Powerconnector on fixtures

[DennisD]

Has anybody found a way to change the connector on an lighting device? Every fixture is place in my drawing has an Edison connector although the real life fixture has a Truecon.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[jcogdell]

Hi Dennis

At the moment this is the default however you can change it. there are 3 options depending on your preference

• If you want to edit all the lights in your file edit the the 'Light Info Record' definition in the resource manager.
  to do this right click on it, choose edit in the context menu and then edit the connector field. You'll need the Universal name string of the connector type to do this, which can be found in the Cable Connector xml file (located in your application folder>Libraries>defaults>Cable Tools).
  This modified Light Info record can then be saved into your template or favorites so you only have to do this once.
• For a specific lighting device type you can edit the Light Info Record attached to the symbol definition in the resource manager.
  right click on the symbol, select attach record, in the attach record dialogue highlight the Light Info record (make sure to not accidentally uu-tick the attach column or you will lose the data record contents!), hit the edit values button, edit the connector field the same as above.
• the third option is to add a consumer electrical component to the symbol definition in the resource manager.
  to do this you will need to edit the 3D component of the symbol definition in the resource manager.
  right click on the symbol, select edit 3D component in the context menu, activate the electrical component tool (you will need to right click on the distributor tool for this), select consumer component in the tool mode bar, insert the consumer inside the base/body of the light. You can then define the connector type power consumption, power factor and operating voltage range in the consumer components properties.
  A couple of points to remember if you do this , make sure to correctly class the consumer or it will be potentially visible in all your drawings and make sure to save the customized symbol definition to a favorites, user or work-group library so you can use the customized symbol in future projects
   

[DennisD]

Hi Jesse,

 

Thanks again for your help.