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Coinciding with the acquisition of VIA Development, Nate joined Autodesk in March of 2003 after a decade stint as an entrepreneur following a two-decade stint as a controls engineer and software applications developer at Owens-Corning. Nate is now the lead product architect for AutoCAD Electrical. He loves this stuff.
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Index to 100+ AutoCAD Electrical Utilities
April 14, 2009, 12:36 PM Nate HoltThis blog's three years went quickly. It's been fun. I really appreciate the privilege to (try to) respond to your questions and suggestions.
About a six months ago I posted a simple index to the 86 or so utilities that had been published on this blog in its first year. Now, we're up to about 108, so here's an updated list (starting with most recent).IEC-style Wire Numbering
Quick customize Right-Click context menu - move Delete component to bottom
Panel footprint cross-reference annotation from schematic parent
Generic title block update tool
Importing Wire Types from a master schematic
Adjusting the 'Jag' in split-lines of PLC I/O modules
Flipping Form-C contact pin assignments
Reorient Wire Color/Gauge labels
Pre-positioning cross-reference annotation
Flagging source/destination wiretype mismatches
Quick, Project-wide SYSVAR report - using dbx calls
Parametric PLC database Find/Replace
Auto title block update using 'Diesel' fields
Auto-create Project-specific catalog lookup database file
Enhancing Circuit Builder with User-defined functions
Customizing the Project Manager window
Processing multiple sub-projects (Super-project work-around)
Boosting AutoLISP performance
Tallied Wire Count report
Wire layer lister tool
Parametric Connectors in AutoCAD Electrical
User-post to import component descriptions into Wire From/To reports
Pushing Wiretype user settings to signal arrow attributes
X-Y Grid-based Wire Numbering - based on pick points
Undoing 'Do not show me this again'
Circuit Generation by Layer Combos On/Off
Concatenations in Title Block update
Match Wire Number text to Wire Color
User-post to alter sort of 'By Tag' BOM report
Extra wire number display - on component connections
TIP: Terminal Strip Editor - speed-up
Voltage drop calculations
Backwards tagging from child to parent
Troubleshooting missing icon menu images
Calculate motor FLA and Starter Size - AU2007
Block list to a spreadsheet
Simple drawing parser using AutoLISP - layer list to a spreadsheet
Unconventional use of Wire Gaps
Auto-adjust Drawing Index report
Drawing List report and 'user post' example
Conduit fill calculation / reports
Color assignment per layer - switch utility
Control of pin text size in graphical cross-reference
Presetting your Surfer 'Zoom' factor
Constructing an AutoCAD Electrical project 'ZIP' utility
Updating drawing set parameters from the Project's scratch database
SS->PLC I/O utility - adding auto title block update
European-style Terminal/Cable connection charts
Matching cable tag-IDs to connected components
Auto wire number tag removal on cabled wire networks
Flipping attribute justification on a mass scale
Customizing the Drawing Index Sheet
Vectoring existing projects to reference ACE 2008 libraries
Flipping to In-line wire number tags
Wire angle connections to dots - simple swap utility
Titleblock Update - Previous/Next Sheet Numbers
Tracing Polyline-connected Components
Recovering Corrupted Wiring in AutoCAD Electrical
Making the Part Number fit the Relay Contacts used - AutoCAD Electrical
Smart Title Block Swapping with AutoCAD Electrical
Component tagging by "Pick Order" in AutoCAD Electrical
Terminal Plan report - controlling the "field" wiring side in AutoCAD Electrical
Auto-mapping "Power" and "Control" contact pin assignments in AutoCAD Electrical
Updating AutoCAD Electrical "Web links" - Pat Murnen's neat solution
Enhancing AutoCAD Electrical's Tabular Terminal Strip Layout
Bypassing AutoCAD Electrical's Automatic Wire tag-ID assignments
1-line Diagrams and linked MCC layouts: AutoCAD Electrical
Creating Special Wire From/To Annotation - AutoCAD Electrical
Repeating In-line Wire Number Tags with Auto-update
Discrete Cross-referencing on Large Schematic Symbols
Writing to Block Attributes in un-opened Drawings - Example App
AutoCAD Electrical's Modify Symbol Lib util - Pushing it beyond its limits
Linking AutoCAD Custom Drawing Props back to AcadE Proj Mgr
When one Tag-ID isn't enough
Comparing project defaults to all drawings at once
Incrementing Line References - customizing the "user" symbol
How to pull the 10 "user" attributes on a wire number into the From/To report
Terminal assignments based upon Cable core indices
Wire From/To - limiting to certain component type
Catalog Lookup - Browsing on Internal vs. Manufacturers part numbers
Altering the twist in Twisted-pair symbols
How to Alias AutoCAD Electrical commands using the ACAD.PGP file
Multi-wire Bus Command - controlling the default count and spacing
Wildcard Filtering in Reports
BOM Report + Component DESC1-3 Text
Multi-Language Electrical Component Tagging
PLC I/O Wire Numbering based upon "Slot" + I/O Pin Number
Catalog Lookup - table name confusion
Edit Wire Number Dialog - Tip: holding in new position
Example of mass update of SHEET assigments
Automatic Display of Internal Part Numbers on Electrical Components
Angles to Dots (IEC angled tee symbols to dot conversion)
Special PLC Address-based Wire Numbers
A couple SS->PLC I/O Tricks - Pin number assignments
Migrating PLC point descriptions back to overall module representation
Dual Catalog Lookup: Preferred and Everything else
Mirror Tears - flipping orientation of inserted components
Customized INSERT PLC Module Command
User Struggle with Reversing Starter - WDTAGALT approach
Adding unused core/conductors to Cable From/To report
Flipping between "Shop floor" and "Customer" tags
Instant "Tags used" listing
Attribute Edit > 255 characters ( ? )
Rolling your own brand of Signal cross-reference annotation
Writing relay contact references grouped by catalog number out to Excel
ACE2006/2007 project file compatibility with ACE2004/2005
Hiding subsets of rarely used catalog lookup entries
Multiple ASSYCODE trick
Trick with Type 0 Pin list
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