WireCAD version 5.1 Reference Guide
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%BLOCKS%
%CABLETYPE_CORE_NUMBER%
%DEST_ALIAS%
%DEST_LOCATION%
%DEST_PIN%
%DEST_SYSTEM%
%JACKS%
%NUMBER%
%POINTERS%
%SIGNALTYPE%
%SIGNALTYPE_PREFIX%
%SRC_ALIAS%
%SRC_LOCATION%
%SRC_PIN%
%SRC_SYSTEM%
%STATIC_TEXT%
%TERMINALS%
- . -
...
.rpx
.rpx file format
- < -
<Print>
- A -
Active Dimension Style
Active Fill
Active Fill Background Color
Active Fill Color
Active Fill Mode
Active Layer
Active Pen
Active Pen Color
Active Pen Style
Active Pen Width
Active Text
Add
Add Equipment
Add Equipment to Library
Add Manufacturer
Add Manufacturer to Library
Add New
Add New Style
Add This Item to Drawing
Add This System to Project
Add to Which List
Adding Rack Layout Blocks
ADO control
Alias
Aligned Dimension
All Off
allow duplicate I/O
Allow Duplicates
Always Display Cable Option Assignment Dialog
Angular Dimension
Angular Units
Angular Units Precision
Apparent Intersection
Arc
Arc Properties
Area
Array
Assign Cable Numbers
Assign SysNames
Assign SysNames to Terminals
Assign/Edit
Assigning Cable Numbers
assignment
Attach
Attic
Attic Settings.ini
Attribute
Attribute Definition
Attributes
Auto Block
Auto Draw Pointers
Auto Place
Auto Place Distance
Auto Place Terminals When Drawing Cables
Auto Preview
Auto Save Interval
Auto Scheme Tools
AutoDraw Pointers
Automatically Draw Pointers
Automatically Generate System Alias
Auto-Router
Auto-Router Offsets
Auto-Save Drawing Interval
AutoScheme
Available
Available Cores
Avoid Other Cables
- B -
B&W
back up
Background Color
Backing Up Projects
Backup
BackupEquipDB
BackupProjectDB
Basic Shape File Mode
Bill of Materials
Block Colored Pins
Block Reference (Read Only)
BlockRef
Blocks
Blocks Paths
Body Color
Body Width
Bold
Bottom
Break
Bridged
Bring to Front
Bulge Bottom Side
Bulge Left Side
Bulge Right Side
Bulge Top Side
By Position
By Row
By Signal
By Signal Buttons
- C -
Cable ID
Cable Label Reports
Cable Manufacturer
Cable Number
Cable Number Assignment
Cable Number Format
Cable Number Prefix
Cable Number Suffix
Cable Number Text Height
cable numbering scheme
Cable Numbers
Cable PN
Cable Starting No
Cable Text Height
Cable Type
Cable Type Manufacturer
Cable Type Part Number
Cable Types
Cable Types Database
Cable#
CableID
Cables Import
Cables Text
Can Change Password
Categories
Category
Center
CenterPoint
Change Locations
Changes in 5.1
Char Z
Choosing a Workflow
Circle
Circle Properties
Circles
Circuit Finder
CktDst
CktID
CktNo
CktSrc
Cleanup Cables
Clear Conductors
Clear Filter
Clear Selections
Color
Color Code
Color Codes
Colored Cable Text
Colored Cables
Colored Cables Based on Signal Type
Colored Cables Text Based on Signal Type
Colored Pins
Command Line shortcuts
Compact and Repair the Databases
Conditions
Conditions Tab
Conductor
Conductor Detail Tab
Conductor grid
Conductor Number
Conductors
Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Conn1
Conn1 Jumpered To
Conn2
Conn2 Jumpered To
Connection Data
Connection Point
ConnectionString
Connector
Connector Mismatch
Connector Pin Profiles
Connector Type
Connectors
Consolidate
Consolidate Example
Consolidate Project Drawings and Equipment
Consolidate the Project
Consolidation
Continue
cool stuff
Coordinates
Copy
Copy Cable Tab
Copy Equipment
Copy From Other Project
Copy to Current
Core Scheme
Corner
Cost 1 , 2
Cost 1 and 2
Create a Layer for Every Signal Type Used
Create a New Pinout
Create Block
Create Drawings
Create Projects
Create Reports
Created By
Crosshair Size
Current
Current Project
Current Project Revision
Current Revision
Customize Toolbars
- D -
Data Sheet
Data Tab
Database Transfer and Sychronization
Database Windows
Databases
Date Added
Date Modified
Date Originated
dbEquip.mdb
dbEquipOld.mdb
dbNetlist.MDB
dbPM.mdb
dbPMold.mdb
dbXlog.MDB
Default Block Names
Default Cable Part Number
Default Cable Type Manufacturer
default height
Default Pinout
Define Color Codes
Delete
Delete Conductor
Delete Equipment
Delete Equipment from Library
Delete Equipment From Library
Delete Group
Delete Project
Delete Projects
Delete Referenced Items
