Reports Wizard What title do you want for your report My Cool Manufacturers Report That s af the inf
65. atabase to the to Project Project Databases Databases Folder Folder Compress Output sync Global Database to the empty database in Zip Project folder project folder contents to file location specified Done This praject now contains all elements to move Copy blank Project nid Database to Do nothing The Project Databases file based praject falder database is already in the Project Database Sync SQL Project folder Database to file database in Project Databases folder Open Project Drawings and find Image references Copy images to drawing folder To Unpack or Check In That is the Question The two functions are practically identical with the exception that the Check In function won t launch without an active project and once unpacked will mark the active project as Checked In 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD a WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Whether you Unpack or Check In a project depends on whether you are moving a project to a machine on which that project already resides and whether you have Checked Out the Project Unpack Clicked la Active Project Yes Warm user that active project must be closed Done ls Zipped Lus Unzip files to current directory Sync Global Database with file based one in the incoming Project Databases Folder Yes Open Project Open Project Checkbox Check In Clicked Yes ls Active Project Warn user that
66. ation Filter Filters the left hand list by location The Advanced tab allows you to ET Autoiiioct A Les Sd refine the behavior of the utility En Shared Pasion Pare 00 Perron Soc E 2A Bao Cem Cou ant Port Coste Pres Caer Copa Diver A Sagal Types tz Cosplay ni Forcteorund Bench Concept Low Detal Consent Dig Decal iM Prot Para 19b AL Desplary Pre Bt BEA ADET Dez ain g A ai Pin Spain 3 AES 3 Pin id e AER Scat ioa Deeply Sirdar Claw elector alert M Insertion Point The point we start from Horizontal Spacing DU How far apart horizontally The vertical spacing is defined by the height of the highest block in the row Maximum Column Count How many columns horizontally Get Port Data From Cables Select this option to search the cables database for port info instead of Database the global equipment database This will effectively show only those ports to which we have attached cables Display As How to display the blocks Display Preferences If Functional Block or Concept block is selected then set basic display parameters Signal Types to Display Filter ports by the selected signal types 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 2 10 2 RatsNest Applies To Menu Advanced Tools gt AutoScheme Tools gt RatsNest PRO Default command line shortcut rn he seringe one The RatsNest tool checks the project cables database against the drawing If connections defin
67. authorized to make any modification or addition to this warranty LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Because programs are inherently complex and may not be completely free of errors you are advised to validate your work TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN NO EVENT WILL HOLBROOK ENTERPRISES INC OR ANY OF ITS PRINCIPALS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM OR OCUMENTATION even if advised of the possibility of such damages Specifically Holbrook Enterprises Inc is not responsible for any costs or damages including but not limited to those incurred as a result of lost profits or revenue loss of use of the computer program loss of data the costs of recovering such programs or data the cost of any substitute program claims by third parties or for other similar costs INNO CASE WHATSOEVER SHALL HOLBROOK ENTERPRISES INC S LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement you may contact Holbrook Enterprises Inc by writing to Holbrook Enterprises Inc 4286 E Amity Ave Suite 101 Nampa ID 83687 661 253 4370 You acknowledge that you have read this agreement understand
68. based databases for their zero admin capabilities or SQL Server for an enterprise installation How To Create a New Project 1 Click Project gt New Project F New Project 2 Click Next gt New Project 3 Select the type of database you wish to use 4 Click Next 5 Enter project info 1 Poet Fo 6 Click Next gt R 7 Enter host info SQL Server only Nu 8 Click Next gt to finish Remote or Local 1 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 23 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual j New Project c New Project Choose Your Database Use Fie Based Local or Network Share Database VistaD8 Use Database Server SQL Server When using a database file you wall need permission to the folder where you want to store the database and project informabon If you want multiple users to access the database you wil need to make sure that al users have read write access to the location ti New Project Project Name and Location Name Description Project Files Path C Documents and Settings hei My Documents 2 9 2 4 Creating a New Drawing Applies To Menu File gt New Drawing Project Explorer Current Project New All product levels Drawing Related Settings None Default command line shortcut nd Create a new drawing based on a drawing template with or without model Space boundaries 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting S
69. brook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD a WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Wi Assign SysName and Ports to Terminal s Select a SysName ERVR _ Tam just changing a SysHame al existing ports stay the Persist this equipment on next azsignment Outputs Track Inputs if matching Inputs Outputs Type Conn IESG MUR I am Just Changing a Leaves all port data as currently displayed on a terminal just changes the SysName SysName This is useful for modifying existing terminal assignments Persist this equipment Remembers the selected SysName and returns to it on the next terminal assignment Outputs track inputs When you select an input that has a corresponding output of the exact same name that output will also be selected Inputs grid Active only if the selected terminal s have input connection points Outputs grid Active only if the selected terminal s have output connection points 2 9 Rack Builder Tool Applies To Menu Advanced Tools gt Rack Functions Rack Builder XLT PRO Related Settings Default command line shortcut rb Default Rack Heiaht 58 Top Down TUAE The Rack Builder tool is not available in XL Free mode The Rack Builder tool utilizes information in the Project Systems table and the global equipment library to place and populate rack elevation views This process may be run repeatedly as the project progresses Topics How it Works MA Controls 43 2010 Holbrook Enterp
70. ch objects do not have thickness Polyhatch objects in 3D are displayed as solids filled with the FillColor 9 2 9 Ellipse Description An ellipse is defined when we know a length of axis 1 and the end point of axis 2 b center point and the end points of the two axis 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 128 A o a on ow d UNSS Majar lenght MajorAngle StarAngle EndAngle 0 Minar Length 9 2 10 Text Description If you want to add a text in the drawing you can use the text command You have to set the start point where the text will begin Then you have to set the rotation angle of the text After that you can specify the text Notice that the text will be drawn with the current Text Style of the document 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 129 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 9 2 11 Insert Description Places a drawing or a named block into the current drawing When you insert a block you determine its location or its name if it exists in the drawing scale factor and rotation angle Inserting a block creates an object called a block reference because it references a block definition stored in your current drawing Notice that in order to insert a block this must be an existing block that previously has been created or that it will exist as an independent drawing Remarks The insert object can be exploded to the objects that consist of 9 2 12 3DFace Descri
71. d line shortcut Related Settings None The Search utility provides a search tool window that allows the user to search all of the data collections For example if you wanted to find all occurrences of the cable number 1001 the search utility could show you NOTE The search utility only searches the data collections not the drawings San I xj 7 dator Tis 8 3 Translation Manager Applies To Menu Plugins gt Translation Manager PRO Related Settings Default command line shortcut none None The translation utility provides a means by which all strings captions and messages may be translated to a different language 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 103 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Cure ect Cure in en Brags nase Select Langan Ta Taree INI Ie Goer Content Priore bors Sie Be Mos Tala Ez emi Li Pere Lancome sen ancr IX e E Teid 0 a a nnd upper Fate nun Lai Chee Veste Loaded Peper PRO Ce ER E Holbrook Errn nc Vera Trial Hieber Trid inia Lo up Ew oen rz Lor up fe ere ae snnm ser Ec id Lees Dems 5 Dora Here we see the Translation manager with the English version on the left and the French version on the right The pane on the right hand side shows statistics You can right click a column header and select the KeyString column to should the base English string that the program searches from Controls Current Culture is The culture of your machine
72. dba WireCAD WireCAD widow And the kids for being willing to start over in Idaho Thanks to Tara for handling the details Thanks to the Sales and Support teams To Tim and Barb for their excellent support And a very special thanks to all of you WireCAD users and you know who you are that help to make the program better Christian Holbrook President WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Table of Contents Part Pb c N Part Il N O ON Oo OFF Bb W 11 Part Il 1 2 3 Part IV 2 Filtering Reports 3 Creating Reports sese Standard sinon hin uU Labels miniis ei oW IESU eens Report Design Basics Part V Foreword Introduction New In 6 1 is Software Activation License Agreement Licensing FAQ inician Getting Started Setting Up Your Global Data Equipment Library cian Creating a New Equipment Definition Adding Equipment to Drawings 0mmcccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos Creating a New Project Creating a New Drawing Drawing Cables eese Assigning Unique IDs SysNames Assigning Cable Numbers Assigning Terminal
73. e 144 R Rack Builder Controls 43 Rack Builder tool 41 RatsNest 45 Record Selectors 112 ReplacedBY 115 Report filtering 66 Reports 65 S Scale 143 Section Clips 135 Select 138 Selected Format 79 Selections 135 SHEET 115 Show Cable Numbers 47 ShowDWGinPath 41 Signal Types to Display 46 SignalType 38 115 Slot Count 41 Slot Delimiter 41 Snap 150 Software Activation 5 Software Key 7 169 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Sort I O By Last Display Order 47 Source 38 Spacing DU 41 SRCAlias 115 SrcConn 115 SrcLoc 115 SrcPin 115 SrcSys 115 Submit 65 Support Paths 52 SysName 36 39 41 116 SysName Format Controls 80 82 SysNum 116 System Snapshot 47 Systems Involved 41 STe Table 111 Template File 112 Terminal 47 Terminal as a Destination Cable 35 Terminal as a Source Cable 34 Text 128 TextStyles 133 Trim 141 Troubleshooting Activation 8 U Undo 139 Units 151 Unlock 38 Use New Drawing Wizard 55 User Data tab 36 User Settings Panel 54 User 115 116 User2 115 116 User3 115 116 User4 115 116 _V Variable List 79 View Rule 41 View3D 145 Viewport 147 What is CAD 119 WireCAD Security 50 Work Flow Diagram 14 Zero Administration 97 Zoom 144 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 170
74. e Cable Automatically draw Pointers instead of cables with Pointers y checkbox i 4 abe A Milse Re P A La ds Place Dial i I 4 MS VHS 07 7 Rack X 35 Y d M MEN Cabe a E acer AG 439 im d VL NT Je m Fr j Manual Draw Draw every point in the cable checkbox Avoid Other Allows cables to overlay each other True Cables checkbox AAA j IE a pi d qa E il L ue A Rack 1 35 lia d ais E in abia di ah JU ity I a ml TT mua a E a 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 2 False d JP r 4 ha e AH i 2 T ai A a a a pl tm Es Aux Text Enable Enable the placement of Aux Text Aux Text Height The height in DU of the Aux Text Location The position of the Aux Text relative to the cable polyline Over positioned over the cable polyline Under positioned under the cable polyline Bubble Not yet supported i Jj FXLR Cable E Aux Text r FXLR IO e 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 2 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Variable Format X Offset You may choose to populate the Aux Text with the following variables Aux Text Enable Height 0 25 E Location Under se Variable Length I CircuitNumber IPAddress 3 setis User 1 Router X Offset User Router Y Offset Default Pointer CircuitNumber The Circuit Number as entered in t
