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Table of Contents
1. General information............................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Customized drawing frames..............................................................................................................5
1.2. AutoCAD functions........................................................................................................................... 7
1.3. Modify User Settings function.......................................................................................................... 8
2. List of functions..................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1. General functions........................................................................................................................... 10
2.2. Devices........................................................................................................................................... 11
3. How to start......................................................................................................................................... 13
3.1 Starting drawing.............................................................................................................................. 14
Creating a new drawing, modifying the drawing settings................................................................... 15
Visibility settings.................................................................................................................................. 16
Label text definitions........................................................................................................................... 18
Layer properties...................................................................................................................................19
3.2. Handling of pages.......................................................................................................................... 20
3.3 General things................................................................................................................................. 22
4. Drawing functions................................................................................................................................ 23
4.1. Common parts and combinations.................................................................................................. 24
Common Part...................................................................................................................................... 25
Editing a common part......................................................................................................................27
Common Part Link.............................................................................................................................. 29
Combined Common Part.....................................................................................................................30
Editing a combined common part.....................................................................................................32
4.2. Contactors...................................................................................................................................... 34
Contactor............................................................................................................................................. 35
Editing a contactor............................................................................................................................ 37
Contactor wizard............................................................................................................................... 39
Single contact / relay...........................................................................................................................41
Editing a single contact / relay..........................................................................................................43
Contact Reference Symbol................................................................................................................. 45
4.3. Control switches............................................................................................................................. 47
Control Switch Panel...........................................................................................................................48
Editing a control switch panel...........................................................................................................50
Editing a switch inside the panel....................................................................................................51
Control Switch..................................................................................................................................... 52
Editing a control switch position symbol or part............................................................................... 54
4.4. Terminal blocks and connection points.......................................................................................... 56
Connection Point................................................................................................................................. 57
Editing a connection point................................................................................................................ 59
Terminal Block..................................................................................................................................... 60
Editing a terminal block.................................................................................................................... 62
Terminal Block Wizard...................................................................................................................... 64
4.5. Conductors..................................................................................................................................... 66
Conductor for Connections................................................................................................................. 67
Dummy Conductor...............................................................................................................................69
4.6. Other drawing functions................................................................................................................. 70
Busbar System.................................................................................................................................... 71
Control Cable Symbol......................................................................................................................... 72
Conductor properties.........................................................................................................................74
Component outside Switchboard (area)............................................................................................. 75
5. Editing functions.................................................................................................................................. 77

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5.1. Change Circuit ID...........................................................................................................................78

5.2. Move Attribute................................................................................................................................ 79
5.3. Text................................................................................................................................................. 80
5.4. Update References........................................................................................................................ 82
5.5. Create Symbol................................................................................................................................83
5.6. Part Properties............................................................................................................................... 86
6. Layouts and printing............................................................................................................................ 87
6.1. Layout............................................................................................................................................. 88
6.2. Printing............................................................................................................................................89
7. Other functions.................................................................................................................................... 92
7.1. Symbol Manager............................................................................................................................ 93
Appendix A. New and enhanced features...............................................................................................94

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1. General information
MagiCAD Circuit Designer is an individual program in the MagiCAD product family. It is intended for designing
circuitry inside a switchboard or an electrical device and the components outside the device that are used in the
functionality of the circuitry.

Installation and start is described in a separate MagiCAD Installation Guide.

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1.1 Customized drawing frames

You can customize the header frame and the coordinate frame to be suitable for your needs by editing the
drawings: MagiCSFrame.dwg and MagiCSLabel.dwg that are located in the Support folder (found in the local
data folder). The drawings contain AutoCAD attributes, lines and texts that you can modify. Note that some of the
attributes that are inside the label and frame are used by the software. It is not recommended to change them.
However, you can move them freely.

