- [Instructor] Project macros are a very
similar idea except they can span multiple pages.
So say for example in this case I have four pages.
I have two power schematics here,
and two control drawings as well,
and let's say I like these schematics.
I'm probably going to reuse them
quite often within the same project
or any new or additional projects as well.
So what I might want to do is create
a
project macro of these four sheets.
So, again, it's kind of just a fancy copy paste
of all of these sheets.
So to do that, again, very simple process.
All I do is grab whatever sheets I'd like.
So in this case I'll grab sheet four to sheet seven,
and I'll multi-select there using the Shift key,
and then I can just right-click
when all four of these are highlighted.
And I have an option to Create project macro.
So I'll grab that option there
and now I'm back into my macro creation here.
I can throw in whatever property values I'd like,
but I'll just give it a name.
Call this Justins first
project macro.
Like give it whatever name you'd like here,
and I can say OK, I can throw that
into a specific classification library,
give it a bunch of additional information
just so it's easier to find later on,
but I'll just give it the name and say OK here,
and there you go.
I've saved out a project macro
and now how to use the project macro
is just right-click on a project,
or your document book.
So, again, I'll do it within the same project,
but I can do it in a brand new project.
For example, if I just wanted to start a new project,
and right off the bat have these four schematics come in.
I can just right-click on that document book
and just as I had Create project macro
I also have a Insert project macro.
So I'm going to try Insert project macro here.
It will jump me into my macro selector.
It's the same search toolbar we've been using throughout.
So I can check all of my classifications,
or my filters, and so on.
Right off the bat I can see it.
It's right here.
Justins first project macro,
but I can search for it using classifications,
or filters, or whatever it may be.
So I'm going to use here Justins first project macro,
and it should import, or paste,
those four schematic pages I just selected.
So I'll just say Select,
and jumps me back into that Paste special wizard.
So, again, just the same as before.
It's going to ask me what I'd like to change,
what I'd like to remove,
what I'd like to keep the same, and so forth.
And I can jump through each
and every one of these so change
every single component, every single wire number,
ever single cable, and so forth.
This case I'll just leave everything as is.
Say everything looks good to me, and hit Finish,
and there it is.
We can see in my document tree
it's essentially just, again, the fancy copy paste.
It's pasted
four new schematics in there.
Just the four I copied.
It's now pasted so now I have
an additional two power schematics.
They should just be identical in this case
'cause I didn't change much,
and the two additional control drawings here as well.
So you can see this is, again, just a huge time saver.
If, for example, you have 20 pages of controls,
and those controls are going to be quite similar
throughout a whole number of your projects
it would be worth it to create a
project macro of those 20 pages of controls.
And you don't have to redo that work
every single time you create a new project.
You can just make slight edits, and changes, and so forth.
One other thing of note is
all these macros are saved out into a library.
So if I just jump into my Library tab here.
Just with everything else the symbols,
the manufacturer parts, and so on
we have our Macros manager.
And I can jump in here,
and that's where all the macros
that I've created are going to be stored.
So I can copy those, delete those,
or edit those as I may see fit.