Sispro Building 2.1: User'S Reference Manual

SISpro building 2.
User's reference manual

SISpro building 2.1 Page 2
Contents
Overview .................................................................................................................................. .5 .
Project step ............................................................................................................................ .13.
Design step ............................................................................................................................ .17.
Single line diagram step ....................................................................................................... .191 .
Quotation step ...................................................................................................................... .195 .
Order form step .................................................................................................................... .219 .
Using data ............................................................................................................................ .231 .
Customising the software ..................................................................................................... .239 .
Additional functions .............................................................................................................. .257 .
Appendices ............................................................................................................................271 .
Glossary ............................................................................................................................... .281 .
Index ......................................................................................................................................283
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Overview
SISpro building 2.1 ................................................................................................................... .6 .

The various project steps ......................................................................................................... .7 .
The SISpro building window ..................................................................................................... .9 .
Important notions .....................................................................................................................11.

Overview - SISpro building 2.1
SISpro building 2.1
SISpro building is a comprehensive work tool used to design and calculate electrical equipment
for buildings. It is used to:
• structure a project into functional zones representative of the organisation of the building to
be equipped,
• design electrical equipment (switchboards and enclosures) for the installation: choice of
equipment, organisation of electrical cabling, mounting in the switchboard,
• draw up a quotation for the installation with the option of comparing several technical or
sales solutions,
• create order forms,
• print or export data obtained to your standard office automation software:

- equipment lists,
- equipment single-line diagrams,
- switchboard front panel drawings,
- mounting documents,
- quotation,
- order forms,
You have various options for adapting software behaviour to your working preferences and
habits. For example you can customise window display, customise menus and tool bars and
define the folders in which data are saved.
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Overview - The various project steps
The various project steps
A project is completed in 5 main steps.
Project
This step consists of defining various pieces of administrative information for the project. This
information may then be used in the project documents such as front panel drawings,
quotations or order forms. For more details, see Enter project information (p.14).
Design
In this step:
• You structure the project into functional zones representative of the organisation of the
building to be equipped.
• You design electrical equipment and define technical data: choice of equipment, device
electrical cabling, mounting of devices in wall mounted or floor standing enclosures.
• You can also generate the front panel drawings of switchboards and create identification
labels for wall mounted enclosures.
For more details, see Design step (p.18).
Single line diagram
In this step, you may launch the automatic generation of single-line diagrams for the various
equipments of the project. You can choose the equipment to take into account. For more
details, see Generate single-line diagrams (p.192).
Quotation
In this step, you draw up the project quotation. You can create a number of quotations for
comparison purposes. These quotations may correspond to different technical solutions
(different equipment content) or to different calculation solutions (services, margins, discounts,
forced prices). For more details, see Quotation step (p.196).
Order form
In this step, you create the order forms intended for your suppliers. For more details, see Order
form step (p.220).

Overview - The various project steps
Using the results

You can compile a file containing the elements generated during the various project completion
steps. These data can also be exported in various formats for use with other software such as
spreadsheets and word processors. For more details, see Using data (p.232).
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Overview - The SISpro building window
The SISpro building window
1. Title bar (p.9)

2. Menu bar (p.10)
3. Tool bars (p.10)
4. Step bar (p.10)
5. Workspace (p.10)
6. Status bar (p.10)
You can mask the tool bars and the status bar, modify distribution between the
various window spaces and customise menus and tool bars. For the data presented
in the table, you can also modify table column width.
For more details, see Organisation of the SISpro building window (p.251) and
Customise menus and tool bars (p.253).
Title bar
The title bar gives the software name and the name of the current project. It contains to the right
the standard buttons for changing to an icon and for reduction/enlargement and closing of the
window.
When the window is not displayed in full screen, you can move it by clicking in the
title bar with the mouse and dragging it to another place.

Overview - The SISpro building window
Menu bar
The menu bar presents, in drop-down menus, the commands required to use the software.
Some commands are also available:
• by a combination of keyboard keys (indicated to the right of the command in the menu),
• by a button in the tool bars.
• Many commands are also available in contextual menus .

• The menu bar may be customised (p.253).
Tool bars
Tool bars offer quick access to the most frequently used commands. In the tool bars, each
command is represented by a button. A help bubble is associated with each button and appears
when you leave the mouse for a few seconds on the button.
Several tool bars are predefined in the software. Each one contains a certain number of
commands grouped by theme. All the tool bars can be customised (p.253). You can remove the
commands that you do not use, add other commands and create new tool bars.
Step bar
The step bar lets you access the various project completion steps. For more details, see The
various project steps (p.7).
The icon of the current step is displayed with orange background.
Workspace
The content of this part of the window depends on the current step. For more details, consult
the detailed description of the workspace of each step:
• Enter project information (p.14)
• Design step window (p.19)
• Single line diagram step window (p.192)
• Quotation step window (p.197)
• Order form step window (p.221)
Status bar
The status bar presents a variety of information such as the purpose of the command selected
in the menu bar or in a tool bar and indication of keyboard locking in CAPS mode and activation
of the numerical keypad.
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Overview - Important notions
Important notions
Opening of a project prior to SISpro building 2.1

You can open projects created with previous versions of SISpro building (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3).
Prisma Plus switchboards are retrieved in equipment of the Prisma Plus switchboard type.
Placing in the enclosure is kept.
Prisma switchboards are retrieved in equipment of the Prisma Plus switchboard type, but only
the product list is retrieved, mounting in the switchboard must be repeated.
Kaedra switchboards are retrieved in equipment of the Modular enclosure type. Placing in the
enclosure is kept.
Pragma switchboards are retrieved in equipment of the Modular enclosure type, but only the
product list is retrieved, mounting in the switchboard must be repeated.
The other equipment types are retrieved in equipment of the Other type. Only the product lists
are retrieved and all the properties are re-initialised.
Opening of a project after updating the price list

The date of the current price list is given in the title bar of the Design step window (1 (p.19)).
When a project is opened, if the price list used for this project is not the current one, a message
appears. You can then:
• Update the project. The quotation calculation is updated and the project can then be used
normally.
• Not update the project. In this case, the calculation is not modified. The project can be
consulted or printed. But if you modify it and then want to save it, the calculation will be
updated with the new price list. In order to keep the old project as it is, you will then receive a
proposal to save the modified project under a new name.
See also:
Update the price list (p.258)
Secured equipment
Equipment that is secured is equipment of the Prisma Plus switchboard or Modular
enclosure type whose products were installed in a switchboard.
SISpro building offers switchboard installation tools used to prepare technical solutions made up
of consistent products. In order to guarantee consistency, once installed in a switchboard, the
products can only be modified or deleted with the appropriate design tools. The equipment is
then said to be secured and the products installed in the switchboard are in turn secured. To
differentiate these products from non secured products, they are displayed in red in the Design
step window.
Secured products cannot be modified or deleted without the switchboard design tools, but
additional products can be added. As long as they have not been installed in the switchboard,
the products added are not secured and are displayed in black.
Secured equipment can be unsecured. Its products are then redisplayed in black and it can be
modified, but all information concerning installation in the switchboard is lost (mounting on
functional units, placing in enclosure, accessories of weatherproof modular enclosures).
Electrical relationships are kept however.

Overview - Important notions
Functional names can always be modified, whether or not the equipment is secured.
Equipment variant
SISpro building allows several technical solutions to be compared for the same switchboard. For
this purpose, an item of equipment will be created for each solution and then this equipment will
be calculated separately in various quotations.
For example, you can create two equipment items, one based on Prisma Plus enclosures, the
other on Pragma enclosures, then create two quotations in which you select either one item of
equipment or the other, and thus compare the two solutions.
Quotation variant
Quotation variants are used to compare a number of sales proposals for the same project.
These proposals involve various items of equipment, services and sales adjustments (margins
and thus selling prices).
A quotation variant is based on:
• the list of equipment to be considered (see Equipment variant above),
• the discounts obtained from suppliers for equipment,
• the additional services,
• the margins to be applied to the equipment, the workshop labour and the on-site labour.
Each quotation variant is individually registered. The following parameters are saved:
• the list and price of each product,
• the discounts, margin rates and VAT rates,
• the services.
All technical modifications (in design) on an item of equipment are automatically passed on to all
the quotation variants including this item of equipment.
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Project step
Enter project information ........................................................................................................ .14.

Project step - Enter project information
Enter project information
Presentation
This step consists of defining various items of administrative information concerning the project,
for example the project name and number, your details or the customer's details. This
information can then be used in the project documents such as front panel drawings, quotations
or order forms.
Action Résultat
Project step Displays the window of the Project step
Project step window
1. Project information is organised into 3 categories: the project, the customer and your
company.
2. The name you give to the project is transferred to the highest level of the tree in the Building
General View.
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Project step - Enter project information
Define default project information
Action Résultat
Apply default parameters Used to save the current project information in
order to use it in all your future projects
1. Click on Apply default parameters in the toolbar. A confirmation message will appear.
2. Choose Yes.
Rename the project

You can change the name of the project directly in the Building General View:
› Click the project name at the top of the tree in the Building General View, then choose
Rename in the Edit menu (or in the contextual menu).

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Design step
Presentation ........................................................................................................................... .18.

Design step window ............................................................................................................... .19.
Create equipment ....................................................................................................................22.
Choice of equipment products .................................................................................................25.
Cable equipment devices ....................................................................................................... .48.
Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard ..................................................................................... .55.
Design of a modular enclosure ..............................................................................................125 .
Equipment drawing and front panels .................................................................................... .161 .
Produce marking labels ........................................................................................................ .181 .

Design step - Presentation
Presentation
In the Design step:

• You structure the project into functional zones representative of the organisation of the
building to equip.
• You design the electrical equipment and you define the technical data: choice of products,
electrical cabling of devices, mounting devices in the wall mounted or floor standing
enclosures.
• You can also generate the front panel drawings of switchboards and create the marking
labels for wall mounted enclosures.
Action Résultat
Design step Displays the window of the Design step
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Design step - Design step window
Design step window
1. Step title bar (p.19)

2. Building General View (p.20)
3. Project design space, organised into two tabs: Equipment tab (p.20) andCabling tab (p.20)
4. Step action bars (p.20)
5. Summary (p.21)
You can mask some parts of the window and modify distribution between the various
window spaces. For data presented in table form, you can also modify table column
width.
Step title bar

The title bar indicates the name of the step and, to the right, the date of the current price list.

Building General View

This space presents the project structure in graphic form and lets you browse in and re-organise
the various levels.
The various structure items are symbolised by icons:
project name
functional zone
equipment of the type Prisma Plus

switchboard
equipment of the type Modular enclosure
equipment of the type Other
Equipment tab
You manage the products of an item of equipment in this tab.
These products are presented in a switchboard whose display may be customised. You can
choose the number of lines to present the products and the columns to be displayed in the
switchboard.
For more details, see Customise the design step product list (p.241).
Some products are displayed in red. These are secured products. For more details, see
Secured equipment (p.11).
Cabling tab
In this tab you can define the electrical relations between the switchboard devices, form device
groups and choose group distribution blocks. The hierarchical order established may act as a
guide to install products in the switchboard.
You can also assign devices functional names and descriptions, identify cross links to other
equipment items and mark devices having to be connected to terminals.
For more details, see Cable equipment devices (p.48).
Step action bars

Action bars are used to access the installation in the switchboard wizards and drawing and label
design.
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Summary
Information space is divided into three tabs:
Project Presents the summary of the calculation of one of the project

quotations. The header of the first column is a list in which you can
select the quotation to be displayed.
Equipment Presents the calculation of the equipment selected in the Building

General View. The header of the first column is a list in which you
can select the quotation to be displayed. From one quotation to
another, the same equipment can have different calculations
according to the calculation parameters used in these quotations.
Properties Presents the characteristics of the equipment selected in the

Building General View.

