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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A INTRODUCTION 5
A.1. USER INTERFACE 6
A.2. PROJECT STRUCTURE 8
B CREATING A NEW PROJECT 12
C MANAGING INSTALLATION DRAWINGS 15
C.1. DRAWING A FLOOR PLAN 15
C.1.1. Setting Up Page Properties 17
C.1.2. Drawing Walls 18
C.1.3. Inserting Doors and Windows 24
C.1.4. Inserting Copied/Cut Elements 27
C.2. XML IMPORTATION 28
C.3. OPENING A DWG FILE 30
C.3.1. Selecting Part of the Drawing for Conversion 31
C.3.2. Measuring the Distance in the Drawing 32
C.3.3. De-Activating Layers 33
C.3.4. Changing the Dimensions of the Drawing 35
C.3.5. Removing the Design Indications 35
C.3.6. exploding a block in the .dwg file: 36
C.3.7. Importing the DWG File to SEE Electrical Building 36
C.4. COMPOSING AN INSTALLATION DRAWING 37
C.4.1. Using the Zoom Functionalities 37
C.4.2. Defining a Room 38
C.4.3. Drawing Walls 39
C.4.4. Inserting Electrical Symbols 40
C.4.5. Creating Logical Connections 46
C.4.6. Inserting a Panel 49
C.4.7. Inserting a Panel Output Node 50
C.4.8. Inserting Output Nodes Automatically 51
C.4.9. Connecting Equipment Through a Junction Box 52
C.4.10. Inserting Equipment from the Database 54
C.4.11. Inserting Dimension Lines 57
C.4.12. Inserting Aligned Dimensions 58
C.4.13. Inserting Angular Dimensions 59
C.4.14. Inserting Leader Dimensions 60
C.4.15. Inserting a Revision Cloud 60
C.4.16. Inserting Symbol Legends 60
C.4.17. Defining Print Regions 61
C.4.18. Adjusting the Installation Drawing 61
C.5. ROUTING CABLES 62
D MANAGING CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS 68
D.1. CREATING NEW ELECTRICAL SYMBOLS 68
D.1.1. Editing Database Equipment 70
D.1.2. Copying Database Equipment 70
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D.1.3. Deleting Database Equipment 70

D.2. INSERTING ELEMENTS IN THE CIRCUIT TREE 71
D.2.1. Creating a Circuit Diagrams Skeleton 71
D.2.2. Insertion from the Database 71
D.2.3. Insertion from the Symbols Window 73
D.3. INSERTING ELEMENTS IN THE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM 77
D.4. SELECTING ELEMENTS BY APPLYING A FILTER 79
D.5. ALIGNING INSERTED ELEMENTS 80
D.6. POSITIONING THE OUTPUT NODES WITHIN THE CIRCUIT TREE 82
D.7. COPYING THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITHIN THE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM 84
E CABINET MANAGEMENT 85
E.1. SELECTING A CABINET FROM THE EQUIPMENT DATABASE 85
E.2. MOVING CABINET MODULES 86
F CHECKING FOR DESIGN ERRORS 87
G EXPORTING THE BILLS OF MATERIALS 88

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A INTRODUCTION

The SEE Electrical Building software application represents a unique tool that allows you to intuitively
design your building installations and automatically generate the corresponding circuit diagrams.

SEE Electrical Building is divided into the following autonomous modules that can be used separately
or "in package" with the others:

 Installation – for designing the building electrical installations

 Circuit Diagrams – for generating circuit diagrams
 Cabinet – for inserting electrical panels

This tutorial will lead you systematically to:

 Create your first project;

 Create your first building plan;
 Convert a DWG drawing into XML format, and then import it into SEE Electrical Building;
 Create your first Installation drawing;
 Insert your first symbols, elements and electrical equipment;
 Create your first connections and route cables on them;
 Manage your first circuit diagram;
 Manage your first cabinet;
 Export a Bill Of Materials into another format.

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A.1. USER INTERFACE

▪ Double-click the SEE Electrical Building icon.
A window appears:

The central window, displayed in the middle of the SEE Electrical Building application window,
is your main working area where you compose drawings and diagrams and can manage their
various components.
Apart from the main working window, you can see three others within the program window:
Workspace, Symbols and Properties.

 Workspace
The Workspace window represents your workspace explorer.
The workspace contains, as separate components, all kinds of documents that belong to your
current project, e.g. installation drawings, circuit diagrams, cabinet drawings, drawings created
using another CAD application and transferred via XML import, etc.

 Symbols
The Symbols window is to display and provide fast access to the symbol library, which SEE
Electrical Building is supplied with.
This library contains a wide range of standard symbols distributed, within the window, under
particular tabs according to their type. The availability of the different tabs depends on the
component clicked in the Workspace window.

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Select the display mode of the Symbols window by using the pop-up menu that is available:
▪ Right-click anywhere within the Symbols window.
▪ Click one of the commands that appear:

 Floating – undocks the pane, allowing you to position the Symbols window anywhere on the
screen.

To fix the position of the window:

▪ Drag its title bar with the left mouse button.
Arrows pointing in the four possible directions appear in the centre of the pane where the
cursor currently is for docking at the sides of this pane (here - the drawing pane) and on
each side of the program window. A shaded preview of the new position serves as a
guide as you point at the arrows.
▪ Release the mouse button on the corresponding arrow for the position where you wish
the window to be attached (left, right, top, or bottom).

 Docking – fixes the position of the Symbols window to the last docked position.

 Hide – allows you to cancel the display of the Symbols window.

You can display the window again by clicking View ➤ Toolbars ➤ Symbols.

 Properties
The Properties window is to display the specific properties of the currently active page,
belonging to a drawing or diagram, or of a currently selected element. The information contained
in the different Properties windows differs according to the selected (clicked) entity.
You are allowed to change manually the values of the modifiable (not dimmed) properties at any
time.

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A.2. PROJECT STRUCTURE

A SEE Electrical Building project contains various components (sub-folders) listed in the Workspace
window, e.g.:

When you click a component, the related content is displayed in the main (central) window – the
working area.

 Properties: contains relevant information related to the current project that is modifiable within
the main working window.

 Functions, Locations, Products: These three components display, respectively, the different
functions, locations and products existing within the project. They can be assigned to
components in the Installation Drawings in their properties (General Information node). A
context menu on the respective component tree allows you to manage it, by giving you access
to commands for creating new entries or subentries, deleting, rearranging, setting as default,
etc.

