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Completion of the Icon Menu System Lesson.
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Objective: In this exercise, you add an icon function to the Insert Component icon menu. Adding an icon function inserts a custom symbol. Then you add a submenu, and copy the icon function from the main page of the Insert Component icon menu and paste it onto the submenu.
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1: If the Project Manager is not displayed, on the Project tab, Project Tools panel, click Manager.

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2: If Custom_Components_NFPA is the active project, skip to step 6. If it is open but not active, in the Project Manager, do the following: ■ Right-click Custom_Components_NFPA. ■ Click Activate. ■ Skip to step 6.
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3: In the Project Manager, click Open Project.
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4: Browse to where you installed the exercise files and select Custom_Components_NFPA.wdp. Click Open.
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5: From the Projects list, click the expansion node next to Custom_Components_NFPA to expand the drawing list.
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6: Right-click Custom_Components_NFPA_04.dwg. Click Open.
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7: Zoom in to DV427 on rung 427.

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8: On the Schematic tab, Other Tools panel, click Icon Menu Wizard.

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9: In the Select Menu File dialog box, make sure ACE_NFPA_MENU.DAT is selected. Click OK.
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10: In the Icon Menu Wizard dialog box, in the NFPA: Schematic Symbols preview window, right-click in an empty area. Click Add Icon > Component.
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11: In the Add Icon - Component dialog box, do the following: ■ For Name, type HDV1 IconMenu ■ For Image File, click Browse. ■ Browse to the project directory. Select HDV1_IconMenu.png ■ Click Open.

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12: Under Block Name to Insert, do the following: ■ Click Browse. ■ Browse to the project directory. Select HDV1_IconMenu.dwg ■ Click Open.
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13: Click OK. The new icon is created in the preview window.

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14: In the Icon Menu wizard, click OK to close the dialog box.
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15: On the Schematic tab, Insert Components panel, click Icon Menu.

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16: In the Insert Component dialog box, NFPA: Schematic Symbols preview window, click HDV1 IconMenu. Specify the insertion point on rung 427, just to the right of the original.
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17: In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, click OK to end the insertion.

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18: On the Schematic tab, Other Tools panel, click Icon Menu Wizard.

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19: In the Select Menu file dialog box, make sure ACE_NFPA_MENU.DAT is selected. Click OK.
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20: In the Icon Menu Wizard, right-click in the NFPA: Schematic Symbols preview window. Click New Submenu.
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21: In the Create New Sub-Menu dialog box, do the following: ■ For Name, type Custom Symbols ■ For Image File, click Browse. ■ Browse to the project directory. Select Custom_Symbols.png ■ Click Open. ■ For Menu Title, type Custom Symbols ■ Click OK.

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22: In the NFPA: Schematic Symbols preview window, right-click HDV1 IconMenu. Click Copy.

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23: In the Menu list, select Custom Symbols.
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24: Right-click in the Custom Symbols preview window. Click Paste. The HDV1 IconMenu icon is displayed.

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25: Click OK to exit the Icon Menu wizard.
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26: To test your new submenu, do the following: ■ On the Schematic tab, Insert Components panel, click Icon Menu. ■ In the Insert Component dialog box, click Custom Symbols. ■ In the Custom Symbols dialog box, click HDV1 IconMenu. ■ Specify an insertion point on rung 427, just to the right of DV427A. ■ In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, click OK.

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