EDE Toolbar and Shortcut Menu - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

The following commands can be accessed from the EDE Toolbar and when appropriate are available as a right-click shortcut.

New

Select the arrow to select:

New Item

Creates a new item based on your selection from the select list.

New Multiple Items

Opens the Create Multiple New Items dialog where you can create new multiple items in the Electrical Index. Your new item or items might not be visible in the EDE grid depending on the filter set in the EDE View dialog. Edit the EDE View and remove the filter if you require to view the new items in the grid.

Edit

Select the arrow to select from the following:

Copy

Copies the value in the selected row, cell, or group of cells, to the Clipboard so that it can be pasted somewhere else. This command does not remove the value from the table. Values placed on the Clipboard remain there until newer values are copied over them.
Right-click shortcut is available.

Paste

Places the value or values on the Clipboard into the selected row, cell, or group of cells. Values do not paste successfully if you have selected a cell for which the value is strictly generated by validation or calculation, or is read-only. When pasting, you must select the same number of rows as the number of rows that were copied to the Clipboard. This command is also available on the right-click menu.

Select All

Selects all the cells in the active EDE view. You can use this command to create a select set and view its properties in the Properties window, for instance. This command is also available on the right-click menu.

Delete

Deletes the selected items from the database. This command is also available on the right-click menu.

View

Select the arrow to select from the following:

Edit View

Opens the Edit View dialog where you can edit the current EDE view.

Save Settings

Stores the table layout and the order and width of the EDE columns.

Save to Excel

Opens the Save as dialog where you can save the displayed EDE view as an Excel sheet. If you want to save all your data in the EDE, first select Clear Column Filters to remove any filters you have applied to the columns and then select Save to Excel .

Clear Column Filters

Select to clear all filters you have applied to the columns of your EDE.

Refresh

Refreshes the table with current data from the database. Note that in a multi-user environment, more than one person may be updating data. Your opened table does not refresh automatically and you therefore need to run this command periodically to display the most recent data. Where another user has made a change on an item for which you have opened the properties in the table, the software notifies you that your input will be rejected until you first refresh the data.

Enable Grouping

Opens the group area below the Search field. Drag the column headers you want to group by to this area. Drag back to the grid column headers you do not want to group by or select Disable Grouping to close the grouping area and cancel the grouping.

Disable Grouping (available when Enable Grouping is active)

Select to close the grouping area and cancel any grouping you have created.

Right-click shortcuts only

To access the following commands right-click on the grid and select the action required.

Duplicate Item

Creates a new item identical to the selected item. If the value of the Comply To Naming Convention tag property for the item is set to True, the duplicated item tag is based on the naming convention for the item type.

Print Drawings (Document Item Type only)

Allows you to select one or more drawings and print them. Registered drawings cannot be printed from the EDE.

Save As (Document Item Type only)

Opens the Save As dialog and allows you to save your selected drawing in another format. The formats are:

• Microstation (.dgn)

• Autocad (.dxf)

• Autocad (.dwg)

• PDF (.pdf)

• Document (.spe)

Find

Select on an item in the grid and select find to open a list of options. The options are find the selected item in:

• The Electrical Index

• The Electrical Engineer

• An SLD

• An Active Composite Document

Common Properties

Opens the Common Properties dialog for the selected item where you can enter the required electrical properties. This command is only available for items that have a dialog, such as motors, cables, control stations, and so forth.

Wrap Text

Right-click on a column header to apply text wrapping to the column.