The used attributes in the label are:

• Project number - P_PRJNMB
• Design discipline - P_DESDIS
• Drawing number - P_DRANMB2
• File name - P_DWGNAME
• Client1 - P_CLIENT1
• Client2 - P_CLIENT2
• Address1 - P_ADDR1
• Address2 - P_ADDR2
• Content1 - P_DRAC1
• Content2 - P_DRAC2
• Designer - P_DESBY
• Drawer - P_DRABY
• Supervisor - P_CHKBY
• Approver - P_APPBY
• Date - P_ADATE
• Language identifier - P_LNGID
• Revision Date 1 - P_REVD1
• Revision Date 2 - P_REVD2
• Revision Date 3 - P_REVD3
• Revision Date 4 - P_REVD4
• Revision Id - P_REVNMB

The used attributes in the frame are:

• X-coordinates - C0-C19 (do not change)
• Y-coordinates - R0-R13 (do not change)
• Alignment point - P_LBOT (do not change position)
• Alignment point - P_RTOP (do not change position)
• Attribute used for page handling - P_FPAGENMB (do not change)
• Attribute used for coordinates - P_NCOL (do not change)
• Attribute ued for coordinates - P_NROW (do not change)

When you start a blank drawing and create pages with the Page function MagiCAD Circuit Designer takes the
frame and label objects from the previously mentioned drawings and creates the label and frame blocks for the
first page and copies them to the next pages. This means that you can also make a dwt- or dwg-file of your own
as a template drawing that has already one page created when you start. You can edit the frame and label blocks
in place. This way you do not have to touch the original drawings in the Support folder.

NOTE:

It is recommended to use a template drawing of your own and not to change the frame and label drawings in the
support folder unless it is absolutely necessary, e.g. if some important attribute is missing.

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It is also recommended to insert a company logo into the blank space reserved for it inside the label block. You
must insert the logo inside the MAGICSLABEL –block by using AutoCAD’s block editor. This way it is copied
automatically to every page.

Do not change the coordinate attributes in the frame nor the positions of the alignment point attributes.

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1.2. AutoCAD functions

You can use copy, move, erase and rotate on MagiCAD Circuit Designer objects. When you copy both “mother”
and their “child” parts the links between them remain. When you copy only “child” parts their link is removed to
the original mother. Mirror rotates a component.

Snap is forced to be 2.5 mm when using MagiCAD Circuit Designer drawing functions. This way the conductors
automatically hit the connection points. This means that all user symbols should be modelled so that their
connection points hit the snap points of 2.5 mm. MagiCAD Circuit Designer returns snap to the original value
when a command has ended. Snap can also be turned off manually after starting a drawing action if this is
wanted for some reason.

NOTE:
The original snap in a drawing is recommended to be at least as low as 1.25mm so that moving attributes and
double-clicking on an object is easier.

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1.3. Modify User Settings function

You can change the settings from the Modify the user settings shortcut found from the MagiCAD for AutoCAD
desktop folder.

You have to restart MagiCAD before the changes take effect.

Symbols
MagiCAD Circuit Designer looks for symbol databases (2D common symbols and 2D user symbols) from the
same folders as defined for MagiCAD Electrical.

User interface language

You can change the user interface language of the whole MagiCAD product family.

Currently, MagiCAD Circuit Designer is available in English and in German.

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2. List of functions
The function names are explained in the next chapters. Ribbons are used in MagiCAD Circuit Designer, if run on
AutoCAD 2010 and later. If you run the program on an earlier platform, there are the following toolbars instead of
the ribbons.

General functions

Devices

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2.1. General functions

Drawing Settings

Page

Layout

Component outside Switchboard

Change Circuit ID

Text

Move Attribute

Update References

Create Symbol

Part Properties

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2.2. Devices

Busbar System

Common Part

Common Part Link

Combined Common Part

Contactor

Contactor Wizard

Single Contact / Relay

Contact Reference Symbol

Control Switch Panel

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Control Switch

Connection Point

Terminal Block

Terminal Block Wizard

Conductor for Connections

Dummy Conductor

Control Cable Symbol

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3.1 Starting drawing

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Creating a new drawing, modifying the drawing settings

One drawing in MagiCAD Circuit Designer has all the pages that are needed to represent the circuitry inside a
switchboard or an electrical device and the components outside the device that are used in the functionality of the
circuitry. In the same way one switchboard schematic drawing represents one switchboard in MagiCAD Electrical.

Start a drawing by saving an empty drawing to a folder or open a template drawing and save it to the folder. Click
the Drawing Settings button in the General toolbar/ribbon to define the common data used in this drawing. The
data consists of Visibility settings, Label text definitions and Layer definitions.