Design step - Create equipment
Create equipment
Introduction
Equipment are entities with a specific functional role (LV switchboard, power incomer,
emergency lighting, fire, etc.). This equipment contains the products.
Equipment can be grouped into functional zones. For example, a functional zone can be
created for each floor of a building and the building electrical installation equipment will be
divided up into these functional zones.
Functional zones do not contain products. They are used only to structure the project. Products
can only be placed in equipment.
Equipment is characterised by its type. There are 3 equipment types:
• Prisma Plus switchboard for electrical switchboards created with the front panel mounting
and generation wizards
• Modular enclosure for electrical switchboards created with specific front panel mounting
and generation wizards for modular or weatherproof enclosures (e.g. Pragma or Kaedra
switchboards).
• Other for all other equipment types
For switchboard and enclosure type equipment, you can enter additional characteristics such as
nominal current, short-circuit current and the degree of protection. This information is used for
switchboard design.
Equipment can be required in a number of copies. The quantity required appears next to the
equipment name in the Building General View (for example 2 x main LV switchboards).
However, the quantities given for products correspond to a single copy of the equipment. For
example, if an equipment item is required in 2 copies and if it contains the same circuit-breaker
3 times, in the product list for this equipment item, the circuit-breaker will be displayed with the
quantity 3 and not 6.
The type of equipment can be changed at any time. The additional characteristics are then lost.
Changing a secured equipment type makes this equipment insecure. For more
details, see Secured equipment (p.11).
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Create an equipment or a functional zone
Action Result
Project Create an equipment item A new equipment item appears in the project
tree
or or F4
Project Create a functional zone A new functional zone appears in the project
tree
or or F3
To create an equipment item

1. In the Building General View, click on the position where you wish to place the new
equipment item, for example the project name at the top of the tree or an existing functional
zone. The equipment item will be created under the selected position.
2. Press key F4. The new equipment item appears in the project tree and the cursor is
positioned in the equipment name.
3. Enter the equipment name.
To create a functional zone

1. In the Building General View, click on the position where you wish to place the new
functional zone, for example the project name at the top of the tree or an existing functional
zone. The functional zone will be created under the selected position.
2. Press key F3. The new functional zone appears in the project tree and the cursor is
positioned in the functional zone name.
3. Enter the functional zone name.
• You can move the equipment items and functional zones in the project structure
by dragging them with the mouse.
• You can add equipment items by copying the existing equipment items (Edit
menu, then Copy and Paste). You can also copy only the products of an
equipment item (for more details, see Copy products (p.43)).
Define equipment characteristics
Action Result
Click in the Properties tab of the Summary The cursor is positioned in the Properties tab
of the Summary
or F7

Rename an equipment item or a functional zone
Action Result
Edit Rename Allows you to rename the equipment item or
the functional zone selected in the Building
or contextual menu Rename
General View.
Delete an equipment item or a functional zone
Action Result
Edit Delete The equipment item or the functional zone
selected in the Building General View is
or contextual menu Delete
deleted.
or or Del
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Design step - Choice of equipment products
Choice of equipment products
Presentation
There are several ways of adding products to the project.
You can look for a product by browsing through the catalogue contents or search for it from its
part number.
You can add products from your personal catalogue and products that are not referenced in the
catalogues.
You can access your favourite products quickly (list of favourites, preconfigured assemblies)
and you can directly enter a part number in the product list.
You can copy products already existing in the project.
You can import products from former projects and projects created with Ecodial.
Once the product list has been drawn up, you can delete products from the list and modify the
characteristics of the chosen products.
• Products can only be placed in equipment. Before choosing a product, select in

the Building General View the equipment item to receive it.
• Most actions can be undone (menu Edit Undo) and you can retroactively
undo several actions.
Select products in catalogues
Search for products in the Schneider Electric electronic catalogue

In the electronic catalogue, you benefit from a large number of search functions (choice guides,
search by part number, key word, etc.) and you can consult product documentation and view
product photos.
Detail of operations (p.28)
Direct search for Schneider Electric products

You can search for products by freely browsing in the Schneider Electric offer or use the search
by key word function.
Search for products in the personal catalogue

You can create your own database to save products not referenced in the catalogues delivered
with the software. This database is your own personal catalogue. Initially it is empty and you will
fill it according to your needs.
Modification of the personal catalogue (p.32)

Search for part numbers in catalogues

You can search for products from their part number in the Schneider Electric catalogues or in
your personal catalogue.
The products chosen from their part number are considered to be accessories and
cannot be installed in the switchboard using automatic mounting tools. To be able to
use installation in switchboard wizards, we recommend that you choose products by
direct access or in the electronic catalogue.
Search for a part number in the Schneider Electric catalogues (p.34)

Search for a part number in the personal catalogue (p.35)
Quick access
Search for products in the favourites

Favourites are a quick means of selecting products out of those you use most often. Initially the
list of favourites is empty and you will fill it according to your needs.
Modify the list of favourites (p.37)
Use of preconfigured assemblies

A preconfigured assembly is a product list that you save to use them again in the future, in the
same project or in other projects.
Preconfigured assemblies can be imported and exported to share them with other workstations.
You can also import preconfigured assemblies created with old versions of the software.
When you retrieve a preconfigured assembly, only the product list is retrieved.
Choose a preconfigured assembly (p.38)

Create a preconfigured assembly (p.40)
Direct entry in the product list

If you know the part number of a product, you can enter it directly in the product list.
The other possibilities
Add a non referenced product

You can add to the product list a product that is non referenced in the catalogues.
Copy products
You can copy products in the product list. You can select several lines to copy them in a single
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operation.
You can also copy only the devices of an equipment item, by deleting all the other products
(functional units, distribution blocks, accessories, enclosures, etc.).
Import products
You can retrieve the products from projects completed using Schneider Electric software,
Ecodial and SISpro building (versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0):
• In Ecodial projects you can select the components to be imported and import them into
equipment of the current project. The Ecodial project must have been exported using the
ECD format.
• In SISpro building projects you can select the equipment to be imported as well as the
position in which it will be imported in the structure of the current project.
Import an Ecodial project (p.44)

Import a SISpro building project (p.45)
Modify the list
Delete products
You can delete products from the product list. You can select several lines to delete them in a
single operation.
Secured products cannot be deleted directly in the Design step window. For more
Modify products
You can modify product characteristics, except for products selected in the personal catalogue.
Secured products cannot be directly modified in the Design step window. For more

Search for a product in the Schneider Electric electronic

catalogue
Action Result
Products Schneider Electric Electronic Opens the electronic catalogue
Catalogue
or or SHIFT+F9
1. Search for the product:

• By part number or key word: select the relevant option in the Search menu, enter the part
number or the key word in the Search field then press Enter.
• Using one of the wizards proposed in the Choice Guides menu.
• By browsing in the catalogue hierarchy in the left-hand part of the window.
The products chosen from their part number are considered to be accessories
and cannot be installed in the switchboard using automatic mounting tools. To be
able to use installation in switchboard wizards, we recommend that you choose
products by browsing in the catalogue hierarchy or using choice wizards.
2. Products are displayed in the right-hand part of the window. Double click on the relevant
product to select it. The dialogue box presenting the product characteristics (p.29) appears.
3. Indicate the relevant quantity, select the product options and characteristics and click on the
Memorise button.
4. According to the choices made, other dialogue boxes may appear. In these boxes select the
product additional characteristics.
5. The Validation dialogue box appears, summarising the characteristics of the product chosen
6. Click on the button Add to List. The product is added to the product list and the Validation
dialogue box closes, but the catalogue remains open to let you select other products.
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Description of the product characteristics window
In the product characteristics choice window, the main characteristics are presented in lists.
When you select a characteristic in a list, a small blue arrow appears above the list, showing
that the selected characteristic is frozen: selection of other characteristics cannot modify this
choice.
› To release a characteristic, click on the blue arrow.
› To re-initialise selections to catalogue default choices, click on the RESET button.

Direct search for Schneider Electric products
Action Result
Products Product direct access Opens the window Choose a product
or or F9
When searching for a product, you can browse in the catalogue hierarchy or use search by key
word.
The offer hierarchy is displayed in the left-hand part of the catalogue window, while the products
are displayed in the right-hand part.
To browse in the offer:
1. Select an offer type in the list in the top left-hand corner. The offer contents appear
underneath.
2. Browse through the offer hierarchy, then click on the chapter containing the product you are
looking for.
To use the search function:

1. In the Search field at the top of the window, enter the key word to look for, then press Enter.
The search result will appear in a dialogue box.
2. In the list Search results, double-click on a line to access the relevant product or chapter in
the catalogue.
To add a product to the project:

1. In the product list to the right, double click on the relevant product. The dialogue box
presenting the product characteristics (p.29) will appear.
2. Indicate the relevant quantity, select the product options and characteristics, then click on
the Memorise button.
3. According to the choices made, other dialogue boxes may appear. In these boxes select the
product additional characteristics.
4. When all the characteristics have been defined, the product is added to the product list, but
the catalogue remains open to let you select other products.
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Choose a product in the personal catalogue
Action Result
Products Personal catalogue Opens the window Choice of part numbers
or
1. In the Contents frame, click on the Manufacturer,the Family, then on the Chapter
containing the part number you are looking for.
2. In the Part number frame, enter the relevant Quantity then double click on the part number
you wish to add to the project. The product is added to the product list, but the catalogue
remains open to let you choose other products.
The Define button provides access to the catalogue modification window. For more
details, see Modify the personal catalogue (p.32).

Modify the personal catalogue
Action Result
Tools Modifying the personal catalogue Opens the window Part number (p.33)
or Define button in the window Choice of
part numbers
In the personal catalogue, part numbers are classed by manufacturer, product family and
chapter. To add a part number, you must have created at least one manufacturer, one family
and one chapter.
To add a part number:
1. Click on the manufacturer for which you wish to create the part number. If there is none,
create it using the Create button under the Manufacturer list.
2. Click on the family in which you wish to add the part number. If there is none, create it using
the Create button under the Family list.
3. Click on the chapter in which you wish to add the part number. If there is none, create it
using the Create button under the Chapter list.
4. Click on the Create button in the Part number frame. The Part number dialogue box will
appear.
5. Enter the information concerning the part number and click on OK.
To modify or delete a manufacturer, family, chapter or part number:

› Click on the line to be modified or deleted in the relevant list, then click on the Modify button
or on the Delete button under the list.
When you delete a manufacturer, a family or a chapter, all its content will also be
deleted (e.g. if you delete a manufacturer, all the families, chapters and part numbers
for this manufacturer will be deleted).
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Description of the Part Number window
Part number Product part number.
Description Product description.
Quantity by batch Quantity of products by packaging.
Price Part number price.
Workshop labour Labour required to install the products in the workshop. To be

expressed in hundredths of an hour.
Worksite labour Labour required to install the products on the worksite. To be

expressed in hundredths of an hour.
Height or length Width To be expressed in millimetres. These dimensions are

Depth required for the part numbers you wish to install in the
switchboard. Products will be represented on the front panel
drawing in the form of a grey rectangle whose height and
width are those entered here.
Internal part number Part number used internally, if different from the supplier's
one.
Type of vignette Used to specify the type of product. Products whose type of
vignette is Modular device or Terminal can be mounted on a
functional unit in the same way as Schneider Electric devices.

