Set Preferences for SLD Generation - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

SLD preferences allow you to customize default preferences for single line (SLD) generation.

1. Select File > Preferences.

2. Select the SLD Generation tab.

3. Under SLD drawings, do one of the following:

   • Select the Save settings of last generated drawing check box to apply settings defined for the last generated drawing to all subsequent generations.

   • Clear the Save settings of the last generated drawing check box to save only the SLD margin preferences and return all the other SLD options to the application defaults.

   Selecting the Save settings of the last generated drawing check box instructs the software to apply all the settings defined on the Single Line Diagram Options dialog apart from the settings defined on the Preferences dialog (SLD margins and Distance for SLD internals). This preference option takes effect after generating an SLD and applies to all subsequent SLD generations.

4. Do one of the following:

   • Select Use bus tie symbols to show a horizontal representation between two 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. Note that 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. Also, the item property in the SLD displays only the coupler information. Furthermore, if you use the Find in SLD command, the software finds the pertinent coupler and not the bus riser.

   • Clear the Use bus tie symbols check box to use 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.

5. Under SLD margins, select the required unit of measure (mm or inches) and define the margin settings.

6. Under Distance for SLD internals, enter values and select a unit of measure for representation of buses, circuits and circuit components in a generated SLD:

   • In Distance between circuits, set the horizontal distance between the circuits above and below the buses.

   • In Distance between buses, set the horizontal distance between the buses.

   • In Distance between circuit internals, set the vertical distance between the circuit internal components (fuses, starters, and so forth).

7. Select OK or another tab.

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.