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Visibility settings
With the Reference text updating pane’s Automatic option you can select if the references are updated
automatically or not. The option can be switched on/off any time. In large drawings or whenever installing an
object, the properties dialogs or connecting conductors between connection points become slower than normally
it is recommended to switch the automatic updating off. In these cases you have to use the Update References
function when you want to update all the reference texts.

In the General text visibility pane you can define which texts will be visible or invisible generally in the whole
drawing. If you change the settings MagiCAD updates them to the whole drawing after clicking Ok twice to exit
the Drawing settings dialog.

You can also define if the Id and partner position texts are visible by default when installing an object into the
drawing in the Default text visibility for objects pane. You can change the settings by checking the checkboxes
individually for the following objects:
• Contact/Relay
• Control switch position symbol
• Control switch part (other parts / symbols of a control switch)
• Common part
• Connection point (of a terminal block)

You can check the boxes on/off any time. The options only have effect when installing new objects into the
drawing.

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Reference text updating

Automatic reference text updating on/off

General text visibility

Select which texts are visible in general and which are not.

Default text visibility for objects

Default visibility for different Ids when installing new objects to the drawing

Contact reference default

Default visibility for main contacts in Contact Reference Symbols

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Label text definitions

In label text definitions you can define the common data used in the header table that is installed into every page.

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Layer properties
Here you can define the layer properties for frames, labels, symbols, and symbol texts.

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3.2. Handling of pages

Click the Page button, and the Page dialog appears. Here you can create a new page to the end by clicking the
Create page button. You can create as many pages as you like but you can add them also later. With the Insert
page button you can insert a page in front of the selected one.

The Page function can also be used for scrolling between different pages. The active (=visible) page is marked
with a different background color, depending on your operating system settings, e.g. blue.

The pages are automatically numbered as 01, 02 etc. The maximum amount is 256 pages. The pages are
created on top of each other in model space starting from the first page. You can delete a page by using the
Delete page button. Remember that the first page is the nearest one to the origin.

You can edit the rest of the attributes in the header table with AutoCAD functions (DDATTE) but remember not to
change the ones that are automatically read from the Drawing Settings. They are marked in the original label and
template drawings with the text “(dwg set)”.

After you have created at least one page you can start to use the drawing functions with their full capabilities.

NOTE:

The frame and header are taken from separate “template” drawings that are located in the Support -folder. You
can customize them to look different but remember that the coordinate system works according to the letters and
numbers inside the frame. Also the size of the coordinate area is the size of the original frame, so do not change
the size of the frame.

You can also create different kind of template drawings by creating just one page in them and storing them
in your template folder. When using that kind of drawing as a template MagiCAD Circuit Designer copies the
existing page (without objects) to make new pages. If MagiCAD Circuit Designer cannot find a header and frame
in the drawing only then it will use the drawings found in the Support folder.

Do not delete pages with AutoCAD’s ERASE unless you remove pages from the end. It is recommended to
always use the buttons in the Page dialog.

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View in AutoCAD (model space)

Insert page
Insert a new page to the end

Create page
Create a page to the end

Delete page...
Delete the selected page

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3.3 General things

Generally the pages in a circuit schematic drawing are separated into two sides by the user: wiring and logic.

In the wiring side you usually present how different products are located relatively to each other inside the
switchboard / device and how they are connected to each other with conductors / busbars creating circuits that
feed actual appliances.

In the logic side you connect different connection points from the components with conductors to represent how
the circuitry actually “works”. In the logic side it is important that you can use e.g. a single switch of a contactor
in one place and another switch from the same contactor somewhere else, and you can do this intelligently with
MagiCAD Circuit Designer.

After installing a part to the drawing you can edit the part’s properties with the Part Properties function and by
double-clicking on an object. This applies to all components.

One connection point in any part can have two intelligent connections. However, connection points in relays that
have four connection points can have only one connection and connection points in terminal blocks can have four
connections.

Unnamed “mother” parts are identified as NoName-1, NoName-2 etc on selection lists and MagiCAD Circuit
Designer can handle them without problems. However, it is recommended to name all parts with an Id when they
are installed to help you recognize which is which.

Partner position coordinates are available for all “child” parts that can have a “mother” part in the wiring side
of the drawing. However, individual connection points of a terminal block can only show their Owner Id and
their individual Id. Normally a partner position coordinate has first the page number, then the column letter and
finally the row number, e.g. 02/B12. If a “mother” part is located on a different page than a “child” part the partner
position coordinates will have vertical lines in front and after them, e.g. |02/B12|.