Note:

To make these components available:

 Click the File menu button, and then click the Options button.
 In the General tab, under the General Information node, activate the "Aspect management"
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 Documents: contains the Bill of Materials of your current project. It displays information about
all elements inserted in your installation drawings, cabinet drawings, and circuit diagrams. The
information is automatically updated during the project modification and cannot be modified
manually.

 Installation: represents the Installation module and contains several sub-components (levels)
corresponding to the components proper to the Installation module.

 Category Tree: contains the various categories existing within the Installation
module
 Installation Tree: displays, in a tree structure – with their names and descriptions,
all elements belonging to your installation. It is automatically updated at each
element insertion and/or deletion.
 Installation Drawings: contains, on separate pages, all installation drawings that
you have created. Each page is presented in the central window within a separate
and appropriately numbered tab.

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 Documents: It displays information about all elements (electrical devices) inserted

in your Installation Drawings and added to the Installation Tree. The information is
automatically updated at each respective element modification and cannot be
modified manually.
Four tabs within the working area display different elements lists:

 Bill of Materials displays all elements with descriptions, equipment

codes (if assigned), quantity and other relevant information.
 List of Parts lists the main elements by their names (tags) as they are
assigned to them at their insertion. Accessory elements are not included
in this list. Relevant information, such as description, part number,
manufacturer and element location in the drawing, is also displayed.
 List of Channels lists the elements from the Trunking tab by their
names (tags) as they are assigned to them at their insertion along with
relevant information such as description, part number, manufacturer,
location of insertion.
 List of Cables lists the cables by their names (tags) as they are
assigned to them at their routing.

 Panel N: is to represent a particular building panel inserted in the project. According to the
number of the panels existing in your current project, you can have several separate and
appropriately numbered components of this type. Each component of such type consists of
several sub-levels corresponding to the particular components of the current panel.

 Circuit Tree: displays, in a tree structure – with their names and descriptions, all
electrical elements belonging to the respective Circuit Diagram. It is automatically
updated at each element insertion and/or deletion but you are also enabled to
insert/remove and move elements directly within the tree.

 Circuit Diagrams: displays the circuit diagram, enabling you to generate and
manage it in an appropriate way. It is also automatically updated according to each
modification within the Circuit Tree.

 Cabinet Tree: displays, in a tree structure, all cabinet elements belonging to the
respective panel. It is automatically and appropriately updated at each modification
made within the Circuit Diagram or the Circuit Tree. You are enabled to insert (but
not to move) elements directly within this tree, also – the Circuit Diagram and/or the
Circuit Tree are respectively updated.

 Cabinet Drawings: contains five separate pages presented under five

correspondingly named tabs within the main working window:

Each tab offers you particular possibilities for visualisation and management of the
various Cabinet elements.

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 Documents: provides information about the elements of the current Cabinet. Three
tabs within the working area display different elements lists:

– Bill of Materials displays all element descriptions, equipment codes (if

assigned), quantity and other relevant information. The information is
automatically updated at each respective cabinet modification, and cannot be
modified manually.
– List of Parts lists the main elements by their names (tags) as they are assigned
to them at their insertion. Accessory elements are not included in this list.
– List of Labels lists the main elements by their labels as they are assigned to
them by the manufacturer.

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B CREATING A NEW PROJECT

Whenever you launch SEE Electrical Building, a new project is automatically created.
The Properties – Project page is displayed within the working area. You can fill in information on the
project, designer and customer.
The default name of the new project is "Untitled":

You can change the values of the desired properties by typing directly in the corresponding "Value"
fields.

▪ Type a name for the project, for example "TUTORIAL".

▪ Enter the relevant designer and customer-related information in the respective "Value"
fields.
▪ Click the File menu button, then click Save.

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A dialogue appears:

▪ Click the button.

The new "TUTORIAL" project has just been saved in the Projects directory of your SEE
Electrical Building application folder.

Tips:

1. To modify the properties of the current project any time you wish:

▪ Click Properties in the Workspace window:

The Properties – Project page is automatically displayed within the working area.

▪ Change the values of the respective properties as desired.

2. To create a new project while the current one is still opened:

▪ Click the File menu button, and then click New.

The Properties – Project page of the new project, again named "Untitled", is automatically displayed
within the working area.

▪ Enter the desired properties values in the already familiar way.

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3. To open a previously saved project:

▪ Click the File menu button, and then click Open…

A dialogue appears.
▪ Select the desired project, and then click the button.

For further information on how to create your Installation Drawing pages, see the next
chapter.

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C MANAGING INSTALLATION DRAWINGS

You are enabled to design your electrical installations after an importation and appropriate
modification of a pre-developed XML drawing, and/or after drawing your own building plan.

C.1. DRAWING A FLOOR PLAN

In this example, you are going to create a simple building plan.

▪ In the Workspace window, click Installation Drawings.

A blank page (Page 1) is displayed within the central (working) window under the
homonymous, Page 1, tab. You can start drawing your plan.

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The Properties window available, allows you to modify the page properties.

All property values that are not dimmed can be modified, either by typing directly in the
respective "Value" field or by selecting the desired value from a pull-down list available for the
field.

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C.1.1. SETTING UP PAGE PROPERTIES

The Properties window displays the default properties values of the current page.

▪ Type a name for the page, for example "Floor Plan", and click anywhere to validate the
modification.
The corresponding page tab is automatically renamed:

▪ Type the desired values for the "Size of Paper" property.

The software will automatically adjust them in order to keep the ISO 216 ratio.
▪ Specify the grid size either by typing the desired values or by selecting them from the
pull-down list available for the "Size of Grid" property.

▪ Set the desired visibility and category filters by switching On/Off, according to your
needs and preferences, the respective Visibility and Category Information properties.

Tips:

1. The grid allows you to work with precision but if you wish not to display it, you are allowed to de-
activate it:

▪ Select "Off" for the Grid property:

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2. While inserting elements in your drawing, you can modify the page information if necessary.

To display the Properties window for the current page at any time you wish:

▪ Click anywhere within the page.

C.1.2. DRAWING WALLS

First, you will insert the necessary outer wall symbols. For this purpose, do the following:

▪ In the Symbols window, on the Building tab, double-click the Building Outer Wall
symbol.

▪ Drag the mouse to the page – you can see the selected symbol virtually attached to the
cursor.
▪ While dragging, use the <Tab> key to rotate the symbol at 90 degrees counter-
clockwise, if necessary.
▪ Click to drop the symbol on the desired position.

The symbol is inserted. Its graphical representation remains virtually attached to the cursor.
▪ Drag the mouse to a new position and drop the symbol there.
▪ Repeat the "drag & drop" operation on the page until all necessary outer wall symbols
are inserted.
▪ To exit the insertion mode, press the ESC key. You can also exit the insertion mode by
right-clicking inside the drawing area.

