Restoring Missing Segments

Command

Prerequisites

• A FireCAD project must be open
• A drawing must be open in AutoCAD

Overview

The ATRESTORE_MISSING_SEGMENTS command scans the active drawing for wirepath segments that exist in the project database but are missing from the drawing geometry. This can happen if segments were accidentally erased without using FireCAD's proper removal commands.

For each missing segment, FireCAD recreates the block reference at the recorded location.

Steps

1. Open the drawing that has missing segments
2. Type ATRESTORE_MISSING_SEGMENTS in the AutoCAD command line
3. A progress dialog appears: "Restoring Missing Segments..."
4. FireCAD scans each segment in the database for the active drawing:
   • If the segment block reference exists — skipped
   • If the segment is erased or missing — recreated from the segment definition
5. Restored segments appear in the drawing at their original locations

What Gets Restored

For each missing segment, FireCAD:

• Loads the correct segment block definition
• Creates a new block reference at the original position
• Restores the segment geometry

Tips

• After restoring segments, run ATREROUTE_WIREPATHS to recalculate wirepath routing
• Run ATREFRESH_LABELS to update wirepath labels after restoration
• This command only restores segments — for missing devices, use ATRESTORE_MISSING_DEVICES
• If both devices and segments are missing, restore devices first, then segments

Related Commands

• Restoring Missing Devices
• Restoring a Missing Drawing
• Rerouting Wirepaths

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