Add Existing Equipment and Cables to Basic Cable Block Diagrams
- Last UpdatedAug 04, 2025
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From the Electrical Wiring Manager Equipment View, click on an Equipment node drag the selected Equipment node onto the diagram and drop it on the canvas.
Electrical Wiring Manager will then add the selected equipment and optionally connected Equipment, cables and field devices. In the example below, the center Junction Box was 'dragged' onto the document.
Note:
Whether or not interconnected equipment etc. is added is controlled by a Options setting. A separate option to specifically exclude field devices from being added
is also available.

In the above example Equipment node 01-JB-002 (a junction box) was dragged from the Equipment View to the Diagram and all its connected equipment was added to the left and right along with all the connecting cables. The cable number is shown within the flag (rectangle) and the cable type is shown above each cable number. This also shows a 'Note' which can be added at any time.
Note:
Users can also drag Equipment from the Electrical Wiring Manager Equipment List grid and can drag Cables from the Electrical Wiring Manager Cable Schedule grid.
Add other existing Equipment or add new project equipment by right-clicking on the blank canvas and selecting the required option from the menu that is then displayed:

Refer to Create a New Equipment Tag, Select Existing Equipment from a List and Add Multiple Equipment Wizard for further information.