Create an Electrical Association - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

You can make an electrical association by doing one of the following:

• Drag an item from the Electrical Index to an appropriate place in the electrical tree of the Electrical Engineer.

• In a cable block diagram, connect two items using a cable or a connector. See Working with Smart Data and Auxiliary Graphics in a CBD.

Note that electrical associations are governed by a strict set of rules. For details, see Rules for Associating Electrical Equipment.

The following procedure explains how to make electrical associations among equipment by dragging items from the Electrical Index to the Electrical Engineer.

The software does not allow you to make parallel connections or change existing parallel connections of cables in the Electrical Engineer. Parallel cable connections or changes of parallel associations can be carried out only in cable block diagrams.

1. In the Electrical Index, expand the folder hierarchy by selecting the + icon or by double- selecting the parent folder.

2. Highlight the item that you want to associate.

3. In the Electrical Engineer, expand the item hierarchy where you want to make the new association. Select the + icon or select the relevant item.

4. Drag the highlighted item from Electrical Index to the Electrical Engineer and drop it onto the required target item.

• There are specific rules that govern electrical associations. These rules determine electrical associations of items in the Electrical Engineer. For more information, see Rules for Associating Electrical Equipment.

• You also can make electrical associations in a cable block diagram. For details, see Place and Connect Items in a Cable Block Diagram.