75. e Equipment Library Use this tool on manufacturers front panel dwg files and on custom shape files for the library E Bak Convert Al Fies im Folder Buk Convert Path Sealing Don t Scale 7 Scale mm to cm C Seale Inches to mm _ Seale mm to Inches Scale Inches to cm C Scale cm to Inches Basepomt Position Don t Move Move Al Entities to Lower Left Basepont For Rack Front Pane C Move Al Entities to Center Basepoint For Shape Files Intebgence Appearance Create Bounding Box good for shape fles o Copy Fixed Blocks to WreCAD Directores Dent Copy C Copy to 20 Elevations Folder in the BLOCKS Support Path 0 Copy to Shape Files folder in the BLOCKS Support Path Bulk Block Fixer Dialog Bulk Convert All Files In Folder Checked performs selected options on all files in selected folder Basepoint Position Don t Move Do nothing Move All Entities To Lower Left Basepoint Before Origin Point of e Drawing En 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Included Plugins 106 After WireCAD Attribute Set Basepoint in Lower Left Move All Entities To Center Basepoint Before Origin Point of Drawing After Basepoint in Center Scaling Scales all drawing objects based on the selection Intelligence Add WireCAD Attributes Use this function to add the standard WireCAD attribute Appearance set to the dwg file
76. e biggest time saver comes when it is time to assign System Names and Cable Numbers to the equipment in your drawing All you do is double click on the equipment pieces in the drawing to assign them a system name Then double click on the cable and assign it a cable number All of the information regarding the selected cable is extracted from the drawing and placed in the project cables database and the drawing is updated with a new cable number Extensive reporting is available for the project databases including Project drawings Project revisions Cable run sheets Cable labels Equipment lists Bill of Materials In addition a powerful report designer is included with WireCAD for creating your own reports and labels or modifying existing report definition files Contents New in 6 1 44 Software Activation 5 License Agreement 1h Licensing FAQ 115 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Introduction 4 1 1 New in 6 1 The short list of feature additions and changes in the current release Features e Polygon viewports 14 and boundaries This allows you to create custom shaped viewports e Auto aligning boundaries 148 No more zooming to scale and then positioning the viewport manually e Re reference pointers function Changes the SheetReference on pointers in the current drawing or project wide e Drawing error check still beta Checks the drawing against the database and shows the error list in grid form e
77. e if itis participate or not in the drawing thawed or frozen 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 131 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual e locked or not Remarks When you begin a new drawing WireCAD creates a special layer named 0 By default layer 0 is assigned color number 7 white or black depending upon your background color the CONTINUOUS linetype and a lineweight of Default the default setting is 01 inch or 25 mm Layer 0 cannot be deleted or renamed All new objects are added to the active layer if no layer is specified Using the Layers editor you can Freeze Hide Thaw Show and Lock layers By controlling whether a Layer s state is Thaw or Frozen you can change the appearance of your drawing to display only the information on the Layers that are visible Freezing unused Layers will help the performance of WireCAD In the drawing below Picture 1 there are 3 types of items walls the lines and Polylines with red color doors amp windows Blue color and furniture Magenta These objects are teamed and drawn in different layers Walls placed on layer WALLS Doors amp windows are placed on layer WIN DOORS and furniture are placed on layer FURNITURE Picture 1 All layers are Thawed All information is shown In big drawings this might confuse the user Picture 2 Layer FURNITURE is Freezed The furniture is not shown A civil engineer would like to view the drawing this way 2010 Holbro
78. e processes are highly sophisticated in each of their aspects NC machines are everywhere producing products every day Remarks The term CAD CAM is a shortening of Computer Aided Design CAD and Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM The term CAD NC Numerical Control is equivalent in some industries Well before the development of Computer aided Design the manufacturing world adopted tools controlled by numbers and letters to fill the need for manufacturing complex shapes in an accurate and repeatable manner especially for aircraft components During the 1950 s these Numerically Controlled machines used the existing technology of paper tapes with regularly spaced holes punched in them think of the paper roll that makes an old fashioned player piano work but only one inch wide to feed numbers into controller machines that were wired to the motors positioning the work on machine tools The electro mechanical nature of the controllers allowed digital technologies to be easily incorporated as they were developed By the late 1960 s Numerically Controlled machining centers were commercially available incorporating a variety of machining processes and automatic tool changing Such tools were capable of doing work on multiple surfaces of a workpiece moving the workpiece to positions programmed in advance and using a variety of tools all automatically What is more the same work could be done over and over again with extraordinary precision and very li
79. eBox Show Hello World now we ll show an instance of forml defined elsewhere in this project Forml f new Forml f ShowDialog now let s send a message to the Command Line History ws MainForm CommandLine AppendHistory Hello World let s check to make sure that we have an open drawing if Commands IsActiveDrawing ws true no active drawing so return return Get some user input on the next step if DialogResult No MessageBox Show Would you like us to add some text to the active drawing WireCAD SDK MessageBoxButtons YesNo return First we create a vdText object vdText text new vdText register it with the active document text SetUnRegisterDocument ws ActiveDrawing give it the document defaults text setDocumentDefaults Set the string text TextString hello world locate it in the coordinate space text InsertionPoint new VectorDraw Geometry gPoint 0 0 0 Set the textHeight text Height 25 Set the color vaColor colorRed new vdColor colorRed SetUnRegisterDocument ws ActiveDrawing colorRed Palette ws ActiveDrawing Palette 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Customizing WireCAD SDK 160 colorkRed FromRGB 255 0 0 5 texrt Pentolor colorRed alternately you could do this l ltext PenColor Col orIndex 1 our text will be added to the drawing on the ActiveLayer and with the ActiveTextStyle if you want to change
80. eCAD v6 1 User Manual 4 Reporting Contents Printing Reports 65 Filtering Reports 683 Creating Reports 68 4 1 Printing Reports Applies To Menu Reports gt Report Alternately double click the report in the Project XLT PRO Explorer Related Settings Default command line shortcut None Opens a report for preview printing or export Reports display in design meus ella nien ttxt7reremeters Sun eet tinto to Locator mode excepted NER acre DELI LL LIII Detail repeats for every record T3 Pararem foom scorli s Provided access te aros E Pr view Button Clicking the Preview RL x button renders the p amp mw Ja k HP Aid report unless the report s defines parameters that Print the user must enter Ej followed by the me enn Cable Run Sheet xport Submit button on the ro parameter pane Deitinatia amer Some Alis ran Location huacos Alias 2143 1234 no SERVES Hxc locanen SEVR 01 gt R3 437 Tuscus A 1001 TRA gt MONL WTR X ROOM E10 2 20 Vox 41511 QU pur Lo YTE gt MSR WTR X ROOM L10 2 29 Ve FL E Qc gw E FarametegrP ane Lodi venue vaa x ROOM 110219 MXLADLS oc sw the PEDO USES o VTROZ MONR VIA x ROOM L10 2 14 WLR QC sw parameters acom vresswoxi vma x ROOM 03 32 MWXLAPL3 Qc sw VERO MONE WERE ROOM E108 zz EXT ET SRI Qc ro ki LL gr Mi Degne Lies Pagel cts Zo
81. eating a New Equipment Definition 19A Adding Equipment to Drawings 205 Drawing Cables 245 Assigning Unique IDs SysNames 365 Assigning Cable Numbers 385 Assigning Terminals 395 Rack Builder Tool 415 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 15 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Enter Equipment Into Equipment Library Add Functional Blocks to Drawing Use the Draw Cables Tools to Interconnect ASSIQI Sys by Double Clicking Block and Setting Location and Elevation We will Assign Cable Numbers by Double Clickina Cable New Drawing Far Racks Run Rack Builder Tool to Create Rack Layout vodiy Signa Types Database 50 That the Correct Colors and Other Defaults are sl Reposition Items by Thair Grips This will Update Everything Related Create a New Project Create a New Drawing set up Drawing Defaults page borders etc cave as Template Drawing for the Rest of the Project Create a Mew Drawing from Qur New Template 1 Draw My Rack Layouts First a Print Drawings Print Reports Lather Rinse Repeat Wes Use the Draw Cables Tools to interconnect Blocks Assign Cable Numbers by Double Clicking Cable Run Rack Builder Tool Add Lacations to Right hand List Manually This Creates Positioning Grids Add Front Panels to Drawing Positioning and Cony Pasting as Needed Assign SysNames by Double Clicking Block The Locations are
82. ed in the cables database can be reproduced in the drawing because the SysNames and Ports exist a cable is placed This tool requires that the Project Cables table be populated Controls This tool has three sections The 5 tsss n B ie Rats Nest section does the work e Ak of placing the cables in the drawing as defined in the Cables _ database 7 Gee Labia Numbers Arad Cher Cables uim LIT Ratsnest Run the utility to place the cables Show Cable Numbers With or without cable numbers Clear All Cables Removes ALL cables from the drawing Cleanup Applies the autorouter to all cables in the drawing Avoid Other Cables Autorouter avoids other cables on cleanup Fillet applies fillets to all cables in the drawing Distance fillet distance in DU 2 11 System Snapshot Applies To Menu Advanced Tools gt Equipment Functions gt System Snapshot PRO Default command line shortcut ss a Perna The System Snapshot tool utilizes information in the Project Systems table and the Global Equipment Library and the Project Cables database to create a view of all cables attached to the selected SysName These details are useful for error checking and in the field as an installation aid 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 4 Controls The System Snapshot dialog z Sore LES By Lat Daria Order Tore Yel iE SOIN Circus Rai Ha Dae
83. em That means that if ortho mode is on and you want to draw for example one line this line will be parallel to x or y axis Remarks 9 12 Osnap Description An object snap Osnap mode specifies a snap point at an exact location on an object osnap specifies running object snap modes which remain active until you turn them off Remarks The snap point on an object can be e Endpoint e Midpoint e Center e Insertion e Perpendicular e Nearest e Apparent Intersection e Node point e Quadrant e Tangent e Intersection one point 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 15 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 9 13 Units Description You can specify the type of the current unit of measurement and the precision for the current units as also the current angle format and the precision for the current angle display Remarks Type of measurement can be Scientific 1 6449E 001 Decimal 16 4492 Engineering 1 4 4492 Architectural 1 4 7 16 Fractional 16 7 16 Windows desktop It takes the settings of the regional settings Angle format can be Decimal degrees Degrees minutes seconds Gradians Radians 9 14 Print Description By pressing the print preview button you can see the default Print Preview dialog of WireCAD 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics Printer Name HP Deskjet 9800 Printer Qmm inches Top 34120 Bottom 193120 ri css Left 7 3660 Right 7 3680
84. es and Use UNC Default New Project Location C Uvers Publc E T Naming Conventions g These support paths are used as variables in equipment definition external fle paths This allows external fles to be moved of reside in O5 indepentant paths A typical path looks kke the BLOCKS folder Vfllename ext where SBLOCKS e wil be replaced by the program with the path above Blocks The path that will replace the BLOCKS variable in the equipment library Images The path that will replace the IMAGES variable in the equipment library Documents The path that will replace the DOCUMENTS variable in the equipment library Icons The path that will replace the ICONS variable in the equipment library 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 53 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Template Drawings The path to the Template Drawings folder This is the folder where Template Drawings are saved using the File gt Save As Template Drawing function is used and the folder that the New Drawin Wizard searches to file the Templates list EAU New Drawing Reports The path to top reports folder This is a recursive search and will enumerate all subfolders and file Default New Project Presets the New Project Wizard Location M ne fai New Project Project Name and Location 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Personalizing WireCAD 54 Organization Organization In
