AutoCAD Electrical 2021 – Customising the Wire Type User Columns

by Miles Nicholson

When defining wire types or indeed pipe or flow processes within AutoCAD® Electrical, the user has 20 user definable fields where the headers can be customised and the data reported out in reports such as a wire or pipe from/to lists (netlist).

This is easily achieved by editing the properties of the project. Therefore if the properties of the project(s) you use to create new projects from is edited, the new project will have the customised wire/pipe type headers.

As AutoCAD® Electrical can be multi-discipline within a project e.g. pneumatic and electrical drawings contained within the same project, it is easier if your electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and P&ID wires/pipes/flow processes are defined.

To change the headers of the Wire Type dialogue:

Right click over the current activated project

Select

Select  tab.

Select

For each user value you wish to change, enter the header text you wish to be displayed e.g.

Select

Select  again

• When creating new wires/pipes, select  Create/Edit Wire Type
• When drawing new wires/pipes, select  Insert Wire
• When drawing new pipes, select  Pipe (Cadline Localiser)

The dialogue will display the additional fields: