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Table of contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 7
PROJECTS................................................................................................................................................... 39
4.1 CREATE A NEW PROJECT .......................................................................................................................................... 39
4.1.1 Device ID ......................................................................................................................................................... 41
4.1.2 Device-ID formulas.......................................................................................................................................... 43
4.1.3 Cross References.............................................................................................................................................. 46
4.1.4 Wire Numbering............................................................................................................................................... 46
4.2 MANAGE PROJECTS ................................................................................................................................................. 48
4.3 FILTER ON PROJECTS ................................................................................................................................................ 53
4.3.1 Creating / Editing filters on Projects ............................................................................................................... 53
4.3.2 Operations and functions for filters ................................................................................................................. 54
4.4 BATCH JOBS ON PROJECTS........................................................................................................................................ 55
4.4.1 Plot Project ...................................................................................................................................................... 58
4.5 ADD COMPONENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 62
4.6 COMPONENT DEFINITION ......................................................................................................................................... 65
4.6.1 Backup / Restore parameters ........................................................................................................................... 66
4.7 RE-INDEX PROJECT .................................................................................................................................................. 67
4.7.1 The Cadelec Layers.......................................................................................................................................... 67
4.8 PROJECT REPORTS ................................................................................................................................................... 70
4.8.1 Creating / Editing a report............................................................................................................................... 74
4.8.2 Report Headers ................................................................................................................................................ 83
4.8.3 Report Language.............................................................................................................................................. 84
4.8.4 Labels............................................................................................................................................................... 85
PROJECT PAGES........................................................................................................................................ 87
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SCHEMATICS............................................................................................................................................. 123
6.1 WIRES AND CONNECTIONS .................................................................................................................................... 125
6.2 WIRE NUMBERING ................................................................................................................................................ 132
6.2.1 Potential wire numbering .............................................................................................................................. 132
6.2.2 Point To Point Wire numbering..................................................................................................................... 139
6.3 ELEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................. 160
6.4 TERMINALS ........................................................................................................................................................... 207
6.5 PLC COMPONENTS ................................................................................................................................................ 232
6.6 USING AUTOCAD COMMANDS.............................................................................................................................. 243
Introduction
Cadelec is an advanced computer-aided design (CAD) system specialized in
electrical engineering applications.
It couples the power of the AutoCAD drawing package with extensive database
management capabilities (using industry-standard dBase format) for managing,
analyzing and querying the various types of data that are generated in electrical
engineering projects.
Cadelec extends AutoCAD's powerful drawing features with a comprehensive
range of specialized routines covering various aspects of electrical engineering
design work (schematics, cabinet wiring, terminal maps, etc.). It also integrates
sophisticated file-management services capable of handling the administrative
aspects of electrical engineering projects.
Cadelec automatically produces full, accurate cross-reference correlations,
regardless of the number of drawings in the project or the number of symbols to be
cross-referenced. It also manages data on connections between different wiring
zones in the physical installation, automatically generating full details on
connection cables and terminal wiring.
Cadelec even helps with cabinet layouts, by managing information on component
dimensions. Finally, the system integrates a central cables database to assist in the
design and sizing of connections throughout the project.
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The system greatly reduces the time spent per drawing and cuts out the room for
error, which means increased productivity and increased reliability on a number of
counts:
The Modules
Basic Module
The basic module is available together with any other module or with all of them..
The following functions are available.
Cabinet Module
Using the navigator, you can now change between terminal pinouts and the
schematics in order to find a specific terminal. Or you can go the other way around,
as well.
PLC module
Selecting PLC-s from a PLC Library.
Edit PLC addresses.
Number PLC-s and related components
Export-Import PLC input/output List.
PLC related functions.
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The SISCAD development team has taken the greatest possible care in producing
the Cadelec package. However, we can never totally exclude the possibility of
inadvertent error. For this reason, we strongly encourage user feedback on bugs,
omissions and errors. Naturally, we also welcome any suggestions you might have
for improving the product in the future.
SISCAD does not extend any explicit or implicit guarantee as to the suitability of its
products for any particular application. This product is therefore offered for sale
under strictly as-is conditions.
SISCAD reserves the right to upgrade or modify its products as and when it sees fit.
The information contained in this document was valid at the time of publication but
may not be valid for future versions of the product.
1.2.1 Hardware
Computer Cadelec requires at least a Computer with a PENTIUM 90 MHz processor You will
also need a minimum of 24 MB RAM memory to run Cadelec but a system with at
least 32 (or 64)MB RAM is recommended There should also be 150 MB free space
on your hard disk
Screen You can use any monitor supported by AutoCAD. However, for optimum working,
you should consider a high-resolution monitor (1280x1024) and if required, an
auxiliary text monitor for dialogues.
Pointing device Cadelec 2004 uses a graphical user interface, which can be fully controlled with a
mouse. However, we recommend a graphics tablet with mouse emulation software.
Printer / Plotter With Cadelec 2004 you can use any printer and plotter supported by AutoCAD. If
you are using a laser printer only for graphical purposes (a Post Script printer, say)
or a plotter, we strongly recommend an additional text printer for reports. You can
use any Windows printer on the market.
1.2.2 Software
OS Cadelec 2004 requires Microsoft Windows 95/98 or Windows NT environment.
AutoCAD - Versions Cadelec requires AutoCAD 2004, 2002, 2000i or 2000 for Windows. Prior versions
of AutoCAD cannot be used with Cadelec 2004.
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AutoCAD - Languages Cadelec works with most AutoCAD language versions and allows you to change
the AutoCAD menus between 9 languages (English, French, German, etc.).
Serial number.
Version number.
Hardware and software setup.
The actions that cause the problem.
If you have recently installed Cadelec for the first time or have changed your
installation, you should run configcl.exe and check if the paths specified there are
the correct ones. If this still has not solved your problem, please do not hesitate to
call your dealer for technical support. Should you still have some specific questions
that are unsolved by your dealer, contact:
SISCAD Ltd
Chemin de la Chavanne 17
CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-364-5491
Fax: +41-22-364 5393
Email: support@siscad.com
1.5 Upgrades
Cadelec is continually being improved and extended. Upgrade versions are released
at regular intervals.
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Reprogramming the If by mistake the hardware lock is damaged, and the information written in it is lost,
hardware lock (dongle) please contact immediately SISCAD. The new codes will be supplied to you. When
contacting SISCAD on this matter, please run first RDON.EXE, the Cadelec dongle
reader program, which is located in the CLPW\P directory. Running the program
the window in Fig. 1 appears :
Fig. 1
Selecting Program from the Key menu, will bring up the dialogue box in Fig. 2
where you will find a Session Code, which is calculated according to your license,
and giving this code to SISCAD (while on the phone), you will be given the
program code which you should type in the Program Code field. Clicking on OK
the hardware lock will be reprogrammed.
Fig. 2
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Cadelec installation To start the installation program of Cadelec 2004, insert the CD in the CD ROM
drive and start the setup.exe program. Setup will check first the hard drive and look
for an installed AutoCAD version (you can choose also to locate the AutoCAD
directory yourself). Then it will ask you if the found AutoCAD directory is the
correct one. If it is, you will have to specify the installation directory for Cadelec
2004 (where the Cadelec files will be copied.
Fig. 3
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Typical setup
This installation option is recommended for most users and selecting it, you are
offered the Typical installation options:
Fig. 4
Standalone Installation
Selecting this option, you have to specify the Cadelec files location on the local
drive (default C:\CLPW\) and then the files will be copied to this directory.
Fig. 5
New workstation
With this option you can install (attach) a new Workstation to an existing Server
and you can Reinstall different subdirectories, clicking the Reinstall checkboxes on
the right of the location boxes:
Fig. 6
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The Workstation files (..\P and ..\Acad directories) will be copied to the specified
Workstation location. You also have to specify the file locations for the other
directories too, which are usually on a network drive. You can choose to reinstall
any of the subdirectories from the Server part too, checking the corresponding
Reinstall checkboxes. Selecting all the Reinstall checkboxes, you can install a new
copy of Cadelec too.
After you have selected the type of installation and specified the necessary file
locations, the installation program starts copying the files.
After the required files have been copied and installation is complete you will find
Cadelec in the Start/Programs menu with two available options: Cadelec 2004 and
Cadelec 2004 configuration. If you want to make any changes to the directories and
file locations afterwards you can run the Cadelec configuration utility and specify
different paths.
Starting the Cadelec configuration utility, will bring up the Preferences dialogue
box:
Fig. 7
Clicking on the location tab, in the Configuration window, at the right of the file
location boxes, opens the file selection window, where the new location can be
selected (Fig. 8).
Fig. 8
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Projects
Changing the location of the Projects subdirectory (\CLPW\PR), means that after
this Cadelec will store the NEW projects in the new location. The old projects will
have the same path.
To change the path of an old project, you have to edit the Project Drive and Path
in the Project data window, by editing the project.
If you have defined a project directory apart from the CLPW directory and if you
still want to use the demonstration project :
copy the CLPW\PR directory to the pr_drv:\ pr_dir where :
pr_drv - is the drive where you want your projects to be held
pr_dir - is the directory where your projects should be kept
The demonstration project HYD_PUM will still be kept in CLPW\PR directory.
New projects will be created in the drive and path entered.
Libraries
Cadelec comes with two libraries. One holds the symbols which are used when
creating schematics. The other holds the cabinets. If you have specified a drive and
path apart from the Cadelec directory CLPW when running Configcl, you should
copy those libraries to the location specified:
copy the \CLPW\LI directory to li_drv:\li_dir, where :
li_drv - is the drive where you want your libraries to be held
li_dir - is the directory where your libraries should be kept
Catalogues
Cadelec comes with some example catalogues. You might want to install
them on the network before replacing them by manufacturers catalogues:
copy the \CLPW\CA directory to cat_drv\cat_dir, where :
cat_drv - is the drive where you want your catalogues to be held
cat_dir - is the directory where your catalogues should be kept
Please bear in mind, that cat_drv and cat_dir should be the same as the ones
specified in the configuration program.
Splitting data on local drives Even the user working on a local drive can use the free locating of data, which is
- Advantages one of the network capabilities. This gives you the advantage to use different drives
for the Cadelec program and e.g. the projects. This reduces the required disk space
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on the hard disk where Cadelec was installed and lets you work on a program drive
and a data drive.
Data on network - You can locate projects, libraries and catalogues on the network ( see also Cadelec
Advantages / Drawbacks Installation).
The big advantage is, that several users can work on the same project, using the
same libraries and catalogues. This guarantees that every user works with an
identical symbols library. Locating data on network offers advantages even for
working in single-user mode. Placing the projects and libraries to network
guarantees, that the data is backed up automatically every time the network is
backed up to the streamer. The drawback of locating data on network is a decrease
of performance due to network traffic.
Clicking the Reports tab, opens the Preferences for Reports dialogue box:
Fig. 9
In this dialogue box you can select the Language for the reports and specify the
Report Headers (which will appear on every report). Selecting the Report Language
from the pop-up list, changes the report column headers of all reports to the selected
language. The fields themselves (the data) will not change their language.
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Clicking the System tab in the Configuration window, the System Preferences
dialogue appears from where you can edit the Backup and Restore batch files as
well as the User 1 and User 2 batches (Fig. 10).
Fig. 10
User 1 and User 2 : These functions open the text editor where you can write a
DOS-batch. Cadelec allows you to use two DOS-batches (USER1.BAT and
USER2.BAT) and two Fox Pro routines (USER3.PRG and USER4.PRG) which can
be started from within Cadelec. For details on batch processes or Fox Pro routines
please refer to the manual.
Clicking the Date Format button, a dialogue box appears where you can set the
format the date is displayed in by Cadelec, as well as the separator character used.
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User Name When starting, in Windows 95/ 98, Cadelec asks for your name (Fig. 11). In
Windows NT it assumes the user name under which the user logged in. This allows
several users to use the same computer with everyone keeping its own settings (e.g.
Report Headers, Active Project, Active Library etc.). If you wish to avoid Cadelec
from prompting for the user-name, define a new system variable with the name
USERNAME and assign your user-name to it. This can be done by editing the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file (located in the root directory of the system drive) and adding
the following line to it:
SET USERNAME=YourName.
After restarting, the system will not ask for a username assuming the content of the
USERNAME variable.
If necessary, you can start Cadelec in DEBUG mode. This might be needed after a
crash due to power failure etc.
In Debug mode, Cadelec will start without AutoCAD and you can use project and
page managing functions, like Re-Index, Rename etc.
To start Cadelec in debug mode you have to set the system variable CLP_DEBUG
to 'Y' (in Windows 95/98 in the autoexec.bat file and in Windows NT in the system
environment).
Fig. 11
Within Cadelec
If you have changed the paths in the configuration program in order to store data in
another location than the CLPW directory, you should first Re-index/ All. To do so,
click with the mouse cursor on the Utilities menu and select Re-index and then All.
This function controls the whole installation and adds missing databases if the
installation was not done properly.
Type _PREFERENCES
select Profiles in the Preferences window
Select CADELEC 2000 profile
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Set Current
Select "Files / Support File Search Path"
Add the search paths for Bitmaps and Cadelec Tools for ACAD (e.g
C:\CLPW\BMP and C:\CLPW\ACAD) by clicking on Add.
Select Menu, Help ... File Names in the Files window
Select Menu File; Set the menu to the menu contained in the library you are
using (e.g. C:\CLPW\ LI\EL_DIN\ EL_DIN_1.MNU) by editing the menu file
path.
Click on Apply
Click on OK to leave the Preferences window and return to the CADLOGO
drawing
Type _MENU
In the selection window, set the menu to the uncompiled menu contained in the
library you are using (e.g. C:\CLPW\LI \EL_DIN\ bEL_DIN_1.MNU).
AutoCAD will compile the .MNU menu and generate the .MNS, .MNC, and
.MNR compiled menus.
Save changes and quit AutoCAD
Restart Cadelec
1.9 Trouble ?
If you get the Error message:
ARXLOAD failed or Unknown command,
when starting CADELEC 2004, you should copy the file NSLMS32.DLL from the
Cadelec directory ...\CLPW\P (or where you installed the Cadelec programs) to the
directory in which the AutoCAD executable ACAD.EXE is situated, e.g.
\ACAD\WIN
If you try to enter a page into AutoCAD and an error occurs, Cadelec still considers
this page to be used. If you have corrected your configuration, and try to enter the
same page into AutoCAD, you will get the error message:
Page is currently being modified by another
displayed". If this happens, run Re-index Project from the Utilities menu.
FATAL ERROR! File PROJS.DBF missing. Restore Cadelec from safe backup
appears when I try to create a new project This error message appears if you have
specified a project directory different then the default and did not copy the contents
of it to the new project directory.
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The projects database PROJS.DBF, which is always contained in the projects
directory, can therefore not be found. Run Re-index All from the Utilities menu to
solve this problem. This function will create a new projects database.
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projects
the pages of a project
libraries
elements
catalogues
catalogue records
reports
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The status bar, in the lower part of the screen, displays the currently selected
project, page, library, element, catalogue and record.(Fig. 12).
Fig. 12
Projects, libraries and catalogues can only be accessed by every user if they are
located in the network and each user has access rights to them.
A project page will be locked while a user is working on it.
Batch processes on projects and libraries can only be performed with only one
active net user on a certain project or library. The project or library will be
locked while the batch job is running.
Cadelec’s repair functions Re-index can only be performed with one active net
user.
Changes are stored in databases so that every user has the latest information
available.
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SPREFIX Element Analyse / Prefix Drawing Prefix Device ID with page nb. 199
NCOMP Element Analyse / Number Auto/ All Numbers all elements without a device ID 185
and all unnumbered terminals
NCOMP Element Analyse / Number Auto / Numbers all elements in window 185
Window
NCOMP Element Analyse / Number Auto / Numbers selected elements 185
Selection
PCOMP Element Analyse / Number Auto / Use Number elements with PLC formula 240
PLC Formula
MKSNDEF Element Analyse / Re-number / Resets the device ID and the terminal 187
numbers and re-numbers them
NCOMPM Element Analyse / Number Manual Allows a manual device ID definition 186
RCOMPALL Element Analyse / Reset All/ All, Resets all device IDs ( in window or 189
Window,Selection selection)
RCOMPONLY Element Analyse/Reset Elements / All, Resets only elements 188
Window, Selection
EDCNT Element Analyse / Edit Counters Edit counters for cables, terminals and 151
elements
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DEFRC Library / Drawing/ XR_Position Sets attributes for annotating the cross- 316
references of elements
DEFCA Library / Drawing/ Catalogue Sets the attribute for the catalogue 317
assignment
DEFRE Library / Drawing/ Record Sets the attribute for the record assignment 318
DEFTD Library / Drawing / Tech.data Set attribute for annotation of Technical 319
Data
DEFLO Library / Drawing / Location Sets the attribute for the Location 320
assignment
DEFZO Library / Drawing / Zone Sets the attribute for wiring zone annotation 321
DEFCI Library / Drawing / Circuit Set the attribute for circuit
DEFCC Library / Drawing / Cable-cond Set the attributes for cable and conductor 322
assignment
DEFDIR Library / Drawing/ Orientation Set attributes for the direction of a terminal 323
DEFTN Library / Drawing / Tag Sets the attribute for the tag number 324
DEFUS Library / Drawing / User 1-4 Sets the attributes for user-definable 325
attributes
DEFSO Library / Drawing / Sna Only Sets the Device ID attribute without the 331
attributes for element numbering
DEFOP Library / Drawing / PLC / Address Sets PLC Address 326
DEFDES Library / Drawing / PLC / Description Sets PLC Description 328
DEFSYM Library / Drawing / PLC / Label Sets PLC Label attribute 327
DEFCMT Library / Drawing / PLC / Comment Sets PLC Comment attribute 329
CAP Library / Drawing / Capture Captures an element 242
CRE_ELE Library / Element / New Creates a new library element 286
ACC_ELE Library / Element / Open Opens a library element 301
ELE_ITF Library / Element / Selection Element Selection 288
EDI_ELE Library / Element /Edit Edits a library element 289
BAC_ELE Utilities / Element/Backup Element Backup Element 305
DEL_ELE Utilities / Element/Delete Element Delete Element 305
CRE_LIB Library / Database / New Creates a new library 270
BUS _LIB Library / Database / Manage Libraries Manages Libraries 271
EDI_REC Catalog / Manage Manufacturer Parts Manages records 355
BUS_CAT Catalog / Open Catalogue Manages Catalogs 341
CADSAVE File / Save Saves an element drawing and creates a slide 286
Note: You will find the complete list of the commands also in the Help Command
Reference.
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Cadelec handles data in six distinct categories: Projects, Pages, Libraries, Elements,
Catalogues and Records.
These six data types, or entities, can be considered as forming three groups:
PROJECTS are made up of PAGES
LIBRARIES are made up of ELEMENTS
CATALOGUES are made up of RECORDS
This means that if you want to work on a particular page, you must first access the
project that contains the page. If the project was previously accessed or opened, it
will be assigned as the active project. All page operations will access the pages of
the active project. The same applies to libraries and library elements and to
catalogues and catalogue records.
Running Status (command: DAT_STA) from the Utilities menu (Fig. 13) opens a
dialogue box displaying the currently selected data entities, their status and the
current filter setting (Fig. 14).
Fig. 13
Fig. 14
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User 1-4
From the Utilities menu you can run user definable batches (User 1 and User 2) and
Foxpro routines (User 3 and User 4).
You can edit the DOS batches User1.bat and User2.bat running User1 or User2
from the File / Preferences menu. For details on batch files and the required DOS
commands, please refer to your DOS manual.
User 3 and User 4 trigger custom Foxpro database management routines.
Experienced Foxpro programmers can write their own routines in Foxpro language.
Fig. 15 You will find the pre-defined files User3.fxp and User4.fxp in the Cadelec programs
directory /CLPW/P.
Re-index All
Re-index All (REO_TOT) repairs and optimizes all Cadelec's databases for best
performance. This will be done on all databases of the available projects, libraries
and catalogues. Select it from the Tools/Utilities/Re-Index/All menu.
Cadelec will remove all temporary files such as *.BAK files and therefore free disk
space.
We recommend that you should run the re-index all function regularly, at least once
a week.
Purge BAK's
This function (MAT_BAK), selected from the Tools/Utilities menu will remove all
*.BAK files in all Cadelec directories and free some space on hard disk.
You should perform the Purge BAK's function before performing backups
especially on large projects as the *.BAK files created by AutoCAD when saving
the page, might take a lot of disk space.
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Create a new project
Create a new project38
Projects
Fig. 17
Beside of this, the options described further allow you to copy the data sheet and the
whole project to be used as a model
Fig. 18
Fig. 19
Name of the project Enter the Name of the Project to create. There are no limitations to the project
names, except the ones given by DOS. This means, that you can enter up to 8
alphanumerical characters including the signs '$' and '_'. A directory is created for
every project. This requires that the project name has to be unique. Once the project
is created, you cannot change its name.
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Project drive and path The Project Drive and Path field displays the default for the drive and path where
your project will be stored. The default is the directory location defined in the
Cadelec configuration program (see also page 17).
The project drive and path can be edited in order to store the project apart from the
default location. If you enter a location other than the default, Cadelec will control
it. If you have entered a non-existing directory, an error message Invalid Input will
appear. The last directory in the path annotation is the project directory. As already
mentioned Cadelec stores the project pages, databases and other project related files
in the directory with the project name.
Take data of other Selecting the Take Data of Other Project option copies the data sheet of another
project project. This can be very useful if there are already similar projects. Selecting this
option allows you to copy the project description of another project and to edit it.
After you have selected this option, a dialogue box appears where you can choose
the project whose data sheet you want to use as a model.
If there are no similar projects, you can leave the Take data of other project option
de-selected and fill out the data sheets manually.
Create empty project Leaving the option Create Empty Project selected, creates an empty project,
without any project pages contained. If the Take data of other project is selected, the
project data sheet will be copied nevertheless.
Copy same project as After Take Data of Other Project has copied the data sheet of an existing project for
data sheet your new project, Copy Same Project as Data Sheet will copy the pages from it,
too. The result is a copy of an existing project with another name. This option is
only selectable if you have chosen the Take data from other project option before.
Retrieve project from With the Retrieve Project From Disk option, you can copy the files of a project
disk from the selected location. Using this function also allows you to integrate a project,
which is totally unknown for your Cadelec. This might be used to transfer a project
from a computer without network connection to another one by diskette.
If you have selected Take Data From Other Project before, the data sheet of another
project will be inserted.
For a description of the other fields please refer to Manage Projects / Edit Project,
on page 48.
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Create a new project
Create a new project40
3.1.1 Device ID
Clicking on the Device ID tab, a dialogue box appears (Fig. 20) where you can set
project preferences and options like Device ID Formula, PLC formula and
automatic recalculations. The screen appears when creating the new project or when
running Edit Project. Here you can switch on or off all automatic re-calculation and
Fig. 20
re-annotations that are performed when opening a page.
Formula In the Formula field you enter a formula for automatic element numbering. A
device ID according to this formula will be given to every symbol of your project.
Cadelec comes with 12 pre-defined formulas covered by international standards like
DIN, but users can define their own numbering system, too.
Pressing ENTER on the empty field displays the list of available formulas including
their description. Select by locating the cursor on the formula to use and press
ENTER (Fig. 21).
Fig. 21
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You can also edit the pre-set formulas and create new ones (see also page 43).
Always show The Always Show installation (redundant) option is only selectable if the selected
installation (redundant) Device ID formula contains the installation (variable "A"). Normally, the
installation is defined when creating the page and given as default to every element
contained on this page. This default installation is shown in the title box and
therefore not displayed in the Device ID of elements belonging to this location. The
installation annotation will usually only be displayed on elements placed in
installations outside the default one. If you want to have the installation annotated
on every element, even if they are placed at the default location, activate the Always
Show Installation (redundant) option. This could be useful on schematics with
various locations and zones. The annotation will help avoid misunderstandings.
Always show Zone This option is only selectable if the Device ID formula contains the zone (variable
(redundant) "O"). Selecting this option annotates the zone in every Device ID, even if contained
in the default zone as specified for the page.
Automatic Cross- With the Automatic Cross-reference Re-calculation option you can switch ON or
Reference re-calculation OFF the automatic cross-reference re-calculation which is performed when opening
a page. Usually it should be selected to keep the cross-references updated. In some
cases it might be useful to de-select it. E.g. if you have started creating a large
project and there are still several components missing. Automatic cross-referencing
would display you errors on missing coils etc. which have yet not been inserted into
the project. Another possible case is, that you just want to have a look on a old
project and want to keep it unchanged.
Automatic Equipotential Selecting this option re-calculates the equipotential Cross-references every time you
Cross-References open a page. (For more details on equipotential calculation please refer to page
154).
Automatic Re-Calc of Selecting Automatic Re-calc of Device-ID, re-calculates the Device ID's every time
Device-ID you open the page. This should usually be selected to keep the Device ID's updated.
You should de-select this option if you want to avoid the updating of the Device ID
annotations. This might be the case, if you are making changes on a project, which
is partly mounted. It is clear that it would cause confusion, if the Device ID's of the
already installed components are updated.
Re-annotate Technical With the Re-annotate Technical Data option you choose, whether you want Cadelec
Data to re-annotate the technical data from the catalogue records every time you open a
page or not. Another effect of this decision is, that you choose whether you want to
annotate the data manually from now on or if you want Cadelec to annotate it from
the catalogue record. Already annotated technical data will not be removed after
you have de-selected the option. Technical data can only be annotated if you have
previously defined the components with a catalogue and a record. (For defining
components please refer page 65).
Re-annotate Cables Leaving this option selected re-annotates terminal related data every time you open
a page. This will typically be used to get changes done within the Terminal Editor
displayed (see also page 222). With this option selected, Cadelec will re-annotate
cables, wires, terminal strip and terminal specifications.
All re-calculations and annotations can also be performed if the specific option is
de-selected. In this case you will run the commands listed below:
Select a formula Locate the cursor on the formula to be used and press ENTER.
Edit an existing formula Locate the cursor on the formula to be edited and press F2. The Edit Device ID
formula dialogue box will open where you can edit the formula (Fig. 22):
Fig. 22
Create a new formula Pressing the INS-key will open the Edit Device ID formula dialogue box with the
Code and Formula fields empty, and you can define the new formula.
Erase an existing Locate the cursor on the formula to erase and press the DEL key. The formula will
formula be marked and deleted after leaving the dialogue box. To recall a marking for
deletion press DEL again.
Code The Code for the Device ID formula can only be entered if you are creating a new
formula. Once a formula has been created, the code can not be changed any more.
Formula In the Formula field you can enter the formula by using the variables displayed in
the upper part of the dialogue box. If you want to check the result of the formula
press ENTER. The Example and the Description field will be filled out
automatically.
Example This field is filled out automatically. It shows you an example for a Device ID
based on this formula.
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Description This field is filled out automatically displaying the formula in words. The variables
(not the prefixes) will be replaced by words. For example : entering the zone
variable "O" in the formula field and validating by pressing ENTER displays
"Zone" in the description field.
The variables
A Entering the variable A in the formula annotates the installation (location) in the
Device-ID. The installation will usually only be annotated on elements with a
different installation than the page default. If you want to apply the installation on
every element select the Always Show Location (redundant) option in the Project
Preferences dialogue box (Edit Project - see page 48).
O The variable O annotates the mounting zone in the Device ID. This will usually
only be done on elements with a different zone than the page default. Setting the
option Always Show Zone (redundant) displays the zone annotation on every
element, even to the one belonging to the default zone (see page 193).
B If you want the Page Number to be annotated in the Device ID for every element,
add the variable B to the formula.
S The variable S annotates the column in which the element is located within the
schematic.
$ The column index is a counter for elements with the same Mnemonic located in the
same column.
M The variable M numbers the symbols with the same Mnemonic incrementally.
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Fig. 23
options.
Fig. 24
Potential wire numbering or Point to Point, and set its options.
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Open project will set the selected project as default for all project and page
operations. All page operations are therefore automatically executed on the
pages of the open project. This also means that if you want to access another
project than the current one, you have to open it and declare it as being the
Fig. 25 active one. Only projects in ACTIVE status are ready for immediate use and can
be opened. Projects in BACKUP status must be restored first.
The function can be run either from the menu Fig. 25) or from the
toolbars (Fig. 26).
Backup project will open the Backup / Restore parameters dialogue where you can
set the backup options (see page 52)
Restore project will restore a project from disk (see page 52).
Delete project will delete / purge the selected project (see page 50)
Free project drawing will unlock a project page, which remained accidentally
blocked (see page 94)
Fig. 26
Fig. 27
Edit Project
Clicking on the Edit button you can edit the project data of the selected project.
Cadelec opens the Project data sheet (Fig. 28) where you can perform the
necessary changes.
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When creating a project, you will have to fill out the following fields:
Cadelec offers the default values for the fields.
Fig. 28
Project drive and path You can change the default values if you want to locate the new project to an other
location than the default.
Library The Library field defines which symbols library will be used. As this also defines
the standard, which will be used, you can not change the library after you have
created the first page of a project. Clicking on the down arrow at the right of the box
will display the available symbol libraries. Select a library by locating the cursor
and pressing ENTER.
Title box With the Title Box field you define, which title box will be used. Clicking on the
down arrow displays you a list of available title boxes. To select, locate the cursor
on the title box to use and press ENTER. You can use the standard title box that
comes with Cadelec, modify it or create new ones. However, changes will only
appear on pages, which are created after changing the title box. Appearing the
changes to already created pages can be done manually (see also Customize Title
Box, page 118).
Terminal drawing With the Terminal Drawing field you choose the prototype drawing for the terminal
pinouts. Clicking on the down arrow displays a list of available terminal drawings.
Select by locating the cursor and pressing ENTER.
Description Enter a short description of your project in the Description fields. Description 1 + 2
are shown in the project selection boxes and in the title boxes of the project pages.
Description 3 + 4 can be transcribed into the title boxes by customizing the title box
(see also Customize Title Box, page 118).
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Project No. In this field you can enter the project number according to your particular company
convention. It is usually not contained in the title box but can be inserted by
customizing the title box.
Archive Number Here you can enter the project archive number according to your company
convention. This field is usually not displayed in the title box but can be inserted by
customizing the title box
Filing Status The Filing Status field is a user definable field. You can use it for example for
additional information about the archiving.
Standard Although the standard is already defined when selecting the symbols library, you
should enter the standard (e.g. DIN) here to display it in the title box. Remarks.
Here you can enter special remarks. This field will usually not be displayed in the
title box. If you wish to have it displayed, you will have to customize the title box
(please refer to page 118).
Delete Project
This function deletes a project from hard disk.
To run the function click on the Delete button in the Manage project dialogue (see
page 48)
The dialogue box shown in Fig. 29 appears where you have to confirm your
decision and to choose whether a backup should be made or not.
Fig. 29
Normally projects should always be backed up before deleting. Otherwise the data
will be lost. For this reason Cadelec will ask you to confirm the deletion and ask
you whether the project should be backed up before.
A deleted project will still appear on the available project list. Its status will be
BACKUP, showing you that is not ready for immediate use. Restoring will make it
available for immediate usage again. The project will be installed on the hard disk
and taken back to ACTIVE status.
If the deleted project is not needed in the future, you can remove it from the
available project list. Select the Purge option to do so.
Purge Project
Purge will remove a project from the list of available projects.
You can select the Purge option in the Delete project dialogue (Fig. 29) when
clicking on the Delete button in the Manage Project dialogue (see page 48)
To re-integrate the project from a backup, create a New Project and use the Retrieve
Project option. (See also page 39).
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Backup Project
You should make backups of the project your are working on to avoid losing data
due to a hard disk crash. We recommend to backup a project every day, or in case
of a large project, at least once a week.
You can backup a project by clicking the Backup button in the Manage Project
dialogue (see page 48)
If your projects are located on the network, backing up of the project might not be
required, as the projects are saved to the streamer every time your network is
backed up.
Restore Project
The restore project function can be used to restore projects, which are DELETED or
revert to the last backup.
You can select the function by clicking on the Restore button in the Manage Project
dialogue (see page 48)
After restoring from a backup, the project will be in ACTIVE status again and
ready for immediate use.
Cadelec comes with some pre-defined filters. You can use them, add new ones
according to your needs and edit or erase existing filters.
Select an existing filter Locate the cursor on the filter to apply and press ENTER (Fig. 31). Only the
Fig. 31
projects meeting the filter condition can be selected (opened).
De-select an applying Select the empty filter (Description: No Active Filter) which is at the top of the
filter available filter list. Locate the cursor on it and press ENTER.
Edit an existing filter Place the cursor on the filter to edit and press F2. (For defining a filter please see
below)
Create a new filter Press the INS key. A sub-dialogue box will be opened where you can enter the filter
with the syntax described below and accessing the database fields of PROJS.DBF
Fig. 32
(listed on the next page) (Fig. 32).
Erase an existing filter Locate the cursor on the filter to erase and press DEL. The filter will be tagged and
erased after you leave the filter-dialogue box.
PROJS.<fieldname>
Replace <fieldname> by the name of the field you want to access and combine it
with the operations and functions described on the next page. See next page for the
list of PROJS.DBF fields. Most of the fields are containing the data entered in the
data sheet when Creating or Editing the Project. (see also page 39, 48 ).Others, for
example the Date of Creation (DATACREA) are filled out automatically.
The project database PROJS.DBF holds the data to the available projects. It
contains data you have entered in the project data sheet (see also page 48) and
automatically generated entries like the Date of last Modification (DATAULMOD).
The list of the field names below is not complete. It only shows the names of the
fields, which are usually used for applying filters. For the complete list of database
fields please refer to APPENDIX A.
empty() This function checks if the field specified in the brackets is empty
Syntax : empty(Alias.Field).
You can use batch procedures to run pre-defined sequences of AutoCAD and
Cadelec commands on project pages (command: BAT_PRO).
After selecting Project Batch from the Tools / Batch menu (Fig. 33) a dialogue box
appears with the available projects. After selecting the project to run the batch on,
Cadelec displays the available pages of the project. From the selection box shown
in Fig. 34 you can choose on which pages you want to run the batch on.
You can also apply filters on pages to run a sequential process on pages selected by
the filter criteria.
Fig. 34
Selecting a page: Double click with the mouse on the page to select in the Available column. Or,
locate the cursor on the page in the Available column. Press ENTER or click on the
">" button.
The page will be transferred from the Available to the Selected column.
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To select all pages: Click on the ">> " button. Cadelec moves all the pages from the Available to the
Selected column.
De-select a page: Double click on page to de-select in the Selected column or locate the cursor on the
page. Press ENTER or click on "< " to de-select it.
De-select all pages: Click on the "<< " button. All pages contained in the Selected column will be
transferred to the Available column.
Click on the "OK" button to continue and set the batch options.
By selecting the options shown in Fig. 35 you define which operation should be
executed on the selected pages.
Fig. 35
Activate all layers This option switches on all non-frozen layers on all selected pages.
Zoom extents Select this to perform a Zoom Extents function on all selected pages. This may be
necessary to adjust the project pages to a different graphic resolution.
Reset elements This option resets Device IDs and terminal numbers on all selected pages.
and terminals
Reset cables Resets the cable marks on all selected pages to their initial values.
Number elements Select this to re-number elements and terminals on all selected pages.
and terminals
Update Device ID This option is useful for carrying out global adjustments after manually re-
numbering of pages if the page number is part of the Device ID formula, or after
changing the current Device ID formula.
Reset counters With this option you can reset all the project's counters (elements, cables, terminals)
prior to re-numbering by the batch process.
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Selecting this option opens the dialogue box shown below (Fig. 36).
Fig. 36
To reset a counter, locate the cursor on the Value field and erase the current value
using the DEL key. You can also enter initial counter values, as it may be required
if you run the batch on a part of the project.