85. expire the lease thus making it available to another machine Upon application startup the license is validated and a lease is acquired automatically if web connected If you cannot connect to the web you will need to phone WireCAD support at 1 661 253 4370 international 1 866 273 5298 US and Canada toll free How To Activate WireCAD Enter Your Key Enter your authorization key its the really long one that ends in 60 If you fail to enter the key correctly you will not be able to proceed e If you are web connected click the Register By Web button If everything goes well you will see this message in the Status window e If you are not web connected you will need to call us at 1 661 253 4370 international 1 866 273 5298 US and Canada toll free e Click the Register by Phone button Register by Phone 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Introduction 8 e You will be prompted IL by the WireCAD License Lease Period Expires technician to set Lease Period to Never Never CH mn P Mitt e The WireCAD technician will ask for your authorization key its the long one and a your Machine ID 1783 0151 Yours will be different Your Machine s Unique ID e The WireCAD Phone Activation technician will then B If the Register By Web function fails please call 1 raara serios of 866 273 5298 or 1 661 253 4370
86. fo The settings are used in some of the plugins For an example see the Title Block Filler plugin Company Name Wire AD Address 1 4280 E Amity Ave Address Suite 101 City Nampa State Regen D Postal Code 83637 Country USA Phone 1651 253 4370 Fax 1208 5358 3797 User Settings Panels Basic User Settings Customize It For You Skin Name Caramel Open New Drawing Upon Application Startup Use the New Drawing Wizard When Creating a New Drawing Open My Last Project When I Start WireCAD Show the WireCAD Startup Page When I Start WireCAD Warn Me When I Mismatch a Signal Type While Draving Cables When I Double chck a Many to Many Cable Assign All of Them keep My Equipment Library Open After I Add Equipment to the Draving Only Works on Dual Monitors _ When I Link Pointers Go Back to the Starting Drawing When Finished Library Multiple Port Add Leading Zero Count 15 Only applies to newly created ports This setting presets the Add Port Dialog Skin Name Change the skin appearance Open New Drawing Upon Opens a blank new drawing when WireCAD starts Application Startup 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 55 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Use the New Drawing Wizard Shows the New Drawing Wizard 3 when you click File New New Drawing select a Template Drawing c IWCTEMPLATE_AH dwg WMCTEMPLATE AHC DWG MWMCTEMPLATE ALL OWS WCTEMPLATE
87. function ci CommandLongName Hello World Demo An alternative name for our function You can type this text into the WireCAD command line to call the function ci CommandAlt hello The shortcut ci ShortCut hw this registers the command so that the commandline knows how to parse the information Jand call our function ws Commands RegisterCommand ci lt summary gt Unload code for your plugin lt summary gt lt param name ws gt lt param gt public void Unload IWorkspace ws 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 15 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual here we place any code to unload our plugin Unregistering the commandInfo prohibits the command from being persisted This is more a development function once you are ready to distribute your plugin you will probably want your user to be able to save his own shortcuts and therefore not unregister the command ws Commands UnRegisterCommand ci endregion region Static Methods lt summary gt Static method that can be called from the WireCAD command line It s a good idea to rename this to something meaningful lt summary gt lt param name ws gt WireCAD is expecting to find this parameter lt param gt public static void HelloWorld Workspace ws l This hello world function demostrates a number af different areas of the WireCAD SDK this is a winForms messagebox Messag
88. ginPoint define the plane that will do the section clipping Their values are always in World Coordinating System Multiple vdSectionClip objects will show the common viewable area of all This allows an unobstructed interior view of a 3D drawing by hiding the defined area from view Before Applying Section Clips a V b After Applying Section Clips vdSectionClip 2 vdSectionClip 1 24 OrbinPoint Viewable Objects T a gt vdSectionClip 1 LT A E 9 3 9 Linetypes Description With linetype you can select a specific type for a lineft20 which all the new lines will be Any future object in the drawing will be added with the new selected line type TIPS Instead of changing line type any time you want a different line type you can create different layers 138 with the desirable line type Remarks 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 137 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual WireCAD uses penstyle property to define the linetype Default value is VdPenByLayer PenStyle by Layer When object is a Layer then the default value is VdPenSolid Penstyle is scaleable The scale is set from the ActiveDocument LineTypeScale property If the entity is part of a block and it s layer name is 0 and pen style is VdPenByLayer by Layer then when the block is inserted entity takes the pen style value of the inserted object This can be done the same if you use for Penstyle the value VdPenByBlock by block These a
89. global equipment librar X XK contained in the global equipment librar SysName edit dialoq SysName edit dialoc 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD s WireCAD v6 1 User Manual STRING NUMERICSEQUENCE ALPHASEQUENCE USERI USERZ USERS SERA SeqOn This variable should sequence on another variable s value Order The order in the list of the variable More About Regex any string usually used for delimiters like dashes a numeric sequence that starts with the project starting number an alpha sequence that starts at the letter a the global equipment library device definition user1 field seit 5 w 4 w 1 6 wil 6 wW 6j Xw l 6 The Format field uses regular expressions The following are some simple examples Any non number non punctuation string from 1 to 6 characters Any non number non punctuation string any length Lower Upper case and O thru 9 exactly 5 characters w 1 6 w a zA Z0 9 5 d 1 5 d Digits 1 to 5 digits in length Digits any length a slash The is the escape character so you need two a dash except when in or then a range a zA Z0 9_ 1 4 Lower Upper case 0 9 underscore dash and comma 5 2 Cable Number Formatting Menu Project Explorer gt Project Databases gt Project Cable Number Format Default command line shortcut fcab XL FREE does not support changing the format Allows control of
90. hat will direct the motion of a machine tool to machine the same shape that was drawn Today over three quarters of new machine tools incorporate CNC technologies These tools are used in every conceivable manufacturing sector including many affecting building technologies CNC technology is related to Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM Computer Aided Process Planning CAPP and other technologies such as Group Technology GT and Cellular Manufacturing Finally Flexible Manufacturing Systems FMS and Just In Time Production JIT are important concepts made possible by Numerically Controlled Machines affecting the integration of manufacturing cells productivity and quality in a wide variety of strategic industries 9 2 Drawing Entities Description Drawing objects are all the objects that are seen on a drawing like lines circles etc Each one of them are specified by their geometry Remarks These objects can be e Line t20 e Circle 125 e Polyline t23 e Arc 123 e Dimension 125 e Imagel2 e Polyfacel2 e PolyHatch t2 e Rectangle e Ellipseft2 e Text 128 e Insert 128 of block e 3DFacel12 9 2 1 Line Description A single line segment Lines can be one segment or a series of connected segments but each segment is a separate line object 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 121 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual endpoints Tx l a 2 start point ge last point Use
91. he Cable Edit Dialog IPAddreess Not yet implemented Length The Length field as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog Useri The Userl as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog User2 The User2 as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog User3 The User3 as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog User4 The User4 as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog 0 represents the data from the selected variable Example the incoming data from the selected variable is 300 and you want to format it to represent meters to the reader Your format field would be 0 m The output would be formatted as 300m Horizontal auto router offset When drawing cables WireCAD uses an auto routine algorithm The X Offset determines how far away horizontally from other equipment and cables a new cable will rout 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 3 Y Offset Vertical auto router offset When drawing cables WireCAD uses an auto routine algorithm The Y Offset determines how far away Vertically from other equipment and cables a new cable will rout r Pa i 1 Pa Ls a Default Pointer Select the pointer to use when replacing cable with pointers One to Many Cable Explanation Used to indicate one output to many inputs ras Cables x Lie be gt e 15 a One to Many 8 Use Y Points Use Directional Feeders Ton Use Directional Feeders Bottom Use Directional Feeders Auto Hor Exten
92. he thickness follows extrusion vector direction 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 154 For example the default value of extrusion vector is 0 0 1 the Z axis direction if the object is drawn in the XY plane 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Customizing WireCAD SDK 15 10 Customizing WireCAD SDK WireCAD XLT and PRO provide access to the WireCAD Software Development Kit SDK With the WireCAD SDK you can write code to customize WireCAD to fit your needs complete discussion of the WireCAD SDK is beyond the scope of this manual What follows is a brief outline of how easy it is to write WireCAD Plugins The assumption is that you have a basic understanding of C programming syntax and structure the examples are in C but you may use and NET programming language that you are comfortable with If you do not understand it don t let that deter you It is really very easy to understand Microsoft has tons of examples Just get on the web If you have WireCAD SDK specific questions post them on the forum along with as must code as you can and an explanation of what you are trying to do We will try to help If you need more help or if you are developing a commercial plugin for WireCAD you may want to consider purchasing SDK assurance Please call the office for more information Please note that we cannot take phone Support calls for SDK issues unless you are an SDK assurance member
93. ication WireCAD uses an information file wpi WireCAD Plugin Info to describe a command and to tell the application how to execute the command WireCAD looks for these files in the c program files WireCAD bin plugins folder Commands can be executed directly from the commandline or from a button on a menu bar In order to register your command you must at minimum set up the commandline arguments Toolbar buttons are optional To edit a wpi file use the editor W Plugin Manager E Changes enbies Copnrkgnit 2004 BR recad com go ron Erbengi Brother P Touch Copyright 2009 Drawing Diff Tool Copyright 2009 Clears all the ca Copyright 2009 I erat Cie ReCalculate allt ml 5 WPI File Editor 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 16 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual ii Add Or Edit Plugins AE CA EFI Mame BrotherPTouch Description Brother P Touch Author Holbrook Enterprises Inc Website www wirecad com Copyright Copyright 2003 Holbrook Enterprises Inc All Rights Reserved Button Info Tod Tip Show the P Touch preview dialog Caption Brother P Touch Button Site Manform Button Path Main Meru Plugins Button Bitmap Command Line and Assembly into Command Line Long Name Brother P Touch Print Preview Command Line Short Name bot Command Line Alt Assembly Hame And Path Brother PTauch Plugin DI fs Name Space Dot Class Brother _PToudh MyPlugin S