A single symbol can be installed directly to a conductor and the conductor will be cut if the symbol has two
connection points in the same line as the symbol’s connection point and the conductor it is installed to.

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4.1. Common parts and combinations

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Common Part
With this function you can install a common part into the drawing. A common part is directly suitable for both
wiring and logic side of the drawing. Start the installation by clicking the Common Part button.

If you have installed combined common parts into the drawing you can select a single common part from an
existing combined common part to be installed into the drawing. If you just want to install new “free” common
parts you can select from the middle pane: Install new common part.

Page
Select the page from which to find all existing combined common parts.

Combined common part

Select a component of an existing combined common part and insert it to the drawing. Select and install
several by pressing the shift key when selecting.

Alternatively, install a new common part. Select a symbol for the new part and insert it to the drawing.

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Editing a common part

After you have installed a common part you can set all the necessary data for it or edit its existing properties with
the Part Properties function.

Id
Here you can set an Id for the part. The Id is separated into Cir.Id (circuit number) and Dev.Id (device
label). With the Visible checkbox you can set the object specific visibility of the Id ON / OFF.

Partner position
Here you can see the partner position coordinates of the single part. The object specific visibility of the
coordinates can be controlled with the Visible checkbox. The coordinates refer to the mother part
automatically if the part belongs to one or is linked to a single part with Common Part Link.

Connected Id 1 ... 4

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The Connected Ids tell you where the connection points (ID 1 and ID 2) are connected to. MagiCAD
Circuit Designer fills them automatically for mother parts. However, by checking a checkbox next to a
Connected Id you can set one manually.

The Connected Ids are reference texts that indicate where a part is connected to from its connection
points.

ID 1
Set the Id of the first connection point.

ID 2
Set the Id of the second connection point.

Select symbol...
Change the symbol of the part.

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Common Part Link

With the Common Part Link function you can create a link between two common parts. After starting the
function you must first click on the desired common part in the wiring side and then the desired common part on
the logic side.

The partner position coordinates are updated for both “mother” and “child” parts and they are shown next to the
symbols.

You can also set the partner position to be invisible from the Part Properties function.

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Combined Common Part

With the Combined Common Part function you can create a combination of several common parts. With the
Common Part function you can install an individual part from an existing Combined Common Part. When starting
the function you can select a clone to be created from a selected part or you can create a new one.

The distance between individual parts is two snap units (5mm).

Clone from selected...

Create a clone from an existing combined common part.

New...

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Create a new combined common part.

Id
Give a Circuit Id and a Device Id.

Connection line
Selection for the mechanical / electromagnetic connection line.

Add common part...

Add a new common part to the end (but in front of the contact guide symbol)

Add contact guide symbol...

Add contact guide symbol to the end if needed.

Insert common part...

Insert a new common part in front of the selected one.

Delete contact guide symbol

Delete a contact guide symbol from the combination.

Select symbol...
Change the contact guide symbol if necessary.

Delete common part

Delete a common part from the combination.

Properties...
Change properties of a common part.

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Editing a combined common part

By using the Part Properties function you can edit an existing combined common part. The selections are the
same as in the installation dialog. When you have installed a single part to the logic side and connected it to
some other part(s) with conductor you can see the connection reference texts in the preview pane and in a single
part’s properties.

Right-click
Select Properties.

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Arrow buttons
Move individual parts inside the mother part.

Connected Id 1 ... 4
Control the connection reference texts to be automatic or manual. When the option is selected, you can
give a manual text into the field. When it is not selected, the automatic mode is on and the field is
disabled.

ID 1, ID 2
Connection point IDs.

Select symbol...
Change the symbol of the single part. After clicking Ok twice the symbol is updated to the child part(s) in
the drawing.

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Contactor
With the Contactor function it is possible to add a contactor to the drawing. This function produces the so called
“mother” contactors. You can install a separate contact or relay from an existing “mother” contactor by using the
Single Contact/Relay function.