Once you have reset or edited all counters, press CTRL-W to confirm.
Reset component Clears all Cadelec databases. This might be necessary following incidents due to
databases mishandling, power failure, etc
If you reset the Cadelec databases, you will need to re-number the project from
scratch. To do so, select Number Elements And Terminals additionally.
Under these circumstances, you will lose the cable and wire specifications.
Run an AutoCAD This option prompts you to write your own sequence of AutoCAD and Cadelec
script commands for execution in a batch process.
This script option gives you access to AutoCAD's extensive scripting capabilities,
whereby you can write custom AutoLISP functions and call them up in a batch
process to perform special operations over all selected pages or elements.
For full details on the AutoLISP programming language please refer to the
AutoLISP programmer's reference manual, which comes with AutoCAD.
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Fig. 38
Fig. 39
Clicking the OK button will open a second dialog where you can select /
deselect the layers to be plotted (all layers in the project are displayed).
Select the desired layers and click the right arrow to move
them to the right window (On).
Fig. 40
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Clicking the OK button will close the window and opens the Script Window where
the Plotting script appears (cadelec.scr).
Fig. 41
You can edit this script according to your system. You should edit the 3-rd line,
which contains the name of your system printer. This is the same name, which
appears in the AutoCAD Plot window under the Plot Device tab (or in the Printers
window). After closing the window, AutoCAD starts the plotting process and plots
all the selected pages in the project.
The Previous Plot description refers to an AutoCAD plot which has to be made
before on a Cadelec page (please see below the Previous Plot description).
For more information on the plotting script please refer to the next paragraph..
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Fig. 42
To do this run the Project Batch command, select the PLOT_PRO script and press
F2 to edit the script in the available scripts window (if the script is not available
create a new script pressing the INS key). The script has the following content:
_-PLOT _N
Model
Previous Plot
Your system Printer
_N
_N
-Y
Previous Plot
The batch script contains a reference to the plot settings to apply to the drawing
when plotting. This reference can be the Previous Plot. In order to obtain the
correct settings by plotting you should plot a page with the AutoCAD PLOT
command (select: File/Print/Plot from the menu) and:
In the Plot dialogue set the desired page settings: Paper size, Plot area (Limits,
Extents), Drawing orientation (Portrait, Landscape). You can check the result
using the Full Preview option. When the settings are correct Plot the drawing
to save the settings. These settings can be referred to as the Previous Plot.
Instead of using the Previous plot reference you can define for each drawing a
Page Setup Name (which should be the same for all the project pages, e.g.
Cadelec). In this case you can use this Page setup name instead of Previous
Plot in the script (e.g. Cadelec)
At the end save the batch script clicking on OK in the script editor. You can now
use the script with all your projects. Select the Batch/Project Batch option from the
Tools menu, select the project pages and then the Run Script option. Form the list
of available scripts select the PLOT_PRO script (or create a new script pressing
INS) and run the script.
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Fig. 44
Fig. 45
Add a component Pressing the INS key will open the data entry window shown in Fig. 46. There you
can add and edit components.
Fig. 46
Edit a component Locate the cursor on the component to edit and press F2. Only components which
have not been previously been inserted in a schematic will be displayed. A data
entry window will be opened where you can edit the component.
Delete a component Place the cursor on the element you want to erase and press DEL. The component
will be marked and removed after leaving the window. Pressing the DEL key again
will recall the deletion marking.
Once you have selected the components to be used (or only the most expensive
ones, say), you can start creating the schematics. The components of the pre-
defined bill of material can be inserted into the schematic by picking from a list.
This can be done from a dialogue box opened after running List from the Cadelec /
Element Draw menu or typing the command LISTIN (see page 162).
The costing estimate can be requested after you have defined the components to be
used. To do so, run the Bill of Material report from the File / Reports / Projects
menu.
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Tip: You can also use this function to add spare material to your project-costing
estimate.
Adding/Editing a component
You can type ? on any field in the dialogue box shown in Fig. 46 except the Tag
Number and the Quantity field to get the available data displayed. This means, if
you enter ? in the Catalogue field and press ENTER, Cadelec opens a dialogue box
displaying the available catalogues. There you can select the catalogue to use by
locating the cursor and pressing ENTER.
The only field you have to fill out, is the Code field. With this field you define the
element to be inserted. The other fields are optional but should be filled out, if you
want to estimate the project costing in advance.
The fields
Code With the Element Code field you specify the element. You can type in the
element code e.g. MOTOR3P or alternatively enter ? and press ENTER. This
opens a selection box with the available elements. Select from this list by
locating the cursor and pressing ENTER. This field must be filled out to define
the element you want to insert in the schematic. It specifies the graphical
layout and the electrical characteristic of the component. Available are the
elements of the Library which you have defined when creating the project.
Tag Number The Tag Number field is optional and can be used freely. It can be used e.g. to
cross-reference between a schematic and a page which doesn't belong to Cadelec,
such as an item in a piping diagram.
Catalogue With the Catalogue field you specify the manufacturer. Typing ? and pressing
ENTER will display you the list of existing manufacturers catalogues. A component
inserted in the schematic from the pre-defined Bill of material will keep its
catalogue and record specification. This specification can be easily changed using
the normal catalogue and record definition commands.
Record In the Record field you define the record from the previously chosen catalogue.
Typing ? and pressing ENTER will display you the list of records contained in the
chosen catalogue. This field can only be filled out, if you have chosen a catalogue
before.
Zone With the Zone field you specify the mounting zone. Typing ? and pressing ENTER
displays you the list of existing zones. Select by locating the cursor on the zone to
place the component in and press ENTER.
Quantity In the Quantity field you enter how many of the components defined with the fields
described below should be inserted to the pre-defined bill of materials.
To insert components from the pre-defined Bill of Material, you have to open a
page of the project or create a new one. Draw the wires and then you can insert the
components from the predefined Bill of materials. To do so, run the List function
from the Cadelec / Element Draw menu (Fig. 47), or from the toolbars by clicking
on the List toolbox in the Element Draw toolbar (Fig. 50).
The dialogue box shown in Fig. 49 appears. Now you can pick the components by
double clicking and place them in the schematic. When you have placed the
components in the schematic, Cadelec removes the text line describing this
component, or reduces its Quantity.
Fig. 49
Fig. 52 by setting catalogue and record defaults in the element data sheet (page
289
Priorities:
In other words: The default catalogue and record assignment entered in the element
data-sheet will only become valid if the element has not been defined.
The catalogue and record definition entered when defining the pre-defined bill of
material can be overwritten either by the Define Components command or with the
DEFCOM command.
A catalogue and record definition done with the DEFCOM command or the Define
Components function will overwrite any prior assignment.
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Copy This performs a file copy to the specified drive and path without compressing the
data. When performing backup as file copy to hard disk or a network drive, please
create a directory where you want your files to be stored. This can be very easily
Fig. 53
ARJ Backing up with this format will compress the data as well. It will be stored in a file
with the extension *.ARJ . The data will need about 20 % of the disk space needed
before compressing.
Drive and path can be set freely. This means that you can Backup or Restore from a
diskette, a directory on your local hard disk, a directory within your network etc.
Source This field will be filled with the source drive and path. In case of a backup, it will
be filled out automatically with the project drive and path.
When restoring, the drive and path chosen from a browse will be written there.
Destination This is the destination where you want your backup to be saved or where you want
your restored project to be located.
When restoring, Cadelec fills the destination field with the path to your project
directory extended by the project name.
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The default destination for backups will be the backup drive and path as entered in
the configuration program (see page 17).
If you are working on network, please note, that Re-indexing of a project can only
be done, if there is no other user working on the project.
If you have left Cadelec in an irregular way (e.g. due to a power failure) ... it might
occur, that the databases have not been closed properly. In this case the page you
have tried to enter will still be marked as "in use". For this reason you will get the
Fig. 55 error message: "This Page Is currently Being Modified By Another User". To solve
the problem and get the page accessible again Re-Index the project.
Layer Function
0 This layer is for the electrical symbols
BRI_CON_* CADELEC places nodes assigning the connection with the bridge on this layer
BRIDGE_* This is the layer on which the bridges are
drawn in the terminal pinout drawing
CABCON On this layer CADELEC places the Cables
and Wire annotation
CATALOGUE This is the layer for the catalogue annotation
COUNTER This is the layer for the internal element counter. It is
usually frozen thus its value is displayed within the Device ID annotation
ENG Switching on this layer displays the English documentation text
within the terminal pinout drawings and title boxes. You can also
select from within AutoCAD LANGUAGE - ENGLISH from the CADELEC
menu
FRA This layer holds the French documentation text
GER This layer is for the German documentation text. You can select
it either in this way or by selecting GERMAN from the CADELEC / LANGUAGE
menu
GRIDCABLE Switching off this layer hides the grid in the cable part of the terminal pinout
drawing
GTPSYMBOL This layer is for the text inside the graphical symbols
e.g. 'M' on motors
INDEXCOL The attribute INDEXCOL is placed on this attribute. This
attribute is an internal counter,, for elements with the same mnemonic,,
located in the same column. This layer is usually frozen,, as its
contents is displayed in the Device ID (SNA Layer).
ITA This layer holds the Italian documentation
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LBRK This is the layer for Line BReaKing. It cuts the lines when
you insert an element. It always has to be FROZEN,, otherwise the
lines will not be broken when inserting a element
LOCATION This is the layer for the location annotation
MCAB* This is the layer for the cable marks to a certain voltage
rating. For example,, marks on 400V cables will be placed on MCAB400V
PCAB* This the layer to cables of different voltage ratings. E.g.
the layer to the 400V cables will be PCAB400V
PREFIX This layer is used for the element mnemonic. It is usually
frozen thus its value is displayed with the Device ID. You can also
freeze the Device ID Layer (SNA) and display Prefix,, Counter and
Indexcol.
SPOTS This is the layer for the nodes. If you want your nodes to
be displayed in a different color,, change the color of this layer
TPOL CADELEC places the Pole annotations on this layer
TECHDATA This is the layer for the Technical Data
ZONE This is the layer for the Zone annotation
XR* XR* stands for several layer which are used for the Cross-reference
attributes
UPS This is the layer for the data annotated in the title block
UPS_DRW, This is the layer for the title block itself
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Cadelec comes with over 60 pre-defined reports. At time of print each report is
available in 9 languages (English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Latin
American Spanish, Czech and Hungarian).
The reports can be selected from the File / Reports menus, grouped on Project,
Library , Catalog and Miscellaneous reports (Fig. 56).
Fig. 56
LIST
These reports (R_PRO_??) list details on the available projects.
PAGES
These reports (R_PLA_??) list details of project pages of the open project.
CROSS-REFERENCES
The Cross-reference reports (R_RRC_??) list all cross-referencing groups including
their elements.
CR ERRORS
The Cross Reference Errors reports display all errors occurred during the last cross-
reference analysis. You can also display the list of cross-reference errors within
AutoCAD. Type the command VWER to get the complete list of all errors occurred
or type VWEB to get displayed the list of a cross-referencing group.
CONNECTIONS
The Connection reports (R_CNX_??) generate a list on all equipotential connection
points of the project.
Each connection point is identified by a cable number followed by a list of
connected elements, with description, page/column and terminal block ID.
If a cable is not numbered (it is not compulsory to number cables), Cadelec assigns
a fictitious number for the purposes of the connection report. Fictitious numbers are
prefixed with the letter F, followed by the page number and by an incremental
counter value. Thus, cable number F15-67 is located in page 15 and is the sixty-
seventh cable number assigned.
Cadelec sorts the connection list by voltage rating. Cables drawn without voltage
rating will be assigned the letter A.
Unconnected poles which will be assigned with "???" in the Cable Type column are
located at the end of the connection report in the NOC (NOt Connected) part.
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TERMINALS
These reports generate lists giving details on the elements connected to either end
of each terminal.
CABLING
This report generates a list of all cable / wire assignments throughout the project.
CABLES
Using the Cables reports, you can list all cables figuring in the project which is
currently open and calculate the length of each cable. Cadelec takes the length of
the longest wire for the length of the cable.
PARTS
The Parts report generates a list of the elements of the project. By setting filters,
you can produce custom parts list for specific requirements.
BILL OF MATERIALS
There are basically three types of Bill of Materials:
_CXP_ The fields of these reports (e.g. R_CXP_01) are hard- coded (programmed)
and cannot be modified by the user. Changes to the page layout are still possible.
_EXP_ These reports contain all components including the accessories defined in
the record data sheet.
_NOM_ These reports list components without accessories.
CABINET LAYOUT
Cabinet Layout reports calculate the total surface taken up by the parts in a given
wiring zone. According to the total surface, you can select a cabinet. Please bear in
mind that only components with associated catalogue and record will be listed in
this report. As the component dimensions are defined in the record, elements
without this definition can not be listed.
AUTOCAD LAYERS
With these reports you list the AutoCAD Layers which are used in the open Project
CABLE DEFINITION
You will find the Cable Definition report in the File / Reports /Miscellaneous menu.
This report will list the available cable types (for details on cable types please refer
to page 217).
After you have selected the kind of report you want create by clicking e.g. on Bill of
Materials from the File / Reports / Project drop down menu, a dialogue box will be
opened displaying the existing reports including a short description (Fig. 57).
Fig. 57
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Generate a report
To run a report, locate the cursor on this report and press ENTER.
The output selection dialogue box appears (Fig. 58), where you can select the
output device (screen or printer) and you can enter a filter to narrow down the
amount of data displayed. If you want to get the whole report, leave this field
unchanged or empty and press ENTER. Otherwise, enter the database field (syntax:
Alias.Fieldname) combined with the operators and functions explained on page
277.
Fig. 58
The default option is Screen. If you want to display the report on the screen, just
validate this setting by clicking at OK.
If you want to print the report, just select Printer and then click on the OK button.
The window shown in Fig. 59 appears where you can select a printer from those
installed, set the printer options, select the print range (All or Pages ).
Fig. 59
If you want to print the report to a text file and afterwards import this file to a word
processor (e.g. Word) to modify it, proceed in the following way:
First, you have to install in your Windows NT system a Generic /Text Only printer
if it is not yet installed. To do so, select Printers from the Start / Settings menu and
install the Generic / Text Only printer by clicking on the Add Printer icon in the
Printers window (you may need your Windows NT installation CD for this); then
set this printer as default from the File menu (in the Printers window). When
generating the report, select the Printer output and in the print window validate the
Print to File option. Then you will be asked for the file name and path. The report
will be like this written to the specified file which will have a .txt extension. If the
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Generic / Text Only printer has already been installed on your system, you can
select it from the Print window also, from the Printer Name list.
Edit a report
Locate the cursor, in the report dialogue box shown in Fig. 57, on the report to edit
and press F2. The Edit an existing report dialogue box appears where you can edit
the report descriptions and filter. Clicking OK, will take you to the Report Designer
(see page 75), where you can edit the report.
Fig. 60
To create a new report, press the INS key in the report dialogue box. Selecting the
Take report ... as a Prototype option in the New Report dialogue box (Fig. 61), will
copy the fields of the prototype report, allowing you to modify the fields of the
report and save it under the new name. Otherwise, the new report will be empty.
Fig. 61
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After entering the report designer in order to edit or create a report, press Ctrl-W to
save end leave the report designer. Press ESC to leave without saving.
For advanced users: Advanced users can write Foxpro routines to be executed prior to report generation.
Code snippets Such routines (with *.FXP or *.PRG file extension) should be stored in the
/CLPW/F directory and bear the same name as the report. Before generating the
report R_CXP_33 for example, Cadelec checks whether there is a file named
R_CXP_33.FXP in the directory /CLPW/F. If this file was found Cadelec will start
the compiled routine R_CXP_33.FXP. After execution, Cadelec will generate the
report. Examples on code snippets are given by the Foxpro routines contained in the
/CLPW/F directory.
File name In the File Name field you should enter the report number after the annotated prefix.
This prefix (R_EXP_ say) is being defined by the position of your cursor when
pressing the INS key. In this case, the cursor was located at a R_EXP_ report. This
prefix defines the kind of report and cannot be changed.
Description The Description fields are displayed on the report selection box. You should follow
the structure of the other report descriptions and enter in Description 1 : a short
description of the report in Description 2 : the report fields in Description 3 : the
report format, Portrait or Landscape
Language The Language field lets you select the language in which you want to create the
report. The default is the active report language. To select a different language erase
the default and type '?'. A list of available languages will be displayed. Select from
this list by locating the cursor and pressing ENTER or by clicking with the mouse.
The report will only be available in the language you have created it.
Filter In the Filter field you can pre-set a filter for this report. This allows you to display
data selectively.
Kinds.Sto $ '1G' This filter is used for parts lists. It will produce a report listing all
elements except contacts, cable cross-reference markers and terminal strips.
Fig. 62
Text The text objects usually describe the fields listed in the DETAIL part. To create a
text object use the Text Tool (Fig. 63).Click on it in the Report Controls toolbar
(Fig. 64), -activated from the View menu- and place the cursor at the location you
want the text to be, type the text and press ENTER. To change the font settings, first
select the text object by clicking on it (while in the selection mode, which is
Fig. 63
activated by clicking on the selection tool) and then selecting the Font option from
the Format pull-down menu. You can also change / set other attributes for the text
object. Double clicking on it, the dialogue box shown in Fig. 65 appears where you
can set the relative position of the object (Top/Bottom) and can add a Comment.
Fig. 64
Fig. 65
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Clicking on the Print When button brings up the Print When dialogue box (Fig. 66)
where you can select other options like Print Repeated Values, Remove Line if
Blank etc. Clicking on the Print Only When Expression Is True button, activates the
Expression Builder where you can define a boolean expression, which is evaluated
when printing, and which if it returns a logical False then the object is not printed.
Fig. 66
Field Fields can be inserted in the report (usually in the Detail section) using the Field
Tool (Fig. 67). After clicking on the Field tool, place the cursor where you want to
create the field and click with the mouse. The Report Expression dialogue box
Fig. 67 appears (Fig. 68).
Fig. 68
The Expression Builder (Fig. 69) comes up whenever you need to define a report
field, a variable or an expression.
Fig. 69
The available database fields are displayed in the Fields box as Alias.FieldName,
making it easy to select fields from more than one database. The database fields
displayed in the Field box are from the databases set in the Data Environment for
the report. To activate the Data Environment window, select it from the View menu
or, right click in the report window and select it from the opened menu.
Note that only the tables set in the Data Environment are available in the report.
You can select the Fox Pro functions from function lists, which are available by
clicking on the String, Math, Logical, Date buttons.
Report Headers
The variable list (right side of the Expression window) also contains the variables
g_us_01_01, g_us_02_01, g_us_03_01. The contents of these variables is set with
Report Headers from within Cadelec, from the Tools / Preferences / Cadelec /
Report Headers menu. You can add them to the page header, so that they will be
displayed on every report page.
You can also add other text to the header. This will also be displayed on every page
of the report, but only on this report.
Project Name
You can also get the project name annotated in your report. To do so, select the
variable G_PRO from the variable list.
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Format
Once the expression defined, the Format option becomes available where the field
format can be defined in the Format dialogue box.
Fig. 70
You can choose the field type to be Character, Numeric or Date and set its editing
options.
Calculations
Fig. 71
Graphics You can also use Pictures and boxes to make the report more readable using the
Line, Rectangle, Rounded rectangle and Picture tools.
Data Environment
The information on tables, their aliases which are used by a report is set within the
Data Environment window, activated from the View menu or by right clicking in
the report window and selecting Data Environment.
In the Data Environment window you can Add, Remove or Browse a table.
Add a table
Right clicking in the Data Environment window, and selecting Add from the opened
menu, the file selection window appears where you can select the desired table to
be added to the Data Environment of the report.
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Remove a table
Right clicking on a table in the Data Environment window, and selecting Remove
from the opened menu, the table is removed from the Data Environment of the
report.
Browse a table
Right clicking on a table in the Data Environment window, and selecting Browse
from the opened menu, the Browse window of the table is opened.
Saving the report, will save the Data Environment too, together with the Alias
property.
(The Properties window is not available in the application).
When the report is saved (Ctrl+W), the Data Environment is saved also with it.
Note: If the Data Environment is set in Visual Fox Pro for example, or you copy a
report from an other location, it may happen that when editing the report for the
first time, the table (file) specified in the Data Environment is not found. In this
case a dialogue box appears attentioning that the specified file is not found (it is
looked for in the default directory .. /P), and you have to locate the file by clicking
on the Locate button. The path of the file you are looking for is displayed in the
status bar below. Saving the report will save the relative file path too for the Data
Environment.
After creating the report, leave the report designer by pressing CTRL-W. This will
also save the report before leaving the designer.
The other functions needed to create a report are explained in the next pages.
Fig. 72
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Title band: This part of the report only appears once on the first page. It can be
added from the Report / Title /Summary menu and afterwards enlarged. You might
wish to use this area for information such as the following:
Company name and address
Project designer
Date of last update to project etc.
To automate modifications to the report title you can use the variables
g_us_01_01, g_us_02_01 and g_us_03_01.
The contents of these variables is set within Report Headers from the File /
Preferences menu (see page 83). If you prefer to have this information on every
report or wish to use the variables in the Page Header, you can do it as well.
Page Header: This part appears in the report header on every new page. Examples
might be:
Report name
Printout date
Number of pages
Title of columns in report etc.
Detail: This band constitutes the body of the report. Here, you specify the names of
the fields that you want listed in the report. The fields in the Detail band will
contain all the data in a database if the field contains a database field.
Page Footer: The page footer appears on the end of every page. If required,
Cadelec will annotate the page number, the printout date or other information on the
end of every page.
Summary band: Typically, you would use this area to print totals of the column in
the report, though you can specify other mathematical operations if you wish
(averages, for example). This area appears once only, at the end of the report. It can
be inserted from the Report / Title/Summary menu.
Data Grouping
In addition to performing mathematical operations over the whole report, you can
also Group data according to specific criteria and perform calculations on data
groups (average, maximum value, minimum value etc.). To do so, group the data by
using Data Grouping from the Report menu. The data grouping is done by
specifying a Group Expression which can be Added, Changed or Deleted in the
Data Grouping Dialogue box (Fig. 73).
Fig. 73
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Every group of data, which corresponds, to the same value of the group expression
will be displayed together having its own Group Header and Group Footer section.
Variables
Variables can be defined in the Report Variables dialogue box where the defined
Fig. 74
variables are listed (Fig. 74).
You can Insert a new one or Delete the existing ones. Clicking on the Value to
Store or Initial Value box, will bring up the Expression Builder dialogue box, where
you can define the desired expression for each item. Also, you can set a Calculate
option and select when should be the variable Reset - at the End of Report, End of
Page or when the group expression changes.
Inserting Fields To insert fields, use the Field tool (Fig. 67) and create a field as described on page
76.
Editing Fields To edit a field, double-click on it. The Expression Builder dialogue box will be
opened (Fig. 69), where you can change the field itself or edit e.g. the format, the
style etc. of the field.
Moving fields To move a single field, just drag it with the mouse to the required location. If you
place it on top of another field, the other field will be hidden. You can also move
the fields just by using the arrow keys, after the field (or any other object) is
selected. To move several fields at a time, use the mouse to delimit a selection
window covering all the fields to be moved, or select the fields holding the SHIFT
key down. To do this, locate the cursor at one corner of the required rectangle, hold
down the left-hand mouse button, than drag the rectangle to the required size. When
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you release the mouse button, all the fields in the rectangle will have been selected.
You can then move all the selected fields together.
You can use the options in the Format menu to arrange the fields in the report
(Align, Size, Spacing etc.)
Report layout
With Cadelec, you can modify the report layout :
for a single report, when editing / creating the report.
globally, for all reports of a selected language (from the File / Cadelec /
Preferences menu).
Selecting Page setup from the File menu, brings up the Page Setup dialogue box
(Fig. 75)
Fig. 75
Here you can set the columns to more than 1 if you want to print on two or more
columns, in the Columns area as well as the Spacing and Width.
Also, a Left Margin can be set, to leave a space at the left of the page.
Clicking on the Print Setup button, brings up the Print Setup dialogue box in which
you can select a printer from the installed printers list and set its Properties, as well
as specify the Paper Size and print Orientation.
Fig. 76
If you are creating a new report, you should therefore add these variables in the
header.
3.8.4 Labels
Selecting Labels from the File menu, the Label Designer is started. Before
accessing the label designer, Cadelec will open an output selection box from where
you can decide whether you want the label to be printed, or displayed on the screen,
and set a filter for the label.
The default filter excludes components without Device ID and terminals from
printing. If required, you can modify this filter accessing the fields of the
components database CON_PRO.DBF alias COMPS. For a list of all components
database fields please refer to APPENDIX A.
After modifying the filter and pressing ENTER to confirm the current filter, you
will access the Label designer (Fig. 77).
Fig. 77
As with the report designer you can define in the same way the items to appear in
the Label accessing the fields of the databases (mainly the components database -
alias COMPS). For example you can print labels for every components' mnemonic
in the project using the Simnum field from the COMPS database.
You can perform operations on the fields with the available functions and set other
options as within the report designer (see page 277).
Print Preview
You can at any time use the Print Preview option to see how the Label will look
after printing, and make adjustments until satisfied (right click with the mouse and
select Preview).
Run Report
To run the report, select Run Report from the Report menu, or right click on the
report form and select Print.
Project Pages
A project is made out of a number of pages (AutoCAD drawings). Before accessing
the pages you will have to open the project (Open Project function - see page 48). It
stays open unless you open another one. Operations on project pages will always
access the pages of the current project.
If you are working on a network with several other users on the same project, the
pages accessed by other users are locked.
Types of pages Basically there are three kinds of pages. You will find the function and commands
used for the different kinds of pages separated in different chapters :
Schematics (chapter 6).
Cabinet Layout Drawings (chapter 7).
Terminal Pinout Drawings (chapter 8).
Functions, which are available for all kinds of pages, are discussed in this
chapter.
Cabinet Layout Drawings and Terminal Pinouts are based on the content of the
schematics. They can only be created if there is at least one schematic in the
project.
Pages format Cadelec stores pages in the AutoCAD DWG format. This allows you to view
project pages by starting AutoCAD directly, without using Cadelec. In this case,
you should not perform any changes. Otherwise, inconsistencies between drawings
and databases might occur.
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Running the function brings up the New Page dialogue box (Fig. 80).
Fig. 79
Fig. 80
In the Name of Page field you can enter a name according to your internal company
convention or simply press ENTER to use the default incremental numbering
system.
You can define the page name with up to 8 characters using alphanumerical
characters including the signs "_" and "$" (DOS file name conventions).
This convention is necessary as Cadelec stores the page in the project directory. The
name of the drawing will be the same as the page name.
If you have created a page with the name 1 in the project DEMO_PR you will find
the page as /CLPW/PR/DEMO_PR/ 1.DWG.
Schematic Drawing/ With the options Schematic Drawing and Cabinet Layout Drawing you select the
Cabinet Layout kind of page you want to create. Terminal Pinout Drawings are created
Drawing automatically when selecting Pinouts from the Project / Terminals menu (Please
refer to page 258). Cabinet Layout Drawings can only be created if there is already
at least one schematic drawing. This option will therefore be disabled if you are
creating the first page within the project.
Take data of other Selecting Take Data of other Page allows you to copy the data sheet (the
page description) of a similar page of the same project and to use it as a model for the
new page. This can be very helpful, as the descriptions to certain pages might be
similar. Say, you are creating the second page of the power-circuit within your
project. Instead of filling out the data sheet manually, you can copy it and change
certain fields. Leaving this option de-selected lets you fill out the data sheet
manually.
The data sheet can only be copied from the same kind of page. This means, that the
data sheet for a schematic can only be copied from another schematic of the same
project. If there are no existing pages of this kind (no schematics, say), this option
will be disabled.
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Create empty page This option should be selected if you want to create an empty page and don't want
to use another page as a model. The data sheet will be copied, nevertheless, if the
Take Data of other Page option is selected.
Copy same page If you have previously chosen a page to copy the data sheet from using the Take
as data sheet Data from other Page option, you can select this option to copy the page itself as
well.
As Take Data of other Page can only be used to copy the data sheet of a page of the
same project, Copy same page as data sheet option is also limited to be used within
the same project.
Copy which page With this option you can copy a schematic of another project, from diskette or
another location on hard disk. This copies the page but will not copy the page data
sheet. The page data sheet has to be filled out manually or be copied from another
page with the Take Data of other Page option.
This option should be used only for schematics. Copying a cabinet from another
project would not make much sense, as every component would be flagged as
inconsistency between the schematic and the cabinet.
Selecting this option opens a dialogue box where you can choose the page you want
to be copied. Before doing so, you must change the drive (if required) and set the
path.
If your projects are stored in a different drive, click on the DRIVE-BAR and
hold the mouse-button down. Drag the cursor to the drive where your projects
are stored and release the mouse-button.
Fig. 81
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Most of the fields are optional, but you should fill them out to achieve a proper
documentation. The default-fields Zone, Location and the Cabinet selection field
(when creating a Cabinet Layout Drawing) must be filled out.
Location/Zone The function of the Installation and the Zone field depends on the kind of page.
On schematics, those fields define the default-mounting place for all elements
within the page. This default applies to all elements of these pages, which are not
assigned with different mounting zones.
On Cabinet Layouts by entering the Zone you define the cabinet as a specific
mounting place. Therefore, only components with matching zone specification can
be placed in this cabinet.
The default Zone and Location is annotated in the right corner of the title box.
Library The Library field must be filled out when creating a cabinet layout drawing. By
doing so, you define the cabinet library. You can use several cabinets libraries, e.g.
to have the cabinets sorted by manufacturers. This field will be filled out
automatically when creating a schematic with the symbol library defined when
creating the project (see also in Project Data Sheet, page 39).
Cabinet Within the Cabinet field you define which cabinet you want to use, and define
therefore the cabinet dimensions. Pressing ENTER displays the list of available
cabinets (of the chosen cabinet library) including their dimensions.
Tip: Pressing ENTER on the fields which must be filled out without entering any
data displays a list of available definitions for this field. For example, pressing
ENTER on the empty Zone field displays the list of available zones within this
project. Now you can select from this list by locating the cursor and pressing
ENTER.
Type This field is filled out automatically when creating a new page. The default will be
the kind of page or in other words Schematic, Cabinet or Terminal.
The field in the page data sheet is editable and does not influence the kind of page.
Therefore, you can use this field freely.
When editing it please bear in mind that the contents of the fields Type and
Description will be shown when changing between project pages. For this reason,
the contents of the fields should give enough information about the page and its
type.
Sub-Project The Sub-Project field can be used to structure your project. You might use it to
assign pages of the power circuit with Power Circuit, define certain pages as
Control Circuit and so on. Later, you can apply a filter on this field e.g. to print only
the pages of the Power Circuit.
Description Here you enter a short description to the page. If you leave this field empty, the
contents of the fields Title Line 1 and 2 will be filled in here.
Title line The Title Line fields are meant for the title lines which will be displayed in the title
box. Title Lines 1 and 2 are displayed in the Title Box. Title Lines 3 and 4 can be
displayed by customizing the title box (see page 118).
Drawing No. In this fields you can enter the drawing numbers according to your or your
customer's internal company convention. This field is displayed in the standard title
box.
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Clicking on the Revisions tab, the Revisions dialogue appears where you can edit
the following fields:
Verified by In the Verified by field you can enter the date and the initials for identifying a verify
issue if required.
Issue Code / In the Issue Code field you will usually enter your internal code for the changes
Date / Name done to this page. Beside of this fields you can enter the date of the changes in the
Date field and the Name of the person who did these changes.
Origin In the Origin field you should enter the name (or the internal page code) of the page
which was used as a model for this page.
Replaces Here you enter the name (or the internal page code) of the page which was replaced
by this page.
Replaced by If this page was replaced by another page and therefore is no longer valid, you
should enter the name (or the internal-page code) of the page which is replacing this
page in the Replaced by field.
Fig. 82
.
Like in CRE_PLA, the default new page number is the last page number increased
by 1.
Fig. 85
The pages displayed in the selection box are part of the active project and
influenced by the current filter settings. If you are working in a network
environment with several user on the same project you receive the message Page Is
Currently Being Modified By An Other User if you try to access a page which is
already in use by somebody else. If this happens on a standalone system you might
have left Cadelec in an irregular way due to an invalid configuration, for example.
In this case you will have to Re-Index the project (see page 67).
Fig. 88
Fig. 87
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Backup Page
Running the function (from the Utilities /Backup menu) will open a file selection
box (Fig. 89) for selecting the location of the backed up page (the highlighted page
in the dialogue).
Fig. 89
Delete Page
Running the command (DEL_PLA) from the Utilities / Delete menu brings up the
dialogue in Fig. 90 and clicking on Yes the page will be deleted.
Before deleting a page you can back it up, so later the page can be restored.
Fig. 93
Select an existing filter To select an existing filter, locate the cursor on the filter to apply and press ENTER.
After applying a filter the page will be shown in red color in the status bar at the
bottom of the screen.
De-select an applying If you want to disable the filter in order to get access to all project pages again,
filter select the empty filter (Description: No Active Filter). This empty filter
specification is always the first entry in the available filters list.
Edit an existing filter Locate the cursor on the filter to edit and press F2. (Operations and functions are
described on the next pages).
Create a new filter Press the INS key. For the list of operations and functions, see next.
Erase a filter To erase a no longer needed filter, locate the cursor on it and press the DEL key.
The filter will be marked and erased after leaving the filter selection-box.
As every project has its own pages, a pages database is contained in the directory of
every project. The pages database is describing the pages of the active project.
The list of the fields below shows only the fields, which are commonly used for
applying filters. The complete list is contained in APPENDIX A (page 361).
alltrim() A character string will be returned with the leading and trailing
blanks removed.
Syntax : alltrim(expression).
The information displayed is the content of the data sheet fields Type and
Description. If these fields are not properly filled out you might have problems to
find the page you want to change to.
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Instead of searching for the activating coil of a contact, you simply click on its
Fig. 95 cross-reference. Or, if you want to check a terminal, you simply click on the
terminal within the terminal pinout drawing. Cadelec changes to the page where
this terminal is located.
Navigating
To search for
the activating coil of a contact... ...
type GO and
click at the cross reference
To change from the cabinet to the schematic where the component is ...
type GO and
click at the device ID or the component
This command will locate an element in the project by its Device ID, and
open the page the element is on, zoomed on the element you are looking for.
The command can be run from the Cadelec / Navigator menu (Fig. 96), from
the Project toolbar (Fig. 97), or by typing GOSNA at the command prompt.
You can also use the accelerator key Ctrl+H.
Fig. 96
Running the command, brings up the Find Device ID dialogue box, (Fig. 98)
where the searched item can be defined, indicating or selecting a value for the
Device ID, Tag Number, Function, Cable, Installation, Zone, Catalog, Record, User
1, User 2, User 3, User 4 attributes.
Fig. 97
Fig. 98
In the output window, in the lower part of the dialogue box are listed the elements
in the project matching the values selected in the fields in the upper part.
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For example, if you select a Device ID (-D2.1) in the Device ID field (clicking on
the down arrow opens a list with the available device IDs in the project), in the
output window will be listed the selected Device ID (there are no other matches).
If you select the XR Function (Cool for example - Fig. 98), the output window will
list the elements whose XR function is Cool or contains the "Cool" string.
Selecting one of the device IDs in the output window, by double clicking on it,
Cadelec will open the page containing the element and performs a ZOOM on the
element, so you don' t have to bother to locate the element on the page.
The command can be run by selecting it from the menu (Fig. 99), or the
Fig. 99 Project toolbar (Fig. 100), or by typing GOCNX at the prompt.