94. ields Place your field level variables here CommandInfo ci null 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Customizing WireCAD SDK 158 endregion region Properties Place your Properties Here endregion region IPluginCore Members lt summary gt Called before plugin is loaded to make sure that this plugin has permission to run at this application mode level and for this person Identity lt summary gt lt param name ws gt The Singleton Workspace object lt param gt lt param name id gt Current user identity lt param gt returns should return true if the plug can load lt returns gt public bool HasPermissionToRun IWorkspace ws Identity id return true lt summary gt This is called when the plugin is loaded at application start lt summary gt lt param name ws gt Singleton WireCAD Workspace object lt param gt public void Load IWorkspace ws We pass an IWorkspace object exposing most if the WireCAD object model on load we will register a commandInfo object with our commands so that our static method can be invoked from the command line in WireCAD ci new CommandInfo The name of our dll ci Assembly helloworld plugin dll The NameSpace and Class of our function ci NameSpaceAndClass hello world MyPlugin Our function s name ci MethodName HelloWorld The long descriptive name of our
95. ioned against the viewport from which it is created at the scale defined by our parameters 9 9 Grid Description The grid is a rectangular pattern of dots that extends over the area you specify as the drawing limits Using the grid is similar to placing a sheet of grid paper under a drawing The grid helps you align objects and visualize the distances between them The grid is not printed If you zoom in or out of your drawing you may need to adjust grid spacing to be more appropriate for the new magnification Remarks User can modify the x y grid spacing distance between the dots horizontally or vertically 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 150 9 10 Snap Description Snap mode restricts the movement of the crosshairs to intervals that you define When Snap mode is on the cursor seems to adhere or Snap to an invisible rectangular grid Snap is useful for specifying precise points with the arrow keys or the pointing device Remarks User can modify the x y snap spacing You can also set the base point of the snap This point defines the bottom left point of the snap If you need to draw along a specific alignment or angle you can change the snap angle This rotation realigns the crosshairs on the screen to match the new angle 9 11 Ortho Description A setting that limits pointing device input to horizontal or vertical relative to the current snap angle and the user coordinate t46 syst
96. is Active See ActiveViewport property of Layout object and SpaceMode property of vdLayout has the value SPACEMODE MODEL 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 148 9 8 Model Space Boundaries It s a big model space in there We can if we are not careful create a drawing that is so big that it can t be effectively printed or plotted In order to have some Idea of where the fences are WireCAD can place boundaries in the model space The boundary is created from the viewport We use the text height as the terms for our equation We do this because a drawing is considered readable if we can read the text If we can t read the text the drawing becomes useless In the following example we have created a viewport in our ANSI_A layout that is attached to a closed polyline The polyline traces the page border that encroaches on the display space We then create a boundary with our parameters The results look like this mi Layout ANSI A se Text Heght that you used in the Model Space 0 253 NAT Height of the text that you want to print out 0 04 21 Color 0 L SONICO Model space boundaries provide guidelines for the selected layouts vieporte A rectangle wil be placed in the Model Space indicating the bounds lt a o o o oe The Boundary dialog 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 14 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual The boundary is created and posit
97. is machine Please activate by entering your key code above then cick the Register By Web button or via phone FRE RegsterbyWeb Register by Phone Continue This will allow 1 one machine to be active at a time You may install WireCAD on any number of machines throughout your organization However only one or your license count machine will be Floating License Lease 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual The mechanism by Which et Wire ap Registration zz we float licenses is the license lease Leases have expiration periods of 24 48 72 168 hours and Never During the activation of your software you will be prompted to pick a lease period The lease period is period during which the software will run while being disconnected from the web When you activate the software Register Configure Proxy Enter Tour Key Your Machine s Linique ID 1 83 0151 License Lesse Period Expres gt Expire My Lease on Shutdown T2 ours wirecAD6 is not activated for use on this machine S Please activate by entering your key code above then dick the Register By Web button or vis phone you are prompted for a lease length ALFREE RegsterbyWeh Register by Phone Continue Once activated the application will run for the lease period If you close the application while connected to the internet you will
98. ises Inc dba WireCAD 93 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual At the conclusion of the sync you will be presented with a report that details the records updated here and there CollectionMame Manufacturers Sync Direction Bidirectional Records Added Here Records Added There 1 Records Deleted Here 0 Records Delete There 0 Records Updated Here 0 Records Updated There 0 Records Conflicting Here 0 Records Conflicting There 0 Final Record Count 394 ElapsedTime 00 00 01 5087023 CollectionName CableTypes Ae TY lal rs 6 5 Setting Up On a Network What follows is a discussion of several different network topologies and work flows that WireCAD can employ Regardless of topology or work flow the following steps should be taken for each WireCAD machine For purposes of this discussion we will distinguish between and Windows user operating under group policy and WireCAD user The Windows user will be referred to as a OS user WireCAD users will be referred to as WC users 1 Install WireCAD 2 Create a network share that is visible to all WireCAD users Group policy for the OS user of WireCAD should allow the user to read and write the registry restriction of the registry editor is acceptable as well as read and write files on the selected shares the WireCAD6 folder on the client machine the OS user s temp directory the OS user s All Users documents and settings folder trees 3
99. ises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Accessing the Global Data The Project Explorer The Project Explorer allows access to the global data grids LI Manufacturers i Equipment LIT Cable Types EN Connectors IT Permissions I Color Codes on Projects E y WreCAD Edit Suite Project Cia Project Drawings E New Drawing LDF Open Drawing s EFL DRAWINGS Floor Plan LL EP 3 dwg H La Project Base Template Dran EF y Single Lines FH EDIT 1 AUD dwg gt EDIT 1 CTL Gwg 5 EDIT 1 ViD dwg bie EDIT 2 AUD dwg EDIT 2 CTL dwg Sy EDIT 2 VID dwg TU MR MACH dwg r RACKS dwg TE REF DIST dwg e RTR SDI EMBEDDED d ius Snap Shots KE O L Lure VER SS eum A El E Database gt Equipment Opens the Equipment Library where you will do most of your work Library You can also access these grids from the Database menu 2 2 Equipment Library Applies To Menu Database gt Equipment Library All product levels Related Settings Menu Advanced Tools gt Equipment Library None Default command line shortcut LE The WireCAD Equipment Library is where you will spend a fair amount of time as you get define equipment that you will use in your designs This is also where we come to create CAD blocks in our drawings There are many settings here that let you customize appearance This chapter is the basics Equipment Library 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getti
100. it Hellerman Tyton and Brady Tap Sidemargins Horizontal pitch e Modify and of the nudge factors and select the sheet size Customize the Label s Options e Click Finish to create your shiny new report 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual e Select the Field List and drag any fields that you wish to display on to the report design surface e Here we have three fields that we have dragged and positioned on the design surface We then edited the Src and Dest fields to concatenate the Pin data as well Then we edited the font property of the CableNo entity to bold it e Final output looks like this e Click File gt Save and save your work to your reports support path Field List DV TRB CVS DEO 04 T1862 Ce y TE PE ir Be RU OELE DAT IMG SEVEIEPSKm SERVIER SICK AS 3 10048 Ek apih Ereje mnh DIOSA 10 TL SEVESGITAES Li Ed Riom te 4 106 DVO DVS A 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 18605 DEI DOVE HA DV Eb ATE pt an Mori Reporting 4 3 3 Report Design Basics The following topic assumes that you have either opened a new blank report or that you have run the New Report Wizard Navigating the Designer Field List displays all avallable data collections hierarchically Detail Band repeats once per page
101. it and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions You further agree that it is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between us which supersedes any proposal or prior agreement oral or written and any other communications between us relating to the subject matter of this agreement 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 11 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 1 4 Licensing FAQ The following are some frequently asked questions about the WireCAD licensing scheme Q Does WireCAD support floating licenses A Yes if you choose to use the function it is built in to both XLT and PRO You may disable this feature by selecting the Never expire option on the License Lease Period dropdown at activation time Choosing to do so limits that Authorization Key to that machine only Q How many machines can I install WireCAD on A You may install WireCAD on any number of machines Y ou will only be able to launch WireCAD on as many machines as your license count supports The default license count is 1 If you wish to purchase additional licenses you may want to consult with your WireCAD sales professional who will help you decide the best course of action Q I have a laptop and a desktop WireCAD used to let me install on both How come I have to choose A You don t WireCAD will still install on both It will only run on one at a time Q What happens if my machine dies A If your machine dies and you are using the floating
102. ither belong to the selected objects or not The first point specifies the begining of the copy vector and the second point the end of it Remarks 9 4 5 Offset Description With Offset command you can create a new object in parallel direction and in specified distance from the original object which is used as pattern for the new object When you execute offset command you are promt to selecth3 an object Then you have to specify the offset distance which is the distance that the new object will be draw from the original object Then you have to set the side that the object will be draw because there are two sides 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 140 Ellipse created inside original ellipse with distance 0 2 Original ellipse Ellipse created outside original ellipse with distance 0 5 Remarks 9 4 6 Fillet Description With the fillet command you can connect two lines two arcs or one arc with a line these two objects must have at least one common point either visible or in their extension with an arc with a specific radius The value of the radius has some restrictions depending the position of the objects If radius 0 then simply the objects are either extended until they intersect each other in one point if there was not an intersection point either trimmed if an intersection point is visible two lines Filletwith radius 0 Fillet with radius 0 5 AMA You can also insert fillet a
103. ition from which to create functional blocks rack panels etc Applies To All product levels Related Settings None 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 2 How To Add Equipment to the Library 1 Click Database gt Equipment Library 2 Click Add Equipment to Library 3 Select or add a manufacturer 4 Enter model pn name description etc 5 Click Next gt 6 This page is optional but we recommend filling in the Front Panel File field 7 Click Next gt to add the new definition Complhetirg Ene wi Free Panel File 1 Select the newly added device from the list If not found click Find All 2 Add the IO by selecting the IO tab 3 Click Add Ports 2 inputs Left eie 4 Enter a port name connector Vinay a PRE Signal type hh 5 Select Inputs Outputs table or Both 6 Click OK or Apply if you want to leave the form open 2 2 2 Adding Equipment to Drawings Applies To Menu Database gt Equipment Library Add to Drawing All product levels Default command line shortcut le Related Settings Create a new equipment block from the library and add it to the current None drawing 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 21 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual How To Add Equipment to Drawings Find the select the equipment definition from the Equipment Library Select the IO you want to display in the drawing Select the Display mode Select the Di