Search for a part number in the Schneider Electric catalogues
The products chosen from their part number are considered to be accessories and
cannot be installed in the switchboard using automatic mounting tools. To be able to
use installation in switchboard wizards, we recommend that you choose products by
direct access or in the electronic catalogue.
Action Result
Products Manufacturer part numbers Opens the window Choose a part number
1. In the Manufacturers list, select the catalogue containing the part number sought for.
2. In the Part number sought for field, enter the first characters of the part number, then click
on the Search button. The list of part numbers beginning with the characters entered
appears in the Part numbers table.
3. Click on the part number sought for in the table, then enter the relevant quantity in the
Quantity field.
4. Click on OK. The part number is added to the product list, but the window Choose a part
number continues to be displayed to let you look for other part numbers.
Displays the start of the catalogue, in alphanumerical order of part numbers
Displays the previous part number page
Displays the next part number page
Displays the end of the catalogue
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Search for a part number in the personal catalogue
Action Result
Products Personal catalogue part Opens the window Choose a part number
numbers
1. In the Part number field, enter the first characters of the part number sought for, then click
on the + button to display it. If there is one, it will appear in the table placed under the Part
number field.
2. Enter the relevant quantity, then click on OK. The part number is added to the product list,
but the window Choose a part number continues to be displayed to let you look for other
part numbers.

Choose a product in the favourites
Action Result
Products Access to Favourites Opens the Favourites window
or or F10
1. In the Categories list, click on the category containing the relevant product.
2. In the Switchgear list, click on the product, modify the quantity if required, then click on the
button Add to basket.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 if you want to add other products to the basket.
4. When you have chosen all the products, click on OK to add them to the product list.
You can also view and modify the content of the basket by pressing Basket. The
Basket dialogue box will appear. The Validate basket button lets you add the
basket content to the product list, while the Previous button lets you return to the
favourites without adding products.
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Modify the list of favourites
Action Result
Products Access to Favourites Opens the window Favourites
or or F10
Organise the favourite categories

The list of favourites can be organised into various categories. To add favourites, you must
have created at least one category.
To add a category:
› Click on the Create button at the bottom of the Categories list.
To delete a category of favourites:

› Click on this category then press Del.
When deleting a category, all the favourites saved for this category will also be
deleted.
To rename a category of favourites:

› Double-click on the category, then enter the new name.
Modify the list of favourites

To add a favourite:
1. In the Categories list, click on the category in which you want to place the favourite.
2. Click on the Add button at the bottom of the Switchgear list. The dialogue box Choose a
product appears.
3. Choose the product. For more details, consult Direct search for Schneider Electric products
(p.30).
To delete a favourite:
› Click on the favourite to be deleted, then press Del.
To modify a favourite:
1. In the Switchgear list, click on the sign in the Qty column to access the product detail,
then double click on one of the product part numbers. The dialogue box presenting the
product characteristics (p.29) appears.
2. Modify the product characteristics, then click on Memorise.
To rename a favourite:
› Double-click on the favourite to be renamed (outside the Qty column).

Choose a preconfigured assembly
Action Result
Products Choose a preconfigured Opens the window Choose a preconfigured
assembly assembly
1. In the drop-down list at the top of the window, click on the list containing the relevant
preconfigured assembly. The list Schneider Electric preconfigured assemblies contains
the predefined preconfigured assemblies, delivered with the software. The list My
preconfigured assemblies contains the preconfigured assemblies that you have created.
2. In the list of preconfigured assemblies, click on the catalogue containing the relevant
preconfigured assembly, then on the preconfigured assembly. Information concerning this
assembly will appear in the information space at the bottom of the window: its name, the
date of creation, its type (graphic means that the preconfigured assembly is made up of
products installed in the switchboard).
3. Click on Add.
The list of preconfigured assemblies is organised into various categories. You can re-organise
the preconfigured assemblies within a category or change category by dragging them with the
mouse.
You can also:
• create new categories: detail of operations (p.38)
• delete preconfigured assemblies and categories: detail of operations (p.38)
• rename preconfigured assemblies and categories: detail of operations (p.39)
The Import button lets you import a preconfigured assembly created on other workstations,
either with old software versions or with other Schneider Electric software. The Export button
lets you export a preconfigured assembly to use it on other workstations or with other Schneider
Electric software.
Create a preconfigured assembly category

Categories can be fitted into one another.
1. Click on the category in which you want to create the new category, then click on Create
Category.
2. Enter the category name, then press Enter.
Delete a preconfigured assembly or a category

› Click on the preconfigured assembly or the category that you want to delete, then click on
Delete.
• When you delete a category, all the preconfigured assemblies classed in this
category will also be deleted.
• The first category at the top of the list cannot be deleted.
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Rename a preconfigured assembly or a category

1. Click twice slowly on the preconfigured assembly or on the category that you want to
rename.
2. Enter the new name, then press Enter.

Create a preconfigured assembly
To create a preconfigured assembly, you must first select the products making up this
assembly.
To select several product lines (p.278)

To select products installed in a switchboard (p.278)
Action Result
Products Create a preconfigured Opens the window Create a preconfigured
assembly assembly
1. In the drop-down list at the top of the window, click on My preconfigured assemblies. The
list Schneider Electric preconfigured assemblies contains the predefined preconfigured
assemblies, delivered with the software, and cannot be modified.
2. In the list of preconfigured assemblies, click on the category in which you want to class the
new preconfigured assembly.
3. Click on Add.
4. Enter the name of the preconfigured assembly, then press Enter.
Preconfigured assemblies can be organised into several categories. Initially the list contains
only one category, but you can create others. Categories can be fitted into one another. Detail
of operations (p.38)
You can also:
• Delete preconfigured assemblies and categories. Detail of operations (p.38)
• Rename preconfigured assemblies and categories. Detail of operations (p.39)
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Enter a part number directly in the product list
1. Click on the empty line at the bottom of the list (Part number cell). The empty line is
identified by the character *.
2. Enter the part number, then press Enter.

Add a free part number
Action Result
Products Free part numbers Opens the window Create / Modify user part
number
› Enter the quantity, part number, description, price and labour time of the product, then click
on OK.
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Copy products
Standard copy
Action Result
Edit Copy then Paste Copies selected products
or contextual menu Copy then Paste
or then
To select several product lines (p.278)

To select products installed in a switchboard (p.278)
Copy devices
Action Result
Edit Copy then Paste Devices Copies only the devices of an equipment item
(eliminates functional units, distribution
or contextual menu Copy then Paste
blocks, accessories, enclosures, etc.)
Devices
1. In the Building General View, click on the equipment whose devices you want to copy, then
choose Copy.
2. Click on the equipment in which you want to retrieve the copied devices, then choose Paste
devices.

Import an Ecodial project
Action Result
File Import products Import Ecodial Opens the window Import Ecodial
1. In the Source Project frame, click on Browse, then select the project to be imported (ECD
format). The list of components of the imported project will be displayed.
In the list, each line corresponds to a component. A circuit with several components appears
on several lines. For each component, its functional name and the associated product are
given. When the product is not included in the catalogues (product is too old for example),
the line is displayed in blue.
2. Select the components that you want to import.
To select several lines (p.278)
3. In the Current Project frame, click on the equipment item to receive the imported product.
4. Click on the button . If, out of the imported products, some are not included in the
catalogues, the list of relevant components will be displayed.
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Import a SISpro building project
Action Result
File Import products From a SISpro Opens the window Import equipment from a
building project SISpro building project
1. In the Source Project frame, click on Browse, then select the project to be imported. The
project tree will be displayed.
2. Click on the equipment item you wish to import.
3. In the Current Project frame, click on the tree root or on the functional zone to receive the
equipment.
4. Click on the button .
You can add other equipment items to be imported by repeating steps 2 to 4.
5. Click on OK to start import.

Delete products
Action Result
Edit Delete Deletes selected lines
or contextual menu Delete
or
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Modify product characteristics
Action Result
Double-click on the product Displays product characteristics (p.29)
or Contextual menu Modify / Consult
or F7

Design step - Cable equipment devices
Cable equipment devices
Presentation
Once you have chosen the devices of an equipment item, you can define the electrical relations
between these devices, form groups and choose the group distribution blocks. The established
hierarchical order will act as a guide to install products in the switchboard and the cabling
information can be exported to diagram creation tools in order to automatically generate the
wiring diagram of the equipment.
You can also assign devices functional names and descriptions, identify cross-links to other
equipment items and identify the devices having to be connected to terminals.
Cabling window
1. Tool bar
2. Electrical relations : space in which you organise the electrical relations between devices
and form groups
3. Space for entering functional names
4. Space for entering functional descriptions
5. Device group: group name possibly followed by the name of the group incoming device,
distribution block, list of group devices
6. Device connected to terminals
7. Link to another equipment item
8. Unconnected devices: equipment devices that are not electrically connected
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Products are represented by various icons:
device only
incoming device
group incoming unit
device group distribution block
device belonging to a group
device connected to terminal
link to another equipment item
• The Name and Description columns may be masked: click with the right button
on the title of the columns, then click on the name of the column to be displayed
or masked in the contextual menu.
• Column width may be modified.
See Organisation of the SISpro building window (p.251)
Create electrical relations between devices

The equipment cabling hierarchy is defined in the space Electrical relations. To do this, move
the devices from the topic Unconnected devices to the topic Electrical relations by organising
them according to the manner in which they must be connected.
› To move devices you can :
• drag them with the mouse,
• use the commands Cut/Paste (or Copy/Paste) in the Edit menu or in the contextual
menu,
• use the or buttons in the Cabling window toolbar.
When you move devices using the mouse, the mouse pointer takes on the
appearance of a barred circle if the operation is not possible.
You can also delete devices and modify the characteristics of a product:
Action Result
Contextual menu Delete Deletes selected devices (wire devices are
not deleted but are moved up by one level)
Contextual menu Modify Product Modifies the characteristics of a product

• To select several devices (p.278)

• When you add new products to the equipment, you can insert them directly in
their place in the electrical hierarchy: before choosing new products (see Choice
of equipment products (p.25)), click in the space Electrical relations on the
device to which they must be connected.
Secured products cannot be modified or deleted directly in the Cabling window. For
more details, see Secured equipment (p.11).
Device grouping
A group is a set of mechanically and electrically associated devices. When mounting devices, all
the devices in a group will be mounted on the same functional unit.
Create a device group

When creating a group, the software analyses the devices to be grouped in order to propose a
selection of distribution blocks to connect them.
In some cases, you may be proposed substitution of one device with another. If you accept the
proposal, modify the device before recreating the group.
Action Result
Contextual menu Group and Choose the Displays the window Create a Group
Distribution Block
or
1. Use the mouse right button to click on the devices you want to group, then choose Group
and Choose the Distribution Block in the contextual menu. The window Create a Group
will appear.
2. Enter the name of the group.
3. Choose the distribution block in the list proposed. The list contains only the distribution
blocks that are compatible with the devices to be grouped. If you are not sure which
distribution block you want to use, you can make this decision later on. Just choose the
option Without in the list. Once you have made your decision, you must modify the group in
order to define its distribution block. When the choice of distribution block is absolutely
necessary, the option Without is not proposed.
4. Click on Create. The window giving the distribution block characteristics (p.29) will appear.
Only options compatible with the devices to be grouped are proposed (in particular the list of
available sizes).
5. Select the distribution block characteristics, then click on Memorise. The group is created
with its distribution block and the grouped devices.
To select several devices (p.278)
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Modify a device group
Action Result
Contextual menu Associate with an The selected devices are associated with the
Existing Group Group name indicated group (compatibility between
devices and the group distribution block is
checked)
Contextual menu Modify the distribution Changes the name of the group and the
block distribution block
Contextual menu Separate from its The selected devices are separated from the
Group group
or
Contextual menu Separate Group The devices are separated and the group is
deleted
Del key The group and all the devices it contains are
deleted
• To select several devices (p.278)

