A common requests I receive, when it comes to wire numbering, is to have the wire numbers connected to a PLC named with the PLC Channel mark, terminal or address. Initially, I believed this could be handled with traditional formulas as I might with wire marks displaying the component origin/destination (another common request).
When setting up a SOLIDWORKS Electrical project configuration, it’s important to have the correct formats set in place. Whether this is driven by industry drafting standards or user preference, it’s critical to be able to change the date format.
We are often asked about SOLIDWORKS Electrical best practices and the display of attributes has been one of the top questions regarding terminal strips. SOLIDWORKS has changed the behavior of their supplied terminals by updating its symbols to display connection names by default.
When defining wires, cables, and cable conductors, we routinely define the color. When using the SOLIDWORKS Electrical Application, it is pretty easy as we are presented with the colors in ‘named’ form (e.g., Red, White, Blue, etc.). However, if you happen to be using an Excel spreadsheet to define your wires or cable properties instead of using the name, we use a number.