104. l enter the database as expected subsequent assignments will display the Existing Ports dialog prompting you to decide how to number the cables 57 EsblesPorts iready Dist t on LOI TIPICA UT e F pg RT er cs h Pot ae Thi ccu be lie Don conor or i cou ba an amor Dni am ment i at amem Cables Pal exl ah Pes por Seti Cabo are yal Sort Dira Dicet Cabiria Many to One Cable Explanation Multiple outputs to one input 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 33 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Lol M4 TEL Ua Many to One Use Y Points 2 Use Directional Feeders Top Use Directional Feeders Bottom Use Directional Feeders Auto Output Source Count 25 Y Offset E V Spacing 15 Har Extension X Feeder Distance Y Feed Distance One Cable Database Entry O Many Cable Database Entries Count Source count 4 LT oec ni Ca count 3 More information See above for a description of other settings Many to Many Cable 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 34 Explanation Many to Many cables behave like a buss They are a collection of one to one cable drawn as a Single polyline When assigning cable numbers the connection point closest to the cursor is used See the above descriptions for more information about settings Count Source and destination count ad phe y 25 d 1 D DENT umm T a ui t i Ts tar eT d
105. lect that core If you wish to assign all cores and have selected enough cables to apply all core number to select the Add All Cores checkbox Muticore Data v Add All Cores CktMo EditValue is null Circuit Number Terminals Applies To All product levels Related Settings None 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 40 Alternately Double click the terminal in the drawing Assumes that at least one SysNamel36 has been assigned To assign multiple terminals at once create a selection of like terminals The order the terminals are added to the selection set is the order that they will be assigned numbers Once you have created a selection of terminals click Advanced Tools gt Equipment Functions gt Assign Terminal s or type ats into the command line followed by the Enter key This function performs the following steps 1 Opens a port selection dialog based on SysName 2 Prompts the user to select the SysName and the port or ports to display or range of ports of multiple terminals are selected 3 Updates the terminal s in the drawing Assign Terminal s Dialog SysName Select the SysName or press the button to add a new Cables Cable saam SysName ED m Cables Cable Same Cables Cables Cable SriName gt L a 3 CG non P l a ae SysName C ECT ocr a L L PT a Cables Cable Shane os 2010 Hol
106. license scheme one of two things will happen 1 Install WireCAD on the new machine an wait for your lease to expire in what ever lease expiration period you selected not optimum but serviceable 2 Call the WireCAD sales team They can manually expire the lease for you Y ou will need your authorization key and company name as well as the machine name of the machine that died Q I am not connected to the internet very often can I still use the floating license scheme A We recommend that you use the floating license scheme only if you are regularly connected to the web Q I am going on site How to I ensure that my copy of WireCAD will stay active while I am disconnected from the web A If you are using the floating license scheme and you know that you will need to be occasionally connected for a short period of time one week or less Click Project gt Settings Application Settings set the Release License on Shutdown to false This will ensure that only your machine has the license for up to the lease period If you are not sure how long you will be gone follow this procedure 1 Click Help gt Control Software Activation 2 Click De activate this Copy of WireCAD Y ou need to be web connected Make sure that the server responds that the license has been successfully released 3 Set the License Lease Period dropdown to Never 4 Click Register by Web WireCAD will not require a web connection to start Q What
107. mbers of the copy objects that will be created and the fill angle if you put for example 360 then the object will be created like in the below example At the end you are prompt to choose if the object will be rotated or a CC See IS 566 9 4 12 Break Description With break command you can divide one object into two objects or you can remove one part of it this part will be defined by two points that you have to pick First you have to selectf3 the object Then you have to define the first break point and the second break point When you pick this points the part which is defined by the two points will be deleted from the object Remarks The two points can be the same point In this case you only explode the object into two other objects for example you can cut a line into two lines If break command runs over a circle you have to set two different points in order to see a result because a circle cannot break in one point After break command the circle becomes arcs 9 4 13 Scale Description With scale command you can increase or decrease the size of one or more objects First you have to select 138 one or more objects Then you have to pick one point which is going to be the base point Next step is to specify the scale factor Remarks 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 144 9 4 14 Explode Description With explode command you can break compound objects like insertsl12 dimensi
108. me Tha Aunt sili amori Caes Tro d AAA npn d Ehe Vires ADS Cc ey CNE Tanda mei Pam lo de gp cob 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD os WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 6 Next convert any projects that you want to trowse For Fiche work with in v6 Braun to the old WireCAD Project Folder 7 Click Project gt Convert Old Project AL 8 Browse to the old project top folder BE Desktop 9 Select File Based or SQL Server database ut AE D Lippe ei ye Natwcek If you select SQL Server you will need to enter the host information Clic ex 11 Rename if desired de 12 Click Next to finish ota aerario Thes A pene real i CURE Leu OU Ea Laban CI D COR dor pair Uno B Erst hid ni Dry a Et Create ge uem Gere DE Di Ligas de Pile Banc Doa Canne ee jep AD Fem Sume Prosert PCIE ET UR e Leo Windows Jean Son Tha function AL i OP fw set sud e ien Cum ini Ehe a pad Hc drama are iauchedin E perl Ve are amp cerry Ee datae rec She rs Panem red ong a Prost Locator Ple I pi urpis Preece E erus rein Edr Sune Projet Thi unc pon CAMES 4 cac of Tue Deopect nh Ere rem npag in E AO pa Hc drain arm fourth in s poor We ans opte copre Eu databune info ife necs pe pred eg a Propert Locsw Ple oif Marat gt I Cannel When WireCAD converts projects no drawings are touched A new database is created and the old data is imported 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc
109. me must be enclosed in square braces fieldname Text that is not to be replaced is entered normally Text that is to be evaluated and replaced is contained in a string that starts with the symbol and contains at least one field definition Alias B r alhas SysName f sysname ps A UP uu In the above example the text strings Alias and SysName will print as shown The text strings starting with the 2 symbol will be replaced by the data from the fields in the current record Further assuming that the field alias contains the data 3 4 01 and the field sysname contains 3 4 01 the label will print as follows 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 115 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Any characters not enclosed in square braces will be printed as shown 8 7 2 1 Cable Number Fields The following is a list of the available Cable Number fields that are available for use in the label True False True the cable number is available and will show up in the available cables list of the Veri f y Settings dialog True False Depreciated Not used Unique Key If this is visible do not change it Depreciated Not used Unique Key GUID The cable number See the Project Cable Number Format Dialog Used with V3 cable number format Depreciated Not used Cable part number Cable manufacturer Future Do not use Future Do not use Future Do not use
110. nace oser e D E Michel git Hoo rto pe auo A ain echan on ae aec CD rip NG Lee 1 uem Lier Led facut 1 Lene beso EST nr Den bastdd dd Fed rae FER on 1 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 19 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual IO Tab ETE EA y EE OH D I se NT TE JE E JE Add 20 edit sg H j 3 i Dem B E L 5 select IO to um un Avus Move e um bas v display in Am AI lig 5 hona pr Anm Hermal created block s m mi Gace a pz b Loss 4 aS mar i ii eal m imm oe ndm 1 Select By Signal Type EC VE mc 4 erm TC E Moral T Pars a x BET VGA VEA HD Lara 1 selected Items Sas saa n isis s are created as Lies wo me ms i ports on the Copy Side to Side Dete Settee Porta Add Ports eH esie Boch Presea muta Preta Fares Crack Cr e hor 68 Toe lee C sere Lau 4 Reed ef 13 eine Preferences Controls the appearance of the created block A garder accterual Exch apperiror ER an in aoa acce Poetical Best ea lors better oiga ns D UE a Berri il Diay Properzes EE cds EH E Baja Pen age CRE e runs Teenie Loaves yaha 11 Minar cere 19 LauspasemENares 3 Alias JA j Loa 17 Deroripiios 1 ner 1 UWerE 1 fer TUI dtm 2 2 1 Creating a New Equipment Definition Menu Database gt Equipment Library Add Equipment to Library Default command line shortcut le Create a new equipment defin
111. nction will leave you on the second sheet If you set this to true it will ju Back you back to the first sheet Library Multiple Port Add Presets the Port Adder Dialog o L ing Z ount a eading Zero Cou ET Add to Which List Example Port Mame x Connector Cable End 71 e Inputs Left Side c _ Outputs Right Side a input Pin Style Normal s C Both Output Pin Style Normal Final Append Characters K Close Amy Drawing Settings Panel Drawing Environment Settings Get up the drawing environment to your ling Other users on this machine will be able to set their own settings Auto Save Duration n minutes 10 EH Background Coler C 255 255 255 e Grip Color MO 0 255 I OSnap Coke BE 255 0 tt x Grip Size mE Am Cross Hair Size in Pixels 2000 H Pick Sume in Pixels 10 HH gt Le Show Layout Tabs 4 Show Paper 5pace Paper Draws a Paper border indicating the selected printer paper bounds Shon the UCS Axis Save Drawing After Every Cable Number Assignment Auto Save Duration in Sets the Auto Save Duration Auto Save saves only drawings that are not currently involved ina Minutes function Background Color Sets the background color Grip Color Sets the grip color OSnap Color Sets the Object Snap Color Grip Size Sets the grip size in pixels Pick Size Sets the pick size in pixes The pick determines the search window when clicking the cursor Cross Hair Size Sets the cro
112. nes one millimeter 1 D U 1mm For a architectural technical drawing we can make the assumption for example where one drawing unit defines one meter 1 D U 1m This can be very helpfull in designing dimensioning retrieving informations from the drawing distances area calculations Remarks 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 147 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 9 7 Viewport Description Viewports are areas that display different views of your model As you work you can split the drawing area into one or more adjacent rectangular views known as model viewports In large or complex drawings displaying different views reduces the time needed to zoom or pan in a single view Also errors you might miss in one view may be apparent into others ViewPorts are treated as rectangle drawing objects which display views and can be moved or resized They can be created only in entity list collection of a layout and not in Model With WireCAD 6 1 you can now attach viewports to closed polygons polylines circles ellipses rectangles Remarks Those rectangles filled with the image of the model space objects in different scales depend from the ViewSize and the ViewCenter property This way in one paper you can print out diffent views with differnt scales of the same drawing Model Space or parts of this drawing In viewports commands like Pan Zoom and View3D of vdCommandAction objects can be applied only when Viewport
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114. ntity param returmixiheuld return true if the plug can lod returns pelle bool HasPesmsitrlanToRuacDWorkspace wr Identity Ld return traer x 3 a Detpot ma taurth eur ae erecta ll hl To test your plugin make sure that is copied to the WireCAD bin folder and that your wpih6 manifest file is in the WireCAD Bin Plugins folder Relaunch WireCAD or click Rescan and Reload from the WireCAD Plugin Manager to make WireCAD load your plugin 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Customizing WireCAD SDK 16 Debugging Your Code To debug you will attach the Develop debugger to the main WireCAD process by clicking Debug gt Attach to Process and select WireCAD from the list of running processes You can place breakpoints by clicking on the left edge of the edit space lt param name sir public static void MyMethod m Dao your stuff here Breakpoint sendregion When code is executing with the debugger attached and the breakpoint is hit code will stop executing and allow you to examine variables To continue execution use the Continue or Step functions Happy coding 10 3 Registering Your Plugin Applies To Menu Plugins gt Plugin Manager Add Edit PI Info XLT PRO Related Settings Default command line shortcut none None Assuming your plugin requires user input to launch it ie it does not respond to an event You will want to register your command with the appl