• To select an entire group, you can use Select the group in the contextual menu.
You can link a device to a device belonging to a group, but this device will not be
included in the group. To associate a device with a group, you must use the
command Associate with an Existing Group.
Functional names and descriptions

You can assign functional names and descriptions to devices to identify them on the wiring
diagram. Functional names are made up of 8 characters maximum (letters in capitals and
digits). A functional name must be unique and can only be assigned to one device of the
equipment (but it can be used in other project equipment). Functional descriptions can contain
up to 30 characters (letters and digits).
Functional names can be entered manually or generated automatically and you can customise
the prefixes to be used during automatic generation.
Enter functional names and descriptions
Action Result
Products Automatic generation of Automatically generates functional names for
functional names all equipment devices, except for those whose
functional name was entered manually
(functional names entered manually are not
overwritten during automatic generation)
Used to enter a functional name

To enter a functional name or description:

› Click in the Name column or in the Description column, then enter the functional name or
description. End by pressing Enter.
To cancel the input, press Esc.
The options
Action Result
Configuration Functional names Used to define, for each device type, the
(Markers) prefixes to be used for automatic generation
of functional names
Create a cross-link
A device can be identified as a component linking up to another device. Only terminal devices
(with no connected devices) can have the status of a cross- link component.
Action Result
Contextual menu Cross-link component Designates a cross-link component or cancels
the cross-link
To identify a cross-link component:

1. Click on the cross-link device with the mouse right button, then choose Cross-link
component in the contextual menu. The window Start of cross-link to equipment will
appear. It presents in a drop-down list all the project equipment except for the current
equipment.
2. Choose the cross-link target in the list.
3. Click on OK. The cross-link icon will appear next to the device and its functional description
is modified to indicate the cross-link target.
To link up to an equipment item external to the project, you can choose Other
equipment in the list and enter the name of the target equipment in the functional
description.
To cancel a cross-link:
› Click on the cross-link with the mouse right button. In the contextual menu appearing, a tick
to the left of the command Cross-link component means that the device is identified as a
cross-link. Click on Cross-link component. The tick is deleted and the cross-link cancelled.
Connection on terminal
The downstream connection point of protection devices may be transferred to power terminals
placed in a peripheral zone of the switchboard. You can identify the devices having to be
connected to terminals.
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Action Result
Contextual menu Transfer to terminal Used to establish or cancel alternately the
connection to terminal of the selected devices
To select several devices (p.278)
Print cabling information
Action Résultat
Print Used to print the cabling information
displayed in the window
Cabling information printout example

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Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Cable equipment devices
Design of a Prisma Plus

switchboard
Presentation ........................................................................................................................... .56.

Design window of a Prisma Plus switchboard ........................................................................ .57.
Design methods of a Prisma Plus switchboard ...................................................................... .61.
Guided design (Prisma Plus) ...................................................................................................63.
Quick design (Prisma Plus) .................................................................................................... .65.
Free design (Prisma Plus) ...................................................................................................... .67.
Automatic placing in enclosure (Prisma Plus) ........................................................................ .68.
Modify a Prisma Plus switchboard ....................................................................................... .100 .
The Prisma Plus switchboard views ..................................................................................... .103 .
Using the result (Prisma Plus switchboard) ...........................................................................106 .
To go further still ....................................................................................................................117.

Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Presentation
Presentation
SISpro building offers a large number of wizards to guide you step by step through all the
stages in production of complete configuration of a Prisma Plus switchboard. The main
functions available are:
• the possibility of managing an incoming device,
• assistance with mounting devices on functionalised supports,
• assistance with choice of switchboard architecture,
• installation of products in wall mounted or floor standing enclosures,
• automatic calculation of terminals,
• calculation of available free rows,
• calculation of labour times.
The result obtained depends on many parameters that you can adjust:
• switchboard general characteristics (nominal current, short-circuit current, degree of
protection, required number of free rows, etc.)
• options for managing the incoming device,
• options for mounting and connecting devices,
• options for choosing terminals
etc.
Once the switchboard is complete, you can print and export the front panel drawing, the product
part numbers and the mounting document.
Action Result
in the tool bar or in the action bar of the Opens the window for design of a Prisma Plus
switchboard (an equipment of the type
Design step Prisma Plus switchboard must be selected
in the Building General View)
or double click on the equipment in the
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Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Design window of a Prisma Plus switchboard
Design window of a Prisma Plus switchboard
1. Title bar (p.58)

2. Menu bar (p.10)
3. Tool bars (p.10)
4. Message bar (p.58)
5. Display space of the list Selected components (p.58) of theCabling tab (p.59). To display the
list Selected components, click on the button Selected components (9). To display the
Cabling, click on the button Cabling (10).
6. Space organised into 4 tabs:
• Cabling tab (p.59)
• Switchboard design tab (p.59)
• Results tab (p.59)
• Mounting document tab (p.60)
7. Display the characteristics of the component selected in the list Selected components, in
the cabling or in the drawing of the switchboard
9. Button displaying the list of components
10.Button displaying the cabling
11.Decor palette (p.60)

You can mask the tool bars and the status bar, modify the distribution between the
various window spaces and customise the menus and the tool bars. For data
presented in table form, you can also modify table column width.
For more details, see Organisation of the Prisma Plus window (p.123) and
Customise
menus and tool bars (p.253).
Title bar
The title bar gives the name of the current action followed by the project name and the name of
the equipment being processed. It contains, on the right, the standard buttons for placing as an
icon, for reducing/enlarging and closing the window.
title bar with the mouse and dragging it to another position.
Message bar
The message bar informs you of the reasons for refusal when you try to perform an impossible
operation. It cannot be moved, but it can be hidden.
Selected components
This list presents the switchboard products divided into various topics. Each line corresponds to
a single copy of a product (if the switchboard contains the same product in several copies, it will
appear on several lines). Each product is represented by an icon and is identified by a
description. Icons are representative of the type of product (see detail below).
You can obtain more details on a product by leaving the mouse pointer a few
seconds on its description: the characteristics for this device then appear in a small
bubble.
Devices
This topic contains the devices and the device groups created during cabling (p.76) (with their
distribution blocks), prior to mounting on functional units. Devices are represented by various
icons:
device
incoming device (p.70)
device group
device considered for calculation of terminals

(p.79)
Terminals
This topic contains the feeder connection terminals.
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Mounted devices
This topic contains the mounting functional units and the devices or device groups mounted
(p.?) on these functional units.
Functional unit
Distribution block attached to the functional

unit (modular functional unit only)
Enclosures
This topic contains the wall mounted and floor standing enclosures, ducts, etc.
Distribution blocks
This topic contains the busbars and distribution blocks not included in a device group or
attached to a modular functional unit.
Accessories
This topic contains accessories such as: earth/neutral busbar, cable tie-bar, etc. Accessories
have no graphic representation and cannot appear in the switchboard drawing.
Cabling tab
In this tab you can define the electrical relations between switchboard devices, form device
groups and choose group distribution blocks. The established hierarchical order may act as a
guide to install products in the switchboard.
You can also assign devices functional names and descriptions, establish links with other
equipment and identify devices having to be connected to terminals.
For more details, see Cable devices for a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.76).
Switchboard design tab

This tab is a graphic space in which you assemble the various switchboard components (p.87)
and create its front panel drawing. This tab has 4 pages. A single page is displayed at any one
time but you can easily change page (p.104) using two buttons in the tool bar. You can choose
page size and the title block for the sheet model (p.111).
Results tab
This tab presents, in table form, the following information:
Part nos. Part numbers of products, whether or not placed in the

switchboard drawing
Qty Quantity of each part number
Description Description associated with the part number in the catalogue
Status Products included in the list of Selected components
Products placed in the tab Switchboard design
Product Product description

Functional name Functional name associated with the product

You can sort the list of part numbers according to various criteria. The sort criteria correspond to
the table column titles:
› In the drop-down list Sort by, choose the relevant sort option or click on the title of the
column that you want to sort. The sorted column appears on a grey background.
By default, identical part numbers are grouped on the same line. You can cancel this grouping
in order to view each part number separately by ticking the box Deploy part numbers.
When part numbers are grouped, the Status, Product and Functional name
columns are not displayed.
Mounting document tab

This tab presents the list of part numbers of the products installed in the Switchboard design
tab. The equipment is presented in the order in which it is arranged in the switchboard (from left
to right and from top to bottom). Information is grouped by wall mounted or floor standing
enclosure.
Part nos. Product part numbers

Description Description associated with the part number in the catalogue
Product Product description
Status bar
The status bar indicates from left to right:
• the description of the command selected in the menu bar or in a tool bar,
• the current enclosure system,
• the level of assistance for mounting (p.81) the devices,
• the free rows (p.109) available,
• the page number (p.104) displayed in the Switchboard design tab,
• the indication of keyboard locking in CAPS mode (CAP) and activation of the numerical
keypad (NUM).
Decor palette
The Decor palette groups the tools used to draw geometrical shapes and handle graphs.
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Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Design methods of a Prisma Plus switchboard
Design methods of a Prisma Plus switchboard
To place in the switchboard the products of an equipment and to obtain its front panel, you can
choose one of the four methods described below.
In free design, you can freely browse through the steps of your choice. However, we
recommend that you proceed in the order shown below, which corresponds to a logic
switchboard design order.
You can also be guided by one of the three design wizards.
The quick design wizard lets you produce a switchboard in only 3 steps. You can use this
wizard when you do not need to access the mounting and connection options or intervene in the
device mounting order.
The guided design wizard will guide you step by step through all the possible steps and will let
you adjust a large number of parameters.
You can also begin switchboard design in the free mode, then end up by using the automatic
placing in enclosure wizard.
When producing a switchboard, messages may be displaced in the Messages (4

(p.57)) bar. These messages are very useful for following progression of operations
and for understanding the many checks run by the software.

Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Design methods of a Prisma Plus switchboard
Actions Guided Quick design Free design Automatic

design (p.63) (p.65) (p.67) placing in
the
enclosure
(p.?)
Choice of products for a 1 1 1
Prisma Plus switchboard
(p.?)
Manage the incoming device 2
(p.70)
Definition of characteristics 2 2 3
for a Prisma Plus switchboard
(p.71)
Mounting and connection 4
options (p.73)
Configure choice of terminals 5
(p.74)
Cable devices for a Prisma 3 6
Plus switchboard (p.76)
Device mounting order (p.78) 4 7
Calculate power terminals 5 3 8 1
(p.?)
Mount devices on functional 9
units (p.81)
Choice of switchboard 6 10
architecture (p.85)
Install products in a Prisma 11
Plus switchboard (p.87)
Finishing the Prisma Plus 12
switchboard (p.98)
Modify a Prisma Plus 13
switchboard (p.100)
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Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Guided design (Prisma Plus)
Guided design (Prisma Plus)
The guided design wizard will guide you step by step through all the possible steps and will let
you adjust a large number of parameters.
When producing a switchboard, messages may be displaced in the Messages bar (4

(p.57)). These messages are very useful for following progression of operations and
for understanding the many checks run by the software.
Actions Guided design

Choice of products for a Prisma Plus switchboard 1
(p.69)
Manage the incoming device (p.70)
Definition of characteristics for a Prisma Plus 2
switchboard (p.71)
Mounting and connection options (p.73)
Configure choice of terminals (p.74)
Cable devices for a Prisma Plus switchboard 3
(p.?)
Device mounting order (p.78) 4
Calculate power terminals (p.79) 5
Mount devices on functional units (p.81)
Choice of switchboard architecture (p.85) 6
Install products in a Prisma Plus switchboard
(p.?)
Finishing the Prisma Plus switchboard (p.98)
Guided design - Step 1 - Choice of devices

In this step you can manage one device differently from the others: the incoming device. This
device is treated specifically during installation in the switchboard. It can be managed
automatically or you can designate it yourself.
You can also modify the product list. You can add products, copy or delete devices and modify
the characteristics of the selected devices.
Fore more details, see:
• Choice of products for a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.69)
• Manage the incoming device (p.70)
Guided design - Step 2 - Switchboard characteristics

In this step you must define the general characteristics of the switchboard and choose the
enclosure range.
You can also request automatic management of terminal groups for downstream device
connection and have access to the device mounting and connection parameters and to the
terminal choice parameters.

Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Guided design (Prisma Plus)
For more details, see:

• Definition of characteristics for a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.71)
• Mounting and connection options (p.73)
• Configure choice of terminals (p.74)
Guided design - Step 3 - Cabling

In this step you can define the electrical relations between devices. You have the possibility of
grouping devices so that they are mounted on the same functional mounting plate.
For more details, see: Cable devices for a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.76)
Guided design - Step 4 - Device mounting order

In this step, you can organise devices in the order required to install them in the switchboard.
You have 4 automatic sort options: in cabling order, in product choice order, by device rating or
by cabling level.
You can also move devices by dragging them to various points using the mouse.
For more details, see: Device mounting order (p.78)
Guided design - Step 5 - Calculating terminals

If the Automatic calculation of terminals option was selected in the switchboard
characteristics (step 2), the number of terminals required to connect the downstream devices is
calculated and the relevant equipment is added to the product list. If you have chosen to
manage an incoming device, it will be excluded from terminal calculation.
The wizard then determines the functional mounting plates required to install the devices and
places the devices and terminals on these functional units.
• Calculate power terminals (p.79)
• Mount devices on functional units (p.81)
Guided design - Step 6: Placing in enclosure proposals

In this step, the wizard offers you a choice of wall mounted and floor standing enclosures that
can contain products and, once you have selected the solution best for you, it determines the
mounting and connection accessories. It then finishes the switchboard by installing the products
in the chosen wall mounted or floor standing enclosures, then automatically completes the front
panel with plain front plates.
• Choice of switchboard architecture (p.85)
• Install products in a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.87)
• Finishing the Prisma Plus switchboard (p.98)
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Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Quick design (Prisma Plus)
Quick design (Prisma Plus)
The quick design wizard will let you produce a switchboard in only 3 steps. You can use this
wizard when you do not need to access the mounting and connection options or intervene on
the device mounting order.

Actions Quick design

(p.69)
Manage the incoming device (p.70)
switchboard (p.71)
Choice of switchboard architecture (p.85)
(p.?)
Quick design - Step 1 - Choice of devices

In this step you can manage one device differently from the others: the incoming device. This
device is treated specifically during installation in the switchboard. It can be managed
automatically or you can designate it yourself.
You can also modify the product list. You can add products, copy or delete devices, modify the
characteristics of the selected devices and re-organise the list in the required mounting order for
devices.
• Choice of products for a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.69)
• Manage the incoming device (p.70)
Quick design - Step 2 - Switchboard characteristics

In this step you can define the general characteristics of the switchboard and choose the
enclosure range.
For more details, see: Definition of characteristics for a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.71)
Quick design - Step 3 : Placing in enclosure proposals

If the Automatic calculation of terminals option was selected in the switchboard
characteristics (step 2), the number of terminals required to connect the downstream devices is
calculated and the relevant equipment is added to the product list. If you have chosen to
manage an incoming device, it will be excluded from terminal calculation.
The wizard then determines the functional mounting plates necessary to install the devices and
places the devices and terminals on these functional units. It then offers you a choice of wall

Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Quick design (Prisma Plus)
mounted and floor standing enclosures that can contain products and, once you have selected
the solution best for you, it determines the mounting and connection accessories. It then
finishes the switchboard by installing the products in the chosen wall mounted or floor standing
enclosures, then automatically completes the front panel with plain front plates.
• Calculate power terminals (p.79)
• Mount devices on functional units (p.81)
• Choice of switchboard architecture (p.85)
• Install products in a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.87)
• Finishing the Prisma Plus switchboard (p.98)
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Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Free design (Prisma Plus)
Free design (Prisma Plus)
In free design, you can freely browse through the steps of your choice. However, we
recommend that you proceed in the order shown below, which corresponds to a logic
switchboard design order.

Actions Free design

(p.69)
Manage the incoming device (p.70) 2
switchboard (p.71)
Mounting and connection options (p.73) 4
Configure choice of terminals (p.74) 5
Cable devices for a Prisma Plus switchboard 6
(p.?)
Device mounting order (p.78) 7
Mount devices on functional units (p.81) 9
Choice of switchboard architecture (p.85) 10
Install products in a Prisma Plus switchboard 11
(p.?)
Finishing the Prisma Plus switchboard (p.98) 12
Modify a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.100) 13

Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Automatic placing in enclosure (Prisma Plus)
Automatic placing in enclosure (Prisma Plus)
You can use the automatic placing in enclosure wizard to finish switchboard mounting. This
wizard automatically links up all the installation in the switchboard steps of equipment products.

Actions Automatic placing in

enclosure
Choice of switchboard architecture (p.85)
(p.?)
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Choice of products for a Prisma Plus switchboard
Presentation
You can add products to the switchboard during its production. For this you can use most of the
methods designed to add products to equipment: search in catalogues, search by part number,
search in favourites, use of preconfigured assemblies, addition of products not referenced in the
catalogues, copy of switchboard products. You can also delete products and modify the chosen
product characteristics..
Below are comments on use of preconfigured assemblies and a description of a quick method
to delete products from the list of Selected components. For more details on the other
possibilities, refer to Choice of equipment products (p.25).

Preconfigured assemblies can be used to create switchboards quickly. You can save in the form
of preconfigured assemblies parts of switchboards and even complete switchboards. For
example, you can save in a preconfigured assembly a fully installed column. To create a new
switchboard, you must retrieve this preconfigured assembly that you will use as a starting base
and then complete the installation manually or using the software wizards.
A preconfigured assembly can be created from components selected in the list of Selected
components, in the Cabling, or in the Switchboard design tab. When you retrieve a
preconfigured assembly:
• the original components in the list of Selected components are replaced in this list, in the
appropriate topic,
• the original components in the Switchboard design tab are replaced in this tab,
• for original components of Cabling, the electrical relations are saved.
Delete products from the list of Selected Components

You can delete products from the list of Selected components by selecting one or more
products in the same topic or in different topics, then by using the standard deletion commands
(Del key or Delete command). However, you also have a specific function allowing you to delete
all the products in a topic:
1. Click on the topic from which you wish to delete products with the right mouse button, then
choose Delete components in the contextual menu.
2. A confirmation message will appear. Choose Yes.
If this is the Mounted devices topic, a second message will appear. Choose No.
If you choose Yes, the devices are not deleted but are sent to the Selected
components topic. For more details, see Remove the devices from a functional
unit (p.83).

Manage the incoming device
Presentation
You can manage one device differently from the others: the incoming device. This device:
• is treated in a specific manner during mounting on functional units (p.81) and installation
(p.?) in the switchboard,
• is excluded from calculation of terminals (p.79),
• is identified by a specific icon.
To designate the incoming device, you can:

• Let the wizard act. In this case, the device with the highest rating is systematically
designated as the incoming device.
• Manually designate one of the switchboard devices. In this case, this device remains the
incoming device until you designate another, even if you add a device with a higher rating to
the switchboard.
Choose mounting and installation options
Option Where
Mounting and connection options See Mounting and connection options (p.73)
Mounting the incoming device Configuration Configure application

tab Mounting (p.120)
The incoming device can be mounted by itself
on a functional unit or on a dedicated rail and
by itself in a dedicated cubicle. When the
incoming device is installed by itself in a
dedicated cubicle and does not take up the
entire height of the cubicle, supports for HSI
(p.93) can be placed at the top of the cubicle.
Designate the incoming device
To activate incoming device management:

› In the switchboard characteristics (p.71), on the lineIs there an incoming device? click on
Yes.
To manually designate the incoming device:

1. In the list of Selected components, click on the device that you want to designate as the
incoming device.
2. In the Wizard menu or in the contextual menu, choose Choice of incoming device.
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Definition of characteristics for a Prisma Plus switchboard
Presentation
One of the first steps in switchboard production consists of:
• defining the configuration initial parameters (electrical characteristics, required number of
free rows, type of partitioning for cubicles, type of doors, enclosure range),
• specifying whether terminals must be calculated and whether the incoming device must be
managed,
• defining the mounting and connection options and the choice of terminals.
Switchboard electrical characteristics

These are the electrical characteristics entered on equipment creation, that you can modify if
necessary:
• Switchboard nominal current
• Short-circuit current at the incoming point
• Required degree of protection
Free rows
Free rows represent the space that you wish to keep available in the switchboard to install
future items of equipment. This space is given as a percentage.
For more details, see View the free row percentage in a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.109).
Cubicle partitioning
You can choose a level of protection for products when they are mounted in the cubicle. Form 1
corresponds to the lowest protection and Form 3 to the highest protection.
Horizontal partitioning between modular functional units may be required for form 3.
See option Generate partitionings between modular FUs in the configure
application tab Installation (p.121).
Type of door
Choice of door proposed depends on the switchboard IP.
Manage terminals
When this option is selected, the automatic design wizards include the terminal calculation step.
For more details, see Calculate power terminals (p.79).
Manage incoming device

When this option is selected, the software distinguishes the incoming device from the other
devices. For more details, see Manage the incoming device (p.70).
Choice of enclosure range

The enclosure ranges proposed depend on the characteristics and options selected.

If you choose the Wall mounted enclosure/Floor standing enclosure range or the
Cubicle range, the corresponding sheet model is automatically selected.
For more details, see the option: Sheet model in the configure application tab
Display (p.119).
If you choose the PACK range, all the functions concerning device mounting (p.81)
on functional units are de-activated and the Mounted devices topic is deleted from
the list of Selected components. If this topic contains mounted devices, a message
will appear. You can then:
• Either re-initialise the configuration, in which case only the switchgear is kept:
products are disassembled and placed in the Devices topic and the functional
units are deleted.
• Or keep everything, in which case the products are disassembled and placed in
the Devices topic and the functional units are placed in the Accessories topic. In
this case, if you choose another range at a later stage, the functional units are
replaced in the Mounted devices topic.
Define the switchboard characteristics
Action Result
Equipment Switchboard characteristics Displays the switchboard characteristics
or Guided and quick design wizards: Step 2
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Mounting and connection options
The mounting and connection options affect the progression of operations during device
mounting (p.81) on functional units. Two series of parameters can be defined, one used only to
mount the device designated as the incoming device, and the other used to mount all the other
devices.
Action Result
Switchboard characteristics - button Opens the window Modify connection
Incoming device families for the incoming device (p.70)
or Configuration Incoming device
mounting and connections
or Configuration Configure application -
tab Mounting (p.120) - Button
Incoming device
Switchboard characteristics - button Standard Opens the window Modify connection

devices families for all devices other than the
incoming device
or Configuration Standard mounting
and connections
tab Mounting (p.120) - Button
Standard
devices
The Default button is used to save the options that you have just defined for use in
your future projects.