When starting the Contactor function you must give the number of main contacts and the number of auxiliary
contacts. With the numbering rule you can affect the Id numbers of connection points. The -Not defined- selection
will give you blank Ids and the Basic Contactor rule numbers main contact connection points 1, 2, 3 and so on,
and the auxiliary contact connection points 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32 and so on. In the end of a contactor is always
installed a relay.

With the Clone from selected button you can select an existing contactor from the drawing and make a new one
that has exactly the same components and Ids as the existing one.

The installation distance between each contact/relay is two snap units (5mm).

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Clone from selected...

Create a clone from the selected contactor.

Add contact
Right-click in blank space: Add a main or auxiliary contact to the end of their “group”. Relay can be added
to the end if needed.

Insert / Delete / Properties

Right click on an object: Insert a new contact in front of the selected one or delete a contact. You can
also change the properties of a contact or relay.

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Editing a contactor
By using the Part Properties function you can edit an existing contactor. The selections are the same as in the
installation dialog. When you have installed a single contact or relay to the logic side and connected it to some
other part(s) with conductor you can see the connection reference texts in the preview pane and in a single part’s
properties.

Right-click
Select Properties.

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Arrow buttons
Move individual parts inside the mother part.

Connected Id 1 ... 4
Control the connection reference texts to be automatic or manual. When the option is selected, you can
give a manual text into the field. When it is not selected, the automatic mode is on and the field is
disabled.

ID 1, ID 2
Connection point IDs.

Symbol...
Change the symbol of the single part. After clicking Ok twice the symbol is updated to the child part(s) in
the drawing.

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Contactor wizard
With the Contactor Wizard you can create a new contactor from the auxiliary contacts and relays installed to
the logic side. After staring the function select the auxiliary contacts and one relay for the new contactor. The
selection order of the auxiliary contacts determines their order inside the mother part. The relay can be selected
in any phase. When you have selected all child parts press enter and the Contactor properties dialog opens.
Add the needed main and/or auxiliary contacts and click Ok. Then install the new mother part to the wiring side.

By using the –not defined- numbering rule you can maintain the existing connection point Ids of the child
parts.

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Right-click in empty space

Show the insertion point of the mother part

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Single contact / relay

With the function you can insert a single contact or relay from a mother contactor or you can install new contacts
and relays without a connection to a mother contactor.

Page
Select a page from which the desired mother contactor is found.

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Select mother part

Select the desired mother contactor from which you wish to install a contact or relay.

Select child part

Select the child part to be installed. Select and install several by pressing the shift key when selecting.

Install new contact

Use this to install a new contact without a connection to a mother contactor.

Install new relay

Use this to install a new relay without a connection to a mother contactor.

Contactor Wizard
You can use the Contactor Wizard function to create a mother contactor from single contacts and
relays.

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Editing a single contact / relay

After you have installed a contact or relay you can edit its existing properties with the Part Properties function.

Owner Id
Here you can set an Id for the part. The Id is separated into Cir.Id (circuit number) and Dev.Id (device
label). With the Visible checkbox you can set the object specific visibility of the Id ON / OFF.

Partner position
Here you can set the partner position coordinates of the part. The object specific visibility of the
coordinates can be controlled with the Visible checkbox. The coordinates refer to the mother part
automatically if the part belongs to one.

Id 1

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Set the Id for the first connection point.

Id 2
Set the Id for the second connection point.

Select symbol...
Change the symbol of the part.

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Contact Reference Symbol

With the Contact Reference Symbol function you can insert a reference symbol to the drawing that shows
the contacts of the contactor and the coordinates they are installed to. If an auxiliary contact is not yet installed
anywhere it does not have any coordinates next to it inside the reference symbol.

You can select if you want to see the main contacts in a Contact Reference Symbol or not. The default setting for
new objects is in the Drawing Preferences but you can set the object specific visibility from Part Properties.

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Control Switch Panel

With the Control Switch Panel function you can create a panel that indicates how a control switch operates.

Count of positions, count of switches

Set the count of positions in the control switch and the count of individual switches inside the control
switch.

Numbering rule
Select the numbering rule. The Basic Control Switch Panel rule numbers the connection points: 1, 2, 3
etc.

Clone from selected...

Create a clone from an existing panel.

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Switches
Individual switches inside the control switch.

Positions
Different positions of the control switch.

Operation checkboxes
Check in which position a switch operates. By clicking in between two boxes (vertical junctions) you can
create special connections.

