Create a Circuit - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

This procedure shows how to create a new circuit in the Electrical Index. You can create a circuit under a bus or cell.

1. In the Electrical Index, do one of the following:

   • Expand the folder hierarchy Electrical Equipment > Power Distribution Equipment > Power Distribution Boards > Buses.

   • Expand the folder hierarchy Electrical Equipment > Power Distribution Equipment > Power Distribution Boards > Buses >Cell.

   You can also create a circuit by dragging a typical circuit from the Reference Data Explorer to the Electrical Index.

2. Right-click a bus or cell and then on the shortcut menu, select one of the following:

   • New Feeder Circuit

   • New Incomer Circuit

   • New Coupler Circuit

   • New Bus Riser Circuit

3. Accept the default item tag that is based on the naming convention for the circuit or type your own item tag according to the naming convention. See Using Naming Conventions.

4. Edit the circuit properties as required on the Circuit Common Properties dialog.

• When creating a circuit under the same cell, you can create circuits that have different circuit functions. If a cell contains circuits with mixed functions (for example, incomer and feeder circuits), the cell type is undefined.

• You cannot change the circuit function in the Properties window. If you want to change the function of an existing circuit, create a new one that has a different circuit function and then delete the redundant circuit. The software does not restrict the circuit function of the circuits under a cell to a single circuit function.

• You can associate the internal components of a circuit with relevant lookup tables that contain appropriate data. On the Circuit Common Properties dialog, select the Associate Items tab. Then, in the Circuit internals data window, under Lookup Table, select and select the lookup table that you require. You will then be able to apply this associated lookup table to a plant circuit when you run the Apply Lookup Tables feature on the Apply Options dialog to propagate the lookup table data to the circuit internal components.

• After retrieving data from ETAP, you may want to change the type of the circuit that was retrieved. See Retrieve ETAP Project Data.