Configure choice of terminals
Presentation
If you want to use the terminal calculation wizard (p.79), you need to define the various options
involved in this calculation:
• the type of cable used by default
• the terminals to be used for each device rating
• the possible cable types
Predefined tables are supplied with the software, but you can add new cable types, modify
terminal section/rating associations and choose the relevant terminals in the Schneider
catalogues or in your personal catalogue.
Choose the options
Action Result
Switchboard characteristics - button Opens the window Configure choice of
Configure choice of terminals terminals
or Configuration Configure choice of
terminals
tab Terminals (p.122) Configure
- button
Choose the type of default cable

The type of default cable is used to calculate terminals when the terminal calculation wizard
window is not displayed. For more details, see Calculate power terminals (p.79).
› In the list Type of cable of the In/S tab, click on the type of cable required, then click on
Table used by default.
Choose the terminals

For each terminal section, you must specify the products you want to use. Terminals can be
chosen in the Schneider catalogues or in your personal catalogue.
1. Click on the tab Terminal supplier.
2. For each terminal section:
a. Click in the Choice of catalogue column. A small arrow will appear to the right.
b. Click on the arrow, then click on the relevant catalogue in the list. The catalogue
consultation window will appear.
c. Choose the terminal in the catalogue (for more details, see Direct search for Schneider
Electric products (p.30) or Choose a product in the personal catalogue (p.31)). The
chosen product description appears in the Terminal column.
3. When all the terminals have been defined, click on OK.
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Modify the terminal sections

You can define the terminal section that you want to use for each nominal current range and for
each type of cable.
1. In the list Type of cable of the In/S tab, select the type of cable to be configured.
2. For each range to be defined:
a. Click in the In Max. column and enter the value of the upper limit of the range. A new line
is immediately created below for the next range with as In Min. the value immediately
above.
b. Click in the Associated terminal section column. A small arrow will appear to the right.
Click on this arrow, then on the relevant section in the list brought up.
For the last range, select a cable section, but leave the In Max value empty.
3. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each cable type.

4. When the terminal sections have been defined for each cable type, click on OK.
Modify the cable types

A certain number of cable types are predefined in the software (copper, aluminium), but you can
add others or remove those you do not use:
› In the In/S tab, click on the button Add/modify a cable type, then use the Add and Remove
button without the dialogue box Add a type.

Cable devices for a Prisma Plus switchboard
Presentation
You can define the electrical relations between devices, form device groups and choose group
distribution blocks. The hierarchical order established may act as a guide to install the products
in the switchboard.
You can also assign devices functional names and descriptions, establish links to other
equipment and identify the devices having to be connected to terminals. In a Prisma Plus
switchboard, you can also create motor feeder groups.
You can establish electrical relations between devices either in the Cabling (6 (p.57)) tab or in
the Cabling (5 (p.57)) section that you can display instead of the list of Selected components.
Action Result
Display Cabling Displays the Cabling tab
or click on the tab name or F5
Click on the Cabling button (10 (p.57)) at the The Cabling replaces the list of Selected
bottom of the list of Selected components components
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Detail of the operations

The creation of a motor feeder group is described below. For the detail of the other operations,
refer to Cable equipment devices (p.48).
Create the motor feeder group

This type of grouping is dedicated to specific cases. It enables grouping of products that can be
inter-connected mechanically. When the group is created, instead of choosing a distribution
block, selection of the connection part will be proposed. To create this type of group, both
devices must be electrically connected so that one is the child of the other.
Action Result
Contextual menu Create motor feeder Displays the window Create a Group
group
or
1. Connect the two devices making up the group so that one is the child of the other. For
example, for a motor feeder made up of a Tesys GVL2 circuit-breaker and a Tesys LC1D
contactor, the contactor must be the child of the circuit-breaker.
2. Select the two connected devices, then choose Create motor feeder group in the
contextual menu. The Create a Group window will appear.
3. Enter the group name.
4. In the list Compatible association blocks, select the relevant part number. You can choose
Without if you do not want a connecting part.
5. Click on Create.

Device mounting order
Presentation
The devices will be installed in the order of the list of Selected components. It is thus important
to define the order of this list before starting to mount.
You can organise the list of components manually or use the automatic sort functions.
Sort devices automatically
Action Result
Products Sort selected components 3 sort modes:
• in cabling order
• by cabling level
• by device rating
Guided design wizard - Step 4 4 sort modes:

• in cabling order
• in product choice order
• by device rating
• by cabling level
Move devices manually

› To move devices in the list of Selected components, use the Cut and Paste commands in
the Edit menu or drag them using the mouse.
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Calculate power terminals
Presentation
The downstream connection point of the protective devices may be transferred to power
terminals placed in a peripheral zone of the switchboard that is easily accessible. A wizard will
let you automatically calculate the number of terminals required for configuration as whole and
adds the relevant products to the product list.
The calculation takes into account all the end modular devices of the switchboard (except for
the incoming device and group incomers), but only the electrically connected devices if the
cabling (p.48) has been done. Devices for which terminals cannot be determined correctly are
ignored.
For each device considered, the wizard determines the group of terminals attached to it. The
number and size of terminals are calculated below:
• the rating (In) and the number of poles of the devices,
• the type of cable used,
• the types of terminals defined in the configuration for the various device ratings.
After the calculation, you can add additional terminals by choosing them in the catalogues.
These terminals are added to the terminals calculated.
The terminals are placed in the Terminals topic of the list of Selected components and the
devices connected to terminals are identified by a specific icon in the list of Selected
components and in the Cabling window.
The terminals can be calculated for the entire switchboard or for isolated devices.
Choice of options
Options Where
Types of cable See Configure choice of terminals (p.74)
Type of default cable
Types of terminal
Calculate terminals for the entire configuration
Action Result
Wizard Calculate terminals Opens the window Calculate terminals
If the switchboard already contains terminals, a message asks you whether you want
to keep them. To recalculate the terminals, choose No. If you choose Yes, the
existing terminals are kept and the calculation is cancelled.
1. In the top list, select the type of cable. The table below presents the number of terminals
calculated for each cross-section of this type of cable.
2. Click on Launch choice of terminals. The terminals are added to the product list.

The Calculate terminals window may not appear (see Display of dialogue boxes
in the configure application tab Display (p.119)). In this case, the calculation is
launched for this type of cable defined by default.
Calculate terminals for a device

1. In the list of Selected components, select the devices for which you wish to calculate the
terminals.
2. Choose Calculate terminals in the contextual menu.
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Mount devices on functional units
Presentation
Some devices, said to be functionalised, can be installed on suitable supports known as
functional units. Mounting consists of choosing the necessary functional units and placing the
devices on these functional units.
The mounting wizard performs this operation automatically with various checking levels
according to the chosen options. It automatically selects the necessary functional units, then
installs the devices, grouping them on the same functional unit whenever possible.
You can also manually mount devices on an existing functional unit.
• In the PACK range (p.91), the devices are placed directly on the enclosure
modular rails: there is thus no mounting on functional units.
• The personal catalogue products whose type of vignette is Modular device or
Terminal can be mounted on functional units.
For more details, see Modify the personal catalogue (p.32) and Description of the
Part Number window (p.33), Type of vignette fields.
Choice of options
Option Where
For automatic mounting wizards: Configuration Configure application -
Level of assistance
• Detailed: you will validate step by step
mounting of each device and check each
choice proposed by the software.
• Assisted: your intervention will be
required to validate certain mounting
options.
• Automatic: mounting is performed
automatically, without any action on your
part.
The level of assistance is indicated in the

status bar (8 (p.57)).
Mounting and connection options See Mounting and connection options (p.73)
Positioning the distribution blocks Configuration Configure the application

Device default mixing

Use the mounting wizard
Action Result
Wizard Mounting the selected devices Opens the window Mounting a list of
devices
1. Check device selection, then click on Validate.
The Mount a list of devices window may not appear (see Display of dialogue
boxes in the configure application tab Display (p.119)). In this case, all the devices
in the list of Selected components are mounted.
You can also:

• Select (p.278) the devices to be mounted in the list of
Selected components (to
mount all the devices in this list this selection is not necessary, then choose
Mount in the Products menu or in the contextual menu.
• Or select (p.278) the devices to be mounted in the list ofSelected
components, then drag them with the mouse and place them on the title of
the Mounted devices topic.
2. The remainder of the operations depends on the selected mounting mode. See below
Detailed mounting, Assisted mounting, Automatic mounting.
3. At the end of processing, if some devices could not be mounted, a report will summarise the
reasons for this in each case.
During mounting, a progression bar indicates the progression status of the

processing. You can cancel mounting by clicking on the Undo button placed under
the progression bar.
Detailed mounting
For each functional unit to be created, a dialogue box presenting the characteristics (p.29) for
mounting appears. Choose the relevant options, then click on Memorise. The system will move
to the next functional unit.
If you click on Undo, the Undo mounting window will appear. It lets you cancel either only
current device mounting or mounting as a whole. Choose the relevant option, then click on OK.
The Undo mounting window may not appear. For more details, see Display of
dialogue boxes in the configure application tab Display (p.119).
If, for a device, no mounting solution can be proposed, a message appears proposing that you
modify the device characteristics. Choose Yes. The dialogue box presenting the characteristics
(p.29) of the device appears. Choose the new characteristics then click on Memorise.
Assisted mounting
For each functional unit to be created, the mounting characteristics are determined
automatically by the software according to the device and the mounting and connection options
(p.73).
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If, for a device, no mounting solution can be proposed, a dialogue box appears to indicate the
cause of the conflict. After consultation, click on OK to continue. The dialogue box presenting
the characteristics (p.29) for device mounting appears to allow you to choose another
connection solution. Choose the mounting options, then click on Memorise.
Automatic mounting
Mounting is performed fully automatically, including when the connection default configuration is
not suitable. In this case, the wizard choses other mounting options.
Mount devices on an existing functional unit

Mounting is possible only if the functional unit is compatible with the devices and if it has
sufficient space. If there is no mounting solution, a message will warn you of this and mounting
will be cancelled.
› In the list of Selected components, select (p.278) the devices to be mounted, then drag them
with the mouse and place them in the Mounted devices topic on the functional unit on which
you want to mount them.
Please note
• If you select a comb busbar or a distribution block in the characteristics of a modular
functional unit, the chosen distribution block will appear in the Mounted devices section
under the functional unit.
• If you mount a device group (p.50) on an existing functional unit, the distribution block of the
functional unit is replaced by that of the group.
• When you mount a device group (p.50) without a distribution block on a functional unit
containing a distribution block and on which non-grouped devices are mounted, the
functional unit moves to the wire to wire mode.
Remove the devices from a functional unit

You can remove the devices from the functional units on which they are mounted. The
disassembled devices are sent back to the Devices topic in the list of Selected components.
The devices can be disassembled selectively, but you can also disassemble all together all the
devices of the Mounted devices section and delete the functional units and mounting
accessories found in this topic.
When you disassemble all the device groups of a functional unit, the functional unit
moves to wire to wire mode.
Unmount the selected devices

1. In the topic Mounted devices, select (p.278) the devices that you want to unmount. You can
select several devices on the same functional unit or on various functional units. You can
also select several functional units to unmount all the devices found on these functional
units.
2. In the Products menu choose Unmount.