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Editing a control switch panel

You can add new positions and switches by right clicking in a blank space. By right clicking on an individual item
you can insert a new one in front of the selected one, remove it or edit its properties.

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Editing a switch inside the panel

By selecting Switch properties from the right click menu on a switch you can edit its properties.

Connected Id 1 ... 4
Control the connection reference texts to be automatic or manual. When a checkbox is checked you can
give manual text into the field. When it is not checked the automatic mode is on and the field is disabled.

Id 1, Id 2
Connection point IDs.

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Control Switch
With the Control Switch function you can install a control switch (its individual child parts) to the logic side. You
can install all parts at once directly by clicking Ok or you can select the part(s) you wish to install (e.g. if you do
not want to install the position symbol). Select several parts by pressing down the shift key while selecting.

Page
Select the page from which the desired mother panel is found.

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Mother panel
Select the desired mother panel.

Change symbol
Change any symbol from the right-click menu before installing, if necessary.

Select part(s)
Select one part or several parts (by holding down the shift key) to be installed.

When installing all at once the distance between the parts is four snap units (10mm). When installing
several parts by selecting them using the shift –key the distance between the parts is eight snap units
(20mm).

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Editing a control switch position symbol or part

After you have installed a control switch posi you can edit its existing properties with the Part Properties
function.

Owner Id
Here you can set an Id for the part. The Id is separated into Cir.Id (circuit number) and Dev.Id (device
label). With the Visible checkbox you can set the object specific visibility of the Id ON / OFF.

Partner position
Here you can set the partner position coordinates of the part. The object specific visibility of the
coordinates can be controlled with the Visible checkbox. The coordinates refer to the mother part
automatically if the part belongs to one.

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Id 1
Set the Id for the first connection point.

Id 2
Set the Id for the second connection point.

Select symbol...
Change the symbol of the part.

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4.4. Terminal blocks and connection points

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Connection Point
With the Connection Point function you can install new connection points with no connection to a terminal block
or you can install a desired connection point from an existing terminal block.

Page
Select the page from which the desired terminal block is found.

Terminal block
Select the desired mother block

Connection point
Select the desired connection point from the active terminal block.

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Install the connection point

Install new conn. point

Use this selection to install new connection points wihtout a connection to a mother block. The
installation continues until you end the function.

You can use the Terminal Block Wizard function to create new terminal block from existing connection
points.

Install the "free" connection point

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Editing a connection point

After you have installed a connection point you can edit its existing properties with the Part Properties function.

Owner Id
Here you can set an Id for the part. The Id is separated into Cir.Id (circuit number) and Dev.Id (device
label). With the Visible checkbox you can set the object specific visibility of the Id ON / OFF.

Id
Here you can set the connection point’s Id. The object specific visibility of the Id can be controlled with
the Visible checkbox.

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Terminal Block
With the Terminal Block function you can install a new terminal block to the drawing. You can install one
connection point of a terminal block with the Connection Point function.

Count of connection points

Select the number of connection points in the terminal block.

Select the numbering rule

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Clone from selected...

Create a clone from an existing terminal block.

Add connection point

Right-click in the blank space and select this menu option. Add a connection point to the end of the block.

Insert/Delete/Properties
Right-click on a connection point. Select from these menu options:
• Insert a connection point in front of the selected one
• Remove the connection point
• Change the properties of the connection point

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Editing a terminal block

By using the Part Properties function you can edit an existing terminal block. The selections are the same as
in the installation dialog. When you have installed a connection point to the logic side and connected it to some
other part(s) with conductor you can see the connection reference texts in the preview pane and in a single
point’s properties.

Arrow buttons
Move individual parts inside the mother part.

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Right-click => Properties

Connection point Id

Connected Id 1 ... 4
Control the connection reference texts to be automatic or manual. When a checkbox is checked you can
give manual text into the field. When it is not checked the automatic mode is on and the field is thus
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Terminal Block Wizard

With the Terminal Block Wizard function you can install a new terminal block to the drawing. You can install one
connection point of a terminal block with the Connection Point function.

Numbering rule
Select the numbering rule used for the new terminal block.

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By using the –not defined- numbering rule you can maintain the existing connection point Ids of the
child parts.

Select connection points

Select the connection points for the new terminal block and press Enter. See the number of selected
connection points on the command line.

