How Tos

WireCAD Support

WireCAD Online Help
Summary: This will tell you all the online options for WireCAD help.

WireCAD Librarian

WireCAD Librarian Software
Summary: WireCAD Librarian is a standalone equipment library edit tool for the WireCAD equipment library.

How To Create a How To

New How To Tutorial
Summary: Figure out a new or easier way to do something or just feel someone else could benefit from your instruction? Click here.

Cable Management System Specific Funtions

Cable Management System Specific features and functions
Summary: This will guide users on Cable Management System specific features and functions of WireCAD.

How To Request A How To's

Requesting How To Tutorials
Summary: If your not feeling up to "attempting" a new task yourself and you would like a tutorial on how it is done, click here.

How To Decipher Paper Sizes

Decipher Paper Sizes
Summary: How to decipher and determin which paper size fits your needs.

How To Convert A Vista Project To A SQL Project

Convert Vista Project To SQL Project
Summary: This will guide you how to convert a Vista Project to a SQL Project.

Application Settings

Application:Basic
Summary: This is for the basic application settings for WireCAD.

Application:Support Paths
Summary: This is where you alter the support paths for WireCAD (where will we find this file).

Application:Organization
Summary: This is where you will input information about your organization that is used by some plugins.

Application:Security
Summary: This is where you will turn WireCAD security on or off.

Command Line

Command Line
Summary: This will give you info on the Command Line as well as a few of the basic Command Line shortcuts.

Command Line History
Summary: This will tell you how to access the Command Line History.

How To Create a New Project

Create a New Project
Summary: This will guide you on the steps required to create a new blank project.

How To Create a New Drawing

Create a New Drawing
Summary: This will guide you on the steps required to create a new drawing within your project.

CAD Features

Summary: This will guide you on how to use all the CAD drawing features in WireCAD.

CAD:Arc3pt

CAD:Rectangle

How Do I Insert An Image Into My Drawing?

Inserting An Image Into Drawing

How Do I Embed An Image File Into My WireCAD Drawing?

Embedding Images Into a Drawing

How To Assign SysNames

Assigning SysNames
Summary: This will guide you on the steps to assign a Sysname to your equipment.

How To Use The Draw Cables Tool Panel & Draw Cables

GUI:Draw Cables
Summary: This is a guide on the Graphic User Interface associated with the Draw Cables Tool Panel.

Draw Cables tool panel
Summary: This will guide you on how to use the Draw Cables Tool Panel.

Drawing Cables
Summary: This will guide you through drawing different types of cables.
Connection Points
One to One
One to Many
Many to One
Many to Many
Terminal to Connection Point in Drawing
Connection Point in Drawing to Terminal
Onsheet Pointers
Offsheet Pointers

Assigning Cable Numbers
Assign a Bunch of Cable Numbers at Once
Assigning Multi-core Cable Numbers

How To Customize Equipment I/O

Customizing Equipment I/O
Summary: This will guide you on the steps to add single and multiple ports at once, delete, rearange and distinguish similar ports.

How To Access Your Equipment Library

Accessing Equipment Library
Summary: This will guide you on all the ways to access your Equipment Library.

How To Use Existing Drawings In Current Project

Use Existing Drawing In Current Project
Summary: This will guide you on the steps required to add a drawing from a previous project into your current project as well as assigning new Sysnames and cable numbers to this drawing.

How To Work From Home

Working From Home
Summary: This will guide you on the steps required to move your project from a work machine to your home or personal machine and back allowing you to "take your project home with you".

How To Create A New Manufacturer In Your Equipment Library

How To Add A New Manufacturer To Library
Summary: This will guide you on the steps to add a new manufacturer to your Equipment Library.

How To Create a New Equipment Definition

Create a New Equipment Definition
Summary: This will guide you threw the steps required to create a new piece of equipment that is not currently avaliable in either your Local Library or from the Community Database Server.

How To Create On and Off Sheet Pointers

On and Off Sheet Pointers
Summary: This will guide you on the steps to create on and off sheet pointers in your drawings.

