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This procedure shows you how to associate custom symbols that already exist in Catalog Manager. You associate custom symbols with plant items that you select in the Electrical Index, EDE, or Reference Data Explorer. Also, you make the association for a specific drawing type (single line diagram, wiring diagram, and so forth). The associated custom symbols will then appear in the generated drawings for all the plant items that you selected.

Create your custom symbol using Catalog Manager or any other appropriate tool. Then, place the image file in the default folder or its sub-folders where you store your reference data symbols. You set the default symbol folder in the Smart Electrical Options Manager. See Defining File Locations in the Smart Electrical Option Manager help.

  1. In the Electrical Index or Electrical Engineer, select the item tag you want to associate with a custom symbol.

  2. Select Actions > Associate Custom Symbols.

  3. On the Associate/Dissociate Custom Symbols dialog, from the Drawing type list select All drawings or a specific drawing type for which you want to define a custom symbol. Your selection here determines the availability of drawing types in the Associated symbols grid below.

  4. Select Add to insert a new row.

  5. In the Associated symbols grid, under Drawing Type select on a cell, and from the list select an appropriate drawing type, for example Single Line Diagrams.

  6. Under Drawing Type Filter, select on a cell, and then select .

    SHARED Tip You can use this feature to associate different custom symbols with the same plant item depending on the properties of a specific drawing.

  7. On the Select Filter dialog, select a filter that matches the selected drawing type or define a new filter if needed.

    The selected filter name appears in the Drawing Type Filter cell.

  8. Under Symbol, select .

  9. Browse to the symbol (.sym) file you want to add, and select the file. You can only choose symbols that are stored in the default folder and its sub-folders.

  10. Select OK.

  • You can only choose symbols that are stored in the default folder, and its sub-folders. You set the symbols default folder in the Smart Electrical Options Manager. For more details, see Defining File Locations in the Smart Electrical Options Manager help.

  • If, during the generation of a drawing, the software cannot find a referenced symbol for a specific electrical item, the software uses the default symbol file (default.sym) to represent the item. You specify default files in Options Manager.

  • For guidelines about the creation of custom symbols in Catalog Manager, see Guidelines for Creating SLD Symbols in Catalog Manager.