You have the option to change the default colours of Building symbols to light gray with black
outline:

▪ Click the File menu button, and then click the Options button.

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▪ In the Installation tab, in the Installation Information node, activate the "Building
Outline Mode" option:

The visualization of all walls, doors, windows and openings changes:

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To draw the outer walls, you will extend and connect the inserted symbols. To do so:

▪ Click the File menu button, and then click the Options button.

▪ In the Viewpoints tab, in the Visibility Information node, activate the "Trackers"
option. This will allow you to manipulate objects by dragging their highlighted marks –
“trackers”.

▪ Select the desired symbol and point (with the cursor) to that side which you wish to
extend:

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▪ Click and, holding down the left mouse button, drag the mouse in order to extend this
side to the symbol, to which you wish to connect it.

▪ Release the mouse button.

The extended symbol is again highlighted in red.
▪ Select another symbol to extend.
▪ Proceed in the same way to draw all outer walls of your building floor.
▪ When you finish, click anywhere within the page to cancel the selection (red highlight) of
the last element that you have modified.

You have just drawn the "outline" of your building floor:

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To insert inner walls:

▪ In the Symbols window, on the Building tab, double-click the Building Inner Wall
symbol.
▪ Drag the symbol to the page.
▪ Use the <Tab> key on the keyboard to rotate the symbol appropriately.
▪ Reach the desired outer wall – you will see a tiny rhomb:

▪ Click to drop the symbol there.

▪ Repeat the “drag & drop” operation on the page until all necessary inner wall symbols
have been inserted.
▪ To draw the suitable inner walls, extend and connect the appropriate symbols in the
same way as you did it for the outer walls.

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Tips:

1. You can modify the properties of a wall at any time:

▪ Select the desired wall – it is highlighted in red.
The Properties window of the selected wall automatically becomes available, e.g.:

▪ Type new values for the desired properties – Length, Width, Angle, etc.
The wall is automatically resized and/or repositioned according to the new values.

2. You can also rotate an inserted symbol (wall) in the following way:
▪ Select the symbol.
▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Rotate.

The selected symbol is rotated counter-clockwise at 90 degrees.

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C.1.3. INSERTING DOORS AND WINDOWS

To insert an outer door:

▪In the Symbols window, on the Building tab, double-click the Building Outer Door
symbol.
▪ Drag it to the desired wall on the page.
The door is automatically rotated according to the respective wall position (direction).
▪ Click to place the outer door.
▪ Modify (optionally) its properties in the Properties window.

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To insert inner doors:

▪ Double-click the Building Inner Door symbol.

▪ Drag it to the desired wall on the page.
The door is automatically rotated according to the respective wall position (direction).
▪ Click to place the inner door.
▪ Modify (optionally) its properties in the Properties window.

▪ Repeat the operation until all necessary inner doors have been inserted.

To insert windows:

▪ Double-click the Building Window symbol.

▪ Drag it to the desired wall on the page.
The window is automatically rotated according to the respective wall position (direction).
▪ Click to place the window.

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▪ Modify (optionally) its properties in the Properties window.

▪ Repeat the operation until all windows have been inserted.

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C.1.4. INSERTING COPIED/CUT ELEMENTS

You can copy/cut already inserted element(s) and paste them within the current or another page.
▪ Select one or more elements.
▪ On the Home tab, Clipboard group, click Cut or Copy.
▪ Go to another page (optional).
▪ Click where you wish to insert the selected element(s)

You have the option of modifying the element(s) disposition before pasting.

To rotate the element(s) by increments of 90°:

▪ Press the TAB key while the selected element(s) is/are floating attached to the cursor.
Their representation changes accordingly.

To mirror a selected group of components along a vertical axis (this functionality is only
available for multiple selections):
▪ Press the SPACE bar on the keyboard while the selected elements are floating
attached the cursor. Their representation changes accordingly.

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C.2. XML IMPORTATION

You are going to import an XML file within the Installation Drawings component. A drawing is to
represent a building plan or a part of one.

It is advisable to insert the XML drawing in a blank page.

To create a blank page, where to insert the XML drawing:

▪ Right-click in the Page tabs area.

▪ Click New Page:

A blank page opens in the working area under a new tab named Page 2.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Insert group, click Insert Background.

The Import a Background Drawing dialogue appears.

▪ Browse to the folder where the XML file is stored. Make sure that the XML file type is
selected in the list of options next to the File name: field.
▪ Select the file and click Open, or just double-click the file.

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The building plan has automatically been inserted in the current page:

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C.3. OPENING A DWG FILE

The importation is performed by means of the SEE DWG Editor. It supports .DWG files created by
versions of AutoCAD or other applications up to 2012.

▪ On the Home tab, Insert group, click the Insert Background command.

A dialogue appears.
▪ Select the DWG file you wish to convert.
▪ Click the button.
The selected DWG drawing is displayed within the SEE DWG Editor.

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C.3.1. SELECTING PART OF THE DRAWING FOR CONVERSION

In order to crop the part of the drawing that you wish to use:

▪ Click the Crop Drawing button:

▪ Using the mouse, outline the rectangular part of the drawing that you wish to export, by
specifying two diagonal points.
Only the selected part is displayed in the working area:

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C.3.2. MEASURING THE DISTANCE IN THE DRAWING

In order to calculate the scale of the drawing:

▪ Click the Measure functionality:

▪ Click consecutively the two end points of the sector that you wish to dimension.

The distance is displayed in the bottom bar. Divide the measure by the real dimension to find
the scale:

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C.3.3. DE-ACTIVATING LAYERS

In order to lighten the DWG file as much as possible, you can de-activate layers that are not
necessary. This is done within the Layers pane.

By default, all layers are activated.

▪ Double-click, consecutively, the layers that you do not wish to use, in order to switch
them off.

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For example, you can leave active the following layers only:

Note:

You can also delete, directly from within the drawing, particular elements only.
To do so:

▪ Select the desired element in the drawing.

▪ Click Delete:

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C.3.4. CHANGING THE DIMENSIONS OF THE DRAWING

If it is necessary to adjust the dimensions of the entire drawing:

▪ Click the Scale Drawing functionality:

▪ In the Scale Settings dialogue that appears, enter the required value and click OK.

Note:
SE Electrical Building works at a scale of 1:1; therefore, for a drawing at a scale of 1:50, you should
enter 50. For a drawing at unknown scale factor, measure a known distance in it and divide the real-
world physical distance value by the measured one, in order to obtain the factor. For example, for a
dimension text "1m" (1000mm) and measured value 10 mm, the scale factor is 1000/10=100.