Running the command, the Find Wire selection dialogue box appears (Fig. 101):
Fig. 100
Fig. 101
In the dialogue box you can specify the wire selection by several criteria:
Voltage rating
Wire
Cable
Element Code
Device ID
Tag Number
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Installation
Zone
According to the values specified in the filter fields (upper part of window), the
lower window lists the corresponding items by Page, Element Code and Device ID.
Selecting an item in the lower selection window and clicking Open, Cadelec opens
the corresponding page, zoomed on the selected item.
For example (in project HYD_PUM), selecting the Voltage rating PE and Element
Code KLEMMO1, the output window will list the PE wires connected to element
KLEMMO1 with their Device ID (Fig. 101).
Select the function (REN_PLA) from the Tools / Utilities / Re-Name Page
menu (Fig. 102) or from the UTILITIES toolbar (Fig. 104).
In the page selection box which appears (Fig. 103), locate the cursor on the
page to rename and press ENTER.
Fig. 102
Fig. 103
Cadelec will prompt you for the new page name (Fig. 105). You can define the new
page name using up to 8 alphanumerical signs including "$" and "_" (DOS file name
Fig. 104 convention).
Fig. 105
After you have entered the new name, Cadelec will re-sort the page according to
their ASCII codes. This means that page names with the sign "$" as the first
character will be at the top of the list followed by pages with numbers (e.g. 1, 2
etc.) as the first sign. Pages with a leading character ("A","X" etc.) will be listed
after the numbers. At the bottom of the list you will find the pages starting with the
"_" sign.
After re-naming a page, you should perform a few steps to get the change apply to
the databases and all annotations on project components:
Switch all automatic re-calculation and re-annotations in the Project
Preferences dialogue box (Edit Project) on (see page 48).
Run a batch on the schematics of the project. Select the schematics from the
pick-list and activate the Zoom Extents option. Start the batch by clicking at
OK.
After the batch process is completed, all changes are transferred to the project
databases.
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If you have terminal pinout drawings in your projects, generate new ones. Enter
the Edit Cables function from the Project / Terminals menu to create a new
terminal database. When leaving the terminal editor, select the Generate
terminal Pinout Drawings option.
If you are working with cabinet layouts, enter the cabinet layout drawings.
Erase the graphical representation of the components of the old page which are
flagged with red color using the _ERASE command. Insert the components of
the page with the new name in the same place.
The functions described on the next pages are functions, which can be performed on
all kinds of pages.
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Command: UTBLK
This command updates the title box and can be selected from the Tools /
Utilities menu (Fig. 106) or from the UTILITIES toolbar (Fig. 107).
Usually, Cadelec does this automatically every time you enter a page to
AutoCAD, but certain circumstances e.g. the capturing of a page or the
changing of the title box requires a manual updating of the title box.
Fig. 106
Fig. 107
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From the Cadelec / Language menu (Fig. 108) or the Cadelec toolbar (Fig.
110) you can select the language for the description to the fields of the title
box and the terminal pinouts. If you have set attributes e.g. USER_1 on the
ENG layer for English, USER_2 on the GER layer for German etc. this
language selection will also display the attributes in the selected language.
In Fig. 109 and Fig. 111 you see a part of the title box and the terminal
pinout drawing after selecting German.
Fig. 108
Fig. 109
Fig. 110
Fig. 111
You might for example use the IVA command to turn a single attribute invisible, the
HA command to move an attribute, etc.
If you want attributes to be invisible, rotated or to have a different height every time
you insert an element, you should edit the attribute entities on the elements. For a
detailed description of editing elements and changing attribute entities please refer
to page 289.
You can turn the attributes to the elements visible and invisible. This allows you to
decide which information you want to be displayed on every element. Select the
functions from the menu (Fig. 112) or the toolbars (Fig. 113).
Fig. 112
Attributes:
SNA : invisible
SNA : visible
PREFIX : invisible
COUNTER : visible
Fig. 115
Attribute values:
After running this command, Cadelec will prompt you to select the element. Once
you have done so, type in the name of the attribute you wish to make visible. For
the complete list of attributes please refer to page 299.
Tip: For a complete list of the attributes defined for a certain element, run the
AutoCAD _DDATTE command and select this element.
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After running this command, Cadelec will prompt to select the attribute (click on the
attribute). Once this is done, Cadelec will prompt with the default name of the attribute to be
turned invisible. Press ENTER to validate, enter the name of an other attribute to make
invisible or press CTRL-C to select again.
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The command can be run from the Cadelec / Attributes / Move menu (Fig. 116) or
from the Cadelec toolbar, clicking on the Attributes toolbox and dragging down
the cursor to the Move toolbox, releasing the button (Fig. 117).
When you run this command, Cadelec first asks you to select the attribute to be
moved. After selecting this attribute, Cadelec will ask you to point to the new
position. This can be done either by entering the co-ordinates or by clicking at the
Fig. 116 new position.
Fig. 117
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After running this function, from the menu (Fig. 118) or from the toolbars (Fig.
119), Cadelec will ask you to point at the attribute to be rotated. Once you have
selected this attribute by clicking with the mouse, Cadelec will prompt you to enter
the rotation angle. You can do this either by entering the angle manually (e.g. 45)
or by clicking with the mouse at the new angular position relative to the initial one.
The rotation angle is always expressed with respect to the X-axis and not to the
current orientation. For example, if an attribute is already at the 45° from the X-
Fig. 118 axis and you specify an angle of rotation of 45°, the attribute will stay where it is.
Fig. 119
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After running this command, from the menu (Fig. 120) or from the toolbars (Fig.
121), Cadelec will ask you to select the attribute and to enter the attribute height.
The default attribute height is defined in the library data-sheet.
Fig. 120
Fig. 121
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Command: OFFLAY
Run the command from the Cadelec / Layers menu (Fig. 122) or from the
CADELEC / Layers toolbar (Fig. 123).
This function switches a layer, which was selected, by a mouse click off.
After having selected the layer, Cadelec prompts with a short information
telling you the name of the layer, which was turned off.
Fig. 123
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Run the function from the menu (Fig. 124) or from the toolbars (Fig. 125).
This function erases the contents of a layer. As this function should be used
very carefully, Cadelec will prompt you to enter the name of the layer and
will not allow a selection with the mouse.
The typical use of this command is when editing elements with a large
amount of attributes (e.g. terminal pinout drawings). In this case, you will
run this command to erase no longer needed attributes before inserting new
ones.
Fig. 124
Fig. 125
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You can automate the process of translating the attributes with user defined
attributes, having the suffix _GER for German, _UK for English, _FRA for French,
_CZ for Czech, _HUN for Hungarian, _PL for Polish, _ITA for Italian, _SPA for
Spanish and _NL for Dutch.
For example, the EL_DIN library contains the TEXTBL text block, with the user
attributes USER1_GER - USER4_GER, USER1_UK, - USER4_UK, USER1_FRA -
USER4_FRA etc. attributes (contained in the language layers). These are recognized
by the translation utility and their contents can be added to the dictionary, can be
exported to a text or Excel file or can be imported from a text or Excel file into the
dictionary (see the corresponding commands on the next pages). You can define
your own blocks containing any language dependent attributes with the language
endings: _GER, _FRA, _HUN, etc.
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Command: ATTOUT
The ATTOUT command, selected from the Tools / Utilities / Text Translation menu
(Fig. 126), exports the content of attributes of the Cadelec language version
(English, German etc.) into a database called Dictionary.dbf located in the Project
directory (e.g. \CLPW\PR). The processed attributes are those ending with the actual
language suffix: _GER for German, _UK for English, _ITA for Italian etc. If for
example a text block contains the attributes USER1_UK, USER2_UK, …
USER4_UK, the command will write the contents of all these attributes (in a
Fig. 126 drawing) into the dictionary (language version: English).
Fig. 127
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Cadelec comes with one standard title box (PRPRO -Fig. 130) which can be edited
or used as a model for new title boxes. It is contained in the symbol library (e.g.
EL_DIN for symbols in DIN standard).
Fig. 130
The fields displayed in the title box are defined with the attributes in a separate
drawing, the title block (e.g. TIT_DIN1 for the first title block in DIN standard).
Customizing of title boxes will be done in two steps. First you edit the attributes in
the title block. Once this has been done, you will replace the existing title block
within a title box by the new one. The necessary steps are described in a step by
step rundown on the next pages. The number of title boxes and title blocks is
unlimited, so that you can create a title box according to the company conventions
of every customer.
Attributes...
...can be seen as variables connecting databases and drawings. Data written into an
attribute within a page will be written to the database; information from the
database can be re-annotated in the page. The attributes of the title box are defined
with the AutoCAD command _ATTDEF (see also page 243) using the following
syntax :
The following attributes are in the standard title block (e.g. TIT_DIN1 for DIN
standard). They display the data entered during project and page creation. These
data are accessed from the project database PROJS.DBF (alias PROJS) and the
pages database PLANOS.DBF (alias PLANOS). For more details to the data and
the fields of the page data sheet please refer to page 93.
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To create a new title box for e.g. to the purposes of a certain customer,
you will have to create a new title block and once this is done to create
a new title box. In the steps described below we will use the existing
Title Block and Title Box as a model.
Select New from the Library/ Element menu (Fig. 131) or New
Element from the CADELEC /Library toolbar (Fig. 132).This is
necessary as Title Box and Title Block are always a part of the
symbols library.
Fig. 131
Fig. 132
Fig. 133
In the appearing dialogue box (Fig. 133), enter the Element Code prefixed with
TIT_ (e.g. TIT_DIN5). It is very important to prefix the title block with TIT_
as the automatic title box updating function will search for a block with this
prefix. It might not work if you name the title block differently.
Select the Take Data of other Element option and select an already existing title
block e.g. TIT_DIN1.
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Now select the Copy same page as data sheet option. This will copy the
selected Title Block so that you can use it as a model.
Cadelec will open the data sheet with the description of the title block. You can
edit the description if required. Please do not change the Kind of element
definition. The title block has to be defined as Auxiliary graphics element. Click
on the OK button to continue.
Cadelec copies the title block and opens the drawing.
Once you have done all changes, select Save from the menu to save.
Cadelec will ask you whether you want to integrate the element in the tablet.
Select NO.
Now you will have to create a new Title Box using the definitions made within
the new Title Block. Select New from the Cadelec / Element menu again and
enter a name for the new title box e.g. CUST_X for the customer X.
Select Take Data of other Element and select the Title Block PRPRO.
Set the Copy same page as data sheet option and click on OK to continue.
Cadelec opens the element data sheet. You can add information on the customer
if required. Do not change the Kind of Element definition within the bar on the
top of the data sheet. The Kind of Element definition for the Title Box has to be
Prototype Schematic Drawing. Continue by clicking at the OK button.
If you have previously changed the column width or the height of the rows
graphically (see Changes on Title Blocks, page 121), enter the co-ordinates of
the first column and row. Else leave the default and click the OK button.
Cadelec will copy the Title Box, which was selected to be used as a model and
will open the new title box in AutoCAD.
Once you have entered AutoCAD erase the title box with the AutoCAD
command _ERASE.
Use the DDINSERT command (or select Block from the Insert menu), and select
the file to be inserted: e.g. TIT_DIN2.DWG if you have created a title block
named TIT_DIN2. Otherwise replace TIT_DIN2 by the title block you wish to
use.
AutoCAD will ask the following parameters :
The new title box will appear in the list of available title boxes. If you wish to use
this title box for the new pages of an already created project enter the project data
sheet (Edit Project function - see page 48), erase the contents of the Title Box field
and press ENTER. Select the new title box from the list of existing title boxes. If
you wish to apply this new title box on already created pages please follow the
instruction given in the Change title box on existing pages part, page 121.
Select Open from the Cadelec / Library / Element menu. Cadelec opens the list
of existing library elements from where you can select the title block, which
should be changed. Title Blocks are usually prefixed with TIT_ followed by the
standard and a number e.g. TIT_DIN1 for the first Title Block in DIN standard.
Once the title block was taken to AutoCAD perform the changes on the title
block as described further (Changes on Title blocks).
After the changes have been finished type _OPEN to change to the Title Box.
From the AutoCAD file selection box select the Title Box you wish to edit.
Once the title box has been opened, erase it with the AutoCAD _ERASE
command.
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Use the DDINSERT command (or select Block from the Insert menu), and select
the file to be inserted: e.g. TIT_DIN1.DWG, if TIT_DIN1 was the title block
you have edited. Otherwise replace TIT_DIN1 by the name of the title block
you wish to use within this title box.
Type _QSAVE to save the title box
The changes will not apply on already created pages. To replace the title box of
an existing page by a new title box please refer to Change Title Boxes on
Existing Pages below.
To change attributes:
Use the AutoCAD command _DDMODIFY to change the attribute height, its
font etc.
Erase a no longer needed attribute with the AutoCAD _ERASE command.
To create attributes:
To insert new attributes run the _DDATTDEF command. Enter the database
field you want to be displayed in the Attribute Tag and the Attribute Prompt
using the following syntax:
<database alias>.<field name>
Set the attribute mode to Preset
For a complete listing of the database fields please refer to Appendix A, page
359. Leave the Default Attribute value empty and click with the mouse cursor
on the position where you want the attribute to be located.
erase the column and row markers with the _ERASE command.
calculate the distance between the rows:
Cadelec's title box dimensions are 410 x 288 AutoCAD co-ordinates. For 10
columns you will have to draw the vertical column lines in a distance of 41. The
horizontal row lines will have the distance of 36 AutoCAD co-ordinates.
Before drawing the column and row markers, use the _LAYER command to set
the current layer to the layer for the title box. Enter 'S' for set and enter the new
current layer as UPS_DWG which is the layer for the title box.
Before starting to draw the column and row markers make sure that ORTHO
(press F8) and SNAP (press F9) are on. First draw horizontal and vertical lines.
In the standard title box, those lines have a length of 5 co-ordinates. Please bear
in mind that the top left corner of the title box is at 5, 292. The first horizontal
line for columns will therefore be at the X co-ordinate 46 when creating a title
box with 10 columns. The first vertical row line will be at the Y co-ordinate
254.
Use the command _DDMODIFY to change the color of the lines to blue.
Copy the vertical and horizontal lines with the _COPY command to the required
positions.
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First, make sure you are within the US style library, JIC. If necessary, open the
JIC library with the BUS_LIB command or select it from the Cadelec / Library /
Database / Open menu.
Open a US style title box drawing, for ex. TIT_JIC2, using the ACC_ELE
command or from the Library / Element / Open menu.
Set SNAP to 5
Set the drawing limits to the border of the title box drawing using the AutoCAD
command LIMITS.
Define the ladders using the command DEFLR -select it from the Library
drawing toolbar or the Library Drawing menu. With this command you define
the number of columns (ladders) to be contained in the new drawing and the
numbering start. Running the command will ask to specify the active area by
first and second point; you will indicate it by clicking with the mouse at the two
points (lower left and upper right). Then you will be asked for the number of
ladders per page, you will enter the number of ladders you wish to use. After
this, you have to specify the numbering start - form 0 or 1.Then you will have to
enter the name of the new prototype drawing - for ex. PRPRO2 - for a drawing
with two ladders.
At this step we have created a new empty prototype drawing and have to insert
the title box. For this, set the SNAP to 5 and use the DDINSERT or INSERT
AutoCAD command and specify the name of the title box drawing - for ex.
TIT_JIC2.The command will ask for the insertion position- enter 0,0. Leave the
other parameters at their default.
Use the Snap Ladders command SNAPLR to align the ladders to the SNAP.
Save the changes for PRPRO2.Now you can use the new prototype drawing in
the projects.
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Schematics
In this chapter we will discuss all commands and functions needed to create
schematics.
Wires and Cables are electrical connections with voltage rating specification. The wires and their
voltage rating will be reported if you issue the Connection report (File /
Reports / Project menu).
With the Terminal Editor (see page 222) or the SCAB command (see page 217) you
can specify the cable and the wires leading to and from terminals.
Terminals are a special kind of elements as they are electrically spoken, invisible. Terminals
are part of the symbols library as well, and will therefore also be inserted like any
other element. But there are still several functions that differs them from the other
elements. Cadelec will, for example create terminal pinout drawings automatically
exploiting the terminals in the schematics.
PLCs are elements with special commands and functions. Their special functions are
separated in a PLC sub-chapter (see from page 232 on). Still you will insert them
like other elements either from the slides, or with the IE command.
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For a step by step run-down using a simple demonstration project, please refer to
the Cadelec Tutorial.
Fig. 134
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Cadelec uses different AutoCAD layers for the connections of different voltage
ratings. This allows you to get the wires of the different voltage ratings displayed in
different colors.
With Cadelec you can also specify the cables e.g. project cable C01 that is defined
as a NYY 4 x 2.5 mm2 cable. Wires can be marked color-coded (by an
alphanumerical shortcut), numbered or with a combination of both (see page 217).
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Selecting Voltage Rating from the Cadelec / Connections menu (Fig. 136) or from
the CONNECTIONS / Voltage rating toolbar (Fig. 135), offers you several pre-set
voltage ratings. Selecting e.g. 400V will set the voltage rating for all wires drawn
after this selection to 400 V.
Fig. 135
Fig. 136
Selecting User Defined from the VOLTAGE RATING sub-menu or typing the
LAYCAB command lets you type the voltage rating. You can also use this function
or this command to display the current voltage rating. Press CTRL-C after the
voltage rating was displayed to abort the function.
Selecting Generic from the Voltage Rating sub-menu resets the voltage rating. You
may use this, to draw wires without any voltage rating specification, e.g. for
Control Cables.
Used Layers
Cadelec uses different layers for different voltage ratings. This allows you a
customizable use of different colors for different voltage ratings. Every time you
specify a voltage rating which was previously not used, Cadelec creates a layer for
the wires prefixed with PCAB followed by the voltage rating e.g. PCAB400V. If
you mark a wire of this rating with a mark (e.g. L1), Cadelec creates a layer for the
cables prefixed with MCAB for all wire-marks to this voltage rating.
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The layer for 400V wires will for example be PCAB400V while the layer for the
marks is MCAB400V. (See also below).
Changing the color of wires or cable marks of a certain voltage rating can be done
by changing the color of its layer. You will do this by selecting Layers from the
Format menu. Below you see a list of the most important voltage-rating layers with
their default color.
Voltage rating Layer for wires default color Layer for marks default color
400V PCAB400V red MCAB400V white
230V PCAB230V white MCAB230V white
110V PCAB110V white MCAB110V white
N PCABN white MCABN white
PE PCABPE white MCABPE White
GENERIC or PCAB white MCAB white
without efinition
Changing the Certain circumstances might require the changing of the voltage rating. You will do
voltage rating this in the following way :
run the AutoCAD CHANGE command (see also page 243).
select the wires to be changed. Once you have selected all wires to be changed
press the right mouse button or press ENTER to leave the selection mode.
AutoCAD will prompt you with the following options :
run the CHANGE command again and select the cable markers to the wires.
Proceed in the way described above and change the layer for the markers to e.g.
MCAB400V.
Note: You can display the Voltage rating of the numbered wires (Point to Point
Wire Numbering) by clicking on the VRAT button in the status line (see page 26)
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It can be run from the menu (Fig. 137) or from the toolbars (Fig. 134). When you
issue this command, Cadelec asks you to specify a start and an end point. Click
with the mouse at the required start and end position. You can use this end-point as
the starting point for another wire or abort the command by pressing the RIGHT
mouse button.
Pressing the RIGHT mouse button again will repeat the command and ask you for a
new starting point.
Fig. 137
Wire ends must be truly coincident if Cadelec is to consider them as electrically
connected. For this reason, it is preferable to leave the SNAP (key F9) and the
ORTHO (key F8) options active.
The L1P command draws a single-phase power wire, which will be marked in
yellow color. The power wire will be drawn on a new layer, for example
PCAB230V_P, for a 230 V rated wire.
Fig. 138
Note. The wires should be always drawn from LEFT to RIGHT and from TOP to
BOTTOM. Otherwise it could happen that the wires would not be correctly cut at
element insertion.
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Command: L1V
With this command you can draw a V connection line, or combine it with 1-phase
lines too.
Running the command from the menu (Fig. 139) or from the toolbars (Fig. 140),
the system prompts for the first point, first V-angle, next point and next angle. The
angle, indicated by pointing with the mouse, specifies the offset side of the angle
(which is drawn at 30 degrees).
Fig. 139
If, when asking for the V angle, you click the right mouse button, the next V
connection is skipped and, you can specify the next point. The result is a line
without V connection.
This command lets you draw a three-phase cable on the current voltage rating.
After selecting it from the menu (Fig. 141) or the CONNECTIONS toolbar (Fig.
142), Cadelec will asks you to specify:
the starting point
the fist cutting angle
the end point
the second cutting angle
Fig. 141
Fig. 142
Fig. 143
As wire ends must be truly coincident and down-strokes must start from the
horizontal lines it is preferable to leave the SNAP (key F9) and ORTHO (key F8)
option active.
The L3P command draws a 3-phase phase power wire, which will be marked in
yellow color. The power wire will be drawn on a new layer, for example
PCAB400V_P, for a 400 V rated wire.
You can draw multiple phase wires as well with the LN / LNP commands.
Tip
Use AutoCAD's repeating command function when drawing more then one cable.
Pressing ENTER, or the right mouse button, will repeat the command, so that you
can draw 3-phase cables without entering the command every time.
Note. The wires should be always drawn from LEFT to RIGHT and from TOP to
BOTTOM. Otherwise it could happen that the wires would not be correctly cut at
element insertion.
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Command: APO
The command can be selected from the menu (Fig. 144) or from the
CONNECTIONS toolbar.
This command automatically draws node points on the wiring diagram, so that you
can check whether lines are electrically connected or not. Cadelec does this by
searching for all instances of three or more lines with coincident end points on the
same layer (prefixed with PCAB). Cadelec will only locate the nodes, if the line
ends meet exactly. For this reason, it is essential to draw cables with the SNAP
option active (press F9).
Once you have specified the node diameter by running Nodes - Diameter from the
menu or typing the command APO, the diameter will apply to the nodes of all pages
of this project.
Fig. 144 Running Nodes - Default will automatically set the nodes using the entered
diameter. Unless differently defined Cadelec will use a default diameter of 1
AutoCAD co-ordinate.
Nodes are drawn on the SPOTS layer. If you wish to change the color of the nodes,
run Layers from the Format menu and change the color of the nodes there.
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Fig. 145
Selecting Horizontal, Vertical or Angle from the Connections / Set Mark menu (Fig.
146) or from the CONNECTIONS /Wire Marks flyout (Fig. 147), lets you select
cable marks from a list of already defined marks or by entering a new specification.
The mark will be annotated in the selected angle. Selecting the Manual option from
the Set Mark sub-menu lets you type in a cable mark and annotate it on a single wire
Fig. 146 with the defined angle.
Placeholder marks
Placeholder marks are initially shown as a double zero 00. These marks are
numbered automatically when running Number from the Connections menu.
Setting placeholder marks with the Horizontal, Vertical and Angle option will be
Fig. 147 done by drawing a window over the wires you want to be marked. This is very
useful when marking three phase wires. You simply select the placeholder mark
(00) from the set-mark dialogue box and lay a window over the three-phase cable.
Cadelec will place the marks on the three wires in the same vertical position. When
you want to mark a single wire with a placeholder mark, you drag the window over
the wire.
Fig. 148
The initial value for the numbering of the placeholder marks is given by the value
of the incremental counter. A counter is available for every voltage rating defined
so that you can number the wires of different voltage ratings independently. You
can set or reset the value of the counters when selecting Edit Counters from the
Connections menu (command : EDCNT).
Fixed cable marks are e.g. L1, L2, N, PE, etc. Those marks will not be changed
when numbering automatically. Fixed cable marks can only be inserted one by one.
This means, that no window can be laid over a group of wires in order to give them
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the same mark. Marking of wires with a fixed mark is done by clicking on the wire.
The mark will be placed at the position where you have clicked with the mouse.
The dialogue box shown in Fig. 149appears when you select Horizontal, Vertical or
Angle from the Connections / Set Mark menu.
Fig. 149
Here you can use one of the already defined cable marks, add new ones or edit
already defined marks instead of typing a new marker.
Set cable marks: To set a cable mark double click with the mouse on the marker you want to place or
locate the cursor on it and click on the Set button.
Add a cable mark: When you select the Add button, the Edit line at the bottom of the dialogue box will
be activated. There you can type in a new marker. After pressing ENTER to
validate the new marker, Cadelec prompts you to point to the wire where you want
the marker to be annotated. You can define marker names with up to 32 characters
Edit a cable mark: Instead of defining a new marker, you can also edit an existing marker. This can be
very useful if you are using longer cable markers. Instead of typing the complete
marker name, you locate the cursor on the mark to be used as model and click on
the Edit button. The marker will appear in the Edit line where you can modify it.
After confirming by pressing ENTER it will appear in the list of markers as a new
marker.
Please note, that this function will not change already placed cable marks. If you
wish to do so, you have to erase the mark with the Erase Mark function (see page
136) and to set a new mark.
After leaving the Wire Numbers dialogue box by clicking on the Cancel button or
pressing the ESC key, Cadelec will save all changes. This is necessary due to the
networking capabilities. Saving the project ensures that every change done on the
cable annotations is available for every network user working on the project.
Please note
An inserted cable marker cuts the wire at the insertion point. This cutting point is
very important as Cadelec will only accept a marker on a wire with this insertion
point cut. Therefore, please don't move cable markers to other wires using
AutoCADs _MOVE command. Use the AutoCAD _STRETCH command instead to
stretch the wire including the cable marker. Don't erase a cable marker with
AutoCADs _ERASE command but use the Erase Cable Mark function from the
Cadelec / Connections menu (see page 136).
The layer for the As already explained in the Voltage Rating part, a layer prefixed with MCAB will
marks be used for cable marks. For example, the marks for the 400V wires are annotated
with the layer MCAB400V. You can change the color of the cable marks easily by
using the LAYER command.
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The potential Cadelec considers wires with the same marker to have the same potential. This is
used for the equipotential cross-reference analysis, when computing bridges and for
the order within the terminal editor and the terminal pinout drawings.
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It can be selected from the menu (Fig. 150) or the CONNECTIONS / Wire Marks
toolbar (Fig. 151). You should only use this function to erase cable marks and not
use the AutoCAD _ERASE function. This is necessary as Cadelec cuts the wire at
the mark insertion point and only this function mends the lines.
After running this function, Cadelec will prompt you to select the mark (or marks)
you wish to erase. Dragging a window over the mark will erase the mark and
perform the line mending.
Fig. 150
Fig. 151
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Command: NCNXM
This function numbers all placeholder marks (00) incrementally. Wires with
different voltage rating are numbered independently. The initial value is the
counter value to the specific voltage rating (for details on counters please
refer to page 151).
The command can be run from the menu (Fig. 152) or the CONNECTIONS
/ Wire Marks toolbars (Fig. 153).
Selecting Number All from the menu will number all placeholder marks
within the schematic. With the Window option you can define a window and
therefore a certain area where the cables to be numbered. The Selection
option allows you to choose different cables or to define a window where
the placeholder marks should be numbered.
Fig. 152
Fig. 153
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Command: RCNXM
This command, selected from the menu (Fig. 154) or the CONNECTIONS
/Wire Marks toolbar (Fig. 155), resets all wire markers within the selected
area of the schematic. You should be very careful with this function as
Cadelec can not recognize whether a mark has fixed character or if the
number was given by the automatic cable numbering. Therefore, all selected
marks (fixed marks and already numbered placeholders) will be reset to the
placeholder mark 00.
Reset All will therefore reset the marks on all cables to the placeholder mark
00. Selecting Window from the same sub-menu allows you to specify an area
where the markers should be reset. The Selection function allows you to
either click on individual markers or draw a selection window to select
several cables at a time.
Fig. 154
Fig. 155
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Algorithm Sequential - wires are numbered sequentially from left to right or top to bottom
(Direction : Horizontal or Vertical)
Sequential prefix - wire numbers are prefixed with the wire mark of the power
wire whose circuit they belong to (for example: L1.11, L1.12).
Sequential postfix - wire numbers are postfixed with the wire mark of the power
wire whose circuit they belong to (for example: 11.L1, 12.L1).
With the Prefix and Postfix options there has to be only one Power wire and this has
to have a fixed wire number set with the SET_WN command. Otherwise the wires
are not numbered.
Ladder - wire numbers are prefixed with the ladder rung on which they are drawn.
Direction Horizontal (US style) - wires are numbered from left to right
Identical wire numbers Wires having the same potential will have the same wire number.
in equipotential groups
Each Voltage Rating Wires having different voltage ratings will be numbered independently
has own counter
Wire numbers across Two wires connected to the same terminal will have the same wire number
terminals
Related commands:
The commands of the Point to Point wire numbering are described on the next
pages.
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Command: SET_WN
The command, selected from the Connections / Wire Numbering menu or the
CONNECTIONS toolbar (Fig. 156) brings up the Wire Numbers dialogue box (Fig.
157), in which you can set a wire number or mark for a wire (for example L1, L2).
Selecting the wire mark from the Used values window, or typing it in the Value to
set box, and clicking the Set button, will close the window, allowing you to select
the wire. The window will come up again, to set another wire number or to close
Fig. 156 (Cancel).
Fig. 157
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Command: SET_WNPOS
This command allows you to change the position in which the wire numbers are set.
Running the command, from the Connections / Wire Numbering menu or the
CONNECTIONS toolbar (Fig. 158), you are prompted to select the objects.
Drawing a window over the wire numbers will move the numbers to the middle of
the specified window.
Fig. 158
By default, wire numbers are set in the middle of the wires.
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Command: DEL_WNPOS
The command restores the default position of the wire numbers relative to the wire,
that is the middle of the wire.
It is used after the wire number position on a wire has been changed with the
SET_WNPOS command.
Fig. 159
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You can unmark the wire if you choose so with the UNMARK_PW command.
The commands can be selected from the Connections / Wire Numbering menu or the
CONNECTIONS / Wire Numbering flyout (Fig. 160).
Fig. 160
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Command: SETSEP
This command, selected from the Connections / Wire Numbering menu or
CONNECTIONS / Wire Numbering flyout (Fig. 161), sets the default separator used
in wire numbers.
A separator is needed when selecting the Prefix or Ladder algorithm for the Point to
Point wire numbering.
Fig. 161
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Command: SETPROP
This command, selected from the Connections / Wire Numbering menu or
CONNECTIONS / Wire Numbering flyout, sets the length, color and gauge
properties for numbered wires.
Running the command a dialogue box appears (Fig. 162), where the length, color
and gauge values can be specified for the numbered wires. The default values for
these properties are defined in the CADELEC.INI file, and can be edited running the
EDVRAT command (see next page). The default values can be defined for every
voltage rating.
Displaying / Hiding the properties for the physical wires in the drawing can be done
by double clicking on the PROP tab on the right of the status line.
Fig. 162
Note: You can display the Voltage rating of the numbered wires (Point to Point
Wire Numberig) also by clicking on the VRAT button in the status line (see page
26).
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Command: EDVRAT
This command, selected from the Connections / Wire Numbering menu or
CONNECTIONS / Wire Numbering flyout, allows the user to edit the default length,
color and gauge properties for physical wires with a specific voltage rating, which
are stored in the CADELEC.INI file, located in the /CLPW/P directory.
Running the command, the Edit default values dialogue box appears, where you can
edit the defined values or enter new default values for a voltage rating.
Fig. 163
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The way the wires are numbered by the WN command depends on the Wire
numbering options set for the project at project creation or by editing the project.
Clicking the Wire Numbering tab in the Edit project window, the Wire Numbering
dialogue box is opened, where you can set the wire numbering options (see page
46).
Fig. 164
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Command WNS
The WNS command numbers selected wires, allowing the one-by-one selection of
wires, if for example, the selection window, specified for the WN command, proves
to be difficult to use.
This command can be useful together with the Sequential Prefix or Postfix options,
when the selection set has to contain a power wire and the corresponding wires.
Fig. 165
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Command: WNPLC
Wires connected to PLCs can be numbered with this command. Running it from the
Connections / Wire Numbering menu or the CONNECTIONS / Wire Numbering
toolbar (Fig. 166), you are prompted to select the objects. Dragging a window over
the wires to be numbered, they will receive the PLC address of the pin they are
connected to.
Fig. 166
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They can be selected from the Connections / Wire Numbering menu or the
CONNECTIONS / Wire Numbering flyout.
DEL_WN
DEL_WNALL
Running this command will delete all wire numbers in the schematic (the open
Fig. 167 page)
DEL_WNS
DELNUMWN
This command will delete all wire numbers except the power line numbers (e.g. L1,
L2)
PURGE_WN
This command will purge all wire numbers from the drawing.
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Select the function from the menu (Fig. 168) or from the toolbars (Fig. 169).
Cadelec features incremental counters for every component mnemonic (e.g. F for
protection devices), every terminal strip and every voltage rating applying in the
project.
The value of the counters for components and terminals is incremented if you
number those items.
The counters for cables and wires are incremented when performing an automatic
numbering. Fixed marks (e.g. L1) will not have any influence on the wire counters.
Fig. 168
Fig. 169
Fig. 170
Cable counters (e.g. #Ca 400V) can not be created by the user. The counter is
created automatically when you number the wires of this voltage rating with the
automatic wire numbering function (see also page 132). However, you can edit the
existing counter by double clicking on it. Alternatively, you can locate the cursor on
it (press TAB and use the cursor keys, or click once at the counter) and click on the
Edit button.
You should reset the counter value every time you have reset the elements or
terminal numbers and wish to re-number now.
Or, delete the counter by placing the cursor on it and clicking on the Delete
button. Cadelec will delete the counter, but create it again when numbering. The
initial value will then be 0.
You should be very careful when resetting or changing the counter value as Cadelec
manages the counters project wide. If, for example you reset the counter value and
renumber the cables on this page, Cadelec will start with cable number 1. This
might lead to inconsistencies within your project, if there is already a cable
numbered with 1.
Command: FIE enter element names: RCEQD(right) RCEQI (left) RCEQU (upper) RCEQL
(lower)
After you have inserted the equipotential markers at the end of the cables
with loose ends, you can perform an equipotential cross-reference calculation
throughout the project.
Fig. 171
Command: XRE
This function cross-references cables and wires throughout the project.
The function can be run from the Connections menu (Fig. 174) or from the
toolbars (Fig. 175).
Cadelec searches for cables / wires with the same wire mark (e.g. L1, N etc.) or
wire number and the same voltage rating, throughout the project and annotates the
location of the next wire beside the Cross-Reference point (Fig. 176). Such
equipotential cross-reference calculation will only work on wires which have
equipotential markers on their ends.
Fig. 174
Fig. 175
Fig. 176
The cross-reference marks (symbols) are part of the library (there are separate
symbols for EL_DIN and JIC libraries for example) like other elements.
If you want to cross-reference two specific wires in the project, you can use the
EQXRMI attribute of the XRef points.
In case it is defined, the EQXRMI attribute will override the automatic equipotential
XRE calculation. The EQXRMI attribute holds the value of the new equipotential
cross-reference identifier.
The EQXRMI value identifies a possible connection between two lines in the
schematic. The referencing between two lines, having the same equipotential
identifier, will take place only if the two wires have the same wire number or wire
mark and have the same voltage rating (are on the same layer)
DEFEQI - defines and sets the EQXRMI attribute for an X-ref point at element
creation
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The command can be selected from the Library / Drawing menu or the LIBRARY
DRAWING toolbar.
Running the command, will ask for the EQXRMI attribute position, and will set the
attribute.
Running the command asks to select the object - Xref point- and erases a previously
set value of the EQXRMI attribute.
Running the command, will ask to select the object - Xref point- and opens a
dialogue box where you can enter the value of the Equipotential cross-reference
identifier.
