If it finds a copy of the block, it uses the saved copy and won't load a new copy. When a block is inserted, ACAD (and ACADE) checks the dwg for an existing version of the block. So (for example) a NO contact will have the same file name in all the different libraries but the graphics will be different. Now here's a couple of bits of trivia which may be affecting you.ĪCADE uses the same block name for each symbol in all the different libraries.

They are actually correct but to a different standard. However, if the project has the library changed, then what looks like the wrong symbols are inserted. Please mark this as a solution if it works for you, kudos are always welcomeīoth the Component Menu Icons and actual Symbols used in a dwg are set in the project settings. If you have a big project you can use the block update tool but I doubt you have a dozen drawings in a project with a dozen xfmrs on them. ACE will always search the current drawing to insert a block before it looks down the support paths for new blocks with the same name. That’s about it.īe sure to purge instances of the HXF1D block you do not want in each drawing before inserting the version you do want to use. Rename it to something like HXF1D.dwg just so you have the original in case you have to back track.įind a version of HXF1D.dwg you like from an older install or WBLOCK the block out of an older drawing.Ĭopy it into the NFPA folder with the HXF1D.dwg name. If you want to change the block that is inserted I would do this:įind the file HXF1D.dwg in the NFPA library. The graphic may have changed in the latest versions. The “H” version is for wire top to bottom. The same graphic is used for VXF1D, the “V” version is sideways for wire going from left to right. In your screen shot the icon menu is pointing to block HXF1D. I looked at my 20 libraries and they have the symbols you are expecting to be inserted. You did not say which revision you are running on but it looks like you are using the NFPA library.

Symbol autocad electrical