Install the new terminal block

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4.5. Conductors
There are two functions to draw conductors. You can use both of them to create connections between two
connection points of any part. If a conductor is drawn over several child parts it is cut between the connection
points of different parts. When installing moving or copying any part (“mother” or “child”) on top of conductor(s)
they are cut between connection points.

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Conductor for Connections

With the Conductor for Connections function you can draw intelligent conductor that will automatically install a
connection point whenever connecting in the middle of an existing conductor.

Draw the conductor

Select connection point

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When connecting in the middle of an existing conductor you have to select a connection point that will cut
the existing conductor and connect the new conductor to.

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Dummy Conductor
With the Dummy Conductor function you can draw conductors without creating connection points. The
conductor is cut when it hits another conductor. Usually this is used on the wiring side and to represent the
different busbars inside a switchboard but you can also create references with it when connecting it between two
connection points.

Draw the conductor

Hint: You can use this function also to create different kind of assisting lines and areas or even
mechanical/electromagnetic connections.

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Busbar System
With the Busbar System function you can install a ready busbar system into the wiring side of the drawing. You
can stretch the busbars with AutoCAD’s STRETCH function one conductor at a time or all conductors at once.

Hint: You can use this function (together with the conductor functions and the Create Symbol function) to create
groups of assisting lines or conductors.

Show the insertion point

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Control Cable Symbol

With the Control Cable Symbol function you can draw a cable symbol to the drawing.

Count of conductors
Set the number of conductors in the symbol.

Numbering rule
Select the numbering rule for the conductors in the symbol.
The Basic Control Cable Symbol rule numbers the conductors 1, 2, 3 etc.

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Clone from selected...

Create a clone of an existing symbol.

Id
Give an Id for a symbol.

Symbol upside down

Set if the symbol is rotated upside down.

Set the length of the symbol

Insert/Delete/Properties
Click the right mouse button on the conductor. Here you can insert a conductor in front of the selected
one, remove it, or change its properties.

Add conductor
Click the right mouse button in a blank space. Here you can add a conductor to the end of the symbol.

Install the symbol

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Conductor properties
The properties of a conductor looks like in the following picture.

Conductor Id

Connected Id 1
Give a manual connection reference text that is visible in the drawing if needed.

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Component outside Switchboard (area)

With the Component outside Switchboard function you can create a rectangular frame to represent an external
device that is located outside the switchboard/device. You can modify the line type and color afterwards with
AutoCAD’s properties if needed.

Draw the area by showing its opposite corners

Whenever a conductor is drawn inside a Component outside Switchboard area and the other end is
connected to a connection point of a terminal block the reference texts are placed below the “mother”
terminal block.

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5.1. Change Circuit ID

With the Change Circuit ID function you can change the Cir.Id for multiple mother parts at once. The changed
Ids are then updated to all child parts and to all reference texts if the automatic update option is active.

Start the command, give a new Cir.Id, click Ok and select the desired mother parts. Then press Enter.

If you want to reset a Cir.Id you can use a character e.g. dash.
It does not matter if there are child parts among the selected objects. Only the Cir.Ids of mother parts are
changed.

Select objects and press Enter

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5.2. Move Attribute

The Move Attribute function lets you move any attribute shown next to a MagiCAD Circuit Designer symbol.
Click on the attribute you want to move and show the new insertion point for it. From the right click menu you can
use the Direction option to rotate an attribute.

Select the attribute to move

Right-click to open the menu

Place the attribute

Rotate the attribute to the suitable orientation and show the new place for it.

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5.3. Text
The Text function lets you install free text anywhere into the drawing.

In the dialog you can select the text style, text height, reference line type and border type. Write your text into the
text -pane. You can edit an existing text object afterwards with the Part Properties funtion.

Set the text style and text height

Set the reference line style

Set the border style or underlining

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Type the text

Place the text

Click the reference point

Click the text insertion base point

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5.4. Update References

The Update References function updates all intelligent reference texts. This is used if references are not
updated automatically.

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5.5. Create Symbol

With the Create Symbol function you can create a user symbol.