Command: ASIUPCN
This command, selected from the menu (Fig. 177) or toolbars (Fig. 178) analyses
all connections to identify possible short-circuits. As Cadelec considers cables
marked with different markers to have a different potential, it will detect that there
is a short circuit condition wherever differently numbered cables are connected
together without an intervening element.
Of course, this will only work if cables are defined and numbered accordingly.
If short-circuits are detected, a message reporting the cables numbers and types
appears on the AutoCAD command line (flip screens with F2 if needed).
Fig. 178
Fig. 177
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Command: SELECT
This command is mainly used within Cadelec to check whether cables are
connected or not.
Run the command from the menu (Fig. 179) or from the toolbars (Fig. 180).
This can be made visible by running this command and clicking at the cable. Then
you will see, whether the cable is cut at the point where the wire ends of a cable
meet the wire of the other cable.
Fig. 180
Fig. 179
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Command: BCNXL
This command cuts a cable in two parts, creating a connection point at the cut point.
It can be run from the menu (Fig. 181) or from the toolbars (Fig. 182). Typically,
you will wish to use this command for drawing electrically correct T-junctions
when copying pre-drawn assemblies from one part of the schematic to another.
For example, imagine a horizontal three-phase line, from which you want to drop a
three-phase vertical down-stroke to connect a motor symbol. Provided you draw the
vertical down-stroke using the Cadelec 3-Phase command (L3), Cadelec will cut the
horizontal lines automatically to electrically connect them to the down stroke.
But now let's suppose that you want to copy the motor plus its down-stroke to
another location on the schematic. You can do this using the usual AutoCAD
commands, but Cadelec will not have any way of knowing that the new down stroke
is electrically connected to the horizontal feed line. For this reason, you will have to
cut the horizontal lines to form electrically-connectable junction points (that you
can visualize by applying Nodes with the APO command).
Fig. 181
Fig. 182
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Command: DF
The change will only affect the distance between the wires of 3-Phase cables drawn
after the distance has been changed.
The command can be selected from the Connections menu (Fig. 183) or from the
toolbars (Fig. 184).
If you change the phase distance you should bear in mind that, the phase distance of
the library elements is still 5 and should be changed accordingly. You can change
this by scaling the library elements.
Before doing so, you should create a new library for the elements with the changed
phase distance, so that you can have both, the elements with the default and the new
phase-distance. To do so:
Create a new library (select New from the Library / Database menu). Enter the
library name and press ENTER to validate.
Set the Take Data Of Other Library option and select the library whose
Fig. 183 elements you want to be copied.
Activate the Copy Files option, so that all elements will be copied. Validate by
clicking on OK and edit the library data sheet.
After Cadelec has copied all elements, select Library Batch from the Tools /
Batch menu.
Fig. 184 Write an AutoLISP script to scale the element so that the elements and their phase
distance will be scaled. For details to AutoLISP and scaling please refer to your
AutoCAD manual.
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5.3 Elements
In this part we shall discuss operations and functions for the graphical
representation of electrical components.
Those representations are part of the symbols library which was specified to be
used within this project (see also page 39). They are only electrical symbols and
hold no technical details.
Technical data and details on the physical part will be given to the electrical symbol
by associating it with a manufacturer catalogue record. You will do this with the
Define Components function (see page 202) or the DEFCOM command (see page
195). You can also specify a default catalogue record within the element data sheet,
which will apply as default.
Cadelec comes with one symbol library (e.g. EL_DIN) with over 300 electrical
symbols. Further elements and new symbol libraries can be created easily.
The electrical properties of an element are defined by setting the Kind of Element
description and the attributes.
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Selecting Element Categories from the Cadelec / Element Draw menu, (Fig. 185)
or from the Cadelec toolbar (Fig. 186) activates (shows) the CATEGORIES toolbar
(Fig. 187). This toolbar contains the element categories and clicking on one opens
the library showcase from where you can select an element to insert into the
schematic (Fig. 188).
After selecting by double clicking a category, Cadelec displays the element. You
can now insert it to the schematic by clicking at the required location within the
Schematic. Cadelec will automatically cut the lines underneath the inserted
Fig. 185
element.
Scrolling through the slides can be done using the UP / DOWN, PAGE UP / PAGE
DOWN keys or by dragging the scroll-bar beside of the element names.
Fig. 186 If you know that the element name starts e.g. with M (Motors etc.), you can also
press M. Cadelec will than jump to the first element starting with the character M.
If you have created your own elements and want them to appear in the slides you
should build new library showcases with the Slides function from the Utilities
menu (for all elements) or using the command GS (for one element).
Note:
When inserting the element into the schematic, always leave sufficient space
between two elements (two connection points). The minimum distance required
is 5 AutoCAD units. This is necessary because of the way Cadelec looks for a
connection: the connectivity connection square is 4.5 x 4.5 AutoCAD units, that is,
a connection is recognized within a 4.5 x 4.5 square around the element pole (see
Fig. 187 also page 310).
Fig. 188
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Command: LISTIN
Running this command opens the pre-defined Bill of Material which was defined
with the Add Components function (see page 62). The pre-defined components can
be inserted in the schematic by double clicking at the text line within the pre-
defined BOM (Fig. 191) and clicking on the required location within the
schematic after running the List command from the Element Draw menu (Fig.
189) or the toolbars (Fig. 190).
The inserted component will keep its definition like Catalogue, Record, Tag, Zone
etc. If the Zone was not specified within the pre-defined Bill of Material, the
default page zone will be given to the element.
Fig. 189 After insertion the component will be removed from the pre-defined Bill of
Material or the Quantity will be reduced.
Fig. 190
Fig. 191
More details on the elements can be requested by clicking on the element and then
on the More Info button. Cadelec opens a sub-dialogue box giving information on
the element catalogue and record definition:
Fig. 192
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When using this command, you should bear in mind that macros (groups of
elements) need to be exploded when inserted by typing. Such symbols groups are
for example the assemblies (BGH*) and double and triple terminals.
To get such symbols groups exploded, prefix the element name with an asterisk
(*).e.g. IE *KLEMMO3
Fig. 193
If you insert those elements from the Slides they will be exploded automatically.
Trouble?
Cadelec automatically cuts the wires underneath the inserted element. If the lines
Fig. 194 are not cut automatically check the following things:
Check, whether the layer for line breaking
LBRK is frozen.
Did you use SNAP when drawing the wires and when inserting the element? If
not, it might be very difficult for you to place the element exactly on the wires.
Erase the wires or the element and draw or insert again with SNAP active (F9
key).
Did you copy the element from another position within the schematic? In this
case, perform the LBRK (Line Break from the Cadelec/ Element Draw menu)
on this element.
Did you insert a terminal with more than one plug or a group of elements
(BGH*) with the IE command? Explode the element with the AutoCAD
_EXPLODE command as explained on page 243.
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Fig. 196
Fig. 195
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Fig. 198
Fig. 197
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For example, imagine that you are working on a project with a controlling unit
which is drawn on the same page. As your work proceeds, you discover, that you
would need the relay REL3H11 (3 main contacts, 1 make, 1 break contact) instead
of the relays REL3H01 (3 main contacts, 1 break contact). To get them replaced you
Fig. 199 should follow the steps described below:
First step:
If you run the Swap Direct function from the menu (Fig. 199) or the toolbars (Fig.
200), Cadelec will prompt you to declare which element should be replaced. You
will do this by clicking on the element. After selection, press the right mouse button
Fig. 200 or ENTER to leave the selection mode. In the example above, you would click on
one of the REL3H01 relays.
Second step:
Enter the name of the element to be used instead in the AutoCAD command line.
Alternatively you can click with the mouse on an element within the schematic
which should be used instead. In the example above, you would enter REL3H11 in
the AutoCAD command line, or click on the REL3H11 element (if it is already used
within this schematic).
Third step:
When Cadelec asks you to select the objects, drag a window over the whole
schematic or the area where this element should be replaced. Cadelec will only
replace elements with the same name as the one selected in the first step.
Component specifications (contact definitions, zone, location, catalogue, record,
device-ID) will be carried over to the new element In the example above, you
would drag a window over the whole schematic. Cadelec would replace all
REL3H01 by REL3H11 relays.
Command: CHBF
Similar to the CHB function explained in the previous page this function replaces
one element by another. The selection of the element to be used instead is supported
by filters, which allow you to match the electrical properties of the old and the new
element.
The procedure of replacing is similar to the Swap Direct function (see previous
page).
First step: select the element you wish to replace by clicking on it.
Second step: set the filter for the element to be used instead. Once you have
done this, Cadelec will display a selection window with the matching elements.
Third step: select the area in which you want the element to be replaced. You
can e.g. drag a window over the whole schematic or click on the elements to be
replaced (see also in the example to the SWAP DIRECT function).
Fig. 201 Once you have selected the element to be replaced, Cadelec opens a dialogue box
where you can set the filters (Fig. 203).
The best match between the element to be replaced and the one to be used instead
will be achieved if you use all available filters. Leaving all filters de-selected, will
display all elements.
Select the new element by double clicking on the element name or by locating the
cursor with the cursor-keys and pressing ENTER.
After swapping please check whether the Catalogue Record (if defined) is still valid.
Fig. 204
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Command: CHBC
This command replaces an element by another, selecting the element to replace
with, from the category selection window.
Running the command will ask you to Point to the block to be replaced : click with
the mouse to the element to replace, in the schematic.
Then the element selection window appears (like when inserting an element in the
schematic), from where you can easily choose the element which is to replace the
previously selected element. After this, you have to Select the objects to be
replaced: drag a window over the schematic or click to the elements to be replaced.
Cadelec will replace the element to be replaced, with element selected from the
selection window, in the selected area.
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Command: UPB_A
This function updates all elements in the schematic with the elements
from the associated symbol library.
You can select the function from the menu (Fig. 205) or from the
ELEMENT DRAW toolbar (Fig. 206).
Typically, you might use this function if you have changed certain
elements and want to update them all.
The command first saves the attribute values in a temporary file and
after the element has been updated from the library, the attribute values
are copied back to the elements.
The defined attribute values like Catalogue, Record, Zone etc. will be
unchanged.
Fig. 205
Fig. 206
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Command: UPB_SS
This command updates only selected elements.
You will normally use this command if you have changed an element
and want to avoid the updating of all elements. To avoid
inconsistencies due to older and newer elements, this function will
update all elements with the same name in the whole drawing. If you
want the element to be updated in the whole project you should load
every schematic to AutoCAD and perform this command. Alternatively
you can run a batch process performing the UPB_A command
(updating of all elements - see previous page) over the schematics of
this project.
Running this command from the pull-down menu (Fig. 207) or the
Fig. 207 toolbars (Fig. 208) , offers two options :
Window : This will update all elements contained inside a window. After running
this command, you drag a window over the elements you want to be updated. Once
this is done, Cadelec will stay in the selection mode allowing you to select further
elements for updating. To quit the selection mode and start the updating, press the
right mouse button or the ENTER key.
Selection : This option allows you to select the elements to be updated by clicking
with the mouse. To do so, click on the elements. After you have selected all
Fig. 208 elements you want to be updated, click on the right-mouse button or press ENTER.
Typing this command has the same functionality as the Selection option.
Like UPB_A, the command first saves the attribute values in a temporary file and
after the element has been updated from the library, the attribute values are copied
back to the elements.
The defined attribute values like Catalogue, Record, Zone etc. will be unchanged.
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Command: UPB_1S
This command updates an element from the associated library. You have to specify
the element name by typing it at the command prompt.
This feature makes this command suitable for use in the batch processes where
specified elements have to be updated (for example in the UPTERM batch process -
which you will find among the AutoCad scripts for the project batches).
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Command: UPB_SWAP
This command, selected from the menu (Fig. 209) or the toolbars (Fig. 210)
replaces an element with an other element and updates the new element (if
specified).
You have to specify the elements' name : it first asks for the name of the element
to be replaced and then the name of the element to be replaced with. You can
choose to update the element or not.
This command is suitable for use in batch processes in the same way as the
UPB_1S command.
Fig. 209
Fig. 210
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Command: UPB_SA
The command updates elements from the associated library together
with their attribute definitions., without preserving the attribute values
of the element.
It can be selected from the menu (Fig. 211) or the toolbars (Fig. 212).
After this you will have to renumber the elements, set the XR Function
and define the parts again (if necessary).
Fig. 211
Fig. 212
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Command: UPDBF
The default values of the attribute definitions of library elements are, usually, saved
together with the element drawing. They also appear in the ELEMS.DBF database
in the record containing the element. Should any inconsistency appear, between the
values stored in the drawing and the ELEMS database, they have to be corrected.
For this purpose, you can use the UPDBF command, to update the values in the
ELEMS database with the value stored in the element drawing (of the specified
attribute).
For example, if for some reason, you changed the default value of the PREFIX
attribute in some element drawings, and want to change the SIMBOL field (which
stores the PREFFIX) accordingly, you can use the UPDBF command in a batch
process to update the SIMBOL field in the ELEMS database with the PREFIX
attribute from the elements (in the active library).
The command works on elements only (you have to open an element before
running the command).
Running the command will ask for the Name of the Attribute and then the Database
Field in ELEMS.DBF.
If any errors occurred in the execution of the command ( e.g. the attribute definition
name is invalid), they will be reported at the command prompt and the error log file
ERR_LOG.TXT.
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Command: UPATTD
This command works in the same way as UPDBF (see previous page), except that it
updates the default value of the attribute definition of an element with the value
stored in the corresponding field of the ELEMS database.
Running the command will ask for the Name of the Attribute and then the Database
Field in ELEMS.DBF.
With this function you can set cross-reference functions to link components that are
drawn as separate symbols (e.g. relay is drawn as coil and contacts).
Cadelec displays a dialogue box with the existing cross-reference functions. You
can select a cross-reference function from existing ones or, deleting the name in the
Edit Function field, type a new function name (Fig. 214).
Fig. 213
Fig. 215
Fig. 214
Please note
A cross-reference function must be given to elements with the following kind of
element definition:
coils or contact-activating elements
contacts
PLCs
coupled elements such as switches
Kinds of cross-references
Cadelec features two different kind of element cross-referencing:
Master-slave: This is the cross-referencing between the contacts and its
activating coil (Fig. 216).
Peer to peer: This is the cross-referencing between the elements, which are
related but do not belong to the same component (Fig. 217).
Master-slave cross-referencing
Master PLCs and Slave PLCs (Master Assembly and Slave Assembly)
Master PLCs can reference several slave PLCs, the maximum number of slaves
which can be referenced being defined with the master PLC (Master Assembly) at
element creation (see XR-Function attribute on page 314).
When cross-referencing, the slave PLC will inherit the Device ID of the Master and
their relative position will be annotated with the elements (they must have the same
cross-reference function).
SLOT attribute
Within a group, which has a Master PLC (or a Master Assembly) and several Slave
PLCs (Slave Assemblies), the cross referencing between the Master and the Slaves
can be extended by the SLOT attribute.
Every Slave element has a SLOT attribute defined, which is inserted automatically
by the DEFRC command (insert Cross-reference Position). On the Master
Assembly, depending on the number of Slaves, the command will insert the
SLOT\1, SLOT\2 .. attributes which will be referenced when running the XRC
command (see page 180).
For example, a master PLC with 3 possible slaves will have the cross-reference type
descriptor: P\1\2\3, and will be able to cross-reference 3 slaves with the cross-
reference type descriptors respectively: 1, 2 and 3.
If defined, the slot values of the slaves will be annotated on the master PLC, by the
cross-referencing function.
In the schematic, the value of the SLOT attribute (for the slaves) can be set with the
SSLOT command (see page 179).
A1 - A5,
will have two groups and the virtual connection list will be:
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P\A1,A2,A3 and
A Master Assembly with 5 connection poles (two groups), will therefore be able to
reference maximum 2 sub-assemblies, having the corresponding contact definition
(value of XR_TYPE attribute: A1,A2,A3 and A4,A5).
So, if the Master Assembly has the contact map P\1,2,3 and P\4,5, (XR_TYPE :
R\1,2,3\4,5), then it can reference two sub-assemblies, one having the XR_TYPE
value 1,2,3 and the other 4,5 (supposing they have the same cross-reference
function).
Peer to peer
This kind of cross-referencing can be done between the elements, which are
grouped to form a functional unit. For example, you might wish to mark all
switches which can turn a motor on and off as one group by giving them the same
cross-reference function. Cadelec annotates the position of the other elements of
the same group beside every element of this group (Fig. 217). The XR_TYPE
attribute for these elements hold the symbol S, which means that the type of cross
referencing of this element is Peer to peer.
Fig. 217
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Command: SSLOT
Master PLCs and Slave PLCs (also Assemblies) can be grouped, by means of a
cross-reference function, to form a Functional Group. The cross-reference
function (XRC) will recognize the Master PLC (Assembly) and Slave PLC
(Assembly), and will annotate the position (row, column) of the Master on the
Fig. 218 Slave and vice-versa.
Within such a group you can also set a SLOT value for the Slave PLCs, which,
by the cross-referencing will be annotated on the Master PLC of the same group.
Running the command, from the menu (Fig. 218) or the toolbars (Fig. 219) will
open the Set Slot value window (Fig. 220), where you can select a value or type a
new one.
Fig. 219
Fig. 220
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For details on cross referencing between Master and Slave Assemblies (PLCs),
see Master-Slave cross-referencing on page 177.
Fig. 221
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Command: VWER
Performing this command, selected either from the menu (Fig. 222) or the
toolbars (Fig. 224), lists the errors detected during the last cross-reference
calculation (Fig. 223). These errors will be reported in a special flip-screen
which you will leave by pressing the ESC key. This report can also be listed
from the File / Reports / Project menu.
For more details on Cross-Reference Errors please refer to the next page.
Fig. 224
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Command: VWEB
This function will list cross-referencing errors caused by a selected cross-
reference function.
After running this command, Cadelec will prompt you to select the cross-
reference group whose error you want to display. This might be very useful
during the development of a large project where a lot of such errors might
appear. In this case you can list the Cross-Reference errors caused by the
different function one by one.
Cross-Reference errors
During the cross-reference calculation, Cadelec checks the whole project for
cross-referencing errors. Errors such as the following will be reported and
described:
No coil (for contacts)
Too many contacts (on a coil)
No Cross-Reference function defined
If an error was detected, Cadelec opens a text window, displaying the cross
reference errors (see previous page).
Fig. 225 The cross-reference errors can be viewed also selecting CR Errors from the File
/ Reports / Project menu. In this case Cadelec will issue a report with the
encountered errors and prompts for the output device (screen, printer or file).
Tip:
Please bear in mind, that there are contacts with FLOATING CONTACT
NUMBERS (auxiliary contacts) and contacts with STATIC CONTACT NUMBERS
(main contacts).Floating numbers (after the element insertion annotated as *1,*2
Fig. 226 etc.) are changed during cross-referencing to the next free contact, e.g. to 11,12.
Fixed contact numbers (after the element insertion displayed as e.g. 1,2) will not be
changed. An error will be reported if there are two contacts with the same fixed
contact numbers. If an error has occurred and you can not find out the reason,
please check the contact description within the error report.
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Fig. 227
Fig. 228
Select the function from the menu (Fig. 227) or from the toolbars (Fig. 229).
Fig. 229 The dialogue box displayed in Fig. 228 appears after performing this command.
In the Find field you enter the name of the Cross-Reference function you want to be
replaced. After this you enter the Cross-Reference Function to be used instead in
the Replace with field.
The Match Case option allows to specify weather the Cross reference name should
be treated case sensitive (Match Case ON ) or not (Match Case OFF).
Selecting the Match Whole Expression Only option replaces the cross-reference
function only if the whole expression matches not only the first part of it. For
example, imagine that you are working on a project with the cross-reference
functions: On / Off and On / Off Auxiliary. Now you want to change the name of the
cross-reference function On / Off to Switch.
If you leave the Match Whole Expression Only option de-selected, Cadelec will
change the name of the cross-reference function On / Off Auxiliary to Switch as
well. If you select this option, Cadelec will only change On / Off to Switch.
Command: FXRCN
You can use this command to avoid unwanted updates to contact numbering in
your schematics. For example, imagine you have a pair of normally-closed
contacts labeled 13 and 14, then you add a further contact on the same relay.
Now, the contacts that were previously labeled 13 and 14 will be re-labeled 43
and 44 the next time you run a cross-reference analysis. If you wish to avoid
this re-labeling, run the freeze-contact command and select the contact to
freeze. The contacts labeled 13 and 14 will keep their numbers while the new
contacts will be labeled 43 and 44.
Fig. 231
Fig. 230
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Select the function from the Cadelec / Element Analyse / Number Auto
menu (Fig. 232) or from the ELEMENT ANALYSE toolbars (Fig. 233).
The function offers the following options:
All: This will number all components and terminals on whole schematic
Window: Using this option you can drag a window over the area where
you want the numbering to be performed in.
Fig. 232
Fig. 233
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The first three lines are disabled. They show the old Device ID, the element
Mnemonic and the Counter value given when numbering the components. If the
component was previously not numbered, the Counter and the Device ID field
are left empty.
Though it might usually not be necessary you can change the Mnemonic here. Enter
it in the New Mnemonic field. It will only apply on the selected element.
In the New Counter field you can enter the new counter value this element. After
Fig. 236 validating the entries by pressing ENTER, Cadelec will automatically fill out the
New Device ID field. You should not enter directly in this field, but fill in the New
Mnemonic and the New Device ID fields. Otherwise, Cadelec will not accept the
changes.
The automatic numbering system of Cadelec only updates elements that do not yet
have a Device ID. The Device ID given with this function will therefore not be
changed until re-setting and renumbering elements.
Note
If you have changed the Device ID of a coil or another element of a cross-
referencing group you should re-calculate the cross-references to make the changes
apply on the other element with this cross-reference function. The Device ID of
contacts is given by its activating coil. You can therefore not change the Device ID,
but change the Device ID of the coil. After you have done this, perform a cross-
reference re-calculation to apply the changes.
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Running the function from the menu (Fig. 237) or from the toolbars
(Fig. 238) offers three options for re-numbering:
Selecting All from the sub-menu resets the Device ID's on the whole
schematic. The Window option lets you drag a window over the area of the
schematic where you want the Device IDs to be reset.
The Selection option lets you select elements by clicking on them. After you
have chosen all elements you want to reset, click on the right mouse-button or
press ENTER.
Fig. 239
Fig. 240
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Selecting All from the sub-menu resets the Device ID's and terminals on the whole
schematic. The Window option lets you drag a window over the area of the
schematic where you want the Device IDs and terminals to be reset.
The Selection option lets you select elements by clicking on them. After you have
chosen all elements you want to reset, click on the right mouse-button or press
ENTER.
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Running the function from the menu (Fig. 241) or from the toolbars (Fig. 243)
brings up the dialogue box in Fig. 242.
Fig. 241
Fig. 242
Fig. 243
Tip
If you wish to re-number the whole project, you should use the Batch job on project
pages to do so (see page 55).
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Command: SFREEZE
This command, selected from the Element Analyse menu (Fig. 244) or
toolbars (Fig. 245), will freeze the selected device IDs in the drawing, so that
numbering the device IDs (automatically or not) will leave these device IDs
unchanged. The command will write a star (*) into the SNA_FROZEN
attribute of the element and will warn if this attribute is missing. You can
unfreeze the frozen elements using the command SUNFREEZE.
Fig. 244
Fig. 245
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Command: SUNFREEZE
This command, selected from the Element Analyse menu (Fig. 246) or toolbars
(Fig. 247), will unfreeze the selected elements, that is the element numbering
commands will be able to change their device IDs. The command will remove
the star (*) from the SNA_FROZEN attribute of the elements.
Fig. 246
Fig. 247
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When running the command from the menu (Fig. 248) or the toolbars (Fig.
250), the dialogue box shown in Fig. 249 appears, listing all wiring zones of the
project.
Fig. 248
Fig. 250
Fig. 249
To assign an element with an already existing zone, double-click on the zone entry.
Alternatively locate the cursor on the wiring zone and click on the OK button. You
can add a new wiring zone by erasing the zone name in the Edit field and typing the
new one in it. To edit an existing zone name, click on it (the name appears in the
Edit field ), and then, positioning the cursor in the Edit field, edit it.
To assign an element to a wiring zone, select the zone by clicking on it, then click
on OK (or press ENTER). Cadelec will leave the dialogue box prompting to select
the elements. Click on the elements to which the wiring Zone should be assigned to,
then click the right mouse button or press ENTER to leave the selection mode.
Alternatively you can drag a window over the elements you want to assign a wiring
zone to.
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The dialogue box that appears is the same that appears when you perform the
Set Zone command (previous page) but listing the wiring locations (Fig. 252).
Fig. 251
Fig. 253
Fig. 252
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Fig. 255
The dialogue title bar shows the element name and its description. In the fields
below you see the Mnemonic, the Kind of Element and the Contacts (on coils and
other contact-activating elements only).
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The fields Code, Description, Remarks, etc. show a description of the catalogue or
record where the cursor is located.
Fig. 257
Once you have selected the record, Cadelec will return to the component definition
dialogue box.
Clicking on the OK button will quit the component definition if you have selected a
single element. If you have selected more than one, Cadelec continues the
component definition.
Clicking on the Set All button assigns all selected components with the entered
catalogue and record. This is very useful if you have selected for example a number
of fuses and want to assign them with the same catalogue record.
Clicking the Skip button skips the component assignment for this element and Skip
All skips all the remaining components.
Selecting the Cancel button quits the component definition immediately. All
previously done assignments will be lost.
Tip
You can also apply filter during component definition to match the element and the
catalogue records. To do so, run the DEFCOF command (see on the next page).
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The function can be selected from the menu (Fig. 258) or from the toolbars
Fig. 258 (Fig. 259).
Running this command opens the dialogue box shown in Fig. 260.
Fig. 259
Fig. 260
Setting the Allow search across Catalogues option allows you to search for the
record which is fitting best through all catalogues. If you have selected this option,
you don't need to enter the catalogue when defining components. Instead you define
the components by selecting the record by pressing ENTER on the empty record
field. The catalogue will be set automatically after selecting the record.
Selecting the Mnemonic option matches the mnemonics of the catalogue record and
the element. In this case, Cadelec compares the element mnemonic e.g. F for a
protection device with the mnemonic entered in the record data sheet.
Selecting the Kind Of Element option compares the kind of element and the kind of
record as defined in their data-sheets and lists the matching records only. This way
of matching of elements and records is more precise than the matching by their
mnemonics. Relays with and without delay are specified with the same Mnemonic
for example but are described different by their Kind of Element definition.
The Contacts option matches the contacts of the elements and the contacts entered
in the record data-sheet. This option is very helpful when assigning catalogue
records to relays.
Once you have set all options click on the OK button. Cadelec will start the
component definition function (see page 195).
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Run the command from the Cadelec / Element Analyse / Part Number menu
(Fig. 261) or from the ELEMENT ANALYSE toolbar (Fig. 262).
Fig. 261
Technical Data can be defined in the record data sheet. You can define it freely
for technical data or e.g. for mounting instructions. This command automatically
annotates that information aside the element if catalogue and record were
previously specified.
If you want to keep the technical data updated, leave the Re-annotate Technical
Data option in the Project Preferences dialogue box selected (see page 48) If you
need further fields where you want to apply additional information, use the User 1
- 4 attributes to do so.
Fig. 262
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After running this function, from the menu (Fig. 263) or toolbars (Fig. 264),
Cadelec prompts you to select the elements by clicking with the mouse or by
dragging a window over an area. Once you have selected the elements, click the
right mouse button or press ENTER to leave the selection mode.
After numbering the elements, the mnemonic will be prefixed with the page
number when numbering an element with the NCOMP command.
For instance, a coil on page 5 that would normally be numbered -K7 would
become -5K7.
To remove the page number again, use the _DDATTE command and delete the
page number in front of the PREFIX attribute. Then, re-number the elements.
Fig. 263
Fig. 264
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The Tag Number can be used freely for example to cross-reference to non-
Cadelec drawings such as piping plans.
The Tag can only be set, if the attribute TAG_NUM has been set on the element.
Fig. 266
Fig. 265
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After running this function, Cadelec prompts you to select the element by
clicking with the mouse. Cadelec will open a dialogue box where you can type in
up to four lines with 40 characters each.
Fig. 268
Fig. 267
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Command: DEF_COM
The Define Components function is performed on projects, allowing to
define the components project wide, without having to open each page like
with the Assign Direct and Assign Filtered functions, where a page must be
open and the function is performed on the elements of that page (see page
195 and 197).The function can be selected from the Cadelec / Element
Analyse / Part Number / Assign Database menu (Fig. 269) or the
Fig. 269 ELEMENT ANALYSE / Part Number / Assign All toolbar (Fig. 270).
Running the function, Cadelec opens the main Define Components dialogue box
(Fig. 271). Entering a non-valid character in the Catalogue field (e.g. "/", "'") opens the
Lookup dialogue box (Fig. 273), where the component can be defined (hot key F7, F8).
The available Filter options help identifying a specific component.
Fig. 270
Fig. 271
In the main Define Components dialogue you also have the following controls:
Clicking the Find button, the Find dialogue box appears, allowing identifying an
element by Page, Zone, Installation, Catalogue or Record. The Find dialogue can
also be activated with the Ctrl+F key combination, and F3 finds the next item.
The Clone option will fill out all occurrences of the current element (in the Define
Components window) with the component definition set for this element (if
defined). You will be asked whether to Overwrite the existing entries or not.
Choosing Yes (Overwrite existing entries?) will define all elements (same as
current) with the Catalogue and Record of current element, even if they have a
component definition already. With No only empty elements (catalogue and record
entries empty) will be filled out.
The Last option will retrieve the last component definition made for the current
element (if any) and assign it to the current element. You will be asked whether to
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Overwrite existing entries or not. Choosing Yes will change the existing defined
entries, No will fill out only the empty ones.
This option will define all the same elements in project (like Clone)
The last component definition for a specific element is stored in the
..\P\UserName.ini file and it is refreshed online
Clicking the Default button, the default values (Catalogue and Record), taken from
the element will be assigned to all the same elements in the project. The default
Catalogue and Record values are stored in the ELEMS.DBF database. You will be
asked whether to Overwrite existing entries or not. Choosing Yes will change the
existing component definitions, with No only the empty ones will be defined.
The Swap Catalogue option (hot key F9) opens the Swap Catalogue dialogue box
(Fig. 272), where the new catalogue can be specified (see page 205).
Fig. 272
Swap Catalogues runs a "What if ...?" simulation, of the type : "...and what happens
if we buy our motors from X instead of Y?". All elements of your project linked to
the previous catalogue will now be linked to the new catalogue.
This requires that records describing equivalent parts must bear the same name
Clicking the Lookup button, opens the Lookup dialogue box (Fig. 273):
Fig. 273
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The Lookup window displays the selected Catalogue and Record with the matching
records in the upper part of the window. In the lower part, the element and record
related data is displayed.
The options
Selecting Search across catalogues includes the records of all catalogues for
component definition. You should select this option if you want to find out which
device of the different manufacturers will fit the best in your project or simply want
to compare the different devices.
The Mnemonic option matches the element and record prefix (mnemonic). The
mnemonic of an element or record is defined when creating or editing it.
Setting the Kind of element option compares the kind of element and the kind of
record, displaying only the matching records. Every element and every record is
specified by a textual description of its electrical properties (e.g. Protection Device,
Coil or contact-activating element etc.). This is more precise than the definition
done by the prefix. For example, a relay with delay and a simple relay are specified
by the prefix in the same group. The Kinds of Elements field will show the
difference.
The Contacts option matches contacts as defined for the element and the record. It
means that only records with matching contacts (e.g. for relays) will be displayed.
As contacts are defined for both, the element and the record, this option makes life
much easier. Instead of scrolling, for example, through a list of relay-records
describing relays with different contacts, you can set this option and select between
records with matching contacts.
You can also use the Update article and Update element features here, which will
update the element from the record and vice-versa. Update element will copy the
record defaults to the element and Update article will copy the element defaults to
the record (mnemonic - Elems.Simbol, kind of element - Elems.Rec_Des and
contacts - Elems.XR_Type).
Clicking the Tools button, the Tools dialogue appears (Fig. 274, where the
following options are available:
Filters: You can filter the elements in the project by Zone and Installation.
Show terminals: When active, shows the terminals too in the output window.
AutoFill: Multiple component definition for all elements in project, which are the
same (e.g. SICH1). This is useful when the project contains multiple elements of
the same type, when the component definition can be set in one step.
Audit: Clicking on the Audit button will erase all component references in the
project, which are no longer in the Catalogue (if some records have been deleted
for example).
Reset All: Clicking the Reset All button will reset (clear) all component definitions
in the project.
Fig. 274
Clicking the Edit Element tab, the Edit element dialogue box appears, where you
can edit the selected element and update it by clicking the Update element button.
Update element will copy the element defaults from the record definition
(Mnemonic, Kind and Contacts).
Clicking the Edit Catalogue tab allows you to edit the selected catalogue.
Clicking the Edit record tab, opens the Edit record window, where you can edit the
record, and update it by clicking the Update article button. Update Record will
copy the record defaults from the element definition (Mnemonic, Kind and
Contacts).
To leave the Define Components dialogue box, click the Cancel button in the main
Define Components window. Before exiting you will be asked whether to Update
the Accessories or not. Choosing Yes will keep the changes made to the component
definitions, No will ignore them.
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5.4 Terminals
Terminals are held in the symbols library. You can access and insert them into the
schematic like other symbols either from the slides or by typing.
Cadelec treats terminals as special case elements. While they are considered as
elements in their own right, they are electrically speaking invisible, in that the
electrical conditions are identical across both sides of a terminal.
To understand which is the internal and which the external side of the terminal
imagine a control circuit within a cabinet controlling a motor located apart from the
cabinet. The motor cables are connected to the control circuit through terminals
leading into the cabinet. The end of the terminal which is outside the cabinet is the
external side (Fig. 275).
Fig. 275
so that you can always insert terminals the right way up.
In the symbols library Terminals with external side on the top are suffixed with U
(KLEMMU1, KLEMMU2, etc.) while terminals with external side on the bottom are
suffixed with O (KLEMMO1, KLEMMO2, etc.).
Command: STIC
With this command you assign terminals with a Terminal Strip ID (e.g.
X1). This is very important as basic terminal functions like numbering and
terminal pinout creation will only work on terminals with strip
assignment.
Running this command, from the menu (Fig. 276) or the TERMINALS
toolbar (Fig. 278), opens a dialogue box, displaying the existing terminal
strips (Fig. 277).
Fig. 276
Fig. 278
Fig. 277
Counter Value
Cadelec features an incremental counter for every terminal strip so that the
terminals of different terminal strips can be numbered independently. If you are
assigning already numbered terminals to another terminal strip, you can select
whether you want the terminal number to be reset or to be kept. You will do this by
selecting the Zero or the Keep Value option.
The Keep Value option might be useful if you have similar circuits within your
project and have copied them instead of drawing from scratch. If you wish the
cabling to be done in same way but on another terminal strip you will select the
Keep Value option and define a new terminal strip. After dragging a window over
the copied circuit Cadelec will only change the terminal strip ID.
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Command: MVP
Terminal Strip IDs can be turned visible and invisible.
This can be very helpful, as you may not want to have the terminal strip
ID annotated on every terminal. For example, look at the terminals in
Fig. 281. As you see there are three terminals with only one terminal
strip ID.
Normally, this is enough as those terminals are all part of the terminal
strip -X1. Therefore, only the Terminal Strip ID on the first terminal is
made visible while the other are left invisible. If you wish to add a
terminal for the PE wire to those terminals you will usually add a
terminal with invisible strip ID. In the EL_DIN library for example, you
will find terminals with invisible (KLEMMO1, KLEMMU1, etc.) and
visible ID (KLEMMO1V, KLEMMU1V, etc.).
