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[Henrietta Naughton]

Upgrading to the full version might might be an option still but it will be pricey with 6 seats. It looks like Tcount was included in AutoCAD LT up until 2018. I understand that the lite version may not come with all the 3d capabilities but at the end of the day we are a 2d countertop company so the full version seems like a waste.

Hmmmm.... I wonder why they did that? Are you contractually bound to using AutoCAD (and/or AutoCAD LT)? If not there are less expensive alternatives that do have an API available for customization like this.

Do you really need all six seats operating the tcount command at the exact same time. It would make more sense to have just one seat of full AutoCAD and the rest using LT, that might mean a bit of workflow adaption but surely that wouldn't be a major hurdle. Who says it has to be all full or all LT.

That's a good idea but I don't think it will be feasible. We create production drawings with parts ranging from 1 to 500 pieces at any given time that all require a piece #. Our shop then stickers each piece with the corresponding number.

First up, we need to create our first or typical callout. This can be done a variety of ways; we just need to have a text object that can be used to add our auto numbers. In the image to the right, we have a mtext object containing the number one as well as a circle object around it.

Once you activated it, we need to select all of the text objects that will be numbered/renumbered. (Note: if you would like them to be numbered in a specific order, be sure to select them in that order). After this, simply hit enter to get to the first selection prompt. Here, we can choose the option for how the text objects will be sorted for numbering. The X option will number the objects with the lowest number starting from the furthest left and increasing to the right. The Y option will number the objects with the lowest number starting at the top and decreasing to the bottom. And the Select-order option will then number the objects in the order that you selected them with the first being the lowest.

I have a power supply component that the Neutral terminal and the DC common terminal somehow are connected together. When I change the wire number on either one they both change. I have edited the terminal and both terminals have different attributes. The nuetral terminal is X1TERM02 and the common terminal is X1TERM07. When I delete the wire going into either terminal then I can change the wire numbers separately. Does any have any idea how to fix this? I attached the file if you want to look at it.

Brad Coleman, Electrical Draftsman
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This almost sounds like a feature to me. There are sometimes we want to insert a block as a parent and have it's wire numbers carried through multiple child blocks. Specifically in power distribution where we use a distribution block that is not a multi-level terminal. Basically, we put down the parent 3-phase distribution block following the disconnect with a couple of wires with source arrows going off to one page, then we drop a child 3-phase distribution block with wires with and source arrows going off to feed another branch. And we continue on this way for as many branch feeds we need or up to the maximum for the distribution block.

If you are not aware of it and just copy the connection point without modifying the attribute name, you will get the problem being posted about. A problem like this would tend to stump most new users and those who aren't aware of this behaviour.

Using X?TERM01 twice will pass the wire number but it will also associate two separate wired connections with the same TERM01 (pin assignment) attribute, meaning that both wires will show up in a from/to list as being connected to the same connection point on the device (i.e. L1, 13, 14, etc.). The best method to use to pass a wire number (potential) through from one wire connection to another is the WD_JUMPERS attribute. This allows you to link two or more wire connections together at the same potential (wire number). You need to add an attribute to the symbol using Symbol Builder or by editing the block directly. If you only need the jumpers to apply to one instance of a symbol that is already inserted, use the Add Attribute command to add an attribute named WD_JUMPERS to that symbol only and not the library symbol. The value of the attribute would be something like ((01 04)) where 01 represents TERM01 and 04 represents TERM04. This instructs AutoCAD Electrical to treat TERM01 and TERM04 as one electrical node, or at the same potential, thus passing any wire number assignment across from one to the other. I use this on my custom Flex I/O modules to pass the DC+ and DC common. I have a WD_JUMPERS attribute with the values of the attributes containing 1794-TB3 terminal pin assignments 34 and 51 to pass DC+ and from 16 to 33 to pass DC common.

I have successfully setup pass through terminals and internally jumpered terminals in a block before. What we are doing is putting down a distribution block parent with 3phase wiring and then putting down multiple child distribution blocks that we want to automatically carry the wire numbers from the parent block. These child blocks will reside on both the same sheet and on separate sheets.

Beyond that what other tricks does the TCOUNT command have up its sleeve? Well it also has the ability to prefix or suffix your text with a number, or of course replace it altogether. So enough talk, how does one use this hidden gem?

Donnie is author of the book and Autodesk Official Press, AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT: No Experience Required, a columnist for AUGIWorld Magazine, Autodesk University speaker, and former member of the AUGI Board of Directors.

make sure the text is in a separate layer.
use layiso command to isolate the layer of text.
simply do a window selection to choose text.
apply to selection and the command will disregard items not in the appropriate layer.
OR use the quick select function

Hello, I am having some trouble trying to find out how to format line numbers for the side of my electrical drawing and need some help. When setting up a ladder the sheet number comes after the line number. Is there a location where this can be configured? I have checked the drawing properties, insert ladder config options as shown in the screen shots below ,but I cannot find anything that will do the trick.

Hi Jim, Thanks for you help. I have a blank 'test' sheet in a 'test' project that this is happening to and have been completely deleting the old ladder and generating a new one. I tried the renumbering as you suggested to without any success. The revise ladder selection confirmed that my configuration is correct eg %S%N. Something must be overwriting it. Weird.

I've tried diagnosing this for you and the only thing I can come up with is that the block used to create the ladder was modified in some way. The revise ladder command isn't used to change the wire number format used on it - that's determined by the block (WD_MLRH6, WD_MLRH7, WD_MLRV, etc) inserted and where the attributes are located. The only thing the revise ladder command can do is change the numbering itself. I'd check those block files and make sure the sheet and number attributes are located where they should be - I think you're using WD_MLRH6 if you want the sheet and rung number like 0100, 0101, etc.

From the above tests it looks like it has something to do with the project template that I am using. everything else works fine from this template except for this line number problem. I'm not sure where to go from here apart from rebuilding my project template. I have asked for direct support from Autodesk which I am expecting a call tomorrow.

I can see that the ladder block, WD_MLRH6, is not what it should be. I've attached the block that comes default as a reference to compare against the one in your default symbol directory. Modify the one in your symbol library if you are not using a library from a shared resource.

I can see in the 'as' library drawing 'wd_mlrh6' has 'rungfirst' before, 'sheet' and the one that you sent has 'sheet' before 'rungfirst' which looks to me that the order is not configurable and also explains why I could not find specific settings for the ladder numbering.

I'm glad to hear that was the problem. I wasn't sure as first what the 'AS' library was but after a little research it seems like it's an Australian version? Did you modify your file to correct the problem?

I'd be curious to see if Autodesk Support would come to the same conclusion, if they get around to it. That's what makes these forums a great place - you get real world users helping others relatively quickly.

Nearly 3 years later and this same issue caught me out again. Thought that it might have been fixed. I thought I would put it up as an idea that could get voted on, however I can't find the section where you put the ideas on, can anyone direct me to the area where this can be raised? Might not get much traction being only limited to 'AS' library users, however it is more of a bug than an idea.

I'm having trouble with my AutoCAD. When I move an object say 2 feet or 24, it moves an object to some random number like 2' and 3/4". Or sometimes when I move an object using the From command using shift right click, and move 24 it doesn't move the object at all, it only stays at the original base point. Does anyone know what may be causing this issue?

I don't know what a "running" object snap is. But I tried to do move the same line 24" in the direction I wanted to using the From (shift+right click) command, and turn off Osnap F3 and it seems to work.

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