115. ock in the drawing Assign a unique ID to blocks in a drawing This function performs the following steps 1 Gets the next number in the sequence based on the SysName Format 79 2 Prompts the user for input 3 Updates the drawing 4 Updates the project systems database 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Edit SysNames Dialog SysName EJ New Sysname for AIWA MX1000 ES Fill Gaps Gaps in sequences can be filled automatically and then selected from the SysName dropdown Alias Alias is functional name for the device Think of it like the uem friendly name The ha Ee new vi SysName is the unique ID the Alias can be duplicated if desired 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 3 Example If the device is a distribution amp and its SysName is DA 120 and it is fed by SVR 01 you may choose to alias it as its source SVR 01 i i General Engineering Data User Data Gyen me MEVHS 01 ve Show Al Systems Shes Available For This Sequence Fill Numeric Gaps In Available SysNames Abas MSVHS 01 peda Behavior Flags ka isseguendal Add Cancel We recommend that you enter a Location and Elevation Take your best guess The Rack Builder tool will use your guesses to create a preliminary rack layout that can easily be modified to suit your final design Flags Various
116. ok Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 132 Picture 3 All layers except the WALLS are freezed This is the basic information les xK XK 9 3 2 Layouts Description Layout is used to compose or lay out your model drawing for printing A layout may consist of a title block one or more viewports and annotations As you create a layout you can design floating Viewport configurations to visualize different details in your drawing A layout is a paper space environment that simulates a sheet of paper In a layout you can create and position viewport objects and you can add a title block or other geometry You can create multiple layouts in a drawing to display various views Each layout displays the drawing as it will be printed on the sheet of paper Typically when you begin designing a layout environment you step through the following process Create a model drawing Activate or create a layout Insert a title block Create floating viewports and position them in the layout Set the view scale of the floating viewports Print your layout Remarks Sample of a Layout Paper Space 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 133 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual xK XK 9 3 3 TextStyles Description TextStyle is a named saved collection of settings that determines the appearance of text strings You can create your own text styles which can have specific fonts and text height You c
117. om Factor 109 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Reporting amp 4 2 Filtering Reports Applies To Menu Reports gt Report Alternately double click the report in the Project XLT PRO Explorer Related Settings Default command line shortcut None Report filtering is not available in XL free mode In order to filter a report the report ii E rea ENT Ba ca COLE AAA eones must be in design mode Wi isb RA oa NN Connector Abbreviation Table 4 bem Hore i teu DR Parera Ch RES ET TT r dE e ll Be amp El A BRA S gt Make sure that the Property window is displayed If not click View gt Windows gt Property Grid From the Property grid object xtra ipe uu Report Tv selector select XRReport1 xtraReport Report ss ta From the Property grid select the Padding 0 0 0 0 Filter String ellipsis button Page Color 1 White 5tyle Sheet Collection Style Sheet s Path Text Alignment Top Left Watermark Picture Behavior a Export Options Export Options 3 Measure Units Hundredths of an Inch Script Language CE Script References String Array Scripts Report Scripts Show Margin Lines in F Yes Vertical Content Splitti Exact Visible Yes Data Calculated Fields Collection XML Data Path 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual This opens the
118. onsl24 polylinesf2 etc into their sub entities Remarks Here are some objects that can be exploded e vd3DFace explode to one vdPolyline e vdDimension explode to vdLines vdText s and vdInserts the arrows e vdInsert explode to the entities that is consist of If there are Inserts inside Blocks then you may need to apply more than 1 explode to get the simplies entities e vdPolyface explode to vd3DFace s e vdPolyHatch explode to vdPolyline s e vdPolyline explode to vdLine s and or vdArc s e vdRect explode to vdPolyline e vdText explode to vdPolylines only texts with fontfile SHX TTF true type font texts are not exploded 9 4 15 Purge Description With purge command you can reject some tables of the drawing like layers 138 textstyles 133 linetypes 130 etc that you do not use in the drawing and you do not want anymore In purge command you have to specify what objects you want to delete PurgeFlag You can also see with purge command which tables are not currently used in the drawing Remarks PurgeFlag can be one of the following ALL Removes all unused named objects layers textstyles dimstyles blocks and images LAYERS Removes all unused named layers TEXTSTYLES Removes all unused named textstyles DIMSTYLES Removes all unused named dimstyles BLOCKS Removes all unused named blocks IMAGES Removes all unused image information GETLAYERS fills the return value with the array of all unused named layers the objec
119. ormation the wizard needs to create your e Click Finish to create your shiny new report E D e qe Fe Dp Resort Explorer Pell Property ced A IE bankieport Report E q a a tar Code 30 Tots percer cole MIN Conr d WE E meta CT d Perte l oa as las RnR 1 e Click File gt Save and save your work to your reports support path 4 3 2 Labels Applies To Menu Report gt New Report with Wizard XLT PRO Related Settings Default command line shortcut rw None Create a new label report How To Create a New Label Report 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual e Click Reports gt New Report with Wizard Alternately from the Welcome to the Reports Wizard Project Explorer click New Report with Wizard This wizard will create a new report with data bound controls to display information from the dataset you specify Click Next to continue e Select the Label Report option Click Next e Select a data collection Data collections access both the global and Select Data Collection For Report project databases et era tr 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Reporting 74 e Select a label format Reports Wizard WireCAD comes stock with over 1000 label Label Information o EE formats from 15 Select one of the predefined labels by spedfying the Product and its ID The manufacturers including Pandu
120. printer and the P touch editor v4 1 or better For the latest drivers and software visit the Brother website at www brother com In order to work properly the Brother PTouch Plugin dll file and support folders must be installed in the WireCAD6 bin folder Place the BrotherPTouch wpi file in WireCAD6 bin plugins folder The minimum WireCAD build version to work with this plugin is 6 0 1400 This plugin assumes that you have data in your Project Cables or Project Systems database 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 111 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 8 7 1 1 Data Page This plugin has the ability to pull from either the Project Systems database or the Project Cables database Upon selection of the desired database you have the ability to apply filters to narrow the selection set These filters work like the other filters in WireCAD Click the Edit Filter button and the filter dialog will be displayed then select the field conditional operator and value Next click the Apply Filter button ET P Touch Print Preview o x Cable Labels and Port Tags Data v 16944 Black 169 44 Black 165944 Black 16944 Black 16944 Black 16944 Black 16344 Black 16944 Black 16944 Black 16944 Black 16344 Black Dv 1025 DV 1026 DV 1027 DV 1025 DV 1030 DV 1031 DV 1032 OV 1033 DV 1034 DV 1035 OV 1036 RTR 01 RTR 01 RTR 01 RTR O1 RTR 01 RTR 01 RTR 01 RTR 01 RTR
121. ption 3dface creates a three or four sided surface anywhere in 3D space You can specify different Z coordinate values for each corner point of a 3D face Remarks Vertex 2 m vertex 4 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 130 Is an object which have a vertexlist with 4 items as Point x y z in World CS The fourth point can be the same as first to make a triangle 9 3 Collections Description The Collections are very important The drawing objects lines text dimensions etc take their properties when they are created from these collections The collections are e Layers 138 e Layouts 133 e TextStyles 133 e DimStyles 133 e Blocks 13A e Lights 133 e Selections 135 e Section Clips 133 e Linetypes 138 e Lineweights 13 9 3 1 Layers Description Layer is the equivalent of the overlay used in paper based drafting It is the primary organizational tool in the WireCAD CAD space and you can use it to group information by function and to enforce linetype color and other standards Organizing Layers and the objects on Layers make it easier to manage the information in your Drawings When you put one layer over another then the result is the complete drawing all layers Having kindred objects on the same layer it is very helpfull in order to organise the drawing Properties e layer name e color of the entities e line type of the entities e line weight of the entities
122. rated from the online text and as such the page numbers may represent a sub chapter heading instead of the actual page The key word you are searching for will be in the sub chapter 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD te ss Index Y BLOCKS 50 9eDOCUMENTS e 50 ICONS 50 YIMAGES 50 Cleanup 47 Clear All Cables 47 Fillet 47 Preview 65 Ratsnest 47 e 3DFace 129 A ACID Compliant 97 Activation 7 Add All Cores 38 Add Equipment to Drawings 20 Add Ports 20 Alias 36 116 Application Settings Panel 50 Apply Filter 111 Arc 125 Array 142 assign multiple terminals 39 Assign Terminals 40 Attribute Height 41 Authorization 7 AutoScheme 45 Aux Text 28 Available 115 Available Cable Number Variables 83 Available SysName Variables 80 AvailableCores 115 Avoid Other Cables 47 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD B BlockRef 41 Blocks 134 Break 143 C Cable Number Fields 115 Cable Router X Offset 29 30 Cable Terminology 25 CablelD 115 CableNo 38 115 CableNoPrefix 115 CableNoSuffix 115 CableType 38 115 CableTypeManu 38 115 Chain Print 112 Chassis Width 41 Circle 121 Circuit Recursion 47 CktDst 115 CktID 115 CktNo 38 115 CktSre 115 Cleanup 45 Clear Filter 111 Collections 130 Commands 137 Community Library Auto Contribute Mode 50 Conflict 116 Coordinates 146 Copies 112 Copy 139 Create Model Space Boundaries
123. rcs at vertex of specified index of a polyline where two line segments meet if the specified radius is enough small to fit into lines If the radius is bigger then it is ignored for the specific vertex Polyline Polyline after fillet Remarks 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 141 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 9 4 7 Move Description With move command you can move one or more drawing objects In order to take place the move command you have after selecting 138 the objects or object to define two points that define the distance and the direction of the movement The firts point defines the beginning of the movement vector and the second the end of the vector Remarks 9 4 8 Trim Description With trim command you can trim objects at a cutting edge defined by other objects First select 138 the objects that define the cutting edges at which you want to trim an object and then the object Objects that can be trimmed include arcs circles elliptical arcs lines Notice that the trim command do not function if the objects do not intersect At the example below there are some lines that were trimmed before trim after trim Remarks 9 49 Extend Description With extend command you can extend lines arcs polylines until they intersect with some other object which is used as limit of the extension Firstly you have to select 138 the objects that consist the limits of the extension Then you have to choose
124. re and feeding e Am I away from my network when I work on WireCAD projects If you lose connection WireCAD will become hampered e Do I really need the speed enhancements If you are working on projects with hundreds of thousands of cables SQL Server is a must When you move a project using the Project gt Utilities gt Pack Up Check Out function and you are using SQL Server databases the database in converted to a file based version and will remain file based from that point forward To set up SQL Server see herel98 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Choosing a Database Format 98 7 1 SQL Server Setup It is not within the scope of this manual to provide an in depth discussion of SQL Server We will touch on the basics required for use with WireCAD Basics The WireCAD distribution includes SQL Server database files for the Global Equipment database You will need to attach these to the the running server You will then configure WireCAD to look at the SQL Server for the Global Equipment database WireCAD projects will create a new database catalog for every new project There is no further requirement to attach databases once the Global Equipment database SQL Server can be set up on a server or on a local machine WireCAD requires the 2005 version and can use the Express versions which can be found here http www microsoft com Sglserver 2005 en us express aspx Be sure to download SQL Server Management Sa
