Cable Labels

 The reference names of all symbols can be printed on labels. For this purpose, you have to provide certain data (e.g. width, height, distance, etc.) about the labels you need.

The text to be printed will be positioned on the sheet according to these guidelines. You can define for example Dimensions, Fonts Margins and make Selections.

You can save the composition with an appropriate name. In order to do this, you enter a name in the middle line and then click on the disk symbol. You can delete the file with the red X.

Start at means to begin printing at Column x and Row y .

Options on the left

The text can be positioned left aligned or centered. You can determine if Unit, and/or field designation should also be processed. If so, you can output the text in Multiline style, e.g. different lines will be created for Unit designation, field designation and reference name. The required line distance is calculated from the font size used.

Hint

For left aligned text there is a margin of 5% of the label width.

Tip

Even when you select 'Multiline style' and the Unit or field designation is included, the Unit/Field information is not printed on a separate line.

Mode

WSCAD 5 offers 4 different types of cable labels:

With use of the wildcards '?', '*' and '#' you can create the appropriate specification. Multiple selections must be separated with a ';'.

If the toggle 'Inclusive mode' is selected, only those components are processed which match the selection.

General ANSI-Code

With the option Output in ANSI code, you can determine if DOS or ANSI (=Windows) code sets shall be used for labelling systems in the output to a file. When the setting is wrong, special letters such as ä or Ü are displayed incorrectly.

Copies

With the setting Copies, you can achieve output of equipment and cable labels in 1 to 9 copies.