Draw Homerun and Loops

The Draw Homerun and Loops command is used to draw a homerun and loops between devices that are connected to a circuit. This command can be used to draw homeruns and loops for a single circuit or for a combined circuit.

Loops will be drawn on the shortest possible path to minimize wire lengths.

If you run the command on devices that already have loops drawn between them, any loops that already exist on the drawing will not be modified. Any changes in the position of loops or loop breaks will be retained. Any loops that are no longer needed will be erased.

To draw both the homerun and the loops, go to
Ribbon: DM Electrical→Circuiting and Homeruns→  Draw Homerun and Loops
Pulldown Menu: DM Electrical→Circuiting and Homeruns→Draw Homerun and Loops

You will be prompted to select the device from which to draw the homerun.

Select device from which to draw homerun:

You will then be prompted to select other circuited devices to add to the homerun.

Select other devices with circuits to add to homerun:

If you select additional devices on different circuits, a combined homerun that includes all of the circuits will be inserted. Circuits on a combined homerun must all have the same wire size. You cannot combine circuits that use different size wires. The neutral will be shared based upon the 🔘 Share Neutral on Combined Homeruns setting. See the Set Looping Options section for more information.

If 🔘 Select Preferred Circuiting Direction is set to Yes, you will be prompted to specify the preferred circuiting angle. See the Set Looping Options section for more information.

Input preferred circuiting angle / <None>:

If 🔘 Select Loop Center Point is set to Yes, you will be prompted to specify the center point for the arcs. See the Set Looping Options section for more information.

Arc center point / <None>:

Loops will be inserted between all of the devices on the selected circuits. You will then be prompted to specify the end point for the homerun.

Right click or press space to change HR arc direction.

Position the homerun on the drawing. Right-click or press SPACE to flip the arc direction of the homerun.

Related Options

Hot or neutral first: Sets whether the hot or neutral tick marks are drawn closer to the homerun arrowhead.

Ground location: Sets whether the ground tick mark is inserted closest to or furthest from the homerun arrowhead.

Homerun wire callouts and tick marks: Sets when wire callouts and/or tick marks are displayed on homeruns.

Display tick marks on loops: Sets whether tick marks are displayed on loops.

Multiple arrowheads on combined homeruns: Sets whether combined homeruns display an arrowhead for each circuit.

Homerun arrow block: Sets the block used for homerun arrowheads. This option can be further customized with the Homerun arrow length option.

Tick Mark Blocks options: Set the blocks used for tick marks and the space between tick marks.