Delete Reports
Delete SysNames
Delete User
Deletion Warnings
Description
Descriptor Locations
Design View
Design View Tab Modifiers
Design View Tab Tools
Destination Alias
Destination Connector
Destination Connector <+>
Destination Connector Pin Profile
Destination Connector Pin Profile <+>
Destination Connector Pin Profile <Load>
Destination Location
Destination Pinout Profile
Destination Port
Destination Specific Properties
Destination SysName
detach
Detail
Detail Sheet
Diameter Dimension
Dimension
Dimension Styles
Disable Warn on Delete
Display the Getting Started Dialog
Display This Manufacturer In:
Display Verify Settings Dialog
Document Name
Done
Draw a Cable Between Two Devices
Draw Conductor
Draw Jumper
Drawing
drawing limits
Drawing Limits
Drawing Long
Drawing Name
Drawing Number
Drawing Path
Drawing Preview
Drawing Properties
Drawing Property
Drawing Short
Drawing space
Drawing Space
Drawing Type
drawing units
Drawing Units
Drawings
DU
duplicate I/O
Duplicates
- E -
Edit
Edit Attributes
Edit Drawings
Edit Equipment
Edit Reports
Edit SysNames
Editing Title Blocks
Elevation
Ellipse
Ellipse Properties
Endpoint
Enlarged Preview
Enterprise Installation Considerations
entity selection
Environment Variables
Equipment
Equipment D Value
Equipment DataSheet View
Equipment Depth
Equipment Description
Equipment H Value
Equipment Height
Equipment Library
Equipment Library BlockRef
Equipment Name
Equipment P Value
Equipment Power
Equipment Type
Equipment Type Prefix
Equipment V Value
Equipment Voltage
Equipment W Value
Equipment Weight
Equipment Weight Value
Equipment Width
Erase
Exact Match
Exit
Expand All
Explode
Explorer Tab
Exporting Product Specification Files
Exporting Product Specifications
Extend
Extension
Extents
Externally Referenced Drawings
- F -
Field
Field Map combo
File Limitations
File Name
File Version
FileMaxCount
Fillet
Fillet All Cables
Filter Field
Filter Text
Find
Find All
First Row Header
Font
force lower case
FORCE UPPER CASE
Format
FSCM
Function 1
Function 2
- G -
Gauge
General Dimension Style Properties
General Entity Properties
General Paths
General Preferences
General Reports
General Tab
Generate a New Bill of Materials
Generate Bill of Materials
Get File...
Getting Started Dialog
Global Connectors Database
Global databases
Global Databases
Global Manufacturers Database
Global Projects Database
Global Signal Types
Go
Gold
grand totals
Grid
Grid Mode
Grid Spacing
Grip Size
GripColor
Grips
Group footer
Group header
GroupName
groups
Groups Tab
- H -
Handle
Has Extended Data
Height
Hor Justify
Horizontal Dimension
How to Obtain Technical Support
How To: Add a Functional Block to a Drawing
How To: Add a New Dimension Style
How To: Add a New Text Style
How To: Add a Rack Layout Block to a Drawing
How To: Add Inputs and Outputs to Equipment
How To: Assign a New SysName
How To: Change the Equipment Manufacturer Font
How To: Create a Functional Block Diagram
How To: Create a New Bill of Materials
How To: Create a New Block with Attributes
How To: Create a New Drawing
How To: Create a New Project
How To: Create a New Report
How To: Create a Pinout
How To: Create a Rack Layout
How To: Create a Rack Panel That Works with WireCAD
How To: Determine the Length of a Path
How To: Draw a Cable Between Two Devices
How To: Draw a to a Terminal
How To: Draw From a Terminal
How To: Duplicate a Cable Number in the Database
How To: Dynamically Create Rack Layouts
How To: Link Pointers on Different Sheets
How To: Narrow Report Criteria
How To: Write a Block to its Own File
- I -
Image
Image Properties
Import
Import Now
Import/Export
Importing and Exporting Product Specifications
Importing Product Specification Files
Importing Product Specifications
Include Rack Hashes
Individual-Overall
Industry Sectors
IndustrySectors
Input Pin Style
Inputs
inputs and outputs
Inputs and Outputs lists
Inputs and Outputs Tab
Insert
Inserting Blocks
Insertion
Insertion Point
Inserts
Install First - Ask Questions Later
Installing WireCAD
Integrator
Introduction
Invisible drawing tables
Is Sequential
Italic
- J -
Jack, Term, Pointer
- K -
Keyboard...