C.3.5. REMOVING THE DESIGN INDICATIONS

In order to hide the various texts, hatches and dimensions existing in the cropped drawing:

▪ In the Show/Hide group, click respectively Texts, Hatches, Dimensions to switch

them off.

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C.3.6. EXPLODING A BLOCK IN THE .DWG FILE:

▪ Select a block to explode.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Explode Blocks.

The selected block has been exploded (ungrouped) and you can now move/delete, etc. its
components separately.

C.3.7. IMPORTING THE DWG FILE TO SEE ELECTRICAL BUILDING

The importation of the DWG file into your SEE Electrical Building application enables you to
directly get the ready building plan, on which you can immediately start designing your
electrical installation.

▪ In the Tools group, click Export & Close.

▪ Validate the message that appears.

The SEE DWG Editor window closes and the DWG drawing is imported in SEE Electrical
Building.

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C.4. COMPOSING AN INSTALLATION DRAWING

You are now going to insert socket outlets in a room in the building plan that you have just imported.
Next, you will create logical connections between them, and then cable these connections.

C.4.1. USING THE ZOOM FUNCTIONALITIES

It is often necessary to obtain an enlarged view of particular parts of your drawing so the various
elements of your installation drawings are better visible.

To display an enlarged view of an area determined by you:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Zoom group, click Zoom.
You must outline a rectangle enclosing the area that you wish to enlarge by specifying two
diagonal corner points:
▪ Click the first point.
▪ Holding down the left mouse button, drag the mouse to the second point.
▪ Release the left button to zoom the outlined area.

To restore the general view of the page:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Zoom group, click 100%.

To enlarge the whole view of the page:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Zoom group, click Zoom In.

To display a smaller view of the page:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Zoom group, click Zoom Out.

To move the enlarged view, and display another part of it:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Zoom group, click Zoom Pan.
▪ Click inside the active window.
▪ Holding down the left mouse button, drag the whole page view to the desired position.
▪ Release the mouse button to drop the view.

Hint:

You can also zoom with the mouse wheel.

▪ Scroll the mouse wheel upwards (to enlarge) or downwards (to decrease).
▪ Press and hold the mouse wheel to move the current frame of the drawing.

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C.4.2. DEFINING A ROOM

If you wish to use cable channels for your installation, you must first define the respective rooms by
means of a specific functionality.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Insert group, click Room.

▪ Click consecutively all corners of the room.
▪ To finish click last on the corner you clicked first or just right-click.

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C.4.3. DRAWING WALLS

You are going to insert a wall in a room.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Insert group, click the Graphics command.
A new tab, named Insert, appears.
▪ On the Insert tab, in the Objects group, click Draw Building.
▪ Click the starting point of the wall.
▪ Move the cursor in the desired direction.
All dimensions of the wall are displayed.
▪ Press the W key to change the type of the wall from outer to inner, or vice versa:

▪ Press the tab key to measure the complementary angle of the wall:

▪ Click the end point of the wall:

▪ Right-click to exit the command.
The wall is inserted in the installation drawing.

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C.4.4. INSERTING ELECTRICAL SYMBOLS

You are going to insert socket outlets in a room.

▪ In the Symbols window, on the Socket Outlets tab, double-click the Socket Outlet
symbol.

The selected symbol appears virtually attached to the cursor.

▪ Drag the symbol to the desired position on the page, and drop it there.

The symbol has been inserted. Its graphical representation remains virtually attached to the
cursor.

▪ Drag it to the next desired position, and drop it again in order to insert it there, too.
▪ Repeat the "drag & drop" operation until you insert all necessary socket outlets.
▪ Rotate the symbols when necessary.

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▪ For better visibility, scroll upwards the mouse wheel in order to zoom in (obtain an
enlarged view of) the area of the insertion.

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▪ In the respective Properties windows, modify (optionally) the desired properties of the
symbols.

Hint 1:

You can see that the symbols are automatically tagged and their tags (names) are not modifiable –
dimmed.
If you wish to be able to assign your own tags, do the following:

▪ Click the File menu button, and then click the Options button.

A dialogue appears.

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▪ In the left pane, click General.

▪ Select the "Off" option for the "Automatic Annotation" property:

▪ Click OK.
The "Name" fields in the Properties windows become accessible. You can type your own names for
the symbols.

Hint 2:

If you wish to change the numbers order of the automatic tagging, do the following:

▪ Click the File menu button, and then click the Options button.

A dialogue appears.

▪ In the left pane, click General.

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▪ Select the "Off" option for the "Automatic Annotation" property:

▪ Click OK to close the dialogue.

▪ Insert manually the tag of the desired symbol, e.g. change the tag of Socket Outlet S1 to S33.
▪ Open the Options window again.
▪ Turn on the Incremental Annotation mode and click OK:

▪ Turn on the Automatic Annotation mode.

▪ A message appears:

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▪ Click OK.
▪ Insert a new symbol of the same type.

The result is the following:

Notes:

1. The inserted socket outlets are automatically added to the Installation Tree. To view it:

▪ In the Workspace window, click Installation Tree.

The Installation Tree – Installation page is displayed in the central (working) window:

2. You can add an element directly to the Installation Tree by just double-clicking its symbol in the
Symbols window. The symbol will be automatically inserted in the suitable Installation Drawing
page but positioned in the left bottom corner.

▪ To correctly position (on the page) the inserted symbol, select it and then drag & drop it where
desired.

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C.4.5. CREATING LOGICAL CONNECTIONS

You are going to create the logical connections between the socket outlets starting from the last
inserted one, and tracing the connection to end on the first one.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Cabling group, click Route, and then click the Connect sub-
command:

▪ Click the S4 socket outlet, then click the S3 socket outlet.

The two elements are connected – the connection between the two elements is visualized by
a dotted line.
To connect S3 to S2 and S2 to S1:
▪ Click the S2 socket outlet.
▪ Click the S1.

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The result is:

▪ Right-click anywhere within the drawing area to return to the selection mode.

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▪ In the Workspace window, click Installation Tree to check the hierarchy of the
connected elements. They are displayed in sub-levels – the first selected while defining
a connection, being a sublevel of the second selected.

Alternatively, and to the same result, you can connect multiple components at once by using
the Autoconnect command:
▪ Click Installation Drawings and select all sockets, using CTRL+click.
▪ On the Home tab, in the Cabling group, click Route, Unconnect subcommand.
All connections are removed.
▪ Select sockets S1, S2 and S3.
▪ Click Route, Autoconnect.
▪ Click S3, as the next-to-the-last component in the loop. The connections between the
three selected sockets are visualized by the dotted lines.
▪ Click the last socket in the circuit S4.