125. re some examples of linetypes ByLaver APIDot APIDashDat APlDashDotDot XLTCenter WLTDashliat LT Dashed SE See ALT Hidden LTHidder XI TRnrder 9 3 10 Lineweights Description With lineweight you can select a specific width for a line which all the new lines will be Using lineweights you can create heavy and thin lines to show cuts in sections depth in elevations dimension lines and tick marks and varying object thicknesses in details Remarks TIPS Instead of changing lineweight any time you want a different lineweight you can create different layers 1301 with the desirable lineweight Any future object in the drawing will be added with the new selected lineweight In model space lineweights are displayed in pixels and do not change when zoomed in or out Thus you should not use lineweights to represent the exact width of an object in model space For example if you want to draw an object with a real world width of 0 5 inches do not use a lineweight instead use a polyline with penwidth equal to 0 5 inches to represent the object 9 4 Commands Description In order to edit designed objects you have to run the specific command and then select the object or objects you want to edit The same procedure must be done when you want to create new objects from one or more drawing objects
126. rid The RatsNest tool checks the project cables database against the drawing If connections defined in the cables database can be reproduced in the drawing because the SysNames and Ports exist a cable is placed Auto Block 46 RatsNestl 4A Auto Blocked drawing Blocks have been created an placed After running the RatsNest tool This supplies the drawing with cable data and provides a positional reference to help you decide where to move block to better display the drawing After running the Cleanup tool from the RatsNest utility 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 46 2 10 1 Auto Block Applies To Menu Advanced Tools gt AutoScheme Tools gt Auto Block PRO Related Settings Default command line shortcut ab None The Auto Block tool automatically places functional blocks in the drawing This tool requires that the Project Systems table be populated Controls The Basic tab allows you to use the gt 5 uses A IET gt gt and lt lt selector buttons to determine which systems to add to the cur eon drawing Lacan Pier Leere rra See rames Eo Dus Bus Por Mj 51 d OM 113 2 EP el El Ari OO 110 1 14 10 608 A A op 1 A iB Lee HT eee Geet Le LET Seen iC Et Leer iB LL DS PHT SERERE 1 FF Oll E 129 08x ni E COHMITERE CG D LUNES DES E COR tepore E A T7289 al MAA TT a e 132 2 ey A ALIAS Apdo LATAS Baiji BOO E TOR AES AS Loc
127. rises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started o How it Works The Rack Builder tool relies on three T gm key pieces of information First we NL need the SysName of the device to LL ac ni add to the rack From the SysName s we retrieve the equipment e aco REATO ADE O manufacturer and model Second using the equipment manufacturer and model we get the global equipment definition from the global equipment database If the global equipment definition is complete it will contain either a reference to a front panel dwg file BlockRef or dimensional data If either of these are missing the Rack Builder tool will flag that equipment definition as requiring more information The Rack Builder tool will perform a preflight check of all data and let you know what you are missing Block Generated Block Inserted In Locator Grid 00000 a 2 2 pm EIL 3 AD TORIN MU 01 a 10XL 01 SWITCHER Q SWR 3 Assuming all of the data fiddly bits are in the right place the Rack Builder tool will populate the drawing with one locator grid per location selected A locator grid is an array of point entities that are spaced horizontally and vertically based upon your selection in the preferences Next the Rack Builder tool based on the Mechanical View Rule will place either the front panel file or a block created from the dimensional data at the location point defined in the Projec
128. s Rack Builder Tool AutoScheme Tools Auto Block dehet as RHatsNeSl un el e ds Na System Snapshot Personalizing WireCAD The Settings Dialog Setting the SKIN cias Template Drawings Reporting Printing Heports siii pre IE Lesen Advanced Topics SysName Formatting 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Contents 2 Cable Number Formal ooo esa sens rc uev Aaa 81 Part VI Frequently Asked Questions 86 1 Placing Custom Titleblocks Page Borders esee esee eee 86 2 Creating GCustom TIIeDIOCKS cui bi 87 3 Moving Projects Pack Up Check Out cocoocococcococcococoococoncoconcaroncarncnararnararnnnarnnnarnrnararnararnananos 88 4 Synchronizing with Another Equipment Database eese 91 5 Setting Up On a NetWork itte a eoe ie cea oe su luta oov se votes eta ee antennes tes 93 D Upgrading TOM VD sese eros das 93 Part VII Choosing a Database Format 97 1 SQL Server SOUDE a at en ln tie nn C E tie MORD UE CDD EIQUE 98 Part VIII Included Plugins 101 1 lime c 101 2 Search dt mod LM LL ML LI Lec EM M LN E ICE m OE 102 3 Transation Manager eiii denses
129. s 39 Insert 129 Insertion Point 41 46 Integrator 115 Introduction 110 IsSequencial 36 IsSequential 116 viu Label Report 72 Layers 130 Layouts 132 Length 115 License Agreement 9 Licensing FAQ 11 Lights 135 Limits 146 Line 120 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Linetypes 136 Lineweights 137 Location 116 location change 41 Location Filter 46 Manual Draw Cables 27 Manufacturer 116 Many to Many Cable 33 Many to One Cable 32 Maximum Column Count 46 minimum WireCAD build version 110 Mirror 142 Mirroring 112 More about Regular Expressions 81 84 Move 141 Multicore 38 115 N NamedPath 115 New 38 New Drawing 23 New Drawing Wizard 55 New Equipment 19 New Plugin Template 161 New Project 22 New Report with Wizard 68 O Offset 139 One to Many Cable 30 One to One Cable 24 26 Ortho 150 Osnap 150 Outputs 39 Outputs track inputs 39 Po Pan 145 parameters 65 Persist this equipment 39 Pinouts 101 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Place Text If Item Cannot Be Created 41 Polyface 127 PolyHatch 127 Polyline 122 Port Polling Status Bar 55 Prevew 65 112 Print 151 Print All 112 Print Cable Labels and Port Tags 112 Print This 112 Printer Options 112 PRO 5 Project Cables database 111 Project Settings Panel 58 Project Systems database 111 Project Utilities Pack Up Check Out 97 ProjectRevision 115 P touch 110 Purg
130. ser at a time Copy the program into any machine readable or printed form for backup or modification purposes in support of your use of the program on a single machine Prohibited Uses You May not Make copies of the documentation or software except as noted above Distribute rent sub license transfer or lease the software or documentation Alter modify or adapt the software or documentation including but not limited to translating decompiling disassembling or creating derivative works This license and your right to use the software automatically terminate if you fail to comply with the provisions of this License Agreement TERM The license is effective until terminated You may terminate it at any other time by destroying the program together with all copies modifications and merged portions in any form It will also terminate upon conditions set forth elsewhere in this Agreement or if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement You agree upon such termination to destroy the program together with all copies modifications and merged portions in any form IF YOU TRANSFER POSSESSION OF ANY COPY MODIFICATION OR MERGED PORTION OF THE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER PARTY YOUR LICENSE IS AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATED TRADE SECRET You acknowledge that the software constitutes valuable trade secret information that is the exclusive property of Holbrook Enterprises Inc Automatic Updates Holbrook Enterprises
131. sion X Feeder Distance Y Feed Distance One Cable Database Entry Many Cable Database Entries Preview 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 31 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Feeder selection um etn n sm y i Y Points Top Feeder 4 e r gt A 0003 f Ts En s Many to Many X ee e Use Y Points O Use Directional Feeders Top O Use Directional Feeders Bottom O Use Directional Feeders Auto L Output Source Hor Extension Count Destination count 2 07 TS me SUM z er re 1 f a r E X t oem n oy Y offset Y E Tes d i YT JN li dd i ri ET E wu n UU n Spacing Hor ub RENS Extension T Horizontal Hor Extention 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 32 Feeder distances e et ce ME eee d up E 1 X Feeder b Distance ri I MEM Y Feeder a Distance V Spacing 88 Horizontal Hor Extention One Cable Adds a single entry in the cables database and one Cable text entity at the Y point Database Entry Many Cable Adds a many entries in the cables database and many Cable text entity at the Database Entries connection points Note One to Many and Many to One cables set to Many Cable Database Entries will assign the connection point closest to the cursor when the cable is double clicked The first assignment on the cable wil
132. splay Preferences Everything is parametric There are settings for Body Width Pin Spacing Color etc If the Auto Preview function is not set you may wish to click the Refresh button either above the preview window or on the IO tab CR wy Tie nm re r m mmi Lim rum mm Ur DU yum rm IS sas men a m Bl Ea 25 A G AS E A LL rs a RS oum ery 5 Functional 1 0 Conceptual 1 0 low Conceptual 1 0 High 5 Front Panel Top View Functional Block with a tom night edge Decr Proper tes Body Cor Body Pen de Body With Creation Mode Desanpamri IO Image Danley Mode brage Postar O Oytayer 5 Function adii Systane b 3 Maeefacturer 11 Fqeigpmentitame 12 Alurst6 Location 7 Description fem Made enter Refresh Block Preview W Auto Preview 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Getting Started 22 Click Add to Drawing requires an active drawing Place the newly created block in the drawing 2 3 Creating a New Project Applies To All product levels Related Settings None Menu Project gt New Project Default command line shortcut np Create a new WireCAD Project structure This involves folder structures on your operating system as well as databases and support files WireCAD v6 can create projects with a number of different database formats You may choose to create a new project using file
133. ss hair size in pixels Show Layout Tabs Shows the layout tabs at the bottom of the drawing frame Model jm Layouti gw Layout2 gap ANSIA gap 11x17 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Show Paper Space Paper When a layout is selected show the current page size as returned by the selected printer as a wh page false Shows the UCS Axis Save Drawing After Every Setting this to true is not recommended but will speed the assignment process Cable Number You are responsible then for saving the drawing to ensure drawing database parity Assiqnment Show UCS Axis Command Line Shortcuts Execute a command by typing either Command Name Alias or Shortcut Add Attribute AddAttribute att VectorDraw P WectorDraw P AddAttributeEx Add Cable Jumps aj AddCahle Jumps AddEditPlugininfo AddEditiluginInfo m Add Vertex av Add vertex My Cool Functio mef Projectexplor ProjectExplor AMethodWithe Arc Arc a VectorDraw P VectorDraw P ArcEX m Area aa area Assign Cable Nu ac AssignCableu Assigns yeHame as AesonSyehare Assan errenal at AssigniTerminal AssqnTerminais ats AssignTerminals AutoBlock ab AutaBlock uence Ad Aute ce AB v Cek to Check for Warnings check 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Personalizing WireCAD 5 User Settings Panels Project Settings Project Settings Set up defaults for the current project
134. t Kit 158y Added Events e QueryNextSysNameNumber fired before WireCAD calculates the SysName Allows custom formats QueryNextCableNumber fired before WireCAD calculates the next cable number Allows customs formats ValidateCableNumber fired before WireCAD closes the Cable Edit dialog Allows custom validation of cable data 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 5 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 1 2 Software Activation WireCAD v6 offers 3 program levels XL FREE XLT and PRO XLT and PRO require authorization keys in order to activate that level of the software An activation key is all that is required to change program levels If you have questions about the licensing scheme click here 115 Topics Floating Licenses 6 Floating License Leases 6 How Tol 75 Troubleshooting Activation 8 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Introduction 6 Floating Licenses Integral to WireCAD v6 tt WireCAD Registration po is the ability to have a single authorization key im Von activate multiple TS 0 80 50 concurrent machines if Enter Your Key your organization has paid for more than one BE seat By default when Your Machine s Unique ID License Lease Penod Expres you purchase a seat of WireCAD your license 1783 0151 o i e count for your key will Expire My Lease on Shutdown be set to 1 one z operational EE irecAD6 is not activated for use on th