After starting the command you have to select the objects that you want into the symbol and hit enter. Then you
have to first give the insertion point for the symbol and after that the connection point(s) that the symbol will have.
The maximum amount is 20 but remember that the software doesn’t support more than 2 intelligent connection
points (and 4 with contactor relays) where 1 connection point of a single part can have only 2 connections (and
1 with contactor relays) so you shouldn’t use more than that unless the part is only intended for the wiring side
or visible references/connection point Ids are not important. When you have defined all the wanted connection
points you can hit enter. Now you can see a preview of the created symbol and the connection points are marked
with gray dots. Select the desired symbol series and group, and set a name suffix and description for the symbol.
The option Reset all entities to BYBLOCK converts all objects to BYBLOCK -mode. The Reset elevations to 0
option moves all objects to zero elevation. However, elevations are not used in any way in the drawings but it is
good to check both of the options just in case.

IMPORTANT RULES:

One symbol can generally have two connection points when the connection points are used to create automatic
reference texts.

Connection points must be modeled so that they hit snap points of 2.5mm.

Relays can have four connection points but then each connection point can have only one intelligent connection.

Remember that contacts, relays and common parts used in contactors and combined common parts have the
distance of two snap units (5mm) between each other inside the “mother” part. Switches inside a whole control
switch have the distance of four snap units (10mm) when they are installed all at once and eight snap units
(20mm) when only some of the parts are installed together (selection made by holding down the shift key).

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Select the objects for the new symbol

Show the insertion point of the symbol

Show the connection points of the symbol

Press Enter when finished

Series and group

Select the symbol series and the symbol group for the new symbol.

Give a name suffix for the symbol

Give a description for the symbol

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Reset elevations to 0
Resets all elevations of entities to zero.

Reset all objects to BYBLOCK mode

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5.6. Part Properties

With Part Properties you can edit a component afterwards or just look at the component more closely. Editing
options are the same as in installation dialogs. The function is also available by double clicking an object.

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6.1. Layout
The Layout function creates a new layout from each created page. It automatically fits the frames to the default
paper size that is defined for the default printer.

The default printer settings can be changed in AutoCAD's Options dialog (in this example, PDF Creator).

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6.2. Printing
You can use the AutoCAD’s publish –function to print out the desired pages (layouts) after you have created
them with the Layout function. Write PUBLISH on the command line and press enter to start selecting the printed
layouts.

Before publishing it is recommended to define a new AutoCAD’s page setup that can be used for all the layouts
that are printed. This way you only have to define/select a plot style table once and apply it to all layouts. A new
page setup can be made by clicking the right mouse button on a layout tab and selecting Page Setup Manager
when one (any) of the layouts is active. From the Page Setup Manager click the New -button. Give a name for the
new page setup and click OK. Select a suitable plot style table, e.g. monochrome, and click OK.

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Use the new page setup for all layouts in the AutoCAD’s publish –funtion. AutoCAD’s PUBLISHCOLLATE and
PUBLISHALLSHEETS settings should be set to zero (0). Write the commands on the command line and change
the value to zero by typing it in.

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7.1. Symbol Manager

Command: MAGICSSYMBOLMANAGER or MCSM

MagiCAD Circuit Designer’s Symbol Manager that lets you manage the symbols. You can delete symbols and
edit the descriptions but you should do this ONLY FOR USER SYMBOLS.

DO NOT REMOVE NATIVE SYMBOLS FROM YOUR NATIONAL SYMBOL SERIES (FIN, DEN, GEN, IEC,
NOR or SWE)!!!

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Appendix A. New and enhanced features

Mother parts
It is now possible to move items inside a mother part (Contactors, Combined common parts and Terminal blocks)
by using the arrow buttons. This way e.g. using wizards is much more flexible.

You can also add/insert new items to a mother part by selecting an existing child part from the current dwg. The
functions (“Add from current drawing” and “Insert from current drawing”) are available in the right click menu.

Installing mother parts

When installing, copying or moving mother parts on top of conductors they are cut between connection points.

Installing child parts

When installing child parts it is now possible select and install several at once (by using shift –key and left mouse
button). They will have the same distance as inside the mother part. Only the first child part follows the visibility
settings, others have texts (owner Id and Partner position) invisible.

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Conductor drawing
You can now draw a conductor over several child parts and it is cut between connection points.

Copying
Links to original mother parts do not remain anymore when copying only child parts. This way unnecessary
duplicate child parts are not created.

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