Drawings

You can create multiple drawings from the same one-line file. The drawing feature enables you choose a selected part of the system or the entire system and put them into a separate drawing for the purpose of printing to a specific format or for viewing. You can rearrange the positions of the equipment in the drawing and format the pages. This enables you to have multiple views of the same one-line.

You can manage drawings through the EasyControl toolbox. If you hover the pointer over the EasyControl tab, the toolbox expands to display the drawing options along with a list of drawings that have been created. If you do not see drawings here, make sure Drawing is highlighted at the bottom of the toolbox.

Creating a New Drawing

To create a new drawing:

1. Select the items in the one-line that you would like to include in your drawing.
2. Open the EasyControl toolbox and then click New Drawing. A new drawing is added to the drawing list.
3. Type a name for the drawing and press ENTER or click elsewhere on the one-line to save it.

Figure 1: Example of a Drawing View

You can set default drawing options so that when you create drawings, the defaults you have chosen are used. To set the default for drawings click Tools and then click Drawings (toolbar menu: Format > Drawing Defaults).

Editing a Drawing

Delete Items

Delete any item from the drawing by selecting the item and pressing DELETE.

Edit Equipment Data

You can edit equipment data by double-clicking on the equipment and changing data through the dialog. The data changed is global—it affects the main One-line and all the drawings.

Insert Existing Item

This command enables you to insert in the drawing any item that is connected to the selected item but not yet in the drawing. Right-click on any item in the drawing and select Insert Existing Item. If there are connected items not yet shown in the drawing they are listed. Select the desired items to insert them. If the item is not directly connected to the selected item, you can insert one item after another until you get the desired item.

EasyControl Commands

Figure 2: EasyControl Toolbox

The EasyControl Toolbox includes the following commands:

• New Drawing: Creates a new drawing. First select items from the one-line that you want to include in the drawing, and then click New Drawing.
• Delete Drawing: Deletes the selected drawing.
• Move Up: Moves the selected drawing up the list.
• Move Down: Moves the selected drawing down the list.
• Drawing Properties: Displays the Drawing Properties dialog box of the selected drawing where you can customize the drawing properties, including the page, title block, grid, and notes.

Drawing Properties

The Drawing Properties dialog box enables you to customize the drawings. Each drawing can have its own custom properties.

Page

Figure 3: Drawing Properties Page Options

• Paper Size: Choose the desired paper size for printouts. You can add new paper sizes if required.
• Add: Enables you to create your own custom page size. In the Custom Page Size dialog, specify the page width, height, and unit. In Page Size Name type the name of your page, and then click Add/Modify.

Note: If you need to modify an existing custom page size, first select the page size name from the list, then make the changes and click Add/Modify. You can also delete page sizes that have been defined by selecting the page size name and then clicking Delete. Cancel closes the dialog without making any changes.



Figure 4: Custom Page Size dialog

• Show Page Border: Show or hide the border in the page.
• Orientation: Choose Portrait or Landscape.
• Margins: Specify margins, in inches, for the page border.
• Schedule Scaling: Schedules for panels, MCC and buses can be shown in the drawings. The scale of the schedules can be based on one of the following:
  • Global: Uses the scale defined as the schedule default scale in Tools > Options > Options Dialog > Equipment (toolbar menu: Tools > Options > Equipment).
  • Specified: Uses the scale specified in this dialog box for the selected drawing.

Title Block

Figure 5: Drawing Properties Title Block Options

• Show Title Block: Select this check box to show title block in the drawing.
• Default: Uses the default title block format specified in the global options in Tools > Drawings > Title Block Defaults (toolbar menu: Format > Drawing Defaults).
• Specified: Uses the title bock template specified in this dialog. Click Open to browse for the title block template. By default, they are stored in the Templates subfolder your Documents library.
• Property-Value spreadsheet: You can enter the text that will appear in the title block for various fields. The fields are defined in the title block templates.

Grid

Figure 6: Drawing Properties Grid Options

• Grid Spacing: Distance of grid points horizontal (x) and vertical (y) directions.
• Applies to text dragging: When snap to grid feature is in use, dragging text on the drawing will make the text snap to the grid. When the snap to grid feature is off, the text can be placed anywhere.
• Display grid points: Show or hide grid points.
• Snap to Grid: While dragging items or text, the objects are positioned at discrete grid points if the snap to grid feature is on.
• Grid Color: Choose any color from the palette.

Notes

Add any text in notes regarding the drawing.

Figure 7: Drawing Properties Notes Options

Drawing Options

Drawing options enable you to set the page size, title block defaults, and global options for all new drawings. To open the drawing options, click Tools and then click Drawings (toolbar menu: Format > Drawing Defaults).

Page Tab

Figure 8: Drawing Defaults Page Options

• Paper Size: Choose the desired paper size for printouts. You can add new paper sizes if required.
• Add: Enables you to create your own custom page size. In the Custom Page Size dialog, specify the page width, height, and unit. In Page Size Name type the name of your page, and then click Add/Modify.

Note: If you need to modify an existing custom page size, first select the page size name from the list, then make the changes and click Add/Modify. You can also delete page sizes that have been defined by selecting the page size name and then clicking Delete. Cancel closes the dialog without making any changes.



Figure 9: Custom Page Size Dialog Box

• Show Page Border: Show or hide the border in the page.
• Orientation: Choose Portrait or Landscape.
• Margins: Specify margins for the page border.
• Schedule Defaults: Schedules for panels, MCC and buses can be shown in the drawings. You can specify the spacing between the schedules using the Minimum horizontal and Minimum vertical settings.

Title Block Tab

Figure 10: Drawing Defaults Title Block Options

• Show Title Block: Select this check box to show title block in the drawing.
• Template File: Uses the title bock template specified in this dialog. The choice <Default> uses the format that is coded in the program. Click Open to browse for a title block template. These are stored in the location specified in Tools > Options > File Locations. Templates can be customized. See File Locations for more information.
• Property-Value spreadsheet: You can enter the text that will appear in the title block for various fields. The fields are defined in the title block templates.

Global Options Tab

Text Visibility

• Automatically show analysis results in all drawings: Select this option to always display analysis text for all drawings.
• Show connection text with clipped lines in drawings: Select this option to display text information about connections on all drawings.

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