ktNo
- L -
Label
Label Reports
Labels
Layer
Layers
Layers, Add a New Layer
Layers, Color
Layers, Delete
Layers, DeSelect All
Layers, Freeze
Layers, LineType
Layers, Lock
Layers, Select All
Layers, Thaw
Layers, UnLock
Layouts
Layouts Dialog
Layouts, Delete
Layouts, New
Layouts, Set Current
Left
Length
Library
Limits
Line
Line Properties
Line Type Scale
Linear Units
Linear Units Precision
Link
Link Projects
Link to Existing Project
Link to Existing Project function
Linked Pointers
Linking Pointer
Location
Location Slot Delimeter
Location Spacing in DU
locations
Locked
Locked By
- M -
Manage Projects Tab
Manual Conventions
Manual Draw
Manufacturer
Manufacturer ID
Manufacturer Name
Manufacturers
Map Btns
Mapping Equipment Definitions to Terminals
Mapping to Terminals
Margins
Matching Text
Measure Distance
Midpoint
Mirror
Mismatch
Model
Model space
Model Space Boundaries
modifiers
More about entity selection
Mouse Wheel Reversed
mouse-wheel
Move
Moving Cables by Grip
Moving Equipment
Moving Projects
Multicore
Multicore Cable
Multicore Core Data
Multipage
Multipage Printing
Multipage View
Multiply By -->
Multiply By -->>
- N -
Name
Named Path
Named Path calculation
Named Paths
Nearest
NEC Rating
Nestlist
Netlist
Netlist Drawing
Netlist Explained
Netlist on Open
Netlist on Save
New
New Cable Type
New Color Code
New Drawing
New Group
New Project
New Report
New User
New Viewport
New WireCAD Project
No FOrmaTTing
No. of Conductors - Excluding Shield(s)
Node
None
Normal
No's
Notes
Nudge Alias Vertical Position
Nudge Connector Vertical Position
Nudge Equipment Vertical Position
Nudge Location Vertical Position
Nudge Manufacturer Vertical Position
Nudge Pin Text Vertical Position
Nudge SysName Vertical Position
Number of Conductors
Number of Cores
Number of Pairs
numbering scheme
Numbering/Color Code Scheme
- O -
object snap
OD
Offset
OK
Open Drawing
Open Project
Option Assignment
Order
Orientation
Origin Offset
Ortho
Ortho Mode
Osnap
Osnap Color
Output Pin Style
Outputs
Overall
- P -
Padding
page count
Page footer
Page header
Page Setup
Page total
Pan
Paper Handling
Paper Size
Paper Space
Part Number
Pen Assignments
Pen Color
Pen Style
Pen Width
Permissions Tab
Perpendicular
Persist
Pick Size
Pin 1
Pin 2
Pin Profiles
Pin Spacing
Pin Width
Pin-for-Pin
Pinout
Pinout Conflict Mode
Pinouts
Place Terminal as Destination
Place Terminal as Source
Platinum
plugin
point
Point
Point Styles
Pointer
pointers
Polar Tracking
Polar Tracking Angle
Polyline
Polyline Properties
Precision
Preview
Previewing Reports
Print
Print Drawings
Print Margins
Print Preview Control Descriptions
Print Preview Tab
Print Preview Table of Contents
Printer Units
Project Cable Number Format
Project Cables Database
Project Cables Import
Project Conductors Database
Project databases
Project Description
Project Drawings
Project Explorer
Project Name
Project Path
Project Revision
Project Specific Databases
Project Systems Database
Project Systems Import
ProjectDB.MDB
ProjectDescription
ProjectName
PtoPID
Pull I/O from Cables DB Only
Pull IO from Cables DB Only
Purge
- Q -
Quadrant
Quick Start
- R -
Rack Builder
Rack Layout
Racks First
Radius
Radius Dimension
Rating
Rats Nest
Recommended Practice
Recover Cable Numbers
Rectangle
Rectangle Properties
reference
Refresh
Refresh List
Regen
Regenerate Drawing
reload
Remove
Remove All Drawings From List
Remove Drawing From List
Remove Missing Drawings From List
remove the reference
rename
Rename
Rename Drawing
Rename Drawings
Repeat Cable Drawing
Replaced BY
Report footer
Report header
Report Paths
Report Properties Dialog Controls Description
