SolidWorks Electrical Nodal indicator for wiring order

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This feature allows you to display the wiring order directly in the scheme. An oblique line materialize how the components are connected.

This feature is optional and can be activated in the project configuration, in the Graphic tab

Cabling order representation
You can have variations of representations depending of the orientation of the T connection.

Note that the two last representations (3 and 4) are for the same wiring. They only indicate a different wiring sequence, depending if starting from the left or right hand side.

By default the oblique line indicates the first wire in the cabling sequence

Limitation of nodal indicators

It is possible to place nodal indicators on a T connection with vertical or horizontal lines. Oblique line cannot have nodal indicators, even if the angle between lines in 90°.

It is not possible to manage nodal indicators with a + connection.

One intersection can have one and only one oblique line.

If the wiring order does not allow to show the nodal indicator, a T connection is displayed.

 

Even if the nodal indicator representation is based on the wiring order, you can edit it manually, using the contextual menu of the wire.