then…
If you want to…
do the following:
select all of the devices on one or more cir-
cuits
■
Start Circuit Manager.
■
In the left pane, select the circuits, and in the right pane,
click
.
■
Press Esc twice.
■
Enter
deviceprops
, enter
p
(previous), and press Enter.
While pressing Ctrl, press A to select all of the objects in the
drawing. Then enter a modify command:
select all of the devices of a specific type
■
ReceptacleModify - Receptacles
■
LightingModify - Lights
■
SwitchModify - Switches
■
JunctionBoxModify - Junction Boxes
■
CommunicationModify - Communication
■
FireSafetyModify - Fire Safety
■
OtherPowerModify - Other power, i.e., motors
■
SecurityModify - Security
2
If you want to replace the selected devices with those of a different style, on the Properties
palette, select a device style:
then…
If you want to select a style…
expand Basic, expand General, and for Style, select the style.
in the current drawing
on the General bar, click
. In the left pane of the Select
Device worksheet, navigate to the drawing that contains the
style, and select the drawing. In the right pane, select the style.
in a drawing in the directory specified as the
default content location for electrical devices
WARNING
Use caution when replacing devices after you have attached wires. If the replacement
devices have different connection points than the original devices, the wires do not connect properly,
and the circuit is broken. Additionally, if the replacement devices have default values for connector
properties (for example, for Voltage or for Number of poles), you might need to modify the values.
3
On the Properties palette, modify other general properties as needed:
then…
If you want to change…
for Description, click
, enter a description, and click OK.
the description
for Layer, select a different layer. You can select from the layers
in the current drawing.
the layer on which the devices are placed
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