Notes:

1. If the "Guides" property of the current page is "On", the dotted line that represents the
connections remains visible. Otherwise, it disappears when you return to the selection mode.

2. If you wish to remove the connection between two elements, proceed as follows:

▪ Click the child element, i.e. the element that you clicked first when you connected the two of
them.
▪ On the Home tab, in the Cabling group, click Connect, and then click the Unconnect sub-
command.

The parent element and its child are disconnected.

3. If you wish to connect multiple components to another one, rather than each to the previous one,
hold the SHIFT key while selecting the component to which the others should be connected.

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C.4.6. INSERTING A PANEL

▪ Click Installation Drawings to return to the current drawing.

▪ In the Symbols window, on the Building tab, double-click the Building Panel symbol.
▪ Drag the symbol to an appropriate position on the page, and drop it there, e.g.:

▪ Connect S1 with the building panel P1.

At the insertion of the building panel, a Panel 1 component with its respective sub-
components is automatically created in the Workspace window.

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The inserted panel is automatically added to the Installation Tree:

C.4.7. INSERTING A PANEL OUTPUT NODE

Within the Installation Tree component:

▪ In the Symbols window, on the Building tab, double-click the Panel Output Node
symbol.

It is automatically added to the Installation Tree:

▪ Select the inserted Panel Output Node.

Its Properties window is displayed.

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▪ Rename appropriately the output node, e.g.:

▪ Click anywhere to validate the changed name.

The output node is automatically renamed in the Installation Tree, too.

C.4.8. INSERTING OUTPUT NODES AUTOMATICALLY

You can insert the necessary output nodes automatically:

▪ Right-click anywhere in the working area.

A pop-up menu is displayed.
▪ Click the Outputs… pop-up command.

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The following message appears:

▪ Click Yes.

The output nodes are also automatically inserted at the appropriate positions in the Circuit
Diagram. They are also added to the Installation Tree.

C.4.9. CONNECTING EQUIPMENT THROUGH A JUNCTION BOX

You are going to insert, in a room, a Junction Box and connect it with inserted socket outlets.

▪ Click Installation Drawings.

▪ Holding down the mouse wheel, drag the current page view so that another room is
visible within your drawing area.
▪ In the Symbols window, on the Others tab, double-click the Electrical Junction Box
symbol.
▪ Drag it to an appropriate position.
▪ Insert the necessary Socket Outlets.
▪ Select the Socket Outlets and the Junction Box.
▪ Execute the Autoconnect subcommand from the Home tab, Cabling group, Route
command button.
▪ Holding down the SHIFT key, click the Junction Box.
▪ All outlets connect to it automatically.

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▪ Click the Building Panel P1, to connect the Junction Box J1 to it:

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The inserted and connected elements are appropriately presented in the Installation Tree:

▪ Insert the necessary Panel Output Node.

C.4.10. INSERTING EQUIPMENT FROM THE DATABASE

You are going to insert appropriate equipment from the available database. In other words, you are
going to assign equipment codes to the inserted elements.

▪ Click Installation Drawings.

▪ Right-click, for example, the S2 socket outlet.
▪ Click the Change… pop-up command.

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The following window appears:

It contains only the available piece(s) of equipment that are of the same kind as the selected
symbol.
▪ Select the piece of equipment within the Equipments pane.
To add Additional Equipment to the selected socket outlet:
▪ Click the Additives button.
The following window is displayed:

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▪Double-click the additional piece of equipment to load it. Its equipment code appears in
the Partnumber pane.
▪ Click OK.
You return to the Equipment Database window.
▪ Click OK again.
The following message appears:

▪ Click Yes.
All socket outlets are assigned the respective equipment code and the selected additive is
inserted.
The selected pieces of equipment are automatically inserted in the Bill of Materials:

Tip:

You can directly insert a desired piece of equipment (without inserting a respective symbol first) in
the following way:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Equipments group, click Insert Equipment.

The Equipment Database window is displayed.

▪ Select the desired piece of equipment.

A specific pop-up command enables you to add an inserted piece of equipment or a group of
Consumer device type components to a favourites list. This way, you can compose your own
small equipment database within the current project, and provide yourself with fast access to
the elements you use most frequently.
▪ Select and right-click an inserted piece of equipment.

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▪ Click the Add to Favorites... pop-up command that has become active.

You can later on insert the added element directly from the favourites list:
▪ Right-click anywhere within the working area.
▪ Click the Favorite… pop-up command.
A window containing your favourite elements is displayed.
▪ Select the desired piece of equipment from the list, and then click OK,
or
▪ Double-click the desired piece of equipment.
The Favorites window is closed, and you can see the selected piece of equipment virtually
attached to the cursor.
▪ Click where you wish to insert the equipment.

Tip:

Within the Favorites window, you can delete, rename or view the properties of a selected
equipment, using the respective buttons.

C.4.11. INSERTING DIMENSION LINES

You are going to insert dimension lines in the current page of your Installation Drawing. The
respective physical dimensions are automatically calculated.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Insert group, click the Graphics command.
▪ In the Dimensions group of the Insert tab that appears, click Orthogonal Dimension.
▪ Click consecutively the two end points of the sector that you wish to dimension.
According to the cursor position , a horizontal or a vertical straight line is virtually attached to
it. The length of this line is defined by the two clicked points:

▪ Drag the mouse to the desired position, and then click to drop there the dimension line.

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The relevant physical dimension of the sector outlined by the first two clicks is displayed on
the dimension line:

To view the physical distance between two elements:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Tools group, click Measure.

▪ Click the first element, and then click the second one – you can see a dotted line
connecting the two of them:

The distance between the clicked elements is displayed in the "Distance" field of the
Properties window. The value is not modifiable.

C.4.12. INSERTING ALIGNED DIMENSIONS

You are going to insert aligned dimensions in the current page of your Installation Drawing. The
respective physical dimensions are automatically calculated.

▪ On the Insert tab, in the Dimensions group, click Aligned.

▪ Click consecutively the two end points of the sector that you wish to dimension.
According to the positions of the clicked points, a straight line is virtually attached to the
cursor. The relevant physical dimension of the sector outlined by the two clicks is displayed
on the dimension line:

▪ Adjust the position of the dimension line and click again to set it.

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C.4.13. INSERTING ANGULAR DIMENSIONS

You are going to insert angular dimensions in the current page of your Installation Drawing. The
respective angle is automatically calculated.

