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Using the Draw Circuit Wirepath and Draw Shared Wirepath commands
Overview of this article The Draw Circuit Wirepath and Draw Shared Wirepath commands are a powerful way of quickly drawing wirepaths between connected devices. The commands also create linetypes wi...
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Add an SLC Expander card to a panel
We get questions regarding adding an slc expander card to a panel. First, a few definitions: A panel is typically an Assembly in FireCAD's terminology. Circuits do not usually originate from an as...
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Creating a project drawing using the FireCAD provided basic templates
Document Overview: NOTE: This article assumes you are familiar with the basics of creating a FireCAD project. If not please review the following Youtube video or some of the other getting started/t...
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Controlling the appearance of linetypes in model and paper space
We get many questions regarding how to control the visibility of the letters used on the FireCAD-generated linetypes used to define cable/wire assignments. The most common question is "why are the ...
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Hiding Wirepath from Panel to First Device
A question from a user is below: My answer to this is: We do not have a way to do this automatically yet, but we are planning for a tool in the future to accomplish this result. Because this is...
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Adding Location Attributes to Floor Plan/Riser
You wish to apply labels to devices for the purpose of indicating their locations. You wish to show these locations on the riser but not on the floor plans because the floor plan locations are ob...
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Add a card to an existing panel
We assume that you have an FACP already in the project and in the drawing. Then use the command "Assembly Editor" You are prompted to select the assembly (FACP) to add the card to. After you...
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How to override the starting address of a circuit
You may wish to override the starting address of a circuit to a number other than the default value. Below is an example of an SLC circuit with a starting address of 1. We wish to change the start...
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FireCAD Training/Formación en FireCAD/Treinamento FireCAD
FireCAD Training is now available as easy-to-understsand YouTube videos. The initial training suitable for all experienced AutoCAD users and those with a basic understanding of AutoCAD is called th...