135. t System entry pal of d The locator grids facilitate location aware movement of the devices placed on the grid You may manually place devices created from the equipment library in Front Panel mode on the locator grids 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 4 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual To move a device within the rack elevations select the device grab it by its grip and move it to the desired location bai oS HET iodo BEI Sz fete eI Bel Ce x de Tlie ce demere amit d P e ia ala aale a WireCAD will notify you of the location change and update the p pn databases immediately to reflect the To Location sa tena 16 change This may affect the Cables database and the Systems database as well as other drawings WireCAD val now update the Project Systems and Cables databases with he new information This device move is being cached and upon drawing save you will have the opportunity to update ALL project drawings with the new information when you dick Save It will not update the remainder of the drawing set until you click save VTR M E ROOM 1 110 LE Enter SONT OYW ASIN WireCAD will now update all project drawings This process will update Location and Alias helds on electronic blocks and move any front panel rack layouts found on Once changes are made across the drawing set you will be notified of the ch
136. t gt Project Options Reference Paths Reference path Fi Project gt Project Options Compiling Tab Output Path Fi 3 Add your code and build Tf 4 Create a wpi file from within WireCAD click Plugins gt Plugin Manager New that points to your as place it in the WireCADx bin plugins folder hy TALARA ELI AAA TERIA IIIT TEEPE LI APATITE TEL EPI DA PIA LT D TONI eee TT eee Explanation This heloworld example demonstrates a number of different WireCAD SDK concepts This is WireCAD Automatically Discovered AD plugin and therefore does not require a wpi file in the plugins folder As such it will load silently and can only be executed from the commandline since it does not add any other GUI elements TESTING First familiarize yourself with the code below and try to understand what will happen before testing 1 Build the project and ensure that the helloworld plugin dll is located in the WireCADs bin folder 2 if WireCAD is running click Plugins gt Plugin Manager Rescan and Load Plugins 3 Type hw into the WireCAD commandline using System using System Collections Generic using System Linq using System Text using System Windows Forms using VectorDraw Professional vdFigures using VectorDraw Professional vdObjects using WireCAD using WireCAD Interfaces using WireCAD Translation namespace hello world public class MyPlugin IPluginCore region F
137. tarted 2 How To Create a new drawing using the wizard Select Template Drawing 1 Click File New Drawing EM a 2 Select a template drawing from which to start WCTIMPLATT AC DWG 3 Click Next Nl ey z 4 Select boundary settings Pe 5 Click Next gt to finish PTI A QE Create Model Space Boundaries The Model Space Boundaries function takes two arguments the Une Mickel Space cunda Model Space Text Height and the desired anis a Printed Output Text Height Using these two L j variables in conjunction with the size of the i i Viewports in each Layout to create boundary f i P aa k TN UEM TW Format Meca Sog Soudan cov nd rectangles in the Model space Each boundary is accompanied by a text description that describes the Viewport and to which the boundary applies as well as the text heights and scale factor V Shoe That Again bom j p cmm 4 The final step is to name the drawing 25 Drawing Cables WireCAD provides a series of tools to draw cables The only rule that this version of WireCAD imposes is that you must draw from one WireCAD device to another You cannot draw a cable representing a spare that connects to nothing WireCAD provides a cable auto routing tool that automatically routes the cable around other devices and if selected avoids other cables The auto router will always find a path for the cable even if
138. tatic Method Name ShowErotherPtouch L NEN Name Description Author Self explanatory Website Copyright Button Info Tool Tip Tool tip text Caption The button caption Button Site What is the base location of the button Button Path Button path is the path in the menu tree of the button Start with Main Menu and work your way down If the menu tree does not exist it will be created Use the amp key to create accelerators If you are using an existing path be sure to include accelerators or you will end up creating a new menu item Button Bitmap 16x16 bitmap Command Line and Assembly Info Long Name The display name of your command Short Name The shortcut Alt Shorter less descriptive Assembly The name and path of your dll If no path we will search the WireCAD bin directory Name Namespace SomeNameSpace MyClass where your function is located Dot Class Static Method The static void method name of your function This must have the proper signature as follows Name public static void YourFunctionName WorkSpace ws Using the above example the Static Method Name would be YourFunctionName NOTE if you use the WireCAD Plugin template t6 a static method with the proper signature will be created for you 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD Customizing WireCAD SDK 164 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 165 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual A Note About the Index The following index is gene
139. tly used The Locati on element of the location data The Location and Elevation fields will be concatenated together using the System Location Delimiter to create the Location data ex Room 101 Wall or 101 11 12 8 7 3 More about the LBL file The Ibl file is Brother s template file for the P touch electronic labeling systems for PC Therein you define the look of the printed output Some important points to remember 1 Z5 The Ibl file contains printer specific information If the printer for which the Ibl file was created is not found on your machine and you have only one P touch printer driver on your machine the label will print to that machine If you have multiple P touch device drivers installed on your machine and the one for which the Ibl file was created is not found you will receive an error stating that the printer cannot be found Switch to the P touch editor and change the printer settings to one of the installed drivers 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD we WireCAD v6 1 User Manual 9 CAD Basics 9 1 What is CAD Description What is CAD CAM CAD Computer Aided Design or Drafting Inputting lines arcs coordinates dimensions and text for engineering purposes not onto paper but into a data base The beauty of this is the ability to manipulate the data in many ways during and after completion of any job There are many types of CAD systems and brand names but you can break it down
140. ts still exist GETTEXTSTYLES fills the return value with the array of all unused named textstyles the objects still exist GETDIMSTYLES fills the return value with the array of all unused named dimstyles the objects still exist GETBLOCKS fills the return value with the array of all unused named blocks the objects still exist 9 4 16 Zoom Description Zoom command allows the user to increase or decrease the apparent size of objects so the user can control the part of the drawing that is included in the screen Zoom command is a transparent command Transparent commands are commands that can be invoked when another command is active 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 14 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual Remarks There are several ways to execute the zoom command E Extends Zooms to display the drawing extents P Previous Zooms to display the previous view W Window Zooms to display an area specified by two opposite corners of a rectangular window User must specify these two corners A All zooms to the drawing limits or current extents whichever is greater S Scale Zooms the display at a specified scale factor For example entering 2 doubles the apparent display size of any objects from what it would be if you were zoomed to the limits of the drawing Entering 0 5 causes each object to be displayed at half its current size on the screen 9 4 17 Pan Description You can shift the location of your view b
141. ttle additional human input NC tools immediately raised automation of manufacturing to a new level once feedback loops were incorporated the tool tells the computer where it is while the computer tells it where it should be What finally made NC technology enormously successful was the development of the universal NC programming language called APT Automatically Programmed Tools Announced at MIT in 1962 APT allowed programmers to develop postprocessors specific to each type of NC tool so that the output from the APT program could be shared among different parties with different manufacturing capabilities The development of Computer aided design had little effect on CNC initially due to the different capabilities and file formats used by drawing and machining programs but as Cad applications such as SolidWorks and AutoCad incorporate Cam intelligence and as Cam applications such as MasterCam adopt sophisticated Cad tools both designers and manufacturers are now enjoying an increasing variety of capable Cad Cam software Most CAD CAM software was developed for product development and the design and manufacturing of components and molds but they are being used by architects with greater frequency 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 120 CAD CAM software utilizes Cad drawing tools designed ultimately to describe geometries in such a manner that they can be extracted by the Cam portion of the program to define a toolpath t
142. y using pan or by using the window scroll bars Like panning with a camera pan does not change the location or magnification of objects on your drawing it changes only the view Pan command is a transparent command Transparent commands are commands that can be invoked when another command is active Remarks 9 4 18 View3D Description With View3D command you can change the current view of the drawing Remarks The View3D function when is called it also changes the Current Coordinate System CCS to World Coordinate System WCS Description Gf Sets the view point to top VTOP Gy Sets the view point to bottom VBOTTOM FA Sets the view point to left VLEFT Bj Sets the view point to right VRIGHT FA Sets the view point to front VFRONT BB Sets the view point to back VBACK Sets the view point to southwest isometric VISW Sets the view point to southeast isometric VISE FA Sets the view point to northeast isometric VINE fi Sets the view point to northwest isometric VINW Shades the objects between the polygon faces and displays materials if there are RENDER 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD CAD Basics 146 attached on object colors else the result is the same like SHADE a You can start a continuous motion with it by rotating the coordinate system around X VROT vertical motion dy and or around Y Axis Horizontal motion dx LT Shades the objects between the polygon faces and does not displays materials SHA
143. you can select all the objects of the drawing e Select Last With this method you can select the last drawn object e Select Previous With this method you can select the objects that was selected before the completion of the last edit command Notice that previous command does not take effect when the previous command was erase or undo Remarks 9 4 2 Erase Description With the erase command you can delete one or more objects of the drawing If you want to erase multiple objects you have to execute the select 133 method 2010 Holbrook Enterprises Inc dba WireCAD 13 WireCAD v6 1 User Manual After the erase command the objects no more exist in the document and in the collection they belonged to however the objects still exist as deleted objects in memory So with undo command you can get them back to the drawing Remarks 9 4 3 Undo Description Many times you want to cancel one or more commands that took place This can be done with the undo command You can also undo a group of commands that took place The group undo takes place by the opposite order If for example 100 commands were executed undo command cancels first the 100th command then the 99th etc Remarks 9 4 4 Copy Description With copy command you can copy one or more objects of the drawing When copy command starts user has to select 135 objects Then the user is prompted to select two points These two points define the copy vector and can e

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