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This option allows you to generate a single line diagram based on the items you select in the Electrical Engineer. First, you select the items from which you want the new SLD to originate. Then, you set the generation options to define the electrical items that serve as the initial points or sources of your SLD, define the SLD page and display settings, as well as the definitions for the display of circuits and circuit components. After generating the SLD, you can save the SLD as an internal drawing in the system or as an external drawing using the Save As command. You can generate as many SLDs for the same item as needed.

  1. In the Electrical Engineer, select the items for which you want to generate your single line diagram.

    A red check mark appears next to each selected item in the Electrical Engineer.

  2. To open the Single Line Diagram Options dialog, select File > New > SLD. Alternately, you can right-click a highlighted item and select New SLD.

  3. On the Single Line Diagram Options dialog, define the SLD generation options as you require. For details, see Single Line Diagram Options Dialog.

    SHARED Tip You can define the required properties for the newly generated drawing on the Document Properties tab of the Single Line Diagram Options dialog. This tab is available for all unsaved new SLDs that have not been created manually. See Document Properties Tab (Single Line Diagram Options Dialog).

  4. Select Generate.

  • If you want to regenerate an open SLD drawing using different generation options, with the SLD open, select Tools > Drawing Options.

  • To save the drawing as an internal document, in the generated SLD drawing, select File > Save.

  • If there are overlapping connectors on the generated drawing, open the SLD and then select Tools > Optimize Overlapping Connectors to reposition the connectors so that they do not overlap. Note that this operation may take a few moments if your SLD contains a lot of connectors.

  • For information on how to use custom symbols in your SLDs and the SLD legends, see Associate Custom Symbols with Plant Items.

  • If, during the SLD generation, the software cannot find a referenced symbol for a specific electrical item, the software uses the default symbol file (default.sym) to represent the item. You specify default files in Options Manager.

  • Sometimes, after the software opens a drawing, the distance between connected items is either too long or too short, which results in an inappropriate display of connectors. To control the visual consistency of connectors, you can set a Clearance value that specifies the amount of space that the software will maintain between the connector and the connected element (also known as range avoidance). This action allows you to control the visual consistency of connectors that make right-angle turns just before they attach to a symbol.

  • To set Clearance, select a connector and then type the minimum distance from the symbols where you would like the first turn in the connectors to occur. Note that the default setting is zero.