You can also unmount the devices of a functional unit by dragging them with the
mouse and placing them on the title of the Devices topic.
Unmount all the mounted devices

1. In the list of Selected components, click on Mounted devices with the mouse right button,
then choose Delete components in the Contextual menu.
2. A message appears. Click on Yes.
3. A second message appears. Click on Yes.
If you click on No for the second question, the devices will be deleted.
For more details, see Delete products from the list of Selected Components (p.69).
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Choice of switchboard architecture
Presentation
To help you choose the switchboard architecture, you have at your disposal a placing in
enclosure wizard. This wizard offers you a choice of wall mounted and floor standing enclosures
that can contain products, then once you have selected the right solution for you, it determines
the mounting and connection accessories and adds the enclosure and the accessories to the
list of Selected components. You can then install (p.87) the enclosures in the Switchboard
design. tab.
To determine the possible architectures, the wizard takes into account:
• the switchboard characteristics (p.71) (IP, In, Isc, Form, Range, Free rows, Use of terminals)
• the devices in the Mounted devices topic in the list of Selected components (or the
compatible devices in the Devices topic in PACK range)
• the options chosen for the busbars
Choice of options
Option Where
Choice of switchboard architecture Configuration Configure the application
tab General (p.119)
Filtering possible solutions
Powerclip busbar Configuration Configure the application

tab Busbars (p.122)
Phases
Use the wizard
Action Result
Wizard Choice of switchboard Displays the window Choice of switchboard
architecture architecture
• If the list of Selected components already contains enclosures, distribution

blocks and accessories, a message proposes that you delete or keep these
products.
• If there are devices not mounted in the list of Selected components, a message
will inform you. Click on Yes to mount these devices before continuing installation
in the enclosure or on No to continue installation in the enclosure without these
devices.
The Choice of switchboard architecture window presents:

• to the right, a graphic representation of the various solutions proposed,
• to the left, the number of solutions proposed, a reminder of the switchboard characteristics

and the characteristics of the selected solution to the right. The More info button lets you
calculate the switchboard dimensions and the free rows actually available (p.109).
1. Click on one of the solutions proposed to the right to select it, then click on the Validate
button.
If you have chosen a solution with busbar, the dialogue box Configure Busbars
may appear to allow you to specify the number of phases of the busbars. Choose
the number of phases required then click on OK. If this dialogue box does not
appear (see Display of dialogue boxes in the configure application tab Display
(p.119)), the number of phases considered is that entered in the application
configuration.
2. Enclosures and installation accessories are added to the list of Selected components.
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Presentation
You have a graphic space (Switchboard design tab) in which you can assemble the
switchboard and obtain the drawing of its front panel. Installation consists of placing the
enclosures in the drawing space, then storing the products inside the enclosures.
The drawing space contains 4 pages. Only one page is displayed at any given time but you can
easily change page (p.104) thanks to two tool bar buttons. You can choose page size as well as
the title block in the sheet model (p.111).
Installation is possible automatically or manually. Automatic installation is a two-step process:
1. Placing in enclosure
The placing in enclosure wizard automatically places in the Switchboard design tab all the
wall mounted and floor standing enclosures present in the Enclosures topic of the list of
Selected components. It also installs the vertical busbars or reserves sufficient space in the
enclosures for the horizontal busbars. The busbars in the ducts are installed in one duct out
of two.
2. Device installation
The device installation wizard automatically places in the wall mounted and floor standing
enclosures present in the Switchboard design tab all the functional units of the Mounted
devices topic in the list of Selected components (in the PACK range, all the devices in the
Devices topic).
Manual installation consists of placing the graphic representation of the products in the
Switchboard design tab, using the mouse.
Please note
• Accessories cannot be placed in the switchboard design space.
• Personal catalogue products can be installed in the switchboard. They are represented on
the front panel drawing by a grey rectangle whose dimensions must be defined in the
catalogue.
For more details, see Modify the personal catalogue (p.32) and Description of the Part
Number window (p.33), fields Height or length, Width, Depth.
• Devices mounted on functional units are presented centred in height on the modular rails.
Install enclosures automatically
To check before beginning

To start the wizard, the current page in the Switchboard design tab must be empty or contain
only preconfigured assemblies (p.69). If this is not the case:
› Display an empty page (p.104), or
remove from the switchboard (p.100) the products that are
not part of a preconfigured assembly.

Use the wizard
Action Result
Wizard Install enclosures The wall mounted and floor standing
enclosures present in the Enclosures topic of
the list of Selected components are placed
in the Switchboard design tab.
Install devices automatically
Choice of options
Option Where
Installation direction Configuration Configure application
tab Installation (p.121)
The enclosure is filled from top to bottom or
from bottom to top according to the chosen
installation direction.
To check before beginning

› The devices will be installed in the switchboard in the order of the list of Selected
components. Before starting the wizard, remember to organise the list of components
(p.78).
Use the wizard
Action Result
Wizard Install mounted devices and The devices and terminals of the Mounted
terminals devices topic are installed in the enclosures
present in the Switchboard design tab
Wizard Install devices and terminals The devices and terminals of the Devices
(PACK range) topic are installed in the enclosures present in
the Switchboard design tab
• When several devices are placed on the same functional unit, they are always
placed from left to right.
• In the PACK range, devices are placed directly on the enclosure modular rails.
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Install products manually
Action Result
Products Install in switchboard Installs the selected products
You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid to help you align the graphics.
For more details, see Assistance with positioning graphs (Prisma Plus switchboard)
(p.105).
1. Choose the view (p.103) on which you want to work (for example:
Devices to install devices,
Doors to install buttons or switchgear on door).
2. In the list of Selected components, select (p.278) the products to be installed. You can select
several products from the same topic (for example, several functional units from the topic
Mounted devices or several products from the topic Enclosures). The distribution blocks
(busbars) must be installed one by one.
3. Choose one of the two procedures below:
• in the Products menu, choose Install in switchboard,
• or click on the selected products and hold down the mouse button.
4. Bring the mouse to the Switchboard design tab. The product drawing follows the tip of the
mouse cursor. Inside the enclosures, a magnetisation system helps you to position the
products at the appropriate place.
5. When the drawing is in the relevant place, release the mouse button.
See also :
Change product orientation (p.101)
Remove products from the switchboard (p.100)
Assistance with positioning graphs (Prisma Plus switchboard) (p.105)
Specific cases
• In the event of incompatibility between functional units and busbars, the software will
propose a variety of solutions. For more details, see Functional Unit / Busbar
incompatibilities (p.90).
• In PACK range (p.91), the devices are placed directly on the enclosure modular rails.
• Install horizontal busbars (p.92)
• Install Human-Switchboard Interfaces (HSI) (p.93)
• Associate enclosures (p.94)
• Add a duct to an enclosure (p.95)

Functional Unit / Busbar incompatibilities
In some cases use of busbars in the switchgear zone may result in incompatibility with
functional units installed in the same place. When installing products in the switchboard,
compatibility between functional units and busbars is checked by the software.
When installation is performed automatically, products are placed as per the defined installation
order and the busbar is cut at the point of the non compatible functional unit.
On manual installation, drawing modification (displacement, modification of busbar size) or
characteristics modification, if an incompatibility is detected, a variety of solutions are proposed.
In some cases the operation is simply refused. In other cases you can:
• Cancel the operation.
• Keep the installation as it is. In this case, the incompatibility must be solved on physical
installation of the products.
• Cut the busbar. In this case, the busbar is cut just before the first non compatible functional
unit (Note: the cut piece cannot be re-used by the software).
Resizing tools (p.272) are used to adjust busbar length in the drawing (without affecting the
product part number).
In the duct, busbars and functional units are always incompatible.
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Range of PACK enclosures
The PACK offer is an offer of enclosures equipped with modular rails. In this enclosure type, you
can install modular devices, terminals, an isolated compact busbar. Devices and terminals are
directly placed on the enclosure modular rails, without it being necessary to mount them on
functional units.
Consequently, if you choose the PACK range in the switchboard characteristics (p.71), all the
functions concerning mounting of devices on functional units are disabled. The Mount and
Unmount commands no longer appear in the Products menu and the Mounted devices topic
is deleted from the list of Selected components (5 (p.57)). If this topic contains mounted
devices, the products are unmounted, the switchgear is placed in the Devices topic and the
functional units are either deleted or placed in the Accessories topic. In this case, if you choose
another range later on, the functional units are replaced in the Mounted devices topic.
On choice of switchboard architecture (p.85), the software proposes a PACK solution if the
product list is compatible with this range and if all the devices (allowing for the requested free
rows) fit into a single enclosure. The devices are automatically placed on the modular rails from
left to right and from top to bottom or from bottom to top according to the option chosen in the
application configuration (tab Installation (p.121), option
Installation direction). The terminals are
placed on the modular rails opposite the devices, starting from the bottom or from the top
according to the device installation direction. The busbar is installed over the ull height of the
enclosure.
The modular devices can be installed on the enclosure rails or on the door. The terminals are
installed on the rails. A magnetisation system helps you to align the devices on the rails and to
anchor them to one another.
The enclosures can be turned over (p.101) in order to change the door opening direction.
The busbars are installed in the dedicated zone found on the left in alignment with the enclosure
upright. They are positioned between the framework and mounting plate levels. Vertical
positioning and busbar length can be modified using the drawing tools (p.272).

Install horizontal busbars
When installing a horizontal busbar in the switchboard, the busbar can be positioned only at the
top or bottom of the switchboard according to the option chosen in the application configuration
(tab Installation (p.121), option
Installation direction).
When it is installed, it cannot be moved inside the switchboard, but it can be taken out of the
switchboard.
The supports required to secure this busbar are calculated automatically and added to the list of
components. In event of modification of the busbar, for example modification of its length or of
its characteristics, the existing supports are re-evaluated. As applicable, useless supports are
deleted or new supports are added.
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Install Human-Switchboard Interfaces (HSI)
This type of product is installed on special supports that can be secured either to pre-cut doors
or in the switchgear zone. The enclosures proposed by the software automatically have options
appropriate to installation of this type of product (e.g. pre-cut special door, transparent door,
duct, etc.) according to the installation preferences defined in the mounting and connection
options (p.73).
The software never installs devices behind HSIs placed on a door, but you can manually move
devices to place them in this space.

Associate enclosures
Some enclosure types can be connected by means of association kits. When you attach two
enclosures of this type in the Switchboard design tab, the software detects this association
and proposes an association kit. If you accept, a connecting element is materialised between
the two enclosures in the form of a small blue rectangle and the association kit is added to the
product list.
To be associated, the enclosures must have the same configuration:
• same height, without base or with a base of the same height, for horizontal associations,
• same width, without base for the top enclosure, for vertical associations.
An association kit is generated for each enclosure adjacent to the enclosure added. The
association kits generated cannot be modified but can be deleted. A deleted association kit can
be recreated by separating the enclosures then re-associating them.
If an enclosure is separated from the assembly (by modification, displacement, deletion of the
drawing), the useless association kits are automatically deleted from the list of part numbers.
The ducts are automatically delivered with an association kit, included in the duct part numbers.
Consequently, when a duct is attached to an enclosure, the association kit is not materialised.
However, in the event of an enclosure-duct-enclosure association, an association kit is
materialised for the second duct-enclosure association.
The association kits are not available for floor standing enclosures and cubicles.
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Add a duct to an enclosure
Action Result
Contextual menu Create a duct The products are put back in the list of
Selected components
Some enclosure types are available in the basic version or the version with associated duct.
This command lets you add a duct to a basic enclosure.
To add a duct to an enclosure in the list of Selected components:
› Select the enclosure for which you want to add a duct, then choose Create a duct in the
contextual menu. A duct with characteristics identical to those of the enclosure is added
under the enclosure.
To add a duct to an enclosure installed in the Switchboard design tab:

1. Select the enclosure to which you want to add a duct, then choose Create a duct in the
contextual menu. A duct with characteristics identical to those of the enclosure appears
anchored to the mouse.
2. Bring the mouse up near the enclosure, to the left or right, until the magnetisation system
correctly positions the duct next to the enclosure, then click.
The duct appears in the form of a grey square when it cannot be placed.