▪ On the Insert tab, in the Dimensions group, click Angular.

▪ Click consecutively the center and the two end points of the sector that you wish to
dimension.

According to the positions of the clicked points, a curved line is virtually attached to the
cursor. The relevant angle of the sector outlined by the two clicks is displayed on the
dimension line:

▪ Press the tab key to measure the explementary angle:

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C.4.14. INSERTING LEADER DIMENSIONS

You are going to insert leader dimensions in the current page of your Installation Drawing. A note is
connected to the selected element.

▪ On the Insert tab, in the Dimensions group, click Leader.

▪ Click the point on the element where the note is to be attached.
▪ Click a second point to position the comment text:

▪ Enter, in the "Comment" field of the Properties pane, the text concerning the selected
element.

C.4.15. INSERTING A REVISION CLOUD

You are going to draw revision clouds, i.e. graphical remarks inserted on the drawings.

▪ On the Insert tab, in the Objects group, click Revision Cloud.

▪ Click all points necessary to define the cloud:

▪ Right-click to quit the command.

C.4.16. INSERTING SYMBOL LEGENDS

You are going to insert a symbol legend, i.e. a table that lists all symbols inserted in the drawing.

▪ On the Insert tab, in the Objects group, click Symbol Legends.

▪ Validate the message that is displayed.

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A symbol legend is inserted in each installation drawing.

C.4.17. DEFINING PRINT REGIONS

You can print parts of the diagram on a separate page with its own title block if you have defined
printing regions on the page and activated the "Printing by Print Regions" option.

▪ On the Insert tab, in the Objects group, click Print Region.

▪ Click the two points specifying the rectangular area to be printed later.
It is designated by the chain line of the rectangle.
▪ Specify another region (optional).
▪ Right-click or press <Esc> to quit the command.
▪ Go to File menu, Options button, Printing tab.
▪ Activate the "Printing by Print Regions" option under the General Information node.

C.4.18. ADJUSTING THE INSTALLATION DRAWING

You are going to adjust the installation drawing in the current page according to the paper.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Align.

▪ Select the Adjust to Contents command.
The page size is adjusted to fit tightly the contents and the entire drawing is centred on the
page.

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C.5. ROUTING CABLES

You are now going to route the physical cables on the logical connections that you have defined in
your Installation Drawing Page.

According to the positions of the two connected elements between which you wish to route a cable,
and the specifics of your drawing, you can choose between Straight, Curved and Orthogonal or
Spline routing.

To route straight a cable on the connection between two elements:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Cabling group, click Route and then click Route Straight.
▪ Click the first element then click the second.

You must start with the element you clicked first during the logical connection definition.

To route curved the cables on the connections between S5 and J1, S6 and J1, S7 and J1, S8
and J1, proceed in the following way:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Cabling group, click Route and then click Route Curved.
▪ Click S5 – again, you must start with the element you clicked first during the logical
connection definition.

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▪ Drag the mouse and when you obtain the desired (or the most suitable) curve, click in
the sheet:

▪ Click S6, drag the mouse to obtain the desired curve, and click again.
▪ Proceed in the same way for the rest of the connections.

Alternatively, proceed in the following way to route curved at once all the cables on the
connections between S5 and J1, S6 and J1, S7 and J1, S8 and J1, and P1:

▪ Select the outlets S5 to S8 and the junction box J1.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Cabling group, click Autoroute.
▪ Hold down the SHIFT key and click J1.
▪ Click the panel P1.
The software has routed all cables on the connections between the specified elements.
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To route orthogonally cables on the connections between S1, S2, S3 and P1, proceed in the
following way:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Cabling group, click Route and then click Route Orthogonal.
▪ Click S4, and then click S3 – again, you start with the element you clicked first during
the respective logical connection definition.
▪ Click again S3, and then click S2.
▪ Click S2, and then click S1.
▪ Click S1, and then click P1.

You get:

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To route cables between J1 and P1 with a spline curve, proceed in the following way:

▪ Click the first element.

▪ Click in the sheet to define the first point of the spline curve.
▪ Click in the sheet to define the second point of the spline.
You get:

The length of the cable is automatically calculated. The cable is divided into segments
according to the routing that you have defined.

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In the Properties window, you can specify the Placement and the Fixation Height (if
applicable) of the particular segments, for example:

Notes:

1. In the Properties window, you can change the modifiable (not dimmed) properties of each cable
segment as desired.
2. If you modify the Fixation Height, the Length is automatically re-calculated.

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In the Bill of Materials, you can check the total length of the routed cables, displayed in the
"Quantity" column:

In the List of Cables, you can check all the available information about the routed cables, such as
total length, name and description:

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D MANAGING CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS

Within the Circuit Diagrams module, you are enabled to insert various elements in order to compose
the electrical circuit. You can manage the circuit diagram by working independently either in the
Circuit Tree or in the Circuit Diagrams component.
Each modification that you perform within one of them is automatically applied on the other.

D.1. CREATING NEW ELECTRICAL SYMBOLS

You are enabled to create your own symbols, starting with drawing the graphics and, when its
definition is completed, saving it in the user database. This allows you to access the symbol directly
by selecting its reference in the database or in the Symbols bar.
First, insert the graphics of the new symbol:

▪ Open the Home tab.

▪ Activate the Graphical Editor by clicking the Graphics command in the Insert group.
A new tab, named Insert, appears.
▪ Click the Ellipse command that has become available in the Elements group.
▪ Click the left mouse button to select the centre of a circle.
▪ Move the cursor to specify the radius.
▪ Click the starting point of the circle.
▪ Move the cursor to define the circle.
▪ Click the left mouse button to finish drawing.
▪ Repeat the procedure to draw a second circle:

▪ Click the right mouse button or press <Esc> to exit the command.
▪ Execute the Line command in the Elements group on the Insert tab.
▪ Click on the top left side of the inner circle to select the starting point of the line.
▪ Move the cursor diagonally to draw the line.
▪ Select the ending point of the line.
▪ Click the left mouse button.
▪ Click the right mouse button or press <Esc> to exit the command.
▪ Execute the Text command in the Elements group to add text to the symbol.
▪ Click the position of the text:

▪ Enter a value for the new text in the "Value" line of the Properties window.

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Next, set an Origin point for the symbol:

▪ On the Home tab, in the Insert group, click Origin.
▪ Click where you wish to set the origin point:

The origin point will be the connection point of the symbol.

Next, to group all elements of the symbol together:

▪ Press the CTRL key, and click consecutively the elements until all of them are selected,
or press the SHIFT key and define a selection area.
▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Group, and then click the Group sub-
command.