Fig. 279
Running this command from the menu (Fig. 279) or from the toolbars
(Fig. 280), will prompt you to select the terminals. You will do this by
clicking with the mouse. Once you have selected all terminals click with
the right mouse button or press ENTER to leave the selection mode.
After this Cadelec will display the terminal strip ID on all selected
terminals.
Fig. 280
Fig. 281
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After running this command from the Cadelec / Terminals menu (Fig. 282), or the
toolbars (Fig. 283), Cadelec will prompt you to select the attribute you want to make
invisible.
Fig. 282
Click on the Terminal Strip ID.
Fig. 283
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The initial value for numbering is set by the counter of this terminal strip and can be
changed by editing the counters.
Fig. 284
Running the command from the Cadelec / Terminals / Number Auto sub-menu or the
TERMINALS / Number Auto toolbox (Fig. 285) , you can select the following
options :
All: with this you number all previously not numbered terminals in the schematic.
Window: if you select this option, Cadelec will prompt you to drag a window and
define an area with the terminals to be numbered.
Fig. 285 Selection: This allows you to select the terminals to be numbered by clicking with
the mouse.
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Running the command, Cadelec prompts to select a Terminal and opens the
dialogue box shown in Fig. 287 where a Terminal Strip ID and a Counter number
can be specified.
Fig. 286
Fig. 287
Fig. 288
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Fig. 290
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Running the function from the menu (Fig. 291) or the toolbars (Fig. 293) , opens
the Edit Counters dialogue box (Fig. 292).
Fig. 291
Fig. 293
Fig. 292
Resetting a counter can be done in two ways from the Edit Counters dialogue box:
by deleting the counter. To do so, locate the cursor on the counter to delete and
click on the Delete button.
by editing the counter and entering the value as zero. To do so, place the
cursor on the counter to edit and click on the Edit button.
Fig. 295
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As already explained in the basics (see page 207), the Cadelec elements library
holds terminals with external side facing upwards and downwards.
It is very important to insert the terminals in the right orientation, as Cadelec will
evaluate this when creating the terminal pinout drawings. You can control this easily
as the external side is always labeled with an asterisk (*).
After running this function, from the menu (Fig. 296) or the toolbars (Fig. 297),
Cadelec will prompt you to select the terminals you wish to reverse. You can select
the terminals by clicking each one with the mouse or by dragging a window over
them.
Fig. 296 Once you have finished the selection, press the right mouse button or press ENTER.
The dialogue box shown in Fig. 298 appears:
Fig. 297
Fig. 298
In the upper part of the dialogue box Cadelec reports the detected terminals
including their orientation. The third line reports the number of inconsistently
oriented terminals. These are terminals with wrong pole attribute definition.
In the selection area you can specify the new orientation: External side Down or
External side Up. Activating the option External Side Down will replace all
selected terminals with external side up by terminals with external side down.
Selecting the External Side Up option reverses all selected terminals with the
external side facing downward by terminals with the external side facing upwards.
Terminal orientation is defined by the contents of the pole attributes. CN1 attribute
(on top of the terminal) will have the value 1 while the CN2 attribute (on the
bottom) will have the value 2 on terminals with internal side up. The pole attributes
on terminals with internal side leading downward will have the following values:
Before you can define cables for your project you will have to select a cable type
from the Standard cable database and copy it to the project cable database. By doing
Fig. 300 so you will have to assign it with a project specific name (e.g. CAB01).
Fig. 301
Leaving the Cable and the Wire field empty and pressing ENTER opens the Select
Cables sub-dialogue box (Fig. 302) from where you can select the cable (or the
wire).
Both, Cable and Wire in incoming and outgoing direction will be annotated on the
wires.
In the Length field you can enter the wire length. The maximum wire length will be
reported as the cable length in the Cables-report (see page 406).
To select a cable double-click on the cable name within the list or locate the cursor on the cable to be
used and press ENTER.
To add a cable` click on the Add button. Cadelec opens the Standard Cables database dialogue box
to your project Where you can specify the cable and the wires (Fig. 303).
Fig. 303
To delete a cable which is no longer needed, locate the cursor at this cable and click on the Delete
button. Please note, that you can only delete cables which are not used by your
project.
The wires pressing ENTER on the empty Wire field opens a dialogue box (Fig. 304) from
where the wire of the cable can be specified from the existing wires of the selected
cable, by selecting it and clicking OK. As it is not possible to change the definition
of project cables, this function only allows you to query the wire-definitions. This is
necessary as changes on project cables could cause errors due to inconsistencies
that may appear. If you wish to perform any changes, delete the project cable, enter
the Standard Cable database dialogue box and change the cable and wire definition
here. Once this is done, copy the cable with the changed definition to the project.
Special Remarks
You can define special remarks for the cables after clicking on the Remarks button
and entering the remark (Fig. 305). Those remarks (e.g. 16A maximum) will later
also appear in the Cables report.
Fig. 304
Fig. 305
Add cables to the The Standard Cables database holds all known cables including their wire-
project / the standard specifications As its name already says, the Standard Cable database is a
Cables database standard device and does not belong to any of the projects. Its function is to hold all
cables and to be accessed from the projects. By adding a cable to this database, you
make it accessible for all projects and not only for the actual one.
To add a cable to in the Add Cable dialogue box (Fig. 303) double click on the cable type to be
the project used within your project or locate the cursor on this cable by using the cursor keys
and press ENTER.
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Cadelec will prompt you to enter the name of the cable to be used within your
project (e.g. CAB01) (Fig. 306).The cable name has to be unique. Once the cable is
copied to the project, changes on this cable type in the Standard cables database will
not affect any of the project cables.
Fig. 306
To define a new click on the New button. Please refer the New / Edit Cable type part
cable type below.
To edit a cable type locate the cursor on the cable to edit and click on the Edit button. The
(and its wires) changes will only appear in cables copied to the project after editing. For a detailed
description on editing cables please refer the New / Edit Cable type part
below.
To delete a cable type which is no longer needed locate the cursor on this cable and click on the Delete
button. This will remove the cable from the Standard Cables database but will not
erase the project cables of the same type.
To query the wires locate the cursor on the cable type and click on the Wires button. Editing the wires
can only be done when editing the cable type.
After running the New or Edit cable type function the dialogue box in Fig. 307
appears.
Fig. 307
Entering cable type Every field (Type, Description etc.) can be defined or edited by double-
specifications clicking and the field name or by locating the cursor with the cursor-keys clicking
on the Edit button. Cadelec opens a dialogue box where you can enter the
specification (Fig. 308).
Fig. 308
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The fields
Type In this field you enter the cable-type (e.g. NYY 4x2.5 mm2).
Description Here you enter the cable type description e.g. Motor Cable.
The contents of the Description field is displayed in the Add Cable to project
dialogue box to help you when selecting a cable-type. You should therefore use the
30 characters maximum for a precise description e.g. "Motor Cable - 16A
maximum" etc.
First Wire This field must be filled out, if you wish to number the wires. Usually, the first wire
number will be 1.
Last Wire Here you enter the last wire number, if you wish a numeric wire coding. Cadelec
will then create incremental wire numbers starting with the value of the First Wire
field to the value of the Last Wire field.
W1, W2 etc. These are the fields for wire color-coding. Here you can enter up to 8 characters to
denote color coding. Cadelec allows you to specify up to 50 different color-codes
(W1 to W50).
If you have specified both, First / Last Wire for the numeric coding and the W1 by
W? for color coding, you will be able to combine both, the numeric and the color-
coding.
Remarks Here you can enter special remarks to the cable. The contents of this field can be
queried during the cable selection.
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This function re-annotates Terminal related data (Cables, Wires, etc.). Normally,
you will only need this command to display changes done within the Terminal
Editor (see page 222). Changes to the cables done within AutoCAD are displayed
immediately.
Terminal-related data will be re-annotated automatically every time you enter page
Fig. 309 if you leave the Re-annotate Cables option selected (see also page 42).
Fig. 310
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Fig. 311
These are basically the same definitions that can be made with the Set Cable
function (see page 217). The difference is, that you can access the terminals in all
schematics from within the Terminal Editor and not only the terminals of the page
loaded at the moment.
You can also add spare terminals from within the Terminal Editor.
Fig. 312
Please bear in mind
that changes done within the Terminal Editor will only appear on the schematics if
you open the pages affected by the changes with the option Re-annotate cables
switched on (see page 48). Alternatively, you can run the re-annotate command
RTERD (see page 221) .
Fig. 313
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Selecting Terminal Order and clicking OK, the Sort Terminals dialogue box
appears as shown in Fig. 314.
Fig. 314
You can select the ordering by Terminal Number, Column/Row, Internal Side
Device ID, Equipotential or keep the previous order by selecting Keep existing
Order.
Clicking on the Cable Editor button, the Terminal database of the project appears
(Fig. 315) :
Fig. 315
In the terminal database of the project, you can edit terminal data like Terminal
Strip, Number, Cable, Length and wire assignment, etc.
You can also edit the bridges which Cadelec has computed automatically, define
bridges manually and add spare terminals.
Terminal Strip The Terminal Strip ID can be edited to make possible re-assigning of terminals to
different terminal strips in the Terminal Editor.
Terminal Shows the terminal number and can be edited to assign different terminal numbers
to terminals within the Editor.
from /to Cable Shows the cables connected on the internal side (from Cable) and external side (to
Cable) of the terminal. Typing ? in the empty from Cable field for example, brings
up a dialogue box in which the already defined cables are available, and new cables
can be added.
from / to Wire this field can be edited if the from/ to Cable field has been defined previousely.
Again, typing ? in the from / to Wire field brings up a dialogue box with the
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existing wires of the cable, from which you can select one and insert it in the field
(by pressing ENTER on the selected wire).
Bridges Here you can define bridges manually entering the same number for the terminals
with the same potential and which have to be connected by bridges. If you have run
the Generate Bridges function prior to entering the Editor, you will find bridge
numbers computed by Cadelec in this field, but nevertheless they can be edited.
Cadelec considers all terminals within the same terminal strip as being connected, if
they are given the same bridge number, and therefore a bridge connecting those
terminals will be drawn within the terminal Pinout Drawing.
For example: All terminals (within the same terminal strip) marked with the
number 1 in the Bridges-field will be considered as connected. A bridge connecting
those terminals will also be drawn within the Terminal Pinout Drawing.
You can define up to 99 bridges for every terminal strip by entering the bridge
number in the Bridge field.
Selecting the Generate Bridges option and clicking OK will bring up a selection
dialogue box from which you can select the Terminal Strips to process (Fig. 316).
Fig. 316
Clicking the > button will move the selected terminal to the Selected Terminal
Strips window which shows the terminal strips on which the function will be
performed.
Remarks Here you can enter special remarks which will not appear in the Terminal Pinout
drawing.
The other fields cannot be edited because their data could not be changed from
within the Terminal editor:
Page, Column These fields show the page and column where the terminal is located.
from / to Potential This field shows the cable mark (referred to as a potential) on the internal / external
side of the terminal. If the wires are not numbered Cadelec will show a fictitious ID,
e.g. F1-6 which means the 6-th wire on page 1.
from / to Zone Zone assignment of the elements connected with the internal / external side of
terminal.
from / to Device ID Device ID of the element connected with the internal / external side of terminal.
from / to Pin Pin numbers of element connected with internal / external side of terminal.
Fig. 317
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In the Generate Terminal Pinout Drawing dialogue box you can set the order by
Number, Column/Row, Device ID, Equipotential or Keep Existing Order.
You can also set the page, which will contain the Pinout Drawing after generation
(e.g. Append after last Drawing)
Before proceeding, the terminal Strips have to be selected. Clicking on the Select
Terminal Strip button, the terminal selection window appears (Fig. 318):
Fig. 318
Here, clicking on the > button will transfer the selected terminal strip from the left
window to the right one which shows the terminal strips on which the operation will
be performed.
Clicking on OK, the first dialogue box returns and clicking on OK will start the
generation of the Terminal pinout Drawing.
F1 Help
Ctrl+N Insert one empty Terminal after the current one
F2 Insert various empty Terminals after current one
F3 Insert various empty Terminals before current one
F4 Mark/Unmark terminals
Ctrl+F4 Delete all markers
Ctrl-C Copy marked terminal into the buffer
Ctrl+X Cut marked terminal (copy into Buffer + delete)
Ctrl+V Paste (insert a Terminal from the Buffer)
F7 Define Variables for Automatic Numbering
F8 Number an empty terminal
Ctrl+F Search for a Terminal / Terminal Strip
F10 Standard Cables Database
F11 Project Cables Database
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Tip
Pressing the hot key F1 displays you the function of all hot keys.
The functions:
To do so, follow the steps below (while in the Terminal Database Of Project
window):
press F10 to enter the Standard Cables Database.
select the cable type you wish to use, locate the cursor on it and press ENTER
(if such a cable type does not exist, refer to the "Create New Cable Type" part
later in this chapter).
enter a unique Project-Cable name (e.g. CAB01).
Specifying cables To do so, locate the cursor on the From Cable or the To Cable field and
in the From / To Cable enter the cable-name. If you wish to select a cable without knowing
field its exact name, you can simply enter a dot (.) or a question mark (?) and
press ENTER. Cadelec opens a dialogue box with the cables defined for this
project. There you can select a cable by locating the cursor on the cable and
pressing ENTER.
Specifying wires To specify a wire, locate the cursor on the To or From Wire field and enter
in the From / To Wire the wire-specification. You can enter the question mark field again, to get the wires
field defined for this cable displayed. Cadelec opens a dialogue box, displaying you those
wires.
Deleting a project To delete a cable, locate the cursor on it and press the DEL key. Please bear in
cable mind, that you can only delete cables which are not used in your project.
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As cable types are held in the Standard Cable database, press F10 to enter the
Standard Cables database. The selection box shown in Fig. 319 will be opened.
Fig. 319
Edit a cable type Locate the cursor on the cable to edit and press F2. Cadelec opens a data entry box
displaying all fields and their current value. Changes will not affect any of the
cables previously copied to projects. For a description of the fields please see
below.
Create a new cable Press the INS key to define a new cable-type. Cadelec opens an empty data entry
type box with all existing fields. There you can enter their value.
Delete a cable type To delete a cable-type which is no longer needed, locate the cursor on it and press
the DEL key. Deleting a cable-type will not affect any of the project cables from
this type.
Type This field holds the cable-type (e.g. NYY 4x2.5 mm2).
Description Here you enter a description of the cable type with 30 characters maximum. You
should use this field to enter information like the following: Motor Cable - 16 A
maximum.
First / Last Numeric This fields should be filled out if you want to number your wires or if you wish
Core to use a combination of numbering and color-coding of the wires. If this fields are
filled out, Cadelec will generate incremental numbers from the First to the Last
Numeric Core.
W1 - W? These are the fields for color-coding. You can enter an alphanumerical shortcut
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with up to 8 characters. All filled out W? fields will be displayed within the wire
selection box.
Within the terminal editor, use the hotkeys CTRL+N (to insert one empty terminal
after the current one), F2 (to insert various empty terminals after current one) or F3
(to insert various empty terminals before current one) to do so.
Variable definition Pressing F7 opens the dialogue box shown in Fig. 320. In the Terminal Strip field
you enter the Terminal Strip ID to which the empty terminals should be
assigned. The initial value for the numbering should be entered in the Terminal
field.
Fig. 320
Once you have entered the Terminal Strip ID and the initial Terminal Number and
validated by pessing ENTER the variable definition box will be closed. Continue by
locating the cursor on the terminals to be numbered. Pressing F8 assigns the
terminal where the cursor is located with the terminal strip ID and the terminal
number. The terminal number counter is incremented so that you can locate the
cursor on the next empty terminal and press F8 again.
This can be done easily by cutting and pasting. To do so locate the cursor on the
terminal and press F4 to mark it, then CTRL-X to cut it. After this locate the cursor
on the position where the terminal should be inserted and paste it by pressing
CTRL-V.
make sure that you paste a terminal which was copied into the buffer. Ohterwise
the terminal will no longer appear and you will have to create a new terminals
database to get it listed again.
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you can copy only one terminal into the buffer. Copying into the buffer
overwrites the previous contents of the buffer. If you did not paste a terminal
which was cut and cut another one, the first terminal will be lost.
if you wish to get the same order of the terminals displayed on the terminal
pinout drawings please make sure that you select the Keep Existing Order for
ordering within the terminal pinout drawing.
Using the Cable Linker makes it possible to set a cable between two terminals in
one step.
If two Terminal Strips have terminals connected to each other, pressing Ctrl+Enter
in the Terminal Editor, on a From_cable or To_Cable field of a terminal (connected
with a terminal in the other strip), the Cable Linker browse comes up (Fig. 321),
showing all connected terminals of the two terminal strips involved.
Fig. 321
In the Cable Linker browse, the New Cable, New Wire, New Length fields are
editable by the user. Here you can enter a value for the Cable / Wire you want to set
for the terminals connected together. Pressing Ctrl+Enter, these field values are
automatically entered in the corresponding terminal lines, and the system returns to
the Terminal Editor window.
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Entering a non valid value in the New Cable field, for example ?, brings up the
Project cables dialogue box, from where you can select an existing project cable or
define a new one, in a similar way as this is done within the SCAB command.
Pressing the F1 key in the Cable Linker, shows the Cable Linker Help screen (Fig.
322), which specifies the key functions within the browse.
Fig. 322
If the Check for same Cables / Wires option is activated in the Terminal Editor
main window, the Cable Linker checks if the selected / entered value has been
previously used or not. If the user attempts to use an already used cable wire, an
attentioning window is displayed (Fig. 323), with two options : Keep or Delete the
new cable wire. It also checks whether the user attempts to enter an already used
cable / wire, or, if a terminal has already been assigned a cable / wire, and the user
attempts to assign an other one (a terminal has only one CCO attribute per side
which can be defined).
Fig. 323
As showed in the Cable Linker Help, the Alt+F12 key combination purges (resets)
the existing cables / wires in the From / To Cable fields in the Cable Linker browse.
To leave the terminal editor, press the ESC button. Cadelec will close the terminal
editor and return to the Terminal Editor functions window.
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The command can be run from the menu (Fig. 324) or the CADELEC / PLC toolbar
(Fig. 326).
After running the function Cadelec prompts to select the PLC, by clicking at it, and
the dialogue box shown in Fig. 325 appears.
Fig. 324
Fig. 325
Fig. 326
Power Pin No. In this field you will enter the Power Pin assignment (numbers)
Channel Number(s) You can number the pins of the selected PLC in either of three ways:
by entering a start number, e.g. 1. After confirming by clicking on the OK
button, Cadelec will number the pins incrementally starting with the number
entered in the Channel Number field.
by entering a range e.g. 1:8. In this case, Cadelec will number the pins
incrementally from the starting number to the end number. The amount of
numbers in this range and the amount of pins has to be equal. If you wish to
number a PLC with 8 pins you will have to enter a range with 8 numbers like
1:8; 0:7, etc.
by entering the pin number separated by commas e.g. 1,3,5,7, etc. Again, the
amount of pin numbers has to be equal as the amount of pins.
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After you have started the function, Cadelec will prompt you to select the PLC.
Once you have selected the PLC by clicking on it the dialogue box shown in Fig.
328 will be opened.
Fig. 327
Fig. 328
Fig. 329
In the Address Prefix field you enter the address prefix (e.g. I for Input).
By clicking on the down-arrow you select the Separator between address prefix and
channel number. You can use either an empty field as separator or one of the
following signs: . , ; : / / -
Below the start number you can select the Number System and decide whether you
want a Decimal, Octal or Hexadecimal numbering system to be used when
numbering channels.
If Hexadecimal number system was selected, you can select the Upper Case Hexa
option for hexadecimals A,B,C, etc. in upper cases. Else, Cadelec will assign
channels with lower chase characters.
If you want to assign the PLC labels with the same value as the addresses, you
should leave the Copy Address To Label option selected.
After confirming by clicking on the OK button, Cadelec will number (or renumber)
the channels and assign them their address.
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Select the function from the menu (Fig. 330) or the toolbars (Fig. 331).
Before you can start defining or editing this information, you will have to select the
channel by clicking on one of the attributes of the channel e.g. on the address. As it
Fig. 330 might be difficult to select one of these attributes you can zoom in and switch SNAP
(key F9) temporarily off. In the dialogue box opened you can edit the attribute
selected (Fig. 332) :
Fig. 331
Fig. 332
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The PLCs have the Pin Function attributes defined for every channel (PF). These
attributes have a rather descriptive function, indicating the functionality of the pin,
e.g. +24V for the power supply pin or GND for the ground pin.
To set the PF attributes, use the AutoCAD DDATTE command and edit the PF
attributes , assigning +24V for pin 10 and GND for pin 9, for example (Fig. 333).
Fig. 333
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From the dialogue box shown in Fig. 336 you select the data to be exported, set the
order and the length of the fields. For standardized printouts you can alternatively load
a format file or save the PLC exporting parameters as a new format.
Fig. 334
Select PLC
To select the PLC whose channel data you wish to be exported click on the Select
PLCs button in the lower left part of the dialogue box. The dialogue box will be
closed and Cadelec will prompt you to select the PLC. This will be done by clicking
with the left mouse button. Once you have finished the selection press the right
mouse button or ENTER to leave the selection mode and return to the exporting
dialogue box. Beside the Select PLCs button Cadelec will annotate the number of
PLCs found.
Instead of selecting the information to be exported and setting the field entities
every time, you can load a format file (see below).
Delimiter character
With the options in this part of the dialogue box you select whether information like
address, label, etc. should be separated by comma, by spaces or by tabulators.
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Format file
This field must be filled out. Here you specify either the file where the formatting
(selected information, order and length, delimiter character) should be saved or the
format file created prior to this operation which should be loaded. If you enter the
name of an existing format file, Cadelec will automatically load the formatting.
Otherwise, Cadelec will store the formatting to a file with the name which was
entered in this field.
If you want to use an already existing format file, you should press ENTER on the
empty field. We recommend that you should create a format file for every used
PLC type. This should be used every time you export or import the Input-Ouput list.
After definition you should not change it any more as older Input-Output files
might not be accessible any more.
Output file
In this field you specify the name of the file where the PLC data should be stored. If
you want an already existing file to be updated but don't know its name you can
press ENTER on the empty field. A file selection box will be opened from where
you can select the file.
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Fig. 337
Fig. 338
Select PLC
To select the PLCs to import the channel data to, click on the Select PLCs button.
Cadelec will close the dialogue box temporarily and prompt you to select the PLCs.
You will do this by clicking with the left mouse button. Once you have selected all
PLCs to import the channel data to, you will click with the right mouse button or
press ENTER to leave the selection mode and return to be import dialogue box.
Fig. 339
Select data to be imported
From the Attributes to update area of the dialogue box you will select the
information to be imported.
Format file
In this field you enter the name of the format file describing the order of the
information and their length. Pressing ENTER on the empty field will open a file
selection box from where you can select the format if you don't know its name any
more. It is very important to select the format file describing the format of the file
to be imported. Otherwise Cadelec might not be able to find channel data like
Address, Label, etc.
For this reason we recommend that you should create one format file for every used
PLC type.
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Command: PCOMP
With this function you can number the elements related to a PLC with a
special PLC formula. This formula contains the PLC channel descriptor too
together with the mnemonic and number. For example a fuse inserted in a line
which is connected to a PLC , to a pin whose channel description is O/3, after
running the PCOMP function will have the ID : F-O/3.
Fig. 340
Running the function will prompt to select the objects. You have to select the
PLC and the elements, which are to be numbered according to this formula.
The command can be run from the Element Analyse menu (Fig. 340) or the
ELEMENT ANALYSE toolbar (Fig. 341).
Fig. 341
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Within the Cadelec / Layers menu (Fig. 342) or toolbar (Fig. 343) you will find
certain functions for hiding certain annotations. You will use this typically to reduce
the amount of displayed data.
Selecting XR-Function Off hides all cross-reference function names. Contact maps
will stay visible. If you want to have the annotations displayed again select XR-
Function On.
Cat/ Rec Off hides the catalogue and record annotation to every component of this
page. Cat/ Rec On will make it visible again.
Techn.data Off hides the technical data, which is annotated alongside the elements.
These annotations can be made visible again by selecting Techn.data On.
Further layers can be switched off with the OFF function from the same menu.
Fig. 342
Fig. 343
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When you call up an existing page using this command, from the Utilities menu
(Fig. 344) or the UTILITIES toolbar (Fig. 345) , it clears the current drawing
entirely. This means that if you want to base your new drawing on an existing
drawing, you must use this command right at the start.
Fig. 344 Another way of capturing a page from another project is to select the Copy
Which Page option when creating the page.
If you are basing your new schematic on an existing one, you should use the
following functions to adjust the schematic to your project:
run the Update Title-Box command (Menu : Tools/Utilities/ Title-Box).
Fig. 345
reset the device-IDs and the terminal numbers (Menu : Cadelec / Element
Analyse / Reset - see page 189).
check the terminal-strip IDs and change them if required (Menu : Cadelec /
Terminals / T.strip ID - see page 208).
compute the device IDs and the terminal numbers (Menu : Cadelec / Element
Analyse / Number Auto - see page 185).
set fixed wire numbers if required (Menu : Cadelec / Connections /Wire
Numbering - see page 140).
number the wires (Menu : Cadelec / Connections / Wire Numbering / Number
Wire - see page 147).
replace the cross-reference functions by the cross-reference functions used
within your project (Menu : Cadelec / Element Analyse / Replace Xr-Function -
see page 183).
perform a cross-reference calculation (Menu : Cadelec / Element Analyze /
Cross-Reference - see page 180).
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_COPY
With this command you can copy elements and pre-drawn assemblies from one part
of the schematic to another.
Element definitions like the location and zone, the catalogue and record assignment,
cross-reference and the device-ID annotation will be copied as well.
Copying elements: For Cadelec there is no way to know, that the line cutting should be performed on
the copied element. For this reason, you should perform a manual line-breaking by
entering the command LBRK (Menu : Cadelec / Element Draw / Break Lines - see
page 165).
Copying assemblies: When copying assemblies from one part of the schematic to another including the
vertical down-strokes, you should cut the wires in two parts, creating a connection
point at the cut point To do so, use the command BCNXL (Menu : Cadelec /
Connections / Cut - see page 158) and clicking on the junction points.
Another thing that has to be done is to renumber the terminals. The easiest way of
doing so is to reset the terminals. Select Reset - Window from the Cadelec /
Terminals menu and drag a window over the copied assembly. Now you can
number starting with the counter value.
The last thing to do is to change the cross-reference functions, if required. You can
do this easily with the SXRF command (Menu : Cadelec / Element Analyse / Set Xr-
function - see page 176). Once this is done, re-calculate the cross-reference
annotations with the XRC command (see page 180).
_MOVE
This command is usually only used for moving assemblies from one part of the
schematic to another.
If you are moving assemblies with down-strokes, you should cut the wires on the
junction points to mark the electrical connections. To do so, use the BCNXL (Menu
: Cadelec / Connections / Cut - see page 158) and click on the points where the
wires meet.
_ERASE
This AutoCAD command should NOT be used for the following operations:
to erase elements - use the EE command instead for erasing an element with line
mending - see page 164.
to erase wire numbers - use the DEL_WN command instead - see page 150.
_DDATTE
This command can be very useful for looking at and modifying the attributes of an
element (e.g. Zone, Location, Catalogue, Record, etc.).
_DDEDIT
You can use this command to edit the attributes of a block (element)
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_ATTDEF
This command can be used to define an attribute for a block (element).
_CHANGE
This AutoCAD command can be used to change the layers and therefore the voltage
rating of wires.
Please note:
It is very important not only to change the layer of the wire but the layer of the
marks as well. The wires and the marks must always be on the layer to the same
voltage rating. E.g. if the wires are on the layer PCAB400V, the marks to this wires
must be on the layer WCAB400V.If you ignore this rule, your CONNECTION
reports and the wire numbering might not work properly.
_EXPLODE
Usually, you will only need this command if you have inserted an element which is
built up out of more than one element using the IE command (or Type from the
Cadelec / Element Draw menu). Elements built up out of several elements are for
example the twin and triple terminals KLEMMO2, KLEMMO3 etc. and the pre-
drawn assemblies BGH* (see also page 297).
If such an element is being inserted with the IE command, it will not be exploded.
You can see this in the following way:
selecting one component of the assembly will select the whole inserted element.
Beside of this, you will discover that no automatic line cutting is being performed.
Wiring zone definition Cabinets are considered to be wiring zones. Available for insertion to
for cabinets the cabinet are therefore only components with the same Zone specification as the
cabinet (see also page 193).
Graphical As electrical components of different manufacturers can take different shapes, the
representation graphical representation of the part in question is sized on the basis of the height,
width, depth and diameter specified in the catalogue record for the element in
question. It will be displayed as a scaled rectangular or circular outline. Instead of
using this simple representation, you can also create a Physical Layout Library with
detailed part drawings.
Consistency analysis Every time you open a cabinet drawing page, Cadelec performs a consistency
analysis comparing components which have been placed in the cabinet and the
schematics. If Cadelec discovers an inconsistency, it will flag the components with
red color. An inconsistency will be reported for one of the following reasons:
if the component was erased from the schematic.
if the component was redefined with a different catalogue record.
if the zone specification of cabinet and component are no longer the same.
Cadelec reports any inconsistencies that might have occurred when selecting
Cons.info within the Place Components pickbox (see page 248).
Erase components Use the AutoCAD _ERASE command to erase the flagged or no longer needed
component outline.
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Fig. 347
As it might be difficult to decide which cabinet size should be used, you should
issue one of the Cabinet Layout Reports (File / Reports / Projects menu - see page
431) before creating the cabinet.
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This report creates a summary of the total surface area needed for each wiring zone.
In Fig. 348 you see the report r_imf_01:
Fig. 348
You should issue this report every time you create a cabinet layout drawing. You
would have to create a new cabinet layout drawing if the selected cabinet proves to
have the wrong size. after the cabinet is selected and the page definition completed,
Cadelec opens the Cabinet Layout Drawing page (Fig. 349) where the chassis and
the cabinet door are represented.
Fig. 349
Before starting...... to create the cabinet layout drawing or to generate the cabinet layout report, please
make sure that all elements are specified by a catalogue record. This is necessary as
the size of a component is defined with its catalogue record. Elements without a
catalogue record can not be inserted to the cabinet and will not be listed in the
Cabinet Layout report, as their size is not defined.
Functions which can be used on all kinds of pages are described in Chapter 5 -
PROJECT PAGES.
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Command: TXTIN
The command, run from the menu (Fig. 350) or from the CADELEC / Cabinet
toolbar (Fig. 352), opens a pickbox window containing the components of the
wiring zone designated by the cabinet (which has been defined in the page
definition dialogue box). There may be several cabinets in the project, each of
them having a corresponding cabinet layout drawing page in the project.
After running this function, Cadelec opens a dialogue box asking you whether
you want terminals, plugs and sockets to be inserted from the picklist as well
(Fig. 353).
Fig. 350
Fig. 351
Fig. 352
You should leave this options de-selected if you do not want to place the terminals,
plugs and sockets but want to draw a terminal strip instead (see page 251).
Once you have clicked at the OK button, Cadelec opens the pickbox with all
components of this wiring zone which have not been inserted yet (Fig. 353).
Fig. 353
A component which was erased from the cabinet will appear in the pickbox again.
Double clicking on the text line closes the pickbox and draws an outline of the
element which can be placed in the cabinet. The outline, which is created, is scaled
with a factor calculated with the size of the cabinet and the component.
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Fig. 354
Clicking at the Cons.info button gives you a description of all inconsistencies that
might have occurred. You should request this information if component outlines
appear flagged with red color (Fig. 355)
Fig. 355
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Command: CCC
This function is used for drawing cable routings in the cabinet layout drawing.
The function can be selected from the menu (Fig. 356) or the toolbars (Fig. 357).
When you run this command, Cadelec first asks you to specify the start and the
end points for the routing. Do this by clicking with the cursor on the required
positions (Fig. 358). Once you have done this Cadelec asks you to enter the
width. Enter the width in millimeters, Cadelec will automatically scale it to fit the
cabinet. Finally you specify the orientation by clicking with the mouse (Fig. 358)
Fig. 357
Command: TSR
With this function you can draw terminal blocks within the cabinet layout
drawing.
Running this function, from the menu (Fig. 360) or toolbar (Fig. 361), will
prompt you to enter the Terminal Strip name (e.g. -X1), the starting point, the
number of terminals, the width and height of the terminals.
Enter the width and the height of the terminals in millimeters. Cadelec will
automatically scale the sizes.
The terminal strip will be drawn horizontally. If you want a terminal strip in
vertical position use the AutoCAD _ROTATE command.
You can still place terminals, plugs and sockets with the Place Components
function (see page 248).
Fig. 360
Before creating a new cabinet you should make sure that the MONTA library or
another cabinet library is selected as the active one.
To set the MONTA library for example as the active one, run the Manage Libraries
function from the Libraries / Database menu or the Library toolbars, select the
MONTA library and press the Open button.
To create a new cabinet element proceed in the same way as when creating any
other element:
Select New from the Library / Element menu (Fig. 363) or from the toolbars (Fig.
364) and enter the cabinet name in the Element Code field (Fig. 365)
Fig. 363
Fig. 364
Fig. 365
If you wish to copy the descriptions of an other cabinet element, click the Take
Data of other Element button and select the cabinet.
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Enter the cabinet description if required in the element data-sheet (Fig. 366):
Fig. 366
Please make sure that the Kind of element definition (the bar above all other entries)
shows Auxiliary Graphics Element.
Cabinet dimensions
Clicking on the Cabinets tab in the cabinet data sheet window, opens the Cabinets
screen, where the cabinet dimensions have to be specified (Fig. 367).
Fig. 367
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For example:
Cabinet:
Height: 800 mm
Width: 800 mm
Depth: 250 mm
Mounting plate:
Height: 750 mm
Width: 750 mm
Depth: 5 mm
This drawing area has the size of 370 AutoCAD units in horizontal direction and
230 AutoCAD units in vertical direction.
The first thing to do when drawing new cabinets is to estimate whether the cabinet
(door and chassis) will fit within this drawing area if
If this is not the case, the cabinet drawing will have to be scaled with a scaling
factor.
For the X-factor sum the cabinet and chassis width and consider a space between
those drawings (here 10 % - factor 1.1). This sum divided by the available space in
horizontal direction is the factor in horizontal direction.
For the y-factor we will divide the cabinet height by the vertical drawing area
space.
cabinet height
SFY =
vertical drawing area
With the dimensions of cabinet (800 x 800), chassis (750 x 750) and the size of the
drawing area (370 x 230) this leads to the following factors:
For the next steps we will use the larger of both factors as the scaling factor SF.
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SF = max(SFX, SFY)
DIMLFAC
All linear measurements within this drawing will from now on be scaled by the
factor 5. Also the component outlines you may later insert into this cabinet will be
scaled by this factor.
Before drawing the cabinet, please make sure that SNAP (hot key F9) and ORTHO
(hot key F8) are operative.
Run the AutoCAD RECTANG command and specify the starting point e.g. on
AutoCAD co-ordinate 50,250 (Fig. 368).
Now you should draw the cabinet door true to scale. To calculate the line length use
the following formula:
Length (in mm
line length (in ACAD co-ord.) =
DIMLFAC factor
According to this formula the lines of the door (dimensions: 800 x 800) will all be
160 AutoCAD units long. Drag the cursor from the start point to co-ordinate
210,90.
To draw the mounting plate run RECTANG again. Specify a starting point with
some distance from the cabinet door e.g. on 240,240. From this point drag the
cursor to co-ordinate 380,90 (Fig. 368).