How To Upload Equipment To Community Server

Uploading Equipment To Community Server
Summary: This will guide you on the steps required to upload created equipment back to the Community Database Server.

How To Add a Functional Block to a Drawing

Add a Functional Block to a Drawing

How to Create a New Report With Wizard

Create New Report with Wizard
Summary: This will guide you on how to use the Report Wizard to create a new report.

Signal Types Database

Signal Types Database
Summary: This will guide you through the Signal Types Database.

How To Add Images or DWG Icons To WireCAD Stock Shapes

Add Images Or DWG Icons To Stock Shapes Summary: This will guide you on how to add images and dwg icons to stock shapes.

How To Print To Brady Label Printers

Printing to Brady Label Printers
Summary: This will guide you on how to format and set up WireCAD to print to a Brady Label Printer.

How To Add, Remove and Reorganize Your Tool Bars

Adding or removing toolbars Summary: This will guide you on how to add, delete and organize your WireCAD tool bars.

Compact My File Based Databases

Summary: Occasionally the filebased databases (VISTADB) will need to be compacted or Packed. This is different from a Packup and Go. The Pack function is run from outside WireCAD using the VistaDB Data editor. For a complete list of instruction click here ...

Using Named Paths

Summary: Named Paths provide a means by which to keep track of cable path lengths
Using Named Paths

Display the IP Address Element in a Functional Block

Summary: Describes how to change the block descriptor locations and display visibility
Display the IP Address Element in a Functional Block

Move a Project to a Different SQL Server

Summary: Describes process for moving a project to a new sql server
Move a Project to a Different SQL Server

Moving a WireCAD SQL project database using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Summary: Describes the process of moving your SQL project database in SQL Management Studio
Moving A WireCAD SQL Project Database Using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Using your Operating System to unzip a project before using the Check In Function

Summary: This will guide you on how to use your Windows Operating System to unzip a project before checking it in. Unzip project using OS

Working With Bi-directional Signal Types

Summary: Confusion often arises over signals that are bi-directional. This topic discusses several techniques for dealing with signals like Ethernet, RS422 and others.
HOWTO:Bi-directional Signals

Basic CAD Operations

Summary: Describes how to use some of the basic CAD operations.
CAD:Arc3pt

Sync And Purge

Summary: Describes procedure for syncing two databases, one with good data and one with bad, then purge the bad data to make sure it does not ever show up again.
HOWTO:Sync And Purge

Remove Duplicate Drawings From the Database

Summary: Describes procedure for removing duplicate drawings from the drawings database.
HOWTO:Remove Duplicate Drawings From the Database

Test V7 with Your V6 SQL Server Global Data

Summary: Describes procedure for exporting your v6 SQL Global Database into a file based version that you can sync with v7.
HOWTO:Export SQL Global Data to File Based Database

Install Plugins

Summary: Describes procedure for installing third party or custom WireCAD plugins
HOWTO:Install Plugins

Use the Find and Replace Tool

Summary: Describes the procedure for using the "Find and Replace" tool panel
Using the Find and Replace Tool Panel

Suppress Formatting Characters In Empty Report Records

Summary: Describes the procedure modifying a report to hide formatting characters when padding a cable report with empty records
Suppress Formatting Characters In Empty Report Records

Remove Duplicate Manufacturers from the Global Equipment Database

Summary: Describes the procedure for running a script to remove duplicate manufacturers by manufacturerID.
Remove Duplicate Manufacturers by ManufacturerID

Change the View after a 3D Rotate Command

Summary: Describes the procedure to return a rotated drawing back to the TOP view.

If you need to return a drawing to its normal view in WireCAD click the[Esc] key to clear any jobs and then type TOP into the command line and click [Enter]. Done.

Migrate From One Machine to Another

Summary: Describes the process for getting all of your data, projects and custom reports from one machine to another

Migrate From One Machine to Another

Create a Dump File for WireCAD Support

Creating_A_Dump_File

Edit Terminals to Show Alias Instead of SysName

Edit Terminals

Set up WireCAD Databases to use SQL Azure

Set up SQL Azure for use with WireCAD v8

Modular Equipment

A discussion of different approaches to modular equipment