Defines a typical schematic with associated blocks in the Reference Data Explorer. You use the typical schematic as a template to generate a schematic for a specified load in the Electrical Index.
Name
Type a name for the typical schematic.
Template
Select a template for the schematic. The template determines the page size and orientation, and the border and title blocks that appear on the schematic.
Typical schematic block properties
Lists the blocks that will comprise the typical schematic.
Add
Adds another row that displays the block properties according to your selections under Block details. Make sure that the blocks that you add belong to the same CAD format. Generating a schematic drawing based on a typical schematic that uses different CAD formats (for example, .sym and .dgn files) may result in generation errors.
Remove
Removes the currently selected block from the schematic.
Block name
Select a block from the available blocks in the library.
Block type
Displays the block type representing the item type associated with the block, such as a motor. This value is read-only.
Sequence
This option applies for situations where there is more than one block of the same type in the schematic. Type an integer that represents the sequence in which the software associates the blocks with matching plant items that belong to the same item type. The software uses these sequence numbers if there are multiple plant items belonging to the same item type, for example, a schematic that contains two control station blocks that have to be associated with plant items. The software associates the block that has lowest sequence number with the plant item that has the lowest Sequence in group attribute among the plant items belonging to same item type. Example: A typical schematic contains two blocks A and B for which sequence numbers are 5 and 8 respectively. If used with a motor that has two control stations CS-1 and CS-2 whose Sequence in group attributes are 3 and 8 respectively, the software matches Block A with Control Station CS-1 and Block B with Control Station CS-2.
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You can select View to preview the currently selected block before adding it to the typical schematic.
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This option is not available for multi-tag blocks.
Sheet number
Allows you to assign a sheet number to the current block in the typical schematic you are modifying or creating. The values in this list correspond to the sheets that you create in the Schematic Sheet Properties dialog. You can assign the same block to several different sheets if you want the block to appear more than once on different sheets of the same schematic. Note that you should assign a sheet to each block in the typical schematic. Unassigned sheets are not kept in the database by the software. This option is not available for multi-tag blocks.
Note that the drawing always appears on the first page of the schematic while the
multi-tag blocks appear on the subsequent pages.
X
Allows you to enter a positive or negative numeric value in the CAD application units of measure for the X-coordinate. In the generated schematic drawing, the software will shift the relevant block on the X (vertical) axis according to the value you enter.
Y
Allows you to enter a positive or negative numeric value in the CAD application units of measure for the Y-coordinate. In the generated schematic drawing, the software will shift the relevant block on the Y (horizontal) axis according to the value you enter.
Multi-Tag Options
Opens the Multi-Tag Schematic Options dialog where you can specify whether to include a tag list on the main drawing page of a multi-item schematic, and the maximum number of rows in the list to allow on the drawing sheets. This option is available when you select a multi-tag block.
Sheets
Opens the Schematic Sheet Properties dialog where you can define multiple sheets for the current typical schematic drawing.