Fig. 368
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Annotate Dimensions
After selecting this function specify the lines to be measured. Once you have done
this, move the dimensioning lines to the required position and click the right mouse
button.
You will discover that although the lines are 160 (150) AutoCAD co-ordinates
long, the length is annotated as 800 (750).
Repeat this function and proceed in the same way until you have annotated the
required dimensions. (For more details on Dimensioning and customizing
dimensions lines please refer to your AutoCAD manual).
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Cadelec creates a terminal pinout drawing for every terminal strip and adds them at
the end of the project pages list. Existing terminal pinouts will be replaced. Cadelec
uses the Terminal Pinout Drawing defined in the Project data sheet (see page 48).
As the options are the same we will discuss only the dialogue box
which is opened when creating a Terminal Pinout Drawing directly
by selecting the Pinouts option from the menu.
Fig. 369
Fig. 371
Fig. 370
The order within the Terminal Pinouts does not affect the Terminal database. If you
wish to keep the order that has been set within the Terminal Editor you should
select the Keep existing order option.
Selecting the Number option will order the Terminals within the Terminal Pinout
Drawing by their number.
The Column / Row option orders the Terminals within the Terminal Pinout
Drawings by their position within the schematics. Highest priority has the page
number. Terminals in the same page will be ordered by column and row.
Selecting Device Id orders the Terminals by Device IDs connected to the internal
side of the terminals.
If the Draw Bridges option is selected, Cadelec draws bridges connecting terminals
with the same potential.
The Name of Page options define the method to name the page which will contain
the Terminal Pinout Drawing:
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Append after last Drawing will create a new page (after the last one in the project)
to hold the Terminal Pinout Drawing.
User selects first Terminal Drawing allows the user to enter the name of page in the
edit box beside.
Ask for each page number will request the page name for each page (if more than
one).
Before starting the generation of the Terminal Pinout Drawing you have to select
the terminals to process. Clicking on the Select Terminal Strip pushbutton, brings
up the selection window shown in Fig. 372 where the existing terminals are listed
in the Available Terminal Strips window. Clicking on the > button will transfer the
highlighted terminal to the Selected Terminal Strips window.
Fig. 372
Clicking on OK in the terminal selection window will bring back the Generate
Terminal Pinout Drawing window. Clicking on OK will start the generation of the
Terminal Pinout Drawing.
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View Terminal The generated Terminal Pinout Drawing can be viewed like any page of the project,
Pinouts opening it (Fig. 373).
Fig. 373
This function hides all bridges by switching off all layers used for bridges.
The function can be run from the menu (Fig. 374) or the toolbars (Fig. 375).
To make the bridges visible again, run the Bridges Auto function to display the
bridges which have been calculated and which have been set in the terminal editor
(see page 222. Run the Bridges Manual function to draw links manually.
Fig. 375
Fig. 374
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This function displays all bridges which have been calculated automatically or which
have been set in the terminal editor. Running the function from the menu (Fig. 374) or
the TERMINALS toolbar (Fig. 376) will activate the layers for bridges and they will
be shown in the terminal pinout drawing (Fig. 377
The links for manual bridges will be hidden (see on the next page).
Fig. 376
Fig. 377
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This function displays links, which can be connected by lines to assign the
connection between terminals manually.
Now you can draw connections using the _LINE command and assign the connected
terminals either graphical (e.g. with a circle) or using a character (e.g. X or 1,2,3 etc.
for the bridge number).
Fig. 378
Fig. 379
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6.3 Customizing
The Terminal Pinout template (FBO_DIN1 for the EL_DIN library) consists of two
blocks:
the Terminal Pinout definition block which holds all attributes used to annotated
the data from the terminal database (for the definition block according to DIN
standard: TTB_DIN1).
the title box (TIT_* e.g. TIT_DIN1) which will be used.
With Cadelec you can use an unlimited number of Terminal Pinout Templates (e.g.
with title boxes for different customers).
Cadelec allows the use of one Terminal Pinout definition block (TTB_DIN1 for
DIN standard) which can be customized.
By editing a Terminal Pinout Drawing, you can specify the Terminal block used, by
selecting the Terminal block from a list containing the existing terminal blocks in
the library. This information is stored in the ELEMS.PROTOTIPO field. However,
Cadelec does not check if the Terminal pinout drawing really contains the correct
terminal block (specified in the Element data sheet). The correct terminal block
(TTB_DIN*) is the one inserted in the drawing as a block.
If you want to change the terminal block for a Terminal drawing, first edit the
element and specify (select) the terminal block (TTB_DIN*) and then open the
Terminal drawing (FBO_DIN*) and insert the correct block (see next steps).
Select Element from the File / New menu to create a new Terminal Block. The
name of all terminal blocks MUST start with TTB_, so be sure to enter a
correct name for it, for example TTB_DIN5. The kind of element definition
should be Auxiliary Graphics Element.
Select the Take Data from an other Element option and then from the element
selection dialogue select an existing terminal block, for example
TTB_DIN1.DWG. Then with the Copy same page as data option you can copy
the terminal block too. In this case you do not have to start from scratch, but
modify the existing terminal block drawing.
This block has hundreds of attributes. Use the Cadelec _OFFLAY command,
and/or the AutoCAD LAYER command to switch off not needed attributes
and/or layers (see the attribute list below) in order to reduce the displayed
attributes (combined with the ZOOM command to improve readability).
Use the GARRATT command (see page 334) to insert a new array of attributes.
Once you have finished changing select Save from the File menu.
Next, select New from the Cadelec / Library / Element menu to create a new
element (terminal pinout template).
Enter the element code prefixed with FBO_ followed by the standard and a
number e.g. FBO_DIN2 for the second template according to DIN standard.
Select the Take Data of other Element and choose e.g. FBO_DIN1 to be used
as a model from the opened selection window. Once this is done set the Copy
same page as data sheet option to copy the whole terminal pinout template and
use it as a model.
If required perform changes on the Element data sheet and click on the OK button
to continue.
Type _ERASE to erase the existing terminal pinout block. Please do not erase
the title block (if not required). If the Title box should be changed, erase it and
insert the required one.
Insert the new terminal pinout block with the DDINSERT command:
- In the Insert window select the Browse option and select the Terminal
block (e.g. TTB_DIN3) from the library containing it.
- Specify the insertion point as 0,0.
Insert the new Title box (if necessary), with the DDINSERT command
specifying the insertion point as 0,0.
Once the terminal pinout block was inserted (and Title Box) select Save from
the File menu.
You can also combine different Terminal blocks (TTB_*) with different Title
Boxes (TIT_DIN*)
To use a different Terminal Pinout Template in a project, edit the project , specify
the Terminal Pinout template (e.g. FBO_DIN5) in the Terminal Drawing field (by
selecting it from the list) and Generate the Terminal Pinout drawing (command
GEN_DBO).
The attributes listed below can be added by the user. You should use the GARRATT
command to generate such arrays of attributes (see page 334).
<term.counter> 1 - 50
<cable counter> 1 - 10
<wire counter> 1 - 50
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Libraries
There are three different kinds of libraries used within Cadelec holding different
kinds of library elements.
Schematic symbols libraries containing the symbols for the electrical
components, which are used for creating schematics. This library holds also title
boxes, title blocks, library showcases, terminal pinout drawing templates, the
terminal pinout definition block and the prototype drawing for library elements.
Cabinets libraries containing cabinets used when creating cabinet layout
drawings.
Physical libraries containing detailed part drawings which can be inserted into
cabinets instead of the simple circular or rectangular outlines. If you wish to use
such detailed part drawings you enter the name of the physical library and the
name of the detailed part drawing in the record data sheet (see page 355).
Cadelec will use this detailed part drawing every time you place a component
defined by this catalogue record in the cabinet.
Cadelec comes with a library of schematic symbols in the standard, which was
ordered, and a library of cabinets.
You can create an unlimited number of libraries but can only use one schematic
symbols library for a project (see also page 48).
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Fig. 380 A new directory with the name of the library will be created in the Cadelec
library directory (see page 34).
Fig. 381
Fig. 382
Schematic Symbols By selecting these options you set the kind of library. The type of the library
Cabinets can not be changed once the library was created. For a description of the kinds of
Physical libraries please refer to the previous page.
Take data of other If this option is selected, Cadelec copies the data sheet of another library, which
library can be selected from the list below the option (it can be opened by clicking on the
down-arrow at its right). You can only select libraries of the same type.
Create empty library This option creates an empty library. The only library element which will be
contained is the prototype for new elements.
Copy files Selecting this option will copy all library elements of the library, which was
selected in the Take Data of other library option.
Retrieve from Disk This option allows you to retrieve libraries from diskette, hard disk or from the
network. Using this option allows you to retrieve libraries, which are totally
unknown to Cadelec e.g. libraries from another user. Cadelec opens a dialogue box
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Once you have set all options click on the OK button to continue and enter the
library data sheet, which can be accessed also through the Edit Library function
(see next section).
Fig. 384
Fig. 385
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Edit Library
This function (EDI_LIB) opens the library data sheet (Fig. 386) where you can
enter descriptions of the library and set several defaults for the library elements.
The Type, Status, No. of Elements, Created fields are filled out automatically and
can not be edited.
Fig. 386
Description In this field you can enter a short description of the library.
Standard Here you can enter the standard you are using (e.g. DIN, internal etc.).
Prototype In this field Cadelec automatically annotates a default name for the prototype for
the library elements. This prototype is nothing but an empty sheet with fixed size
which depends on the kind of elements that will be created. The size of the
prototype for schematic elements is for example smaller than the size of the
prototype for cabinets.
You can change the prototype name when creating the library. This field can not be
edited once the library has been created.
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Remarks This is the field for special remarks. You can use it e.g. for a short description of the
library elements.
Clicking the Text button the Text settings window appears, where you can edit the
text related items (Fig. 387).
Fig. 387
Height This is the default height for the attributes that can be annotated alongside the
elements. The default text height is 2.5. Changing the contents of this field only
influences the text height of new elements. Use the AutoCAD _DDMODIFY
command to change the text height of attributes on existing elements.
Width factor Here you set the default width factor for attributes.
For compressed width: enter values < 1
For normal width: enter the value 1
For stretched width: enter values > 1
The changed width factor will only appear on attributes which are added after the
change.
Obliquing Angle Here you set the angles of the characters. You may use this to get the attributes
annotated in italic. Alternatively you can select an italic font style (see below).
Rotation Angle This sets the rotation angle of all attributes which are set after changing this angle.
Default justification:
Left justified Here you set the default justification for the annotations. This is necessary as the
Right justified information annotated alongside the components usually has different length and
should be justified therefore. Due to different standards, annotations like Device ID,
Zone, Location etc. are placed on different sides of the components. In Germany for
example, the attributes are on the left side of the element. They will be right
justified. In most of the countries, annotations are on the right side of the element
and are left justified.
Select Right Justified if attributes are usually on the left side of elements.
Select Left Justified if attributes are usually on the right side of elements.
Style This field sets the text style for all annotations. If you wish to change it erase the
contents of this field and press ENTER. Cadelec opens a selection box with all
available font styles.
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Backup Library
You can backup the selected library in the list by clicking the Backup button in the
Manage libraries dialogue (page 271).
You should make backups of your libraries regularly to avoid losing data due to
such causes as a hard disk crash, operator errors, etc.
We recommend that you should Backup your libraries after significant changes on
the library elements. This ensures that changes and new elements are not lost even
if a problem occurs.
The backup can be made in several formats to a user definable drive and path. For a
description of the formats please refer to Backup / Restore Parameters, page 66.
If your libraries are located on the network, backing up of the libraries might not be
necessary, as the libraries are saved to the streamer every time you perform a
network backup.
Restore Library
You can restore a library from backup by clicking the Restore button in the Manage
libraries dialogue (page 271).
Delete Library
Clicking the Delete button in the Manage libraries dialogue will open the
Delete library dialogue (Fig. 388), which asks for the confirmation of the
action and where you can select the Delete or Purge option and also set the
Backup before deleting option.
Please bear in mind that you can only delete libraries, which are not used
within any of the available projects and not used within a catalogue record.
The deleted library will still appear in the list of available libraries but with
the BACKUP status. The status shows you that the library is known to
Fig. 388 Cadelec but cannot be accessed immediately. Before you can use it you will
have to restore it from a backup.
If the library will not be needed in the future, you can purge it to erase it from the
list of available libraries.
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Purge Library
Selecting the Purge option will remove the selected library from the disk.
Although a purged library can still be retrieved from an existing backup, you should
only purge libraries which will no longer be needed as you will loose all description
entered in the library data sheet.
To retrieve a library, which was purged and is totally unknown for Cadelec, create a
new library with the same name and select the Retrieve From Disk option. Cadelec
will prompt you to select the format for retrieving and to enter the drive and path of
the backup. (Please refer to page 270).
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The function can be selected from the Tools / Filters menu (Fig. 389) or the
CADELEC / Filters toolbar (Fig. 390).
With this function you can apply filters on libraries in order to reduce the
number of libraries displayed in the selection boxes. You might for example
wish to apply a filter to get only libraries in ACTIVE status listed when
performing operations on libraries. Cadelec comes with some pre-defined
filters, which you can edit freely. You can also create new filters according to
Fig. 389 your needs. Running the function (FIL_LIB), the filter selection window
appears from where the appropriate filter can be selected (Fig. 391).
Fig. 390
Fig. 391
Select an existing filter Locate the cursor on the filter to apply and press ENTER. If the active library does
not fit the filter setting, it will not be displayed in the status bar any more. On
applying filter, libraries will be displayed in the status line in red color.
De-select an applying To de-select a filter, run the Filter Libraries function again and select the empty
filter filter (Description: No Active Filter).
Edit an existing filter Place the cursor on the filter to edit and press F2 (for filter definition please see
below).
Create a new filter Press the INS key. A sub-dialogue box will be opened where you can enter the
filter.
You will have to use the syntax described below to access fields of the libraries
database LIBS.DBF (alias LIBS).
Erase an existing filter To erase no longer needed filter locate the cursor on this filter and press the DEL
key. The filter will be tagged and erased after you leave the filter dialogue box.
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LIBS.<fieldname>
Replace <fieldname> with the name of the field you wish to access (for a complete
list of the fieldnames see below) and link it with the operations and functions for
filters.
The library database LIBS.DBF holds the data of the available libraries. These are
libraries in ACTIVE and BACKUP status. The database holds data you have
entered in the library data sheet and automatically generated entries like the date of
last modification.
The below table lists the database fields, which are commonly used for applying
filters. For a complete list of database fields refer to APPENDIX A.
empty() This function checks if the field specified in the brackets is empty
Syntax : empty(Alias.Field).
Fig. 392 Running a batch on a library requires that you are the only active net user. As the
batch on a library can take some time you should run it overnight. Running the
function (BAT_LIB) from the Tools menu (Fig. 392) or the UTILITIES toolbar (Fig.
393), brings up the library selection window from where the library to perform the
batch on can be selected.
Then the page selection window appears where you can specify the pages
Fig. 393
(elements) to perform the batch on (Fig. 395):
Clicking OK after having specified the pages, the operations window appears where
the batch operation cab be selected (Fig. 394)
Activate all layers This will switch all non-frozen layers on.
Zoom extents Select this to zoom all elements selected by the current element filter setting to their
extents.
Run an AutoCAD This option opens a selection box (Fig. 396) with pre-defined AutoCAD scripts.
Script Here you can write your own sequence of AutoCAD and Cadelec commands for
execution in a batch process.
Fig. 396
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This script option gives you access to AutoCAD's extensive scripting capabilities,
whereby you can write custom AutoLISP functions and call them up in a batch
process to perform special operations over all elements of the selected library.
For full details on the AutoLISP programming language please refer to the
AutoLISP programmer's manual which comes with AutoCAD.
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7.7 Slides
This function (LIB_SHW) creates library showcases displaying all elements
contained in the selected library. It can be run from the Tools / Utilities menu
(Fig. 399) or the toolbars (Fig. 400). You should run this function if you have
copied / imported several new elements in a symbols library and want them to
appear in the Slides from where it can be inserted into the schematics (see page
Fig. 399 163). The slide will appear in the Categories, from where you can insert it in the
schematic. A slide will be also automatically created, when saving the element
with the command CADSAVE (from the File / Save menu or toolbar).
In element mode (with an open element, you can also generate a slide with the GS
(Generate Slide) command.
With the Slides function you can also print out the library showcases.
Fig. 400 As this operation will open all elements in AutoCAD it requires that you are the
only active net user.
When you issue this command, Cadelec opens the dialogue box shown in Fig. 401):
Fig. 401
The No Output option should be selected if you want the slides to be created
without printing them out.
Selecting the Printer / Plotter option creates the slides and prints them out.
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In the Number Of Returns field you can enter the number of returns needed by the
AutoCAD plot mechanism. The default is the number of returns entered in the Print
Setup.
After clicking the OK button Cadelec will create the slides automatically and store
them in the library. The name of the slides are prefixed with $_ followed by the
drawing number e.g. $_ 0001 for the first drawing within this library.
Appendix B shows the slides of the symbol library, which comes with Cadelec.
When creating a new element, the slide will be generated automatically when
saving the element. The automatic slide creation works only if you use the Save
function from the menu, from the toolbar, or typing the command CADSAVE.
Typing the AutoCAD command QSAVE, will not generate the slide.
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LIST
Selecting List from the menu opens first the library selection window where you
can select the library, then a list with reports on the existing libraries. Cadelec
comes with 4 pre-defined library reports listing information like library name, type
of library, used standard, number of elements, etc. (Fig. 403).
Fig. 403
ELEMENTS
These reports will list details on elements contained in a library.
Selecting Elements from the File / Reports / Library menu, will bring up a report
selection window with the available reports (Fig. 404).
Fig. 404
Generate a report To generate a report, locate the cursor on this report and press ENTER. The library
selection window appears and after selecting the library, a dialogue box appears
where you can enter a filter to narrow down the amount of data listed. Leaving the
filter empty will generate the whole report. If you want a filter to narrow down the
listed data you will use the syntax explained on page 54. If you are generating
reports on libraries your filter will access the library database LIBS.DBF (alias
LIBS). Reports on elements will access the elements database ELEMS.DBF (alias
ELEMS).
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Next, the output device selection dialogue box will be opened where you can select
Fig. 405
The default output device is Screen. This will display the report on the screen.
Edit a report To edit a report, locate the cursor on the report to be edited within the selection box
and press the F2 key. For a description of the functions of the report designer
please refer to page 75. You will find the list of library (LIBS.DBF) and elements
(ELEMS.DBF) database fields in APPENDIX A (page 359). Usually you will
access these databases when editing or creating reports on libraries and elements.
Create a new report To create a new report press the INS key. Cadelec will prompt you to decide
whether you wish to use the report where the cursor is located as prototype. For a
detailed description of the report designer and the steps needed to create a report
please refer to page 75. The library and elements database fields, which are
accessed when creating or editing reports or libraries and elements are to be found
in APPENDIX A.
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Library Elements
Operations and functions on elements will always access the library, which is
currently selected. Before you can e.g. Edit a library element you will have to open
the library whose elements you wish to access (Open Library function - see page
271).
Types of library Electrical symbols, cabinets and physical part drawings are elements which can
elements only be created in the matching type of library:
Electrical symbols are stored in Schematic symbols libraries.
Cabinets are stored in cabinet libraries.
Physical part drawings are stored in physical libraries.
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Electrical symbol, cabinets and physical part drawings can only be created in
the library with the fitting type.
Fig. 406
The function (CRE_ELE) can be selected from the Cadelec menu (Fig. 406) or
the CADELEC / Library toolbar (Fig. 407).
The element definition window appears (Fig. 408) where the element code and
element creation options can be set.
Fig. 407
Fig. 408
Element Code In this field you enter the name of the element. The element name can have up to 8
alphanumerical characters including the signs "$" and "_" (DOS file name
convention). Cadelec will store the element as an AutoCAD .DWG drawing within
the library directory.
Take Data of other With this option you can copy the data sheet of another element contained in the
Element same library. You can use it as a model for the new element and edit the data sheet
entries instead of entering all information. Activating this option opens a selection
box with all elements contained in the same library. From there you can select the
element you wish to copy the data sheet from (Fig. 409).
Fig. 409
If this option is selected, the Copy same page as data sheet will be enabled allowing
you to copy the element as well.
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Create empty Page This option should be selected if you don't want to use another element as a
model. You can select the Take data of other Element option to use the data sheet of
an other element.
Copy same page This is only selectable if an element was already selected with the Take data of
as data sheet other Element option. Selecting this option will copy the element data so that you
can use it as a model for the new element.
Copy which page This option lets you copy an element from another source than the active library.
You might use this option to copy elements from diskette or from another library.
Fig. 410
Unless you didn't change the library drive and path the libraries are contained in the
directory /CLPW/LI (see also page 34).
Clicking OK in the New element dialogue box, the element data sheet appears,
where you can further define the element (see page 289).
After the element is defined or copied, its drawing will be opened, and you can
draw the element and define its attributes with Cadelec's special functions for
element creation.
When saving the element with the Save function from the File menu or the toolbar
(command: CADSAVE), Cadelec will generate a slide automatically for this
element, and it will appear in the categories toolbar, from where it can be inserted
into the schematic. Saving with the QSAVE command will save the element without
generating the slide.
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Fig. 411
From this element selection window you can perform several functions on the
selected element:
Open an element
Edit an element
View an element
Create a new element
When viewing an element, Cadelec opens the element data sheet, but the fields
Fig. 412 cannot be modified (only viewed).
Fig. 413
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Clicking on the down arrow in the Element box, allows to select the element in
the open library.
Fig. 414
Fig. 415
Fig. 416
Depending on the kind of element, the other Options can be available, for entering
data specific to that kind of element. For example, if the element is a Coil or
Contact activating element, the Contacts button is active. Clicking on the Contact
button, the Contact definition dialogue box appears, where the contacts of the
element can be defined (see also page 293).
Kind of Element Here you select the kind of element (e.g. for the 3-ph motor: Final consumer
item). To change the kind of element definition, click on the bar and hold the mouse
button down. Cadelec displays all kind of element definitions. Drag the mouse
cursor to the required entry and release it. The kind of element definition list will be
opened from where you can select with the cursor and by pressing ENTER. Though
some of these element types might at first sight appear very similar Cadelec makes
a distinction for internal analysis purposes. Also the kind of element definition can
be taken in account in the component definition for matching of elements and
catalogue records. For this reason you should define the relevant element type as
accurately as possible. A description of all Kind of Element descriptions is given on
page 291.
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Menu Category Here you can specify the menu item in the Element categories in which it will
appear (e.g. for the 3-pf motor: Motor Generator).
Prototype This field shows the prototype which is used for the element. If you did not select
an element to be used as a model, this field displays the name of the empty
prototype drawing PRSCH for an electrical symbols, PRCAB for cabinets and
PRPHY for physical part drawings.
Mnemonic In this field you enter the element mnemonic, which will prefix the Device ID when
performing the automatic element numbering (see page 185).
Created/Last mod. These fields will be filled out automatically with the date of creation and the date
of the last modification.
Tested In this field you can enter the date when the functionality of the element was tested.
Group Here you can enter a group definition e.g. Switch for all switches.
Use Here you might wish to give details on the element usage, if required.
Description In this field you can enter an element description e.g. three-phase squirrel-cage
motor.
Draughtsman 1 - 4 These fields can be used freely e.g. to describe the function of an assembled group,
enter your draughtsman ID or other data of this type.
Catalogue Here you enter a default for the catalogue. Typing ? and pressing ENTER opens a
selection window with the available catalogues. The default catalogue assignment
will only be used if the element was not defined with one of the define components
functions (see page 65).
Record Here you define the default catalogue record. Typing ? and pressing enter opens a
list of record entries of the previously selected catalogue .This default component
definition will only be used if the component was not defined using one of the
define component functions. Even if the component was not defined, the default
definition will not be considered as valid as long as you don't run the DEFINE
PARTS function (see page 195). Cadelec will display the default definition and
consider it to be valid if you leave it unchanged.
This default component assignment with the CATALOGUE and RECORD field will
be used if you usually order certain components from a certain manufacturer.
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Kinds of Elements
The following library elements require a fixed kind of element definition:
Contact-activating Contact-activating elements are defined as those which control the opening and
element closing of contacts, such as relays and contactors. Cadelec examines this type of
element when running cross-reference analysis.
Coupled Elements Coupled elements can be grouped by a cross-reference function. The cross-
reference analysis will detect those elements as a functional group and annotate the
position of the other elements alongside every element (see also: Kinds of Cross-
References, page 177). Usually you will use this kind of element definition for
Switches and Pushbuttons for example to assign all components which can switch
the unit on with the ON group.
Protection device You will use this kind of element definition for Fuses and other non contact
activating protection devices.
Final consumer item Typical final consumer items are Motors, Resistors, Lamps etc.
Cadelec treats the elements defined with Protection Device, Final Consumer Item
and Passive Element similar. The distinction is only made for a more accurate
classification.
Terminal block This should be used for a single terminal. Elements with more than one terminal
should be defined as Group Of Element.
Plug, Connector With this Kind of Element definition you should assign plugs and connectors.
Auxiliary graphics These element types are not taken into account by Cadelec analyses and do not
element appear in the Cadelec reports (e.g. Cabinets).
Group of elements This element type is used for creating assembled symbol groups for reuse in other
(Macros) projects. There are several groups of elements in the symbols library that comes
with Cadelec. For example the triple terminal block KLEMMO3 which is made up
of three terminal blocks of the type KLEMMO1.Other examples are the groups
stored as BGH* in the symbols library. These are commonly used part drawings e.g.
BGH004 which consists of three lines L1, L2, L3 with equipotential cross-reference
markers on both ends. Note that Groups of Elements should be exploded when
inserting to the schematics with the IE command. This can either be done by
prefixing the element name with an asterisk e.g. *KLEMMO3 or by performing the
AutoCAD command _EXPLODE once the element was inserted. Exploding will
separate the group (an AutoCAD block) into its component parts.
If you insert groups of elements from the SLIDES or from the template they will be
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exploded automatically.
Functional assemblies These kinds of elements usually form a group of elements in which the Functional
Functional Assembly (Master) controls the Sub-Assembly (Slave). For details on the cross-
sub-assemblies referencing capabilities of these elements see Kinds of Cross-References, page 177.
Equipotential This type of element is included for carrying over wire references from one part of
cross-reference mark the project to another. This might be on the same page or on a different one. This
element type is taken in account when running the equipotential cross-reference
analysis (see page 154).
Prototype Schematic This kind of element definition is only used to define title boxes.
Drawing
Terminal drawing With this kind of element definition you define the prototype terminal drawings.
Non-graphic accessory This kind of element definition is used for special kinds of elements. Those
elements are for example screws, fuse holders and other accessories which should
not appear in the schematics but are required as accessories. You might wish to
define such non-graphic elements in order to include them as spare material to your
project costing estimate using the Add Component function as described on page 62.
Prototype library This kind of element definition is used for the prototypes for library elements.
drawing Cadelec automatically creates an empty page which is used when creating an
element from scratch.
Master PLC This kind of element definition is used for a PLC, which is defined by one element.
You will also use it for the first part of a PLC if the PLC is built with more than
one elements. In this case you will define the other PLC elements as Slave PLCs.
The cross-referencing capabilities of the Master PLCs are the same as for the
Functional Assemblies. See also Kinds of Cross-References, page 177.
Slave PLC You will use this kind of element definition if a PLC is built up by more than one
element. In this case, you will define the first part of this PLC element as Master
PLC and the others as Slave PLCs. The cross-referencing capabilities of the Slave
PLCs are the same as for the Functional Sub-Assemblies. See also Kinds of Cross-
References, page 177.
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Fig. 417
Fig. 418
In this dialogue box the contacts can be defined according to IEC / DIN rules,
special definition or manual definition, selecting the appropriate option. You can
also recalculate the contact numbers according to IEC / DIN rules or a special
definition, clicking on the IEC/DIN or Special button.
To define a contact, select the appropriate contact type from the list
The contact definition should at the end have the following form:
R\1,2;3,4;5,6\13,14\21,22\31,32\43,44......
Fig. 419
Cabinet Dimensions
When you create a new cabinet element or edit one (the kind of element is
Auxiliary graphics element), the Cabinets tab is activated in the Edit Element
window (Fig. 420). Here you can define the cabinet and mounting plate
dimensions.
Fig. 420
Assembly Size In the fields of this area you enter the dimensions of the cabinet.
Assembly Gate Here you enter the dimensions of the mounting plate.
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Once you have entered the dimensions and confirmed by clicking on the OK button,
Cadelec enters AutoCAD. Cabinet and mounting plate will be created
automatically.
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Electrical symbols
Electrical symbols will be drawn using AutoCAD commands like _LINE,
_RECTANG, _CIRCLE and other 2D drawing commands. The AutoCAD SNAP
function should be turned on (F9 key). This will help you to draw the element poles
with the required phase distance (5 AutoCAD for DIN and BS standard; 10 for
IEC).
Another very important thing to do is to set the element base point with the Base
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function (page 308). By doing so, you define the base point for insertion which
should be the upper left-hand pole of the element.
Once you have finished this graphical designing you will have to set the Cadelec
attributes. The table on page 299 shows which attributes are needed for the different
kinds of elements.
If you wish to create a simple group of elements like the triple terminal block
KLEMMO3 which is also a group built with a KLEMMOV and two KLEMMO1
elements you should use the CAP command to do so (see page 242). Please bear in
mind that such Macros (Group of Element kind definition) should be exploded
when inserting with the IE command (see also page 163). You don't need to insert
attributes as every element of this group has its attributes.
PLC components
When creating a PLC component from scratch, you should follow the steps
described below:
check whether SNAP (hotkey F9) and ORTHO (F8) are operative
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Assign the channels of the PLC starting with CN1 followed by CN2, CN3,
CN4, etc. Once you have done this, add the pole attribute with the next index
number on the POWER pin. If you have for example created a PLC with 10
channels (assigned with CN1 by CN10) the power pin should be assigned with
CN11.Now add the next pole attribute to the ground pin. Following the example
above, this would be CN12.
run the DEFFU function to add the cross-reference function attribute ( in menu
Cadelec \ Library \ Drawing \ XR-Function) -Fig. 422.
In the next step you will have to annotate the PLC channel attributes
DES?, COM?, SYM? and OP? (see pages 328 - 326 ) to every channel
of the PLC using the corresponding commands (Fig. 422)..
Annotate the Device ID attribute with the Device ID (SNA) function
from the Cadelec \ Library \Drawing menu or with the DEFSI
command.
Add the following attributes to the PLC:
Zone, Location, Catalogue, Record, Technical Data, Tag, User 1-4.
Save your work selecting Save from the File menu
After you have finished the graphical layout you should enter the SNA
attribute using the SNA only function from the Cadelec \ Library \ Drawing
Fig. 422 menu (see page 331). This attribute annotates the Device ID of the part in
question without adding the attributes needed for element numbering
purposes (see also page 354).
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8.4.1 Attributes
Attributes are textual information associated with a block e.g. an element.
They are used by Cadelec to connect project pages with databases. This
connection works in both ways: From the page to the database and from the
database to the page.
Data which was entered to an attribute e.g. the zone assignment will be
written to a database from where it will be accessed for analysis purposes.
The other way around (from the database to the project page) is performed
e.g. when defining a component by a manufacturer catalogue record. In this
case Cadelec annotates the Technical Data of this catalogue record alongside
the element.
The attribute itself stays invisible when the element is inserted into a
schematic. Only the content of the attribute is visible (if not turned invisible).
The attributes can be seen when opening the element with the Cadelec \
Attributes of relay REL3H11 Library \ Element \ Open function.
device ID groups)
CATALOGUE Catalogue annotation CATALOGUE all electrical symbols (excepted 317
groups)
RECORD Catalogue record RECORD all electrical symbols (excepted 318
annotation groups)
TECHDATA01-05 Technical data TECH.DATA all electrical symbols with 319
annotation CATALOGUE and RECORD
attribute
CN?? Elements pole POLES all electrical symbols (excepted 310
annotation e.g. 1U1, groups)
1V1 etc
CC01 - 02 Cable and wire CABLE-COND Single terminal blocks 322
annotation
DIR1-2 Direction marker for ORIENTATION Single terminal blocks 323
terminal orientation
TAG_NUM Tag number annotation TAG all electrical symbols (excepted 324
groups)
USER_1-4 User definable USER 1-4 all electrical symbols (excepted 325
attributes groups)
DES?? Description to PLC PLC components 328
channel
COM?? Comment to PLC PLC components 329
channel
SYM?? PLC channel label PLC components 327
OP?? PLC channel address PLC components 326
XR_PREV Equipotential (from) equipotential markers 333
XR_NEXT Equipotential (to) - equipotential markers 333
SNA Device ID annotation SNA ONLY for physical part drawings 331
SNA_FROZEN Freeze device ID Freeze Device IDs all electrical symbols 312
The reason of placing all those attributes on top of others is that those attributes are
meant to hold information that normally will be invisible, so that the fact they are
stacked on top of the others is not important at all.
Updating attributes
Some cases might require that you update certain attribute. This might be the case
e.g. when using an element as prototype to re-define the contact definition attribute
XR_TYPE and the contact map.
To do so, simply insert the required attributes again. Cadelec will replace the
already existing attributes by the new one.
can be set with the _DDMODIFY command. For a description of how you should
use this command please refer page 243.
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You can only open an element of the library, which is active at the moment. To
access the elements of another library set the library as the active one with the Open
Library function as described on page 271.
The function can be selected from the Tools / Filters / Filter Elements menu
(Fig. 423)
Fig. 423
Cadelec comes with a number of pre-defined filters on elements that can be
used or modified (Fig. 424).
Fig. 424
Select an existing filter To select an existing filter locate the cursor on the filter and press ENTER.
De-select an applying If you wish to de-select an applying filter run the Filter function again and select the
filter empty filter (Description : No Active Filter).
Edit an existing filter Locate the cursor on the filter to edit and press the F2 key. Cadelec opens a
dialogue box where you can edit the filter (Fig. 425). The syntax used for filter
definition is explained below.
Fig. 425
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Create a new filter To create a new filter press the INS key. Cadelec opens a dialogue box where you
can define the filter using the syntax described below.
Erase an existing filter To erase a no longer needed filter locate the cursor on the filter to be erased and
press the DEL key. The filter will be tagged and erased after leaving the filter
selection. To recall the deletion mark press the DEL key again.
ALIAS.FIELDNAME.
You will therefore access the fields of the elements database with the following
syntax:
ELEMS.<fieldname>,
<fieldname> should be replaced by the name of the field you wish to access.
alltrim() A character string will be returned with the leading and trailing
blanks removed.
Syntax : alltrim(expression).
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Fig. 426
8.8 Delete Element
To erase an element proceed in the following way:
After running the Delete Element function (DEL_ELE) from the Library / Element
menu (Fig. 426), select the library containing the element to be erased.
Cadelec opens the list of available library elements. Select the element to be erased
by locating the cursor and pressing the DEL key. The element will be tagged. Select
further elements for deletion or press the ENTER to leave the element deletion box.
Fig. 427
If you confirmed the deletion, Cadelec will prompt you to decide whether the
elements should be backed up before deletion. Clicking on the YES button opens a
dialogue box where you can set the backup drive and path.
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Fig. 429
Number of Columns This lines state the number of columns and rows in the library area of the tablet.
Number of Rows The default number of columns and rows is 17 columns and 29 rows. You can
change this number of columns and rows freely.
Overlay (1-4) Cadelec features 4 overlays for the library area of the template. In this field you
enter the overlay number where you want the element to be integrated. You can use
the AutoCAD CHMENU command to switch to another library template.