Report Sections
Report Setup
Reporting Overview
Reports
Reset Cable Numbers
Reset Password
Reset SysNames
Resolve Conflicts
Resolve Conflicts, <Delete This>
Resolve Conflicts, <Keep This>
Resolve Conflicts, <Restore This>
Resolve Conflicts, Conflict Table
Resolve Conflicts, Native Table
Resolve Conflicts, Select a Conflict Table to Resolve
Resolve Conflicts, View Conflict From
Restoring from the attic
Right
Right-click on a Drawing
Rotate
Rotation
RPX
- S -
Save as Profile
Save Drawing After Every Cable Assigment
Scale
Scale factor
Scaled to Fit
Search Field
Search In
Search Tab
Search Text
Security Tools
Select
Select All
Select Locations
Select Manufacturer
Select Mode
Select or Edit an Existing Pinout
Select Page
Select Printer
Selected Project
Send to Back
Sequence On
Sequentially Number I/O for this Device
Set Current
Set Display Order
Set Grids and Precision
Setting Up Multiple Users
Shape File Editor
Shape Files
SHEET
Sheet Prefix
Shielding
shortcuts
Show Big
Show Layouts Tabs
ShowWCSAxis
Signal Type
Signal Type Description
Signal Type Mismatch
Signal Types
Silver
Single-Lines First ***Preferred***
Size
Snap
Snap Mode
Snap Space
Snapshot
Software Activation
Source
Source Alias
Source Connector
Source Connector <+>
Source Connector Pin Profile
Source Connector Pin Profile <+>
Source Connector Pin Profile <Load>
Source Location
Source Pinout Profile
Source Port
Source Specific Properties
Source SysName
sources and destinations
Standard Display Preference Shapes
Standard Length
Starting @:
Starting Cable Number
Status Bar
Status Tab
STP
Stretch
String Formatting
string formatting constants
StyleName
sub totals
Summary
summary function
Support Paths
Switch To
Synonyms
SysName
SysName Delimeter
SysName Location Delimeter
sysnames
SysNames Defined
SysNum
System Alias
System Aliases
System List
system placement
System Port Delimeter
System Snapshot
System Spacing in DU
System to Snapshot
Systems
- T -
Table Add
Table Delete
Table Edit
Tag Type
Tangent
Tear Bottom Side
Tear Left Side
Tear Right Side
Tear Top Side
Template Drawing
TemplateDrawings
TemplateDrawings folder
Terminal
Terminal file suffixes
Terminal Merge Mode
Terminal Switches
Terminals
Termination Method 1
Termination Method 2
Text
Text Height
Text Properties
Text Style
Text Styles
The Draw Cables Toolbar
The Getting Started Dialog
The Properties Window
The Reporting Environment
Title Case
To Do List
Toolbars
Tools
Top
Transaction Log
Transparent commands
Trim
Type Name
- U -
Units
Unlock Cables Table
Unlock Drawing
Unlock Number
Unlock Systems Table
Unpack Existing Project
Update Preview
Use Default Block Names
Use Pinouts
Use WireCAD3 Format
User Definable Field 1
User Definable Field 2
User Definable Field 3
User Definable Field 4
User Interface
User1
User2
User3
User4
Users Tab
UTP
- V -
Validate Location
Validate Number Format
Vendor 1 , 2
Vendor 1 and 2
Ver Justify
Verify Settings Dialog
Vertical Dimension
Vertical Justification
Vertical Padding
Vertically Center
View Drawings Database
View I/O
View Mechanical
View Path
Viewport
Viewports
Visible
Visible Alias
Visible Connectors
visible drawing spaces
Visible EquipmentName
Visible Location
Visible Manufacturer
Visible SysName
- W -
Warn
Warn of Connector Mismatch
Warn of Signal Type Mismatch
Warnings
Weight
Welcome
What's Changed
What's New
width
Window
WireCAD Projects
WireCAD Terminology
Write Block
Write Block to File
- X -
X Max
X Min
XOffset
Xref
XRef Manager...
- Y -
Y Max
Y Min
YOffset
- Z -
Zoom
Zoom All
Zoom Extents
Zoom In
Zoom Last View
Zoom Out
Zoom Scale
Zoom Window
