Generating Terminal Strip Drawings

You can generate different terminal strip drawings according to your needs, using parameters stored in configuration files associated with each terminal strip. You can generate terminal strip drawings anywhere in an electrical project, book, or folder.

Generate Terminal Strip Drawings from the Terminal Strip Management Dialog Box

You can use the Terminal strip management dialog box to generate drawings for all or selected terminal strips. Using this dialog box to generate terminal strip drawings is useful when working with a large or complex project, and for saving a custom selection.
  1. Click Electrical Project > Terminal Strips .
  2. To exclude a terminal strip drawing from generating or updating, clear its check box in the To draw column.
    Your selections are saved when you close the Terminal strip management dialog box.
  3. Click Generate drawings .
    If you have previously generated drawings, the menu item is Update drawings .

Generate Terminal Strip Drawings from the Terminal Strip Editor

You can use the Terminal strip editor dialog box to generate drawings for the selected terminal strip immediately after making changes.
  1. Click Electrical Project > Terminal strips.
  2. In Terminal strip management, select a terminal strip.
  3. Click Edit .
  4. In Terminal strip editor, click Generate drawings .

Generate Terminal Strip Drawings from a Dockable Panel

You can generate drawings for the selected terminal strip directly from the Components or Page tab in the dockable panel .
  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the Components tab, right-click a terminal strip and click Generate drawings .
    • In the Page tab, right-click a book or folder and click Draw terminal strips here.