Column/Row Here you specify the column and row where you want the element to be placed
within the tablet template.
Once the template was loaded you can enter a textual description with the _TEXT
command or place the symbol itself with the _INSERT command on the position
which was entered in the Integrate Tablet dialogue box (see previous page).
Depending on the element size you will insert it with scale factors between 0.3 and
0.4.After this, save the drawing.
Now you will have to save the tablet with a different name. Run the Save as
command and enter a new name for the tablet area e.g. TAB_14_2.
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You will find most of the operations and functions explained on the next pages, in
the Cadelec /Library / Drawing menu (Fig. 430).
Fig. 430
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Command: BASE
This function, run from the menu (Fig. 432) or the LIBRARY-DRAWING toolbar
(Fig. 431), sets the base point for inserting the electrical symbol into the schematic.
The base point is usually the upper left-hand pole of the element but can also be set
differently according to the requirements of the used standard.
Fig. 431
Fig. 432
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Command: DCLINE
With this command you draw the break lines which define the length of the cable
that is cut when you insert the element into a wiring diagram.
You do this by marking a start point and an end point. The resulting line, drawn in
Fig. 433 the LBRK layer, will determine the section that is cut from the existing wiring to
make room for the element upon insertion. When drawing the element, it is
important to make sure that the break lines aligns exactly with the poles on your
symbol; otherwise the automatic cable-cut feature will not work when you insert the
element into a drawing. To ensure that the lines are aligned correctly, make sure
that the AutoCAD SNAP function is operative (F9 key).
Fig. 434
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Without this attribute Cadelec will not consider this element connected.
Fig. 435 When you insert the pole attributes you should mind the following rule:
The pole attribute insertion point must be within a distance of 2.25 AutoCAD co-
ordinates from the end of poles of your symbol. Within this Connection Square (4.5
x 4.5 AutoCAD co-ordinates) Cadelec will search for a connection (Fig. 437). If it
is not able to find it, the pole will be considered as not connected.
Fig. 436
This is necessary because of the way Cadelec looks for a connection: the default
connectivity connection square is 4.5 x 4.5 AutoCAD units, that is, when looking
for a possible connection, Cadelec looks for a connection (pole and line end) within
a square around the element pole, with the semi-side of 2.25 units by default. If a
line end is found it is considered to be connected to this pole.
This value of the connectivity square ( default semi-side = 2.25 units) can be
changed, by creating a text file (.TXT) named CNX_SET.TXT, which contains the
value of the connectivity square (semi-side of the square) in one line. The file has to
be placed in the project directory (\P\PR\<Project Name>).
Once you have selected the insertion point, Cadelec will open the Define
Connection Poles dialogue box, where you can define the Connection Point Name
(enter for example 1U1 for a pole of a three-phase motor or other pole numbers),
and the Index Number (1 for the first connection attribute CN1 for example).
Note: The default values of the CN? attributes for PLCs have to be numeric
(Connection Point Name), otherwise, when running the PCOMP function (page
240), an error message will be displayed.
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Command: DEFSI
Running this function inserts the attributes, which are needed for
component numbering, and the Device ID attribute. You can select it
from the menu (Fig. 439) or the LIBRARY-DRAWING toolbar (Fig.
440). These attributes are needed for all elements except macros.
After you have selected an insertion point, Cadelec will prompt you to enter the
element mnemonic. The default is the Mnemonic entered in the element data sheet.
INDEXCOL: counter for elements with the same mnemonic located in the same
column.
This command will create and insert the SNA_FROZEN attribute for an
element, asking for its insertion point. This attribute will be inserted on
the SNA_FROZEN layer, allowing you to turn it on or off in a project
page, and will be visible.
The SFREEZE command (see page 191) will write a star (*) into the
SNA_FROZEN attribute, which will tell the element numbering
Fig. 441
commands that the ID of the element should not be changed. The
SUNFREEZE command (see page 192) will remove the star (*) from
the SNA_FROZEN attribute, allowing the element numbering commands to change
the ID of the element.
Fig. 442
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Command: DEFEQI
This command defines the Equipotential Cross-Reference Identifier attribute
(EQXRMI) for the XRef point elements.
The command can be selected from the Library / Drawing menu (Fig. 443) or the
LIBRARY DRAWING toolbar (Fig. 444).
Fig. 443 Running the command will ask for the attribute position and then will set the
EQXRMI attribute.
Fig. 444
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The function can be selected from the menu (Fig. 445) or the LIBRARY-
DRAWING toolbar (Fig. 446). These attributes should be inserted on
elements with the following kind of element definition:
Coils And Other Contact Activating Elements,
Contacts,
Fig. 445 Master PLCs and Coupled Elements (see also Kinds of elements,
page291).
After selecting the position where the attributes should be inserted Cadelec will
prompt you to define the cross-reference type or to accept the default, which is set
by, the element and contact definition (see page 293). If you wish to change the
contact definition or add further contacts e.g. to define more than 16 contact you
Fig. 446 will do this here.
The contact definition should at the end have the following form:
R/1,2;3,4;5,6/13,14/21,22/31,32/43,44......
XR_FUNCTION :
This attribute will hold the cross- reference function name.
XR_TYPE:
The XR_TYPE attribute contains information to describe the behavior of the
element as far as cross-references are concerned. It tells the cross-reference which
kind of cross-referencing has to be performed and which contacts are available (on
contacts) or which contacts can be controlled (on coils and contact activating
elements). Since this is an internal control information it is not shown and thus it is
an invisible attribute.
The contents of the XR_TYPE attribute basically depends on the kind of element
definition:
XR_TYPE of contacts
On contacts, the XR_TYPE attribute holds the contact numbers. This can
be either static numbers like 1,2;3,4 or floating numbers like *1,*2;*3,*4.
Floating contact numbers are changed during cross-reference calculation to
the next free contacts e.g. to 11,12;13,14. Static contact numbers will not
be changed.
Command: DEFRC
Once you have inserted the XR_Function attribute on an element (only
on Coils and Contact Activating Elements, Contacts and Coupled
Elements) you can run the XR-Position function. You can do it from the
menu (Fig. 447) or the LIBRARY-DRAWING toolbars (Fig. 408) The
XR-Position function evaluates the XR_TYPE attribute which holds the
cross-reference type description (see page 293). Depending on the
contents of this attribute and the kind of element, Cadelec will annotate
one the following attributes:
Note: The shape of the contacts in the contact map is controlled by a set of DWGs,
starting with XRC_, located in the library directory (for example XRC_NO.DWG for
the normally open contact representation). If you want to change these drawings,
you can do it in AutoCAD, and after that, to make the change appear in the element
too, open the element and perform an updating of the drawing with the UPB_A
command.
Fig. 448
On contacts:
On contacts, Cadelec will insert the XR_MAIN attribute which annotates the
position (Page / Column, Row) of the coil.
On coupled elements:
On coupled elements Cadelec inserts the attributes XR_GROUP1 to XR_GROUP5.
These attributes will annotate the position of the other components of a peer to peer
Fig. 449
cross-reference group (Kinds of Cross-References see page 177). If you need more
than 5 of these attributes you can copy them after insertion, run the _DDEDIT
command and change them into XR_GROUP6, XR_GROUP7, etc. In this way you
can annotate up to 99 of these attributes.
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Fig. 450
Fig. 451
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Fig. 453
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Fig. 455
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Running this function, from the menu (Fig. 457) or the toolbars (Fig. 456), will
insert the LOCATION attribute which annotates the wiring location of the
component.
The location will normally only be annotated if it differs from the page default
Fig. 456 location (see page 48).
Fig. 457
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The wiring zone will only be annotated if it differs from the page default zone (see
page 48).
Fig. 458
Fig. 459
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After running this function, from the menu (Fig. 461) or the toolbars (Fig. 460),
Cadelec will prompt you to enter the index number. Enter 01 for the CC01 attribute,
Fig. 460 which should be placed on top of the terminal. CC02 should always be placed on
the bottom of the terminal (Fig. 462).
Once you have selected the position, Cadelec will place the attribute horizontally.
You can use the AutoCAD command _ROTATE to get the annotation vertically.
The cable and wire specification can be set with the SCAB command from the
Cadelec / Terminal / Cables / Set menu (see page 217) or within the Terminal
Editor (see page 222). In Fig. 463 you see the cable and wire annotations for the X1
terminal.
After running this function, from the Cadelec / Library menu (Fig. 464) or the
toolbars (Fig. 465), Cadelec will prompt you to enter the index number. Enter 1 for
DIR1 attribute, which should be placed on top of the terminal. After running this
command again enter 2 for the DIR2 attribute on the bottom of the terminal (Fig.
467). Once the orientation attributes have been inserted, you will have to mark the
external side. To do so, run the _DDEDIT command and select the attribute (DIR1 or
DIR2) on the external side of the terminal. From the opened dialogue box enter an
asterisk (*) in the attribute default field (see page 243).
In Fig. 466 you see a circuit with terminals. The external sides are assigned with an
asterisk.
Fig. 464
Fig. 465
Fig. 466
Fig. 467
Internal and external are only marked but not defined by this attribute. The orientation of the
side terminals is defined by the contents of the pole attributes CN1 and CN2
(see page 310).
The DEFDIR command will place the DIR1 and DIR2 attributes on the DIR layer,
which holds only these attributes. By setting this layer ON / OFF or FREEZE /
UNFREEZE you can display or hide the terminal direction marks (*) in the
drawing.
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When working on schematics, you will use the STAG command to set the tag.
Fig. 468
Fig. 469
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Fig. 471
Fig. 470
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Command: DEFOP
The PLC channel address attributes OP?? (e.g. OP1, OP10, etc.) can be set with the
DEFOP command. Running this command will prompt you to specify the position
(Enter Position) and then the Index Number. Entering 1 for example will annotate
OP1.
Fig. 472 The command can be selected from the Library / Drawing menu (Fig. 472) or the
LIBRARY-DRAWING toolbar (Fig. 473).
The PLC channel address attributes OP?? (e.g. OP1, OP10, etc.) can be set with the
AutoCAD _ATTDEF command too:
When running this command, AutoCAD will prompt you to set the attribute modes:
Enter P and press ENTER to enable the presetting. The attribute modes will now
Fig. 473 show as follows:
Enter the name of the attribute OP followed by a number e.g. OP1 for the Tag.
Leave the Prompt and the Default empty.
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Command: DEFSYM
Running the DEFSYM command (Fig. 474 or Fig. 475), will prompt for the position
first, which you will indicate by clicking at it, and then for the Index Number (e.g.
1).
Again, you can use the AutoCAD command _ATTDEF (see page 243). PRESET has
Fig. 474 to be checked.
Enter the attribute name SYM followed by its number e.g. SYM1 for the attribute tag.
Leave the prompt and default empty.
Fig. 475
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Command: DEFDES
The PLC channel description attributes DES?? (e.g. DES1, DES10, etc.) can be set
with the DEFDES command which will prompt for the position first, then the Index
Number.
The command can be selected from the Library/Drawing menu (Fig. 476) or the
Fig. 476 LIBRARY-DRAWING toolbar (Fig. 477).
It can also be done with the AutoCAD attribute definition command _ATTDEF.
AutoCAD will prompt you to control the attribute modes. Check whether PRESET is
enabled. If it is not, enter P and press ENTER. After this the attribute modes will be
shown again with Preset enabled. Press ENTER to proceed.
Enter the name of the attribute DES followed by its index number e.g. as the attribute
tag. Leave the prompt and the default empty.
Fig. 477
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Command: DEFCMT
Running the command will prompt for the position where the attribute COM?? (e.g.
COM1, COM10, etc.) should be inserted and then the Index Number.
The command can be selected from the Library/Drawing menu (Fig. 478) or the
LIBRARY-DRAWING toolbar (Fig. 479).
Fig. 478
With the AutoCAD _ATTDEF command (see page 243), AutoCAD will prompt you
for the attributes modes. You should check and if necessary change PRESET to be
enabled.
Enter the name of the attribute COM followed by its index number e.g. COM1 as the
attribute tag. Leave the prompt and default empty.
Fig. 479
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This attribute will hold information about the functionality of the PLC pin, for
example if the pin is a power pin and it should be connected to +24 V, the pin
function attribute of that pin could be defined as +24V.
These attributes can be afterwards modified and edited as other attributes with the
_DDATTE command.
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Fig. 481
Fig. 480
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Command: CCDLG
The CCDLG function allows you to make changes to the appearance of the
CATEGORIES toolbar.
Running the command from the Library/Element menu (Fig. 482) or the CADELEC /
Library toolbar (Fig. 484), brings up the dialogue box shown in Fig. 483 where you
can select the Category name from a list, change it, and specify the category tool tip
as it should appear in the menu as well as the category help string. Then clicking on
Fig. 482 the Apply and Reload Menu button, the changes will be applied to the Categories
toolbar.
Fig. 483
Fig. 484
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The EQXRMI attribute is set with the DEFEQI command (see page 313)
The equipotential marker attributes XR_PREV (from) and XR_NEXT (to) must be
set using the AutoCAD _ATTDEF function. After running this command,
AutoCAD will prompt you for the following parameters:
Attribute modes -- Invisible : N Constant : N Verify : N Preset : Y.Constant,
Verify should always be disabled and Preset always enabled. You should
therefore change Preset to be enabled by entering P and press ENTER. Now
you can change the status of the Invisible parameter if required by entering I and
pressing ENTER.Once you have done this press ENTER to proceed.
Attribute tag: here you enter XR_PREV (or XR_NEXT).
Attribute prompt: enter XR_PREV (or XR_NEXT), too.
Default attribute value: leave this field empty and press ENTER.
Click with the mouse on the required position.
Enter the attribute height or confirm the default value.
Enter the rotation angle or press ENTER to confirm the default.
Fig. 485
Fig. 486
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Check if the layer of the inserted new attributes is correct (see the list of the
terminal pinout attributes). For example the T.FROM_COND[x][y] attributes
should be on the REF_A layer (which is turned OFF).
You might use the CAP command to create symbol groups like the library element
KLEMMO3 that is made up of one KLEMMO1V and two KLEMMO1 elements.
After running this command from the Library menu (Fig. 488) or the toolbars (Fig.
489), Cadelec will prompt you to enter the following parameters:
Name of the library to capture from. Press ENTER if you wish to capture an element
of the same library or enter the library name.
Name of the element to capture. Enter the name of the element name.
Then you will have to select the insertion point by clicking with the mouse on
the required position.
Cadelec will prompt you whether you want the element to be exploded or not.
Usually captured elements should not be exploded but this depends on the
element to be created (please refer to Blocks in the AutoCAD manual).
Fig. 488
Fig. 489
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The command can be selected from the Library menu (Fig. 490) or the Library toolbar
(Fig. 491).
Fig. 490
Running the command brings up the dialogue box in Fig. 492 where you have to select
the element in the left section and to specify the Element Category where it will appear.
Fig. 491
Fig. 492
The elements found in the left window are those for which the specification of a
category is missing in the ELEMS.DBF database.
Please bear in mind that when using this command, a project has to be open -
otherwise an error message will be displayed.
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Below you see the AutoCAD commands you will need for attribute definition and
modification. They are only explained as far Cadelec is concerned. For further
information on these commands, please refer to your AutoCAD manual.
_ATTDEF
This is the AutoCAD command for ATTribute DEFinition. You will only need it to
define some seldom used attributes e.g. for equipotential cross-reference analysis.
Most of the attributes needed for the Cadelec symbols should only be defined with
the Cadelec functions.
After running this command, AutoCAD will prompt you for the following
parameters:
Attribute modes -- Invisible : N Constant : N Verify : N Preset : N.
The Constant, Verify mode should always be disabled while Preset should be
enabled. To change one of the current attribute modes enter I to change the
status of Invisible and P to change the status of the Preset. Once you have done
this press ENTER to proceed.
Attribute tag: here you enter the name of the attribute.
Attribute prompt: here you enter the prompt AutoCAD would place to enter
textual information to this attribute.
Attribute Default: This is the default textual data the attribute will have.
Once you have entered Tag, Prompt and default, AutoCAD will prompt you to
select the position where the attribute will be located. You will do this by
clicking with the mouse.
Now AutoCAD will prompt you to enter the attribute height. Enter a value or
press ENTER of confirm the default.
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DDMODIFY
This is a very powerful command, which can be used to modify the entities of any
object
After running this function, AutoCAD will prompt you to select the object. You
will do this by clicking with the mouse. The dialogue box shown in Fig. 493 will be
opened from where you can change the attribute entities.
Fig. 493
DDATTE
This command allows you to edit the attributes of an entity.
Running the command will bring up the dialogue box shown in Fig. 494 where the
attributes appear with their values and they can be edited.
Fig. 494
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Catalogues
With Cadelec you can create manufacturers catalogues with records describing
details of the article. Using the Define Components function you can associate the
electrical symbol with the manufacturer's article.
Fig. 496
Fig. 497
New Catalogue
Clicking the New button you can define a new catalogue and enter the catalogue
data. To save the changes click the Save button.
Catalogue Code Here you enter the name of the catalogue. Usually you will specify the name as a
shortcut of the manufacturer. Depending on how you wish to organize your
catalogues, you can add a shortcut for the records contained e.g. XYZ_MOT for a
catalogue of all Motors of the manufacturer XYZ. You define the catalogue name
with up to 8 alphanumerical characters.
Number of Parts This field is filled out automatically with the number of records contained in the
catalogue. When creating a new catalogue it will be logically zero.
Created/Last mod. This fields will be filled out automatically with the data of creation and last
modification.
ACTIVE on disk This shows you whether the catalogue is available for immediate access (ACTIVE
BACKUP on disk) or must be restored first (BACKUP status)
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Description Here you enter a brief description of the catalogue and the records contained.
Remarks Here you can enter special remarks on the catalogue and the records contained.
Edit catalogue
You can select a catalogue from the available catalogue list (clicking on the down
arrow of the box) and modify the catalogue descriptions.
Backup Catalogue
Clicking the Backup button lets you backup a catalogue.
The backup of the catalogue and its records is normally done in *.DBF format but
can be compressed if required. Once you have selected the catalogue to be backed
up Cadelec will open a dialogue box from where you can select the format, the
source and path for the backup (for a detailed description of the Backup Parameters
please refer to page 66).
Restore Catalogue
By clicking the Restore button you can restore a catalogue.
restore catalogues which are in BACKUP status (deleted catalogues)
integrate catalogues which are totally unknown to Cadelec (purged catalogues)
Delete Catalogue
You can delete a catalogue with no longer needed records for example if you have
received a new catalogue with the up-to-date price list.
Clicking the Delete button will open a dialogue box, asking whether you want the
catalogue to be backed up before deletion (Fig. 498) and you can also select the
Purge option.
Fig. 498
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Once the catalogue was erased, it will be taken to BACKUP status. If required, you
can now proceed and restore the catalogue with the up-to-date catalogue.
Purge Catalogue
Selecting the Purge option in the Delete catalogue dialogue (Fig. 498) will remove
the catalogue from disk.
After the catalogue was purged it is totally unknown for Cadelec. If you want to re-
integrate such purged catalogues, you should create a new catalogue with the name
of the catalogue you wish to integrate and restore it from a safe backup.
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You can use the pre-defined filters, modify them or create your own ones.
Fig. 499
Fig. 500
Select an existing filter To select an already existing filter locate the cursor on the required filter and press
ENTER. An appearing filter will flag the currently open catalogue with red color in
the status bar.
De-select an applying To de-select an applying filter run the Filter Catalogues function again and select
filter the filter with empty syntax field (Description: No Active Filter).
Edit an existing filter To modify an existing filter, locate the cursor on the filter to be edited and press the
F2 key. Cadelec will open a dialogue box where you can edit the filter definition.
Create a new filter To create a new filter press the INS key within the filter selection box. Cadelec
opens a data entry box where you can enter the filter using the syntax described
below.
Erase an existing Filters which are no longer needed can be erased by locating the cursor on it and
filter pressing the DEL key. The filter will be tagged and erased after leaving the
selection box. Pressing the DEL key again will recall the deletion marking.
You will therefore access the fields of the catalogues database with the following
syntax:
CATS.<fieldname>
<fieldname> should be replaced by the name of the field you wish to access. The
database fields and the information contained are listed below.
9 - Catalogues- Filter on catalogues 337
It can be selected from the Utilities menu (Fig. 501) or the UTILITIES toolbar (Fig.
502).
Fig. 501
Re-indexing also optimizes the databases for best performance.
Re-Indexing the Catalogues, can be also used to upgrade catalogues from a previous
version, or integrate a new catalogue into Cadelec. See page 456 for details.
Fig. 502
Fig. 504
Records
These reports list details on the records contained in the catalogue that was selected
in the selection window opened when running the function.
Once you have selected the catalogue, Cadelec opens a selection box with the
available reports of this type (Fig. 505). Cadelec comes with pre-defined reports,
which can be edited if required. Beside of that you can generate new ones and erase
no longer needed reports.
Fig. 505
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Generating a report
To generate an existing report, locate the cursor on the report to be issued and press
the ENTER key.
The Select output device dialogue box appears, where you can select to output the
filter to the Screen or Printer and enter a filter to reduce the data, which will be,
listed (Fig. 506).
Fig. 506
The whole report will be created if you leave the filter setting unchanged and press
ENTER. The syntax used for filters is explained on page 54. You will apply the
filter on the fields of the catalogue database CATS.DBF when generating reports on
catalogues or on the records database CAT_REC.DBF for reports on catalogue
records. The database fields are listed in APPENDIX A.
Editing a report
To edit a report, locate the cursor on the report to be edited and press the F2 key.
Cadelec will take this report to the report generator where you can edit its fields and
the layout. For the fields and the data that can be listed please refer to Appendix A.
The steps required to edit a report are explained on page 73.
10
Catalogue Records
Catalogue records hold part specific data like the manufacturer, technical data,
price, dimensions, mounting accessories, etc.
You will need such records for Component Definition. This means, that you
associate an electrical symbol, which holds no technical data, with a specific
manufacturer article.
Fig. 509
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The record name should indicate the technical characteristics of the part in question
and not bear any manufacturer specific information. In the record field you should
therefore not enter the manufacturer reference. This will be entered in the Manuf.
Ref. field.
Quality Group If required, here you can enter the quality group the part is belonging to, e.g. to
make a spares list.
Group You can use this field freely to group the records. You can later use this group
definition to apply a filter.
Created This field will automatically be filled with the date of creation.
Last modif. Here Cadelec will automatically fill in the date of the last modification.
Intern. Stan. In this field you can enter the standard the part is conform to.
Manuf. Ref. Here you can enter a manufacturer reference (which is the article code).
Description In this field you can enter a brief description of the part. This description will
appear in the Bill of Material. Further descriptions on the part in question can be
entered in the Details window..
Remarks Here you can enter special remarks e.g. the minimum stock. This field will also
appear in the Bill of Materials. Further remarks can be entered in the Details
window.
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Clicking the Technical Data button, another dialogue is opened, where you can
enter the technical data definitions of the record, which will appear annotated along
the defined element, in schematics (Fig. 510).
Fig. 510
Power Here you can define the power of the part. First you will have to set the
measurement unit by clicking at the bar beside. Holding the mouse button down
displays a list of measurement units e.g. MW, kW, VA , etc. Drag the mouse cursor
to the required unit and release it. Once you have defined the unit, the field aside
will be enabled where you can enter the value.
Clicking the Details button, opens the dialogue where the Description and Remarks
on the record can be detailed.
Clicking the Price button, opens a window where you can define the Price of the
part, as well as the Assembling / Wiring times and costs.
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Clicking the Accessories button opens the Accessories window (Fig. 511), where
you can define the accessories of the part (if any).
Fig. 511
Qty. Here you enter the quantity of the accessory defined by the Catalogue. and
Art. Code / Description field (see below). If this field is not 0, the Catalogue and
Art. Code / Description fields become active.
Catalog In this field you enter the catalogue containing the accessory.
Click the down arrow to open the list of available catalogues, and select
the catalogue of the accessory.
Art. Code\Description In this field you enter/select the name of the record defining the required accessory.
Click the down arrow and select the record from the list.
Accessories are components without any electrical influence, which are needed for
the mounting but must be ordered additionally e.g. screws, sockets, etc. They will
neither appear in the schematics nor in the cabinets but will automatically be listed
in the Bill of Material together with the part they are needed for.
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Clicking the Physical layout button, opens a window, where you can define the
dimensions and weight of the part, as well as specify the physical library and
drawing associated with the record
Fig. 512
Height/Width You should define the height and width if you want a rectangular outline to be
inserted into the cabinet.
Depth The depth is only an additional information that will not be used within Cadelec but
can be listed within reports.
Diameter This field must be defined if you want a circular outline to represent the component
within a cabinet.
Weight (kg) The weight is an additional information that will not be used within Cadelec but can
be listed within reports.
Library In this field you enter the name of a physical part library if you wish to insert
detailed part drawings to a cabinet instead of the simple rectangular or circular
outline.
The Library field will only be enabled if there is at least one Physical part Library.
Entering a non valid character (?) and pressing ENTER, opens a selection box with
all physical libraries. Select the library containing the physical part drawing, which
should be used instead of the simple outline.
Drawing In this field you enter the name of the physical part drawing that should be
used instead of the simple outline. This detailed part drawing will be inserted to the
cabinet every time you insert a component defined by this record. Pressing ENTER
on the empty field will open a selection box with all physical part drawings stored
in the physical library which was set in the Library field (see above).
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1. Create a new library, making sure that the Physical option is selected in the
New Library dialogue box
2. Open the Physical library (command: BUS_LIB) and create a new element in it,
which is the drawing representing the part. You should draw the part true to
scale, with the dimensions defined in the record definition of the part. You can
have more layers in the drawing, for example one for the mounting holes of the
part, one for the outline etc. These layers can be later turned on/off in the
cabinet drawing to supply for example a drawing of the mounting holes on the
mounting plate of the cabinet.
Insert the SNA only attribute into the drawing (command: DEFSO) which will
hold the device ID of the element after insertion
Clicking the Filter button, opens the Filter dialogue box (Fig. 513), where
additional record definitions can be made, for applying filters on records (at
component definition for example).
Fig. 513
Mnemonic Here you set the Mnemonic (e.g. F for all protection devices) of the part described
by the record. The mnemonic can be used for matching of elements (the electrical
symbols) and the records (which are the description of the parts). You will
do this by selecting the Mnemonic option during component definition.
Kind of element Clicking the don arrow opens the Kind of Element list, from where you can set the
Kind of Element definition for the part.
This Kind of Element definition will be used to match the elements (the electrical
symbols) and the records (the description of the parts).
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Cross ref. Type In this field you enter the cross-reference type of the record (contact definition).
Filling out this field can be very helpful when searching for a record matching to a
relay during component definition.
During component definition you can select the Contact option to match the
contacts defined within the element (the electrical symbol) and the contacts defined
with the record. It might be much easier to define the contacts within the record
once, than to search for the matching relay manually.
Delete records
Clicking the Delete button, Cadelec will delete the selected record in the Record
list, in the selected catalogue from the Catalogue list, after asking for confirmation
(Fig. 504).
Fig. 514
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You might wish to apply a filter on records to narrow down the amount of records
displayed when performing record operations like Edit Record. Filter on records
will not apply during component definition. You can issue the record filter
command (FIL_REC) from the Tools / Filters menu (Fig. 515) or the CADELEC /
Filters toolbar (Fig. 516). After running the command, the filter selection window
appears, displaying the available predefined filters (Fig. 517).
You can use the pre-defined filters, modify them or create your own ones.
Fig. 515
Fig. 517
Fig. 516
Select an existing To select an existing filter locate the cursor on the required filter and press
filter ENTER. An applying filter will flag the currently open record with red color in the
status bar.
De-select an applying To de-select an applying filter run the function again and select the filter with empty
filter syntax field (Description: No Active Filter).
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Edit an existing filter To modify an existing filter, locate the cursor on the filter to be edited and press the
F2 key. Cadelec opens a dialogue box where you can edit the filter definition (Fig.
518).
Fig. 518
Create a new filter To create a new filter press the INS key within the filter selection box. Cadelec
opens a data entry box where you can enter the filter using the syntax described
below.
Erase an existing filter A filter no longer needed can be erased by locating the cursor on it and pressing the
DEL key. The filter will be tagged and erased after leaving the selection
box. Pressing the DEL key again will recall the deletion mark.
RECORDS.<fieldname>
<fieldname> will be replaced by the name of the field holding the information you
wish to apply the filter on. Below you see a list of the most commonly used records
database fields.
! logical NOT
< less than
> greater than
= equal
<> different from
!= different from
<= less than or equal to
>= greater than or equal to
== identical to
$ included in
6 NORMAPRO C7 Standard
Contents: The pages database holds data to the pages of a project. A pages database is
contained in every project directory.
6 DATACREA D8 Created
10 VERIF C7 Verified by
33 DATAVERIF D8 Verified
18 STANDARD N1 Standard
Appendix A - Database Files and Fields - Elements database ELEMS.DBF (alias ELEMS) 355
Contents: The elements database holds data to library elements. An elements database is
contained in every library.
16 PROYEC C20
32 PROTOTIPO C8 Prototype
Contents: The catalogues database holds data to the catalogues known to Cadelec.
26 NCM1 N3 Quantity
41 HEIGHT N6 Height in mm
42 WIDE N6 Width in mm
43 DEEP N6 Depth in mm
44 DIAMETER N6 Diameter in mm
45 WEIGHT N7 Weight in kg
Contents: This database holds data to all components figuring in a project. A components
database is created for every project.
Contents: The connection database holds data to all connections figuring in a project. A
connection database is created for every project.
Contents: The standard cables database holds data to all cable-types known to Cadelec.
11
The command can be run from the File \ Reports menu (Fig. 519) or from the
REPORTS toolbar (Fig. 520).
Fig. 519 After running the report, the report selection window appears from where the
desired pre-set report can be selected (Fig. 521).
The below table contains the available project reports and their contents:
Fig. 520
Overview
modification
No. of pages
Project reports
Data Status
Description
Date of last
Proj. name
Associated
Device ID
Standard
Remarks
creation
formula
Library
Date of
R_PRO_01 X X X X X
R_PRO_02 X X X
R_PRO_03 X X X XX
R_PRO_10 X X X X X
Fig. 521
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R_PRO_01
Fig. 522
R_PRO_02
Fig. 523
R_PRO_03
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 381
Fig. 524
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The Pages reports list information on the pages of the currently open project.
The command can be selected from the File \Reports menu (Fig. 525) or the
REPORTS toolbar (Fig. 520).
Fig. 525
The report selection window appears (Fig. 526)_listing the pre-set page reports.
The available project page reports are shown in the following table:
Date of creation
Drawing No. 1
Drawing No. 2
Checked Date
Kind of page
Overview -
modification
Description
Date of last
Page name
Location +
Project No
. Revisions
Associated
Title line 1
Title line 2
Project
In charge
Library
Pages
Zone
reports
R_PLA_01 X X X X
R_PLA_02 X X X X X X X
R_PLA_03 X X X X X
R_PLA_04 X X X X X
R_PLA_05 X X X X X X
R_PLA_06 X X X
R_PLA_07 X X
R_PLA_10 X X X X X X
R_PLA_30 X X X X X
Fig. 526
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 383
R_PLA_01
Fig. 527
R_PLA_02
Fig. 528
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R_PLA_03
Fig. 529
R_PLA_05
Fig. 530
R_PLA_06
Fig. 531
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 385
R_PLA_07
Fig. 532
R_PLA_10
Fig. 533
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R_PLA_30
Fig. 534
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 387
The command can be selected from the File \ Reports \ Projects menu (Fig. 535)
Fig. 535
or the REPORTS \Projects toolbar (Fig. 520)
R_RRC_01
Fig. 536
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R_RRC_02
Fig. 537
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 389
The connection reports list all connections figuring in the currently open project.
They can be selected from the File \ Reports \ Projects menu (Fig. 538) or the
REPORTS toolbar.
Fig. 538
R_CNX_01
Fig. 539
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R_CNX_02
Fig. 540
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 391
R_CNX_10
Fig. 541
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These reports list all terminals figuring in the currently open project.
They can be selected from the File \ Reports \ Project menu (Fig. 542)
Fig. 542
R_BOR_03
Fig. 543
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 393
R_BOR_04
Fig. 544
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These reports generate a list of all cable / wire assignment throughout the currently
active project.
The command can be run from the File \ Reports \ Projects menu (Fig. 545) or the
REPORTS toolbar.
Fig. 545
R_CAB_01
Fig. 546
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 395
R_CAB_02
Fig. 547
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These reports generate a list of all cables used within the currently open project.
The function can be run from the File \ Reports \ Projects menu (Fig. 548) or the
REPORTS toolbar.
The available cables reports and their contents are shown in the following table and
Fig. 548 in Fig. 549
Description
Overview -
First Wire
Last Wire
Remarks
Function
Project
Project
lengths
length
Pages
Total
cables
cable
Wire
No
reports No
R_CAP_01 X X X X X X
R_CAP_11 X X X X
R_CAP_12 X X X X
R_CAP_13 X X X X
R_CAP_14 X X X X X
R_CAP_15 X X X X
R_CAP_17 X X X
Fig. 549
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 397
R_CAP_01
Fig. 550
R_CAP_11
Fig. 551
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R_CAP_12
Fig. 552
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 399
R_CAP_13
Fig. 553
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R_CAP_14
Fig. 554
R_CAP_15
Fig. 555
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 401
R_CAP_17
Fig. 556
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The parts reports generate lists of all elements appearing in the currently project.
They can be run from the File \ Reports menu (Fig. 557) or the REPORTS toolbar
(Fig. 520), and selected from the report selection window which is opened (Fig.
558).
Fig. 557
The available reports and their contents are listed in the following table:
Description
catalogue +
Location +
Associated
Device ID
Function
Overview -
Element
Element
Column
Control
Type of
record
Page /
Parts Reports
Zone
XR-
R_COP_01 X X X
R_COP_02 X X X X X X X
R_COP_03 X X X X X
Fig. 558
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 403
R_COP_01
Fig. 559
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R_COP_02
Fig. 560
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 405
R_COP_03
Fig. 561
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The Bill of Materials Reports list all components used for the project.
The available reports and their contents are shown in the following table:
Tot. Amount
Qual. group
Description
Manuf. Ref
Tech. Data
Overview -
Unit Price
Catalogue
Device ID
Comp. no
Standard
Remarks
Ordered
Quantity
Supplier
Element
Bill of
Record
Spares
by
Type
Zone
Materials
Page
R_CXP_01 X X X X X X X Supplier
R_CXP_02 X X X X X X X X Supplier
R_CXP_11 X X X X X X X X Zone
R_CXP_12 X X X X Zone
R_CXP_21 X X Supplier
R_EXP_01 X X X X X Supplier
R_EXP_02 X X X X X X X Supplier
R_EXP_03 X X X X X X X X Supplier
R_EXP_04 X X X X X X X X Supplier
R_NOM_01 X X X X Page
R_NOM_02 X X X X X X Page
R_NOM_03 X X X X X Page
R_NOM_04 X X X X X Page
R_NOM_05 X X X X X Page
R_NOM_06 X X X X X X Zone
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 407
R_CXP_01
Fig. 563
Fig. 564
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R_CXP_02
Fig. 565
Fig. 566
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 409
R_CXP_11
Fig. 567
Fig. 568
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R_CXP_12
Fig. 569
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 411
R_CXP_21
Fig. 570
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R_CXP_30
Fig. 571
R_EXP_01
Fig. 572
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 413
R_EXP_02
Fig. 573
R_EXP_03
Fig. 574
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R_EXP_04
Fig. 575
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 415
R_NOM_01
Fig. 576
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R_NOM_02
Fig. 577
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 417
R_NOM_03
Fig. 578
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R_NOM_04
Fig. 579
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 419
R_NOM_05
Fig. 580
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R_NOM_06
Fig. 581
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 421
Cabinet layout reports calculate the total surface taken up by the parts of a
wiring zone. As the component dimensions are defined by the associated
catalogue record, only components with catalogue and record definition will
be listed.
