Update and Retag The Schematic Editing (2:35 min)

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For the last part of our schematic editing chapter,

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let's take a look at the automation

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that we can utilize to do quick updates

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across the entire project.

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That command is called Update and Retag.

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It is on the Project tab of the ribbon.

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And it's this Update and Retag option here.

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What this will do is allow you to run

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through your entire project and make sure

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that there's nothing that's out of alignment

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with component tags, child references, wire

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numbers, signal references.

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There's no question marks on those wires.

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None of those things that could have come up along the way

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with all of our editing and changing.

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It's also an opportunity to be able to do cut sheets.

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So if you live in a world where you

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have a lot of blank drawings in your projects

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because you want to have open spaces in case you need more,

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and you don't want to have to resequence all of your letters

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and your sheets manually like we often have to do in AutoCAD,

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you have blank sheets in your projects.

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You don't need to do that with AutoCAD Electrical.

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You have the ability to add ladder references.

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For instance, let's say I wanted to put

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a drawing in between drawing four and five,

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I then would run a ladder update on everything down from five.

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So five is going to become six.

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Six is going to become seven.

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So all of those ladder numbers are going to update.

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My sheet numbers are going to update.

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And I can have all of those things

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bump up and have everything get a retag and an update

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without it taking me any time at all.

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That is the beauty of this particular command.

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But if you're not dealing with cut sheets, the really easy

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thing to do is to run a full component retag

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cross-reference update and wire number and signal retag.

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These little sections-- there's a little bit

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of a ghosting of a box around here.

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This section is the most common thing

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that you can just crank through and do

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anytime you want to do a refresh on your full project.

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We'll talk about some of the other things

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you can add to this particular dialog box,

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like your title block update.

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But we'll do that when we actually get to that lesson.

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So if I wanted to do this quickly, I would hit OK.

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I would say do all for all of my drawings.

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And I would let it just crank through my entire project,

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updating all of those component tags,

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wire numbers, signal references to ensure

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that everything is up-to-date.

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Please take a moment to do the exercise on updating

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and retagging your project.