To add the symbol to the user database:

▪ Click the File menu button, point to Database, and then click Add Database
Equipment.
The Add Database Equipment window appears:

▪ Enter a number for the symbol in the "Partnumber" field.

▪ Change (optionally) the group which the symbol will be added to.
▪ Modify (optionally) the other active properties.
▪ Click OK.
The user database is updated and the new equipment becomes available in the Equipment
Database window.
Now you can find the symbol in the Symbols pane, on the tab of the group that you entered
at the symbol's creation.
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Next, you are going to decompose the element that you have previously created:
▪ Select the element from an existing group.
The entire group is highlighted in red, i.e. all elements belonging to the respective group are
automatically selected.
▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Group, and then click the Ungroup sub-
command.
The group is decomposed into its constituent elements. In the Installation Tree, they are now
represented as separate elements.

D.1.1. EDITING DATABASE EQUIPMENT

You are going to modify the properties of equipment that you have exported to the external user
database.

▪ Click the File menu button, point to Database, and then click Edit Database
Equipment.

The Edit Database Equipment window appears.

▪ Modify the required information.

▪ Click OK.
The user database updates with the new equipment properties.

D.1.2. COPYING DATABASE EQUIPMENT

You are going to copy the properties of equipment from the database and export it with a different
part number.

▪Select the equipment you wish to copy.

▪Click the File menu button, point to Database, and then click Copy Database
Equipment.
The Copy Database Equipment window appears.
▪ Enter the new part number.
▪ Click OK.
The new equipment is added to the user database.

D.1.3. DELETING DATABASE EQUIPMENT

You are going to remove from the user database equipment that you have exported.

▪Select the equipment you wish to remove.

▪Click the File menu button, point to Database, and then click Delete Database
Equipment.
The selected equipment has been deleted from the user database.
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D.2. INSERTING ELEMENTS IN THE CIRCUIT TREE

You are enabled to insert the desired electrical devices to compose your circuit in the following ways:

 Directly from the Equipment Database – the elements possess equipment codes.
 From the Symbols window – then you can assign equipment codes to them (by selecting the
appropriate pieces of equipment from the Equipment Database).

Note:
You are not allowed to insert devices with higher rated current than that of the preceding device (e.g.
a circuit breaker 20A after one 10A), i.e. you cannot insert a device with higher rated current as a
sub-level to a device with lower rated current.

D.2.1. CREATING A CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS SKELETON

You are now going to generate automatically a skeleton of the panel circuits, most useful at the initial
phase of the panel development. You have to have inserted panel output nodes (in the Installation
Tree via the Symbols window, Building tab; in the Circuit Tree or Circuit Diagrams via the
Symbols window, Protectives tab; automatically via the Outputs… pop-up command).

▪ Go to the Circuit Tree or Circuit Diagrams.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Wizards group, click Create Skeleton.
A warning message appears that all existing equipment will be deleted before the automatic
generation.
▪ Click OK.
A circuit breaker is automatically inserted on every node line, as well as a protection circuit
breaker on top.

To insert those manually, delete the breakers you have just created and follow the next
procedures.

D.2.2. INSERTION FROM THE DATABASE

You are now going to insert a switch disconnector from the Equipment Database.

▪ In the Workspace window, click Circuit Tree.

You can see that the output nodes inserted in the Installation Tree are already positioned.
▪ Select them one by one and rename them appropriately.
▪ On the Home tab, in the Equipments group, click Insert Equipment.
The Equipment Database window is displayed.
Within the Filters pane, you can filter the available equipment by different features, e.g.:
▪ Select the desired Manufacturer and Rated Current from the pull-down lists available in
the respective "Value" fields.

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The pieces of equipment available in the Equipments pane are filtered according to your
selections:

You can add or remove different filter criteria by turning On/Off the respective properties in
the dialogue displayed at pressing the Filters button.
▪ Select the Switch Disconnector and click OK.
It is automatically added to the Circuit Tree:

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The Circuit Diagram is accordingly updated, i.e. the selected switch disconnector is
automatically inserted there:

D.2.3. INSERTION FROM THE SYMBOLS WINDOW

You are going to insert a circuit breaker symbol in the circuit tree.

▪ In the Workspace window, click Circuit Tree.

▪ Select the just inserted switch disconnector in the circuit tree:

▪ In the Symbols window, on the Protectives tab, double-click the Circuit Breaker
symbol.
It is automatically added to the tree.

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To assign an equipment code to the inserted circuit breaker:

▪ Right-click its name, and click the Change pop-up command:

The Equipment Database window is displayed.

▪ Filter the available equipment by Manufacturer and by Rated Current.
▪ Select the desired piece of equipment.

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For example:

▪ Click OK.

The equipment code is assigned to the circuit breaker you inserted in the tree.

The circuit diagram is also accordingly updated.

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▪ Click Circuit Diagrams to view the automatically inserted circuit breaker (with the
assigned equipment code):

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D.3. INSERTING ELEMENTS IN THE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

You are going to insert a circuit breaker and then assign an equipment code to it.

In the Circuit Diagram:

▪ Select the already inserted switch disconnector.

▪ In the Symbols window, on the Protectives tab, double-click the Circuit Breaker
symbol.

It is automatically and appropriately inserted in the circuit diagram, and tagged

correspondingly:

▪ Right-click the Q3 circuit breaker, and click the Change… pop-up command.

The Equipment Database window is displayed.

▪ Filter the available equipment by Manufacturer and by Rated Current as you did this for
the circuit breaker inserted in the circuit tree.
▪ Select the piece of equipment.
▪ Click OK.
The equipment code is assigned to the circuit breaker you inserted in the diagram.

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The Circuit tree is accordingly updated:

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D.4. SELECTING ELEMENTS BY APPLYING A FILTER

A group of pop-up commands in the Installation Drawings allows you to select all elements that
correspond to a given criterion.

 Selecting All Elements in a Page

This functionality allows you to select all elements that are inserted on one and the same page.

▪ Right-click an element on the desired page.

▪ Click the Select ➤ Select by Page command.
All elements on that page are selected and marked in red.

 Selecting All Elements in a Circuit

This functionality allows you to select all elements that are part of one and the same circuit.

▪ Right-click an element in the desired circuit.

▪ Click the Select ➤ Select by Circuit command.
The entire circuit is selected and marked in red.

 Selecting All Elements in a Group

This functionality allows you to select all elements that are part of one and the same group.

▪ Right-click an element in the desired group.