They can be run from the File \ Reports \ Projects menu (Fig. 582) or the
REPORTS toolbar (Fig. 520)
Fig. 582
The available reports and their contents are listed in the following table:
Description
Catalogue
Device ID
Overview -
Diameter
Element
Surface
Record
Height
Cabinet layout
Width
Depth
Zone
Page
reports
R_IMF_01 X X X X X X
R_IMF_02 X X X X X X X X
R_IMF_03 X X X X X
R_IMF_01
Fig. 583
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R_IMF_02
Fig. 584
R_IMF_03
Fig. 585
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Project Reports 423
R_LAY_01
Fig. 586
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This report generates a list with the counters in the active project and its values
(Reports / Project / Miscellaneous)
R_CNT_01
Fig. 587
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Library reports 425
The function can be run from the File \ Reports \ Library menu (Fig. 588) or the
REPORTS toolbar.
Fig. 588
modification
Default text
Data Status
Description
Date of last
No. of elem
Libr. name
Overview - Standard
Remarks
creation
Library
settings
Date of
reports
Type
R_LIB_01 X X X X X X
R_LIB_02 X X X
R_LIB_03 X X X X X X
R_LIB_04 X X X
R_LIB_01
Fig. 589
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R_LIB_02
Fig. 590
R_LIB_03
Fig. 591
R_LIB_04
Fig. 592
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Library reports 427
The element reports list details on the elements contained in the currently open
library.
These reports can be run from the File \ Reports \ Library menu (Fig. 588) or the
REPORTS toolbar.
Default catalogue
Draughtsman 1-4
Associated Proje
Date of creation
Electrical prop
Element Name
Default record
Overview -
modifcation
Description
Date of last
Library
Mnemonic
Remarks
Elements
Control
reports
Type
Page
Use
R_ELE_01 X X X X
R_ELE_02 X X X X X
R_ELE_03 X X X
R_ELE_04 X X X X X X
R_ELE_05 X X X X X X
R_ELE_06 X X X
R_ELE_07 X X X
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R_ELE_01
Fig. 593
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Library reports 429
R_ELE_02
Fig. 594
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R_ELE_03
Fig. 595
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Library reports 431
R_ELE_04
Fig. 596
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R_ELE_05
Fig. 597
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Library reports 433
R_ELE_06
Fig. 598
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R_ELE_07
Fig. 599
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Catalogue reports 435
They can be run from the File \ Reports \ Catalogue menu (Fig. 600) or the
REPORTS toolbar.
Fig. 600
The available reports and their contents is listed in the following table:
Manufacturer
No. of records
modification
Data Status
Description
Date of last
Catalogue
Overview - Remarks
creation
Date of
Catalogue reports
Name
R_CAT_01 X X X X X
R_CAT_02 X X X
R_CAT_03 X X X X
R_CAT_01
Fig. 601
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R_CAT_02
Fig. 602
R_CAT_03
Fig. 603
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Catalogue reports 437
These reports list details of the records contained in the selected catalogue.
They can be run from the File \ Reports \ Catalogue menu (Fig. 600) or the
REPORTS toolbar.
The available reports and their contents are listed in the following table:
Quality group
modification
Article code
Description
Dimensions
Overview -
Accessories
Date of last
Standard
Remarks
Catalogue
Physical
creation
Record
Date of
Record reports
Price
Type
R_FIC_01 X X X X
R_FIC_02 X X X X
R_FIC_03 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
R_FIC_04 X X X
R_FIC_05 X X X
R_FIC_06 X X X
R_FIC_07 X X X X
R_FIC_01
Fig. 604
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R_FIC_02
Fig. 605
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Catalogue reports 439
R_FIC_03
Fig. 606
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R_FIC_04
Fig. 607
R_FIC_05
Fig. 608
Appendix C - Pre-set Reports - Catalogue reports 441
R_FIC_06
Fig. 609
R_FIC_07
Fig. 610
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It can be run from the File \ Reports \ Miscellaneous menu (Fig. 611) or the
REPORTS toolbar.
Fig. 611
R_CCA_01
Fig. 612
Appendix D - Upgrading from CADELEC 6 - Upgrade Library 443
12
You have to perform the steps described in this Appendix for the libraries and
projects in order to upgrade to Cadelec 2004.
ELEMS.REC_DES = 14 OR ELEMS.REC_DES = 15
To do so, select Filter Elements from the Tools / Filters menu and either choose the
predefined filter with the description Terminals, Plugs and Sockets or create a new
filter (press the INS key) and enter as the filter syntax:
elems.rec_des=14 or elems.rec_des=15
Now, having filtered the library elements, opening an element will access only the
elements, which are terminals or plugs.
Go through them one by one and make sure that the CN1 and CN2 attributes do not
have the CONSTANT property. For this, run the AutoCAD command DDMODIFY
and select the attribute to check (CN1 and CN2). If necessary, change the attribute
settings to only PRESET (without CONSTANT).
At the end change the filter on the elements back to No Active Filter.
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You can do this by running the UPL_6_9714 batch process on the library which can
be selected from the Tools / Batch / Library Batch menu. It will purge the self-
referencing elements.
To associate the elements with their corresponding categories you can either select
them one by one in the Catch Element dialogue box - in which case you will not
have any information about the elements- or you can proceed in the following way:
In the Selection category selection box of the dialogue box select the
Miscellaneous category and, clicking on the >> button associate all elements
from the left selection box to this category.
After leaving the dialogue box (Cancel), activate the CATEGORIES toolbar
(on the CADELEC toolbar click on Element Categories)
Click on the MISC toolbox to bring up the selection dialogue box for the
Miscellaneous category. This Category contains now all the caught elements.
Now you can select the elements one by one , click on the Details button (the
detailed information will help you to identify the element and decide which
category it belongs to). The category for the element can be selected from the
Appendix D - Upgrading from CADELEC 6 - Upgrade Library 445
New Selection Category pull-down list and the Back button will take you back
to the element selection window, moving the element to the new category.
Proceed in the same way with all elements in the Miscellaneous category.
1 Copy the content of the catalogue directory of the old version (..\CLP\Ca) to
the new location of the catalogues (for example..\CLPW\CA
After this you will be able to use your catalogues, defined in a previous version.
Note that the content of the previous catalogues of Cadelec 2004 will be lost
(example catalogues).
1. Create a table with the name of the new catalogue to be integrated, (e.g.
NEW_CAT), from the catalogue you want to integrate, by modifying its structure so
that the database structure is the same with the structure of the
..CLPW\Ca\CAT_REC.DBF. In this table the Nomcats field should have the value
of the new catalogue name (NEW_CAT), for all records (lines).
2. Create a new catalogue in Cadelec, with the CRE_CAT command, with the name
of the new catalogue which is to be integrated (NEW_CAT).
3. Copy the new database (NEW_CAT), containing the records of the new
catalogue, in the default catalogue location (e.g. CLPW\CA)
4. Re-Index the catalogues with the REO_CAT command. Cadelec will ask weather
to Update records from database ? Choose Yes to integrate the catalogue.
.
Appendix D - Upgrading from CADELEC 6 - Upgrade Projects 447
Or, if you put your new projects in a different directory from the old ones, then for
each project you have to create a new project with the same name as the one to be
upgraded. In the new project dialogue box choose the Retrieve from disk option.
The directory selection box appears where you can select the project to be copied
(the one which needs to be upgraded) and the old project will be copied to the
Cadelec project directory.
Alternatively, you can create a project batch process for this purpose. To do this:
Select Project Batch from the Tools / Batch menu
In the Page Selection window select all pages by clicking on the >> button
Activate the Run an AutoCAD Script option
In the predefined batch selection window press the INS key to create a new
batch and edit it and enter for example the zoom command to be performed on
every page. Use the syntax : ZOOM _E
If there are corrupt pages then run the AutoCAD RECOVER command (File /
Drawing Utilities) and recover them.
To update the terminals you can use the UPB_1S command with which the element
to be updated can be specified.
Running the UPB_1S command will ask for the name of the element to update. Run
the command for all the terminals used in the project. To be sure that no terminal is
left out, you can make a list of the terminals in your Library. To do so perform the
following steps:
Set a filter on the Elements, which keeps only the terminal elements using the
filter syntax :
ELEMS.REC_DES = 14 OR ELEMS.REC_DES=15
or, select from the predefined Element filters the Terminals, Plugs and Sockets
filter (Tools / Filters / Element Filter )
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Run the Files / Reports / Library / Elements function and select the Elements -
Summary report to create the list of the filtered elements (terminals).
Run the UPB_1S command for every page of the project and every element in
the list.
You can also run the UPTERM batch on the project after you edited it and checked
it contains all the terminals used.
First, you have to update the library elements: RCEQD, RCEQI, RCEQU, RCEQL.
For this open the elements (one by one) with the ACC_ELE command, and insert
the EQXRMI attribute for the open Xref point, using the DEFEQI command, then
save the element.
Then you have to update the Xref points in projects. For this, you can use the
UPB_A or UPB_SS commands and update the Xref points in the project manually.
To update only the Xref points in the project, you can run a batch on the project and
use the UPB_1S command to update the Xref points automatically.
upb_1s rceqi
upb_1s rcequ
upb_1s rceql
upb_1s rceqd
_qsave
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Technical Notes
13.1 CADELEC connectivity database
One of the most particular aspects of the electrical design is the fact that elements
are connected together from the electrical point of view. This defines a particular
relationship between them.
Terminology
To make sure everybody uses the same terms for the same things, a brief
terminology list is provided. This is very important, since most of what is needed to
understand how CADELEC connectivity works lie in the fact of understanding well
the role every item plays:
Pole: Point of the element where an electrical connection can be established. Sometimes,
particularly in the electronics field, it is also known as Pin.
In the Schematic drawings, poles appear like special places where connection lines
end. Poles are graphically implemented into CADELEC as the Insertion Point of
special attributes that define them. The attribute text is the name of the Pole.
Fig. 613
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Every electrical element can have (and usually has) several Poles. We
shall distinguish between them assuming that every different pole has a
different pole name. If several poles of an element have the same name,
we shall assume that they refer to the same point from the electrical
point of view, and therefore they are the same pole from the
connectivity point of view, even if mechanically there are several of
them in the physical element.
Segment: We shall call segment to the set of electrical lines that in a schematic drawing
connect different poles directly between them from the electrical point of view:
Fig. 615
Note that we refer to segment as the whole set of lines. In general, a segment
consists of one or more lines.
Lines that belong to the same segment are the lines that share common endpoints
and are located in the same connection layer. A connection layer is a layer whose
name starts with PCAB.
Segment number This is an internal information that is assigned to identify every different segment
within a drawing. Normally, CADELEC will assign to every segment an internal
segment number consisting of a code according to the following format:
F4-1
F4-2
...
and so on.
There is an exception to this rule: When the segment is the segment where the
equipotential number (the one set with the command SCNXM) has been placed, the
segment number is the equipotential number directly.
Technical Notes - CADELEC connectivity database 451
Fig. 616
The segment up the fuse has the equipotential number, so its segment name is
directly the equipotential number, so it would be L2. The segment below the
terminal has no equipotential number, so the 'F...' mechanism applies, and it would
be something like F2-23, for instance.
Do not rely on the fact that the numbers of the 'F...' mechanism are constant through
the life of the project and always point to the same segment. They will change as
soon as you add/remove/copy/move any element of the drawing.
Every line belonging to the same segment is internally associated to that segment
number.
Equipotential number Number that is assigned to an electrical line in a schematic drawing with the
command SCNXM.
Equipotential set We shall call equipotential set the set of segments that are bound between them
either by:
-the fact that all of them are assigned the same equipotential number, even if they
are in different sheets:
Fig. 617
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Fig. 618
Please note that an equipotential set can be formed by several segments distributed
between several sheets of the project. It does not have to be necessarily thought that
contents concern a single drawing, as happens with the segment.
A terminal does not break an equipotential set. Elements on both sides of the
terminal are considered part of the same equipotential set automatically.
All the lines of all the segments of the equipotential set inherit the same
equipotential number. We will later see that this is directly reflected in the
connectivity database.
The equipotential number is assigned to an equipotential set by inspecting the
endpoints of all the lines that form the segments of the equipotential set within the
same drawing. That is why the SCNXM command that sets the equipotential
number breaks the line; this makes sure that the equipotential number is placed
close to a true endpoint of the line.
For the case of an equipotential set located into a different drawing, it is mandatory
to define the equipotential number into every different drawing. Otherwise,
CADELEC would not know which segment has to be related with such
equipotential number. Due to the fact that it is in a different drawing, the connection
is of course lost, hence there is the need to mark such segments again into every
different drawing, by explicitly setting and equipotential number.
Every individual line of a segment that belongs to a certain equipotential set has
internally associated the equipotential number of its equipotential set.
Fig. 619
Technical Notes - CADELEC connectivity database 453
If the connection is made between different segments within the same drawing via a
standard terminal, there is no need to set the equipotential number again. It 'goes
through' the terminal into the other segments located within the same drawing to
'glue them' as part of the same equipotential set.
Fig. 620
Please note in the above example that lines from -F7,2 to -X1,6 and from -X1,6 to
+MA2-M1,U1 belong to the same equipotential set, but to different segments.
In general, if two lines belong to the same equipotential set, but to different
segments, it is because there is a terminal connecting both sets or because the lines
are located into different drawings.
If the segment number does not correspond to a 'F...' - like numbering system, and
the segment number is the same as the equipotential number, this means that we are
looking to a segment who has the equipotential mark attached to it.
For every block inserted in the drawing, and for every pole in each block, a record
is created into CNX_PRO. Thus, CNX_PRO is basically a database of all the poles
in the project.
A pole is considered connected to an electrical line via the connection square
mechanism, which is explained in the CADELEC Technical Note number 2. This
enables us to establish a direct relationship between a pole and the connectivity data
(segment number and equipotential number) that is associated to the line the pole is
considered connected to. The order in which the connectivity analyser gets the data
works as follows:
Once the electrical line associated with the Pole is determined, this Line will belong
to a segment, with the corresponding segment number, and the segment to an
equipotential set, with the corresponding equipotential number.
Each field of CNX_PRO into this record is then filled with the following
information:
MARCA: It is the segment number of the line the pole is connected to.
VEQ: It is the equipotential number of the line the pole is connected to.
CLASSE: The line the pole is connected to can belong to a specific type of connection. The
CLASSE field contents is the type of connection of the line, that corresponds to the
characters of the layer name of the line that are found after the standard prefix
'PCAB'. If it is a default-type line, CLASSE is always filled with 'A'.
X,Y: Are the geometric co-ordinates of the insertion point of the Element (Block). Note
that such co-ordinates are not the Pole co-ordinates, but the co-ordinates of the
Element (Block) insertion point.
HANDLE: It is the AutoCAD handle of the Element (Block). It is unique for every element,
and constant through the life of the Element (Block).
COD_PLA: It is an internal field automatically generated for a proper sorting of the Schemas
when numeric and character -named schemas appear within the same project. You
can use it instead of PLANO for proper alphanumeric ordering of numeric data.
COLUMNA: It is the Column number the element is in, according to the Row-Column
specification of the Title Block.
Technical Notes - CADELEC connectivity database 455
TYPE: This is a field to distinguish the poles from elements that are equipotential cross
reference elements from all the others. If the pole comes from an element which is
an equipotential cross reference, this field has 1 in it, otherwise it is left empty for
the poles coming from standard elements.
CABLE/
CONDUCTOR: These are fields coming from older versions for backwards compatibility. They are
no longer used since version 4.2x and their contents are now irrelevant. They will
be dropped in future releases.
Now that we have already inspected CNX_PRO and its contents, we can address
the problem of how a connection between elements can be detected.
As we have shown, CNX_PRO is basically a table of the Poles that tell you apart
from the Pole name, who does it belongs to (CODI, HANDLE), where is the
element it belongs to (PLANO, X, Y, COLUMNA, COD_PLA), and what is its
connectivity data (MARCA, VEQ).
Please note that elements that are electrically connected must share the same
connectivity data. This indicates us what the mechanism to recognise an electrical
connection must be.
The basic mechanism is to use VEQ to recognise an electrical connection that might
involve elements into the same Equipotential Set. Since maybe this is into different
drawings at the full project level, we call this "long-term" electrical connections.
We use MARCA to detect "short-term" electrical connections; this is, only the ones
involved with elements belonging to the same segment. This sort of connections
will always be into the same drawing.
Therefore, to recognise for example, all the elements in the full project connected to
a certain pole of a certain element, we would first look for its VEQ value in its
corresponding record of CNX_PRO. Once we know its VEQ, simply by listing all
the records that have the same VEQ value we would have all the poles and the
elements the original pole is electrically connected to through all the project.
In the above example, if instead of using VEQ we would have used MARCA, we
would have obtained the elements that are directly connected to it, this is, the ones
that are connected to it via a direct line in the same drawing, this is, in the same
segment.
Using CNX_PRO is not difficult when you realise what VEQ and MARCA are, and
how it works. Then, it is mainly a matter of sorting and indexing the database on the
proper field to extract the necessary information. SQL-syntax for such queries adds
a lot of advantage for people wishing to construct complex queries. Other non
experienced SQL users can always program through any database management
language such sort of queries, or just use the query builder of the database
programming software.
456
It often happens that some poles are left unconnected. In the next drawing we can
see that the poles 28V and 30V of transformer -T5 are left unconnected:
Fig. 621
In the case of the poles not connected, MARCA and VEQ are set to the value
'NOC', and CLASSE is set to '???'. All the rest of fields are treated as explained
before. This provides a mechanism to recognise the unconnected poles from the
others. This also means that the user should never give 'NOC' as a value for an
equipotential to not interfere with this mechanism.
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Technical Notes - Connectivity analyser
Whenever we have an attribute with the tag of the form CN<n> where <n> is a
number, e.g. 1,2,3,... in the layer TPOL, CADELEC considers its contents as the
value of an electrical connection point, or a pole.
CADELEC will look for the surrounding area of the pole to see if there is an
electrical connection line starting or finishing in the neighbourhood. An electrical
connection line is a LINE in a layer named with a name starting with PCAB.
CADELEC only takes into account the start and end points of the connection line.
The other points of the line are ignored for the connectivity.
The area where CADELEC looks for the connection line is an imaginary square
whose centre is located in the insertion point of the attribute, as it is in the
library. This means that even if the attribute has been moved with the command
MVA (Move Attribute) from its original place, CADELEC always locates the
centre of the imaginary square in the original place, this is, the one the attribute is in
the library element. This is an advantage since it allows the user to freely move the
attribute of the pole without altering the place where CADELEC will look for its
connectivity.
The imaginary square has a default dimension of 2.25 drawing units per semi-
length of its sides:
This enables you to have different connection square sizes on every project. If the
file does not exist, CADELEC takes the default value 2.25.
CADELEC will take only the line, which is closest to the insertion point of the
Attribute.
Let's take the following example: a little terminal, much littler than the connection
square. We will indicate the insertion point of the poles as the little circles (Fig.
622)
Notice that each poles' connection square also covers the other pole. There could be
a theoretical confusion, however, since CADELEC takes the closest line to the
pole, it will always take the correct one in this case. This would work as long as
Fig. 622 both poles in the terminal are connected, which is always the case.
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Attribute justification
The important point is the Insertion Point of the Attribute. This can be different
depending on the text justification. This is important to remember, because
attributes apparently equal can have different Insertion points if they are justified in
a different fashion.
So to be on the safe side, you must locate all the poles of your elements at a
distance bigger than the semi-length of the connection square side. For example, if
the connection square is 2.25, the minimum distance you should set a pole from the
others is any number bigger than 2.25, for example, 2.5. If you choose a minor
distance, everything will work fine as long as you connect all the poles that are very
close to connection lines. If you leave one unconnected, its connection square will
cover a neighbour's connection line and CADELEC will consider it connected to
that line, when it is in fact not connected.
In case of doubt
When you issue _END or _QSAVE, CADELEC will show you the message
'Connection distance set to <n>', where n is the semi-length of the connection
square. You can use this to check that your connection square has the right size.
Just draw a connection square of the size you have read. Put it on the insertion point
of the pole (AutoCAD Attribute) that is not connected, and check that the square
does not cover any undesired start or end of another connection line.
Only in the case of not connected poles you could have a problem. If you use to not
leave any pole unconnected, even with big connection squares you should not have
any problem since CADELEC will take the line closest to the pole even if there are
more than one in the connection square.
The best strategy is to follow this rule: Never place two poles of the same or
different elements closer to the semi-length of the connection square. This is
something you have to take into account when designing the library. If you can't,
then make sure that those poles belong to elements that are always electrically
connected.
Another thing you can do is to define the poles with the best possible text
justification. This means that, since the insertion point of the pole is affected by the
justification, you must select the text justification that will place the insertion point
closer to the end of the connection line.
Technical Notes - The phantom terminal 459
However, one disadvantage of creating spare terminals within the terminal editor is
that they are lost when you re-generate the terminals database. If spare terminals are
relevant to the project, you can use another method to ensure that they will not be
lost if the terminals database is regenerated.
A phantom terminal is a terminal whose entities are all invisible. We can create a
phantom terminal (we suggest you name them BORFAN or KLEFAN) by taking
the single one-phase terminal (for example, KLEMMO1 in library EL_DIN) as a
drawing prototype.
Bear in mind that all terminals in CADELEC must have a name that starts with
BOR or KLE. Thus, you create a new library element (BORFAN, say) based on the
prototype KLEMMO1. Once you have filled in the data sheet, as usual, CADELEC
loads the element into the drawing editor, where it appears a standard terminal.
Now, we are going to create a new layer, which we shall call INVISIBLE. The
color in this layer should be different from the color in layer 0, so that we can easily
identify which entities it contains. Let's select the color Blue, say.
The next step will be to put all the element's entities (except the poles) into the
INVISIBLE layer. We can do this using the _CHANGE command. However, it is
essential to remember that the poles must remain in their own specific layer: TPOL.
This means that you must remove the poles (CN1, CN2) from the selection set
before completing the _CHANGE command.
Even if the poles are not located in INVISIBLE layer, they will not appear in the
drawings since they are invisible attributes anyway. The poles must stay safely in
the TPOL layer, while all the other entities of the terminal are transported into the
INVISIBLE layer.
Once you have done this, you can issue the _END command and insert the phantom
terminal wherever you like in the tablet template.
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Now that we have created our phantom terminal, let's see how we can use it in a
project drawing.
Fig. 623
Now let's insert the 10 reserve terminals, just before the terminal that is currently
numbered 13.
First, we have to reset the existing terminals, since they will have to be renumbered.
Then, we take one phantom terminal (named BORFAN, say) and insert it just
before the first terminal of the motor. To assign the phantom terminal to a terminal
strip, we use the STIN command. In our case we will assign the terminal to the -X1
terminal strip.
The next step is to duplicate the phantom terminal 10 times. We do this using the
_ARRAY command, generating a rectangular array of 1 row and 10 columns. The
distance between columns must be greater than zero; we suggest a value of 0.01. It
is very important to observe this minimum spacing, since Cadelec will not accept
multiple terminals stacked at the same location.
Fig. 624
Technical Notes - The phantom terminal 461
Note that the phantom terminals will appear in blue, since they are located in the
INVISIBLE layer, which we declared as blue. It is preferable to assign a color to
the INVISIBLE layer rather that actually turning it invisible as such. This way, we
can easily see that the spare terminals are there. They remain visible, but in a
different color.
When we plot the drawing, we shall simply exclude the INVISIBLE layer from the
list of layers for automatic plotting. In other words, all the entities in this layer will
appear on the screen, neatly identified by their different color, but they will not be
appear on the hard-copy plot.
If you want to know how many terminals there are in the set of phantom terminals,
use the _LIST command and select them using a crossing or window. AutoCAD
will tell you how many entities are selected, and this gives you the number of
terminals.
Once we have inserted our phantom terminals, we can renumber all the terminals in
the drawing, giving a final representation something like this:
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Since our phantom terminals actually exist in the drawing (and not just in the
terminal editor), we can regenerate our terminals database whenever we like,
without having to worry about losing spare terminal declarations.
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Glossary
Accessory An accessory is a part which is necessary for the mounting or the functionality of a
component but must be ordered separately. Typical examples are fuse holders and
cooling devices. You can specify such accessories in the record data sheet to get
them listed in the bill of material automatically every time you define a component
with this record.
ACTIVE Status ACTIVE Status means, that the project, the library or the catalogue are available for
direct access. The Status changes to BACKUP if you delete the data from hard disk.
By doing so you can store it to a backup medium (diskette, streamer etc.)
Alias Every Cadelec database has an alias which you will use instead of the database file
name to access this database. You will for example use the alias RECORDS for
accessing the catalogue records database CAT_REC.DBF.
Array of attributes Arrays of attributes are mainly used within Terminal Pinout Drawings. Compared
with normal attributes e.g. ZONE which can only hold one information, arrays like
T.TNUM[<counter>] will hold any number of information. Cadelec also works
with two-dimensional arrays like T.TO_CON[<counter 1>][<counter 2>].
Depending on the counter number, the attribute will always access a different
database field.
The attribute itself is not visible when loading project pages to AutoCAD or
inserting elements into pages. Only the contents of the attribute are shown. The
attribute definition of elements can be seen and changed when opening the element
with the Open element function (Ctrl+E hot key).
The Kind of Element definition, the attributes and their contents define the
functionality of an element.
Available data Available project, libraries and catalogues are known to Cadelec and will appear in
the browse appearing when performing operations like for example EDIT
PROJECT. Available for immediate access are only Projects, Libraries and
Catalogues in ACTIVE Status. Others must be restored first.
Available pages and elements are contained in the project or library, which is
opened at the moment. If you wish for example to query a page of a project, which
is currently not opened, you will have to open the project before you can access its
pages.
BACKUP Status Projects, Libraries and Catalogues will change to BACKUP status after deletion.
They are not available for immediate access until restoring. Projects, Libraries and
Catalogues in BACKUP status are still known to Cadelec but assumed not be
needed in the near future. Restoring from a safe backup will change the status to
ACTIVE again and assign it to be ready for immediate use. If you wish to erase a
project, library or catalogue entry from the available list you should purge it. Once
this has been done, the purged project, library or catalogue is no longer known to
Cadelec.
Component definition When defining components you assign a manufacturers article contained in a
catalogue record to an electrical symbols.
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Consistency check Every time you enter a cabinet in AutoCAD, Cadelec will perform a consistency
check comparing the schematics and the cabinet. If one of the following cases
occurs, Cadelec will flag the part in red color:
the component was erased from the schematic
the component was re-defined by another catalogue record. As this could lead
to different dimensions, Cadelec will report this as an error.
the component was assigned a different wiring zone.
Data entities Cadelec handles data in six distinct data categories: Project, Pages, Libraries,
Elements, Catalogues and Records.
DELETE Function Deleting will remove the selected data entity from hard-disk. Before this will be
done, Cadelec will prompt you whether you want the data to be backed up. A
project for example, which was deleted, will still appear in the list of available
projects but in BACKUP Status. If you want this entry to be removed you should
purge this project. Restoring will install the project on hard-disk again.
EDIT Function The edit function lets you edit the data sheet of Cadelecs data entities. This function
will not enter AutoCAD to perform graphical modifications.
Hardware Lock without a hardware lock Cadelec will work in demonstration mode with a limited
number of functions. The Hardware Lock should only be plugged on the back of the
AutoCAD hardware lock. You should only plug it on or off if both Computer and
the connected printer are switched off. Otherwise the dongle might loose its data
and Cadelec will no longer recognize it. If this happens, please call SISCAD so that
we can advice you on how to re-program it:
Kind of Element The Kind of Element definition and the attributes annotated alongside the element
definition define the functions that can be performed on this element. This definition has to be
done when creating an element and can be changed with the EDIT ELEMENT
function from within the Manager. Cadelec works with 36 different Kinds of
Elements.
LBRK Layer This is the layer for line cutting. It will cut the lines underneath an inserted element.
For this reason you should draw break lines using the DCLINE command on every
element.
The LBRK layer should always be frozen. If lines are not cut automatically after
element insertion please check this.
Location and Zone Projects can be subdivided into Locations and Zones. These usually correspond to
physical locations. For example, the project could consist of an entire production
facility. Each production line within the facility is designed as a Location and each
control cabinet on a line is a Zone.
On schematics, the Location and Zone defined when creating / editing the page will
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be given by default to all elements of this page. These page defaults are annotated
on the right bottom of the standard title box.
A cabinet is considered as being a wiring zone. Only components with the same
zone specification as the cabinet, as entered in the cabinet page data-sheet can be
placed into it.
Macros Macros (or Groups of Elements) are commonly used circuits which can be stored in
(Groups of Elements) your symbols library for re-use in your project.
Networking If the computers in your company are connected by a network with Cadelec
installed on every system, you can use Cadelecs networking capabilities. This
allows several users to work on the same project and access the same libraries and
catalogues at the same time.
This gives you the following advantages:
projects can be developed in a team. Changes done by one user are
immediately available for other users
the libraries and catalogues on the network are identical.
once the installation on network is done and was controlled, the users can erase
the libraries and catalogues from their local drive and free up disk space
projects, libraries and catalogues on network will be backed up during the
regular network backup to streamer
Networking can also lead to the following drawbacks:
decrease of performance speed due to network traffic
if one use has left AutoCAD in an irregular way (e.g. due to an invalid
configuration), the page will stay locked until all other users working on the
same project leave AutoCAD and the project was RE-INDEXed by one user.
OPEN Function By opening a Cadelec data entity (Projects, Pages, Libraries, Elements, Catalogues,
Records) you specify it as being the current one and set it as default for operations
on this data entity. Pages and elements which are available are contained in the
project or library which is currently open.
Peer to peer Peer to peer cross-referencing can be performed between related elements which are
cross-referencing not representations of a single part, such as all switches which can turn on or off a
circuit. Cadelec will annotate the position of the other elements of the same group
alongside the elements. You will assign the elements as being a part of the
functional unit by giving them the same Cross-reference function.
Physical part Physical part drawings a detailed component drawings you can insert into cabinets
drawings instead of the simple rectangular or circular outlines. If you wish to use such
detailed component drawings you will have to create a Physical library which will
hold your physical part drawings. After you have created and drawn this detailed
part drawing you will have to associate it with the record describing the part. You
will do this be entering the physical part library and drawing name in the catalogue
record.
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PURGE Function Purging removes the entry of a deleted project, library or catalogue from the
available list. After purging, the Project, Library or Catalogue is no longer known to
Cadelec. You can still retrieve it from a backup by creating a new project, library or
catalogue with the same name and selecting the RETRIEVE FROM DISK option
during creation. In this case, you will loose the data-sheet and description.
RESTORE Function This function will restore a deleted project, library or catalogue and make it
available for immediate access. The data will be taken from BACKUP to ACTIVE
Status again. You can also use this function to revert to the last backup. By doing
so, you will not have to delete the project, the library or catalogue before.
RE-INDEX Function Re-indexing repairs corrupted databases and optimizes the databases for best
performance. If an errors occurs, you should perform the RE-INDEX ALL function.
By doing so, Cadelec will search for errors in all databases and repair them.
Standard cable The standard cable database holds all cable types known to Cadelec.
database
Each project is associated with one and only one electrical symbols library. This
single library rule means that the same library will apply to all the pages in a given
project, thus ensuring consistency and homogeneity.
Terminal Pinout The terminal pinout block holds the attribute definitions for the terminal pinout
Block drawings. If you want to edit the data shown in the terminal pinout drawings you
will therefore have to edit the attributes of the terminal pinout block.
Title Block The title block holds the attribute definitions for the title box. You will therefore
have to edit or add attributes within the title block if you want to edit or add
information shown in the title box.
Index
Draw..................................................................... 255
A
Draw Cable Routings ........................................... 250
Attributes Draw Terminal Block........................................... 251
Change Height ..................................................... 110 Drawing area........................................................ 254
Changing entities ................................................. 105 New cabinet element ............................................ 252
Define EQXRMI.................................................. 313 Place Components................................................ 248
Element Attributes ............................................... 299 Scale factor........................................................... 254
Make invisble....................................................... 107 Cables
Make visible......................................................... 106 Cable Linker......................................................... 230
Move.................................................................... 108 Cut........................................................................ 158
Rotate................................................................... 109 Define Cables....................................................... 217
Set attribute for freeze / unfreeze IDs .................. 312 Re-annotate .......................................................... 221
Set Cable /Conductor Attributes .......................... 322 Set Cables............................................................. 217
Set Catalogue attribute......................................... 317 Cadelec Commands.............................................. 25, 28
Set Device ID (SNA) ........................................... 311 Cadelec Layers........................................................... 67
Set Equipotential XR Marker Attributes.............. 333 Cadelec modules .......................................................... 8
Set Location Attribute.......................................... 320 Catalogues
Set PLC Channel Address Attributes................... 326 Backup ................................................................. 342
Set PLC Channel Comment Attributes ................ 329 Filter..................................................................... 344
Set PLC Channel description attribute................. 328 Manage................................................................. 341
Set PLC Channel Label Attributes....................... 327 Re-Index............................................................... 346
Set PLC Pin Function attributes........................... 330 Reports ................................................................. 445
Set Pole Attribute................................................. 310 Set Catalogue Attribute ........................................ 317
Set Record Attribute ............................................ 318 Upgrade................................................................ 456
Set SNA Attribute Only ....................................... 331 Commands
Set Tag Attribute.................................................. 324 ACC_ELE ............................................................ 301
Set Technical Data Attributes .............................. 319 APLC ................................................................... 234
Set Terminal orientation Attributes...................... 323 APO ..................................................................... 131
Set User Attributes............................................... 325 ASIUPCN ............................................................ 156
Set XR-Function Attribute................................... 314 AutoCAD ............................................................. 337
Set XR-Position Attribute .................................... 316 BAC_CAT ........................................................... 344
Set Zone Attribute................................................ 321 BAC_ELE ............................................................ 305
Terminal Pinout Attributes .................................. 266 BAC_PRO.............................................................. 52
Text translation utility.......................................... 113 BASE ................................................................... 308
AutoCAD commands............................................... 243 BAT_LIB ............................................................. 279
Automatic re-calculation BAT_PRO.............................................................. 55
Options................................................................... 42 BCNXL ................................................................ 158
BUS_LIB ............................................................. 271
B BUS_PRO .............................................................. 48
Backup CAP.............................................................. 242, 335
Catalogues............................................................ 342 CCC ..................................................................... 250
Element ................................................................ 305 CCDLG ................................................................ 332
Library ................................................................. 274 CCELE................................................................. 336
Project.................................................................... 52 CHB ..................................................................... 166
Backup/Restore parameters ....................................... 66 CHBF ..................................................... 30, 167, 168
Batch CRE_ELE ............................................................ 286
Batch on Library .................................................. 279 CRE_LIB ............................................................. 270
Project.................................................................... 55 CRE_PRO .............................................................. 39
Bill of Material CXRF ................................................................... 183
Insert Elements from List..................................... 162 DCLINE............................................................... 309
Pre-defined............................................................. 62 DEF_COM........................................................... 202
Reports................................................................. 416 DEFCA ................................................................ 317
Break Lines.............................................................. 165 DEFCC................................................................. 322
DEFCMT ............................................................. 329
C DEFCOF .............................................................. 197
Cabinets DEFCOM............................................................. 195
Create a new Cabinet Drawing ............................ 246 DEFDES .............................................................. 328
Dimensions .......................................................... 253 DEFDIR ............................................................... 323
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