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Many electrical items have a common circuit layout, where the graphical components are identical, but the data is different. In order to generate a schematic for a particular load, you must create a typical schematic. A typical schematic includes drawing blocks and macros to represent the graphical components and data types respectively. Note that you can create schematic drawings that include several sheets. Multi-sheet schematics are mostly used when you need to display complex electrical equipment for which a single sheet is not enough to show all the relevant wiring details of the equipment. The software uses the typical schematic as a template for generating the schematic drawing that contains the actual load data.

  1. In the Reference Data Explorer, expand the Typical Schematics folder by selecting the + icon beside the folder.

  2. Right-click a schematic and on the shortcut menu, select Common Properties.

  3. On the Typical Schematic Common Properties dialog, add a block to the schematic by selecting Add to add a new line to the list under Schematic blocks.

    When adding blocks that comprise the typical schematic, make sure that all the blocks belong to the same CAD format. Generating a schematic drawing based on a typical schematic that uses different CAD formats (for example, .sym and .dgn files) may result in generation errors.

  4. Under Block details, select the required block in the Block name list.

    SHARED Tip You can select View to preview the currently selected block before adding it to the typical schematic.

  5. Select the starting point for the bottom left corner of the block relative to the bottom left corner of the schematic by specifying the values in the X and Y boxes. These are usually the same as the coordinates that were originally defined for the block while it was a part of the complete schematic. The default values for the coordinates are 0,0.

  6. For the Sequence property, if needed, type a positive integer to represent the sequence in which the software associates the blocks with matching plant items.

    SHARED Tip The software uses these sequence numbers if there are multiple plant items belonging to the same item type, for example, a schematic that contains two control station blocks that have to be associated with plant items. The software associates the block that has lowest sequence number with the plant item that has the lowest Sequence in group attribute among the plant items belonging to same item type. Example: A typical schematic contains two blocks A and B whose sequence numbers are 5 and 8 respectively. If used with a motor that has two control stations CS-1 and CS-2 for which the Sequence in group properties are 3 and 8 respectively, the software matches Block A with Control Station CS-1 and Block B with Control Station CS-2.

  7. Set the number of sheets in the typical schematic and define the sheet properties. For details, see Create a Multi-Sheet Typical Schematic.

  8. Under Sheet number, select a sheet that you want to assign to the selected block.

    • You can assign the same block to several different sheets if you want the block to appear more than once on different sheets of the same schematic.

    • Note that the software does not retain in the database the sheets that have not been assigned to blocks.

  9. To remove a block from the schematic, select the required block under Schematic blocks and select Remove.

  10. When done, select Apply.

Now you can do one of the following: