The following table lists and describes the options for the single line diagram (SLD) generation preferences. You can set these options as default in the Plant Default Preferences Window.
SLD margins
Allow you to define the default unit of measure for SLD margins and distance between the page edges and the SLD drawing so that the drawing does not overlap the title block. The unit of measure for top, bottom, left and right margins changes dynamically, according to the preference for margin units.
Distance for SLD internals
These options allow you to set the default distance between buses, circuits and circuit internals in a generated SLD. The following options are available:
Distance between buses
Allows you to type a value for the horizontal distance between the buses. Select a unit of measure.
Distance between circuits
Allows you to type a value for the horizontal distance between the circuits above and below the buses. Select a unit of measure.
Distance between circuit internals
Allows you to type a value for the vertical distance between the circuit internal components (fuses, starters, and so forth). Select a unit of measure.
Vertical distance between electrical items
Allows you to define the vertical distance between electrical items in your SLD drawings. This setting applies to all electrical items in a branch except for circuit internals. Type in the required value and select the unit of measure. This option becomes available after selecting the Recalculate saved item position check box.
Drawing options
Allow you to set general preferences for SLD generation.
Save settings of last generated drawing
The following options are available:
Yes
Saves and then applies all the settings that users define on the Single Line Diagram Options dialog (SLD margins and Distance for SLD internals). This preference takes effect after generating an SLD and applies to all subsequent SLD generations in the current SmartPlant Electrical session.
No
For subsequent generations in the current SmartPlant Electrical session, saves only the SLD margin preferences and returns all the other SLD options to the application defaults.
After moving electrical items in a generated drawing, moving and resizing the frames
that the software draws around items belonging to PDBs and around circuits in each
cell, the software always retains the position of all electrical items in saved drawings
without the need to instruct the software to do so.
Use bus tie symbols
The following options are available:
Yes
Shows a horizontal representation between two connected buses using the BusTie.sym file. In this case, the software shows the connection between the two buses as a straight bus-tie connection without showing the items connected between and within the circuits. The BusTie symbol is a "circuit" type symbol and has its first connection point on the rightmost side and the second connection point at the leftmost side.
No
Shows a vertical representation of a connection between two buses. This is the standard bus coupler-riser circuit connection representation that includes both coupler and the riser circuits and displays them as vertical objects, connected to each other. The software displays both circuits as standard arrows.