▪ Click the Select ➤ Select by Assembly command.
The entire group is selected and marked in red.

 Selecting All Elements in a Category

This functionality allows you to select all elements that have one and the same category.

▪ Right-click an element in the desired category.

▪ Click the Select ➤ Select by Category command.

All elements in that category are selected and marked in red.

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D.5. ALIGNING INSERTED ELEMENTS

This functionality allows you to interactively align two objects inserted in the current Installation
Drawing page.
It is available and active only when Installation Drawings is clicked in the Workspace window.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Align.

Several sub-commands are available:

 Alignment of the Object

▪ Click Align.

The following commands are used for aligning the objects:

 Align Left
 Align Center
 Align Right
 Align Top
 Align Middle
 Align Bottom

These commands become active only after you select more than one component in the
Installation drawing. You can do this with the help of the <Ctrl> key on the keyboard. The
different commands move the second selected element in relation to the first.

▪ Click the first element.

The selected element is highlighted in red.
▪ Click the second element.
▪ Select the command you want to use.
The second clicked element is moved (aligned) in relation to the first.
▪ Click anywhere in the sheet to validate.

 Align to Page

This command is used to align the contents of the page to its margins. For example, if you
place a component near or out of the page margins:
▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Align and then Align to Page.
The objects in the page are aligned to its margins so during the printing of the page they
will not be cut out.

 Matrix Alignment

This command is used to multiply the selected symbol according to a user-defined grid.

▪ Click the symbol to copy.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Align and then Place by Matrix.
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The Place by Matrix window appears.

▪ Define, in the "Number of Columns" field, how many copies of the symbol there
should be in the horizontal direction.
▪ Define, in the "Number of Rows" field, how many copies of the symbol there should
be in the vertical direction.
▪ Define the horizontal distance between symbols in the "Column Distance" field.
▪ Define the vertical distance between symbols in the "Row Distance" field.
▪ Tick the "Align Matrix to Centre of Selected Component" option to start the
calculation of the distance from the geometrical centre of the symbol.
▪ Click OK.

 Distance Alignment

▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Align and then Place by Distance.
▪ Click the first element.
The clicked element is highlighted in red.
▪ Click the second element.
▪ Change, in the Properties window, the Fixation Information by typing the desired
values for the DistanceX and/or DistanceY.
The first selected element is moved at the specified distance from the second.
▪ Click anywhere in the sheet to validate.

 Tag Texts Offset

▪ On the Home tab, in the Modify group, click Align and then Offset Tag Texts.
▪ Point to the top right corner of a component tag group until a circle marker is
displayed.
Click, then drag-and-drop the group to its new position.

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D.6. POSITIONING THE OUTPUT NODES WITHIN THE CIRCUIT TREE

To assign the previously inserted output nodes to the circuit breakers, do the following:

Within the Circuit Tree:

▪ Click IO1, and drag & drop it on the Q2.

▪ Click IO2, and drag & drop it on the Q3.

The result is:

▪ Click Circuit Diagrams within the Workspace window.

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You can see that the output nodes have been automatically moved on the correct positions,
and the entire circuit diagram has been updated according to the modifications you made in
the tree.

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D.7. COPYING THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITHIN THE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

You can proceed further composing your circuit diagram by copying the electrical circuit that you
have just created.

To do so:

▪ Press and hold down the CTRL key.

▪ Click the Q1 switch disconnector.
▪ Drag the mouse to the desired position.
As you are dragging, you can see the entire circuit, virtually attached to the cursor, being
moved.
▪ Drop it on the desired position.
The circuit has been copied.
▪ Repeat the above described steps if you wish to copy the circuit once again, e.g.:

The particular elements are automatically tagged.

▪ Rename appropriately the copied socket outlets in the respective Properties windows.

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E CABINET MANAGEMENT

The elements of your Circuit Diagram are already presented in the Cabinet Tree and appropriately
positioned as particular modules in the different Cabinet Drawings pages.
Now you can design your Cabinet.

E.1. SELECTING A CABINET FROM THE EQUIPMENT DATABASE

You are going to select a suitable cabinet from the Database.

▪ Within the Workspace window, click Cabinet Drawings.

Select the Front Plates tab.

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▪ On the Home tab, in the Equipments group, click Insert Equipment.

The Equipment Database window is displayed.
▪ Select the desired Cabinet from the available ones.
▪ Click OK.
The graphical representation of the Cabinet is automatically generated. The particular
modules are also automatically placed inside.

Attention!

The modules are automatically positioned in the Cabinet only when the automatic placement mode is
activated, which is the default case. This mode can be turned Off/On through the Automate
Calculation functionality on the Home tab, in the Placement group:

If you turn it "Off", when you insert the Cabinet, the placement of the modules is not calculated, and
they are positioned outside the inserted Cabinet. You can move them manually to the desired
positions.

E.2. MOVING CABINET MODULES

If some modules are not placed (in the cabinet) on the most suitable positions, you are allowed to
move them as desired at any time.

▪ Click the Circuit Cabling tab to activate the respective page of the Cabinet Drawing.
▪ On the Home tab, in the Placement group, click Automate Calculation in order to turn
"Off" the automatic placement mode.
▪ Click the desired module (element) to select it.
▪ Drag it with the mouse to the right position in the desired Cabinet opening.

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F CHECKING FOR DESIGN ERRORS

You are going to obtain a report listing the errors that you have possibly made while designing your
installations and/or panels.

▪ Click a component inserted in the project.

▪ On the Home tab, in the Proofing group, click Design Rule Check.

The Design Rule Check window appears, listing the different errors that exist in the current
module.
The errors are divided in categories, for example:

 Verifying Component Annotation

 Verifying Generic Components,
 Verifying Unconnected Components,
 Verifying Unrouted Components,
.

At the end of each list, you can see the total number of errors for the specific category.
The detected errors are highlighted in the respective drawing pages.

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G EXPORTING THE BILLS OF MATERIALS

The elements of your Circuit and Cabinet Diagrams are automatically listed in the respective Bill of
Materials and List of Parts.
You are enabled to export the contents of the Bill of Materials in an MS Excel spreadsheet.

▪ In the Workspace window, within the Panel1 component, click Documents.

The Bill of Materials is displayed:

▪ Click the List Of Parts tab to view the list of the elements by their tags:

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To export the Bill of Materials:

▪ Click the File menu button, point to Export, and then click Bill Of Materials. The
Export Bill of Materials dialogue box appears.
▪ In the "File name" field, enter a name for the Excel file, or leave the one entered by
default.
▪ Click the Save button.
▪ The Excel file opens automatically:

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