Dissociate an Item from Its Feeding Item - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

This procedure shows you how to dissociate an item from its feeding item in the Electrical Engineer.

1. In the Electrical Engineer, navigate to the item that you want to dissociate.

2. Right-click an item, and on the shortcut menu, select Dissociate.

   OR

   Select the item you want to dissociate and drag it to the root of the tree view of the Electrical Engineer.

3. At the prompt, select Yes to confirm the dissociation.

• The dissociated item moves to the root of the tree view of the Electrical Engineer provided that it is associated with at least one other electrical item. If the dissociated item has no other electrical associations, it disappears from the Electrical Engineer. Note that the software also dissociates from the feeding item all the items that are associated with the dissociated item.

• When dissociating the last load from a circuit, select the Installed Spare setting for the Cell Usage property.

• The software can create unrequired and unpredictable associations when you try to dissociate a load that is connected to its feeder through more than one branch (for example, a cable or junction box), or when you move one of the feeding branches to another electrical item. To avoid unwanted associations, you must first dissociate the load. Only then can you dissociate the remaining items in the multiple branches. If you do not dissociate the load first, the software may leave unrequired associations in the Electrical Engineer.