Automatic placing in enclosure (Prisma Plus)
Presentation
The placing in enclosure wizard automatically links up all the switchboard mounting steps of the
products included in the list of Selected components :
• calculating terminals (p.79) if this option was selected in the switchboard characteristics
(p.71),
• mounting devices (p.81) (except in the PACK range),
• choice of switchboard architecture (p.85),
• installing products (p.87) in the switchboard
• switchboard finishing (p.98) : installation of plain front plates, side panels, canopies.
Choice of options
Option Where
Level of assistance Configuration Configure application -
• Detailed: you will validate step by step
mounting of each device and check each
choice proposed by the software.
• Assisted: your intervention will be
required to validate certain mounting
options.
• Automatic: mounting is performed
automatically, without any action on your
part
•
The level of assistance is indicated in the
status bar (8 (p.57)).
Positioning distribution blocks Configuration Configure application -

Device default mixing
Installation direction Configuration Configure application -

The enclosure is filled from top to bottom or
from bottom to top according to the chosen
installation direction.
Powerclip busbar Configuration Configure application -

tab Busbars (p.122)
Phases
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To check before starting

› The devices will be installed in the switchboard in the order of the list of Selected
components. Before starting the wizard, remember to organise the list of components
(p.78).
› To start the wizard, the current page of the Switchboard design tab must be empty or
contain only preconfigured assemblies (p.69). If this is not the case, display an empty page
(p.104), or
remove from the switchboard (p.100) the products that are not part of a preconfigured
assembly.
Use the wizard
Action Result
Wizard Automatic placing in enclosure Placing in the enclosure is started
If the type of enclosure is not specified in the switchboard characteristics, it is

possible that after choosing the enclosure, the wizard will automatically change the
sheet model to ensure it matches the type of enclosure selected (wall mounted
enclosure/floor standing enclosure or cubicle). For more details, see the option
Sheet model in the configure application tab application Display (p.119). If the size of
the page of the new sheet model is insufficient to contain the configuration, the
Choice of sheet model window will appear to propose the right page format. Modify
choice of title block if necessary and click on OK to finish generating the
switchboard.
Please note
• When several devices are placed on the same functional unit, they are installed from left to
right.
• In the PACK range (p.91), the devices are placed directly on the enclosure modular rails.
• The preconfigured assemblies (p.38) already installed in the Switchboard design tab are
not modified by the wizard. For example, no products will be automatically installed in a
column of a preconfigured assembly even if there is room to do so. If you want to modify the
composition of a preconfigured assembly, you must do so manually.

Finishing the Prisma Plus switchboard
Presentation
Switchboard finishing consists of completing the switchboard by closing the unoccupied spaces
of the front panel by plain front plates and installing side panels and canopies. This operation
can be performed automatically or manually.
Automatic finishing of the switchboard
Presentation
The switchboard finishing wizard completes the switchboard by automatically closing the
unoccupied spaces of the front panel by plain front plates and installing side panels and
canopies.
The front plates are automatically generated with the height required to fill empty spaces, but
allowing for the maximum height specified in the configuration.
For cubicles, the side panelling included in the list of Selected components is automatically
positioned on each side of the first group of cubicles that does not already contain panelling.
This panelling also includes the side panelling of the bases.
For enclosures, if a canopy is required, it is positioned as far left as possible of the first
enclosure present. It can then be repositioned manually.
Choice of options
Option Where
Maximum height of plain front plates Configuration Configure application
Front plating Configuration Configure application

Generation of front plates for ducts
Use the wizard
Action Result
Wizard Finishing the switchboard The switchboard is completed
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Manual finishing of the switchboard

To complete the switchboard, you can choose plain front plates in the catalogue, then install in
the switchboard (p.87) either manually or using the device automatic installation wizard.
Action Result
Products Choose front plate only Displays characteristics (p.29) of front plates

Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Modify a Prisma Plus switchboard
Modify a Prisma Plus switchboard
Possible actions
At any time you can modify the switchboard components in the Switchboard design tab:
• You can copy products or move them using the mouse or the Copy/Paste and Cut/Paste
commands in the Edit menu.
• You can delete products (Edit Delete or Del key).
• You can remove products from the switchboard without deleting them. The products are put
back in the list of Selected components.
• You can change product orientation.
• You can modify the characteristics of a component.
• A graphic tool palette lets you complete the drawing by adding to it geometrical shapes and
legend texts.
• According to the modifications you make on the functional units or busbars

installed in the switchboard (displacement, modification of a busbar dimension,
modification of characteristics), the software will recalculate if necessary the
horizontal busbar supports and check any incompatibilities between busbars and
functional units. For more details, see Install horizontal busbars (p.92) et
Functional Unit / Busbar incompatibilities (p.90).
• When you modify a device group installed in the switchboard, the group is
automatically disassembled and sent back to the list of Selected components.
• Most actions can be cancelled (menu Edit Undo) and it is possible to

retroactively cancel several actions.
• You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid to help you to align the
graphs. See Assistance with positioning graphs (Prisma Plus switchboard) (p.105).
• To select several objects (p.278)
Remove products from the switchboard

You can remove products from the Switchboard design tab without deleting them. The
products are put back in the list of Selected components.
Action Result
Products Remove from the switchboard The products are put back in the list of
Selected components
or contextual menu Remove from
switchboard
or
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You can also:

• Press the Del key. A message will appear. Click on Send back.
• Or use the mouse to drag the product and place it in the list of Selected
components.
Change product orientation

You may need to change the orientation of the graphic representation of some products to place
them in the relevant position. Devices rotate by 90° so as to be mounted horizontally or
vertically, head up or head down. The functional units rotate by 180°.
Action Result
Products Change orientation The product is rotated
or
Modify the characteristics of a switchboard component
Action Result
Edit Modify Displays the product characteristics (p.29)
or contextual menu Modify
or double click on the product
When you modify the characteristics of a product already installed in the switchboard, if its size
does not change it will remain in place. However, if its size is modified, the product will appear
anchored to the mouse and you must replace it in the drawing.
When you modify the characteristics of a mounted product or of a functional unit on which
products are mounted, compatibility between the product and the functional unit is checked. If
this is not the case, the modification is refused.
Use drawing tools

A graphic tool palette (Decor palette) lets you draw geometrical shapes (such as circles,
rectangles, lines, polygons, etc) and legend texts. These texts and shapes can be coloured,
resized and re-arranged.
For the detail of the operations, see Use of drawing tools (p.272).
The drawings are placed on the tracing paper corresponding to the current view
(p.?) of the switchboard and you can only see the objects placed on this tracing
paper. To move a drawing from one tracing paper to another, use the tool Change
tracing paper.

Use tracing paper
The various switchboard views are placed on superimposed layers as though they were tracing
paper. All the objects that you create with the drawing tools are placed on the tracing paper
corresponding to the selected view and you can only see the drawings placed on this tracing
paper. 32 tracing paper levels are managed.
The Change tracing paper view is used to move drawings from one tracing paper to another.
The tracing papers used:
Doors 29
Front plates 21
Devices 17
Mounting plates 13
Enclosures 11
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Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - The Prisma Plus switchboard views
The Prisma Plus switchboard views
The various switchboard views are placed on superimposed layers of the drawing, as though
they were tracing paper, i.e. from the foreground to the background:
• Doors (doors closed)
• Front plates (doors open)
• Devices
• Mounting plates
• Enclosures
A list box in the tool bar lets you choose the view on which you want to work.
• Front plates by themselves are not visible in the Devices, Mounting plates and
Enclosures views, but may prevent placement of a functional unit in the front
panel. We recommend that you choose the Front plates view to compose a
switchboard.
• Devices by themselves can be placed in the Doors, Front plates and Mounting
plates views.

Change page (Prisma Plus switchboard)
The Switchboard design tab contains 4 pages. Only one page is displayed at any given time.
The number of the page displayed is given in the status bar.
The commands Next page and Previous page are used to scroll the pages up and down.
Action Result
Display Next page Displays the next page. If page 4 was
displayed, page 1 will be displayed.
or or Ctrl+Right
Display Previous page Displays the previous page. If page 1 was

or or Ctrl+Left
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Assistance with positioning graphs (Prisma Plus switchboard)
You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid to help you align graphs.
The grid
The grid helps you align texts and drawings. When enabled, you can only position objects
according to predefined points whose spacing corresponds to grid pitch.
You can hide the grid. However, when a grid pitch is selected, it is enabled even if the grid is not
visible
According to drawing space size and the zoom used, the grid may not be visible,
even if it is enabled.
Action Result
No grid The grid is cancelled
Normal grid The 10mm grid is enabled
Fine grid The 5mm grid is enabled
Very fine grid The 2.5mm grid is enabled
The zoom
The zoom is used to enlarge part of the drawing space in order to distinguish details more
clearly.
Action Result
Zoom in Enlarges part of the drawing
Zoom out The drawing is displayed with the previous

enlargement
Full display The drawing space is re-displayed in full
To enlarge part of the drawing:

1. Click on the Zoom in button. The cursor assumes the shape of a magnifying glass.
2. Click on the drawing and, while holding the mouse button down, drag the mouse to delimit
the rectangle to be enlarged

Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - Using the result (Prisma Plus switchboard)
Using the result (Prisma Plus switchboard)
Once the switchboard has been produced, you can use the result obtained in a variety of ways:
• Calculate labour time for a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.107)
• View the free row percentage in a Prisma Plus switchboard (p.109)
• Print the Prisma Plus switchboard (p.110)
• Export the Prisma Plus switchboard front face (p.113)
• Export Prisma Plus switchboard part numbers (p.115)
• Export the Prisma Plus switchboard mounting document (p.116)
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Calculate labour time for a Prisma Plus switchboard
Presentation
This function is used to obtain the labour time required to produce the mounted and cabled
switchboard. Labour time is calculated automatically from the reference times indicated in the
catalogues. It can be adapted according to your needs for each product family.
Choice of options
Option Where
Labour time unit Configuration Configure application
tab General (p.119)
Labour time can be expressed in minutes or
in hundredths of an hour
Calculate labour times
Action Result
Wizard Calculate labour time Displays the window Manage labour times
(p.?)

Description of the manage labour times window
Description families Identification of the product family.
Before Labour time automatically calculated according to the

reference times indicated in the Schneider catalogues.
Coeff Coefficient used to calculate the real labour time that you can
modify.
After Labour time Before x Coefficient.
Adjustment coefficient for Coefficient applied to the TOTAL. You can modify it.
equipment
TOTAL Total of the After column of the table and of the Labour
times of the personal catalogue devices indicated right at
the bottom, multiplied by the Adjustment coefficient for the
equipment.
Products not considered in product list not considered in the calculation, and for which it
the calculation may be necessary to provide more time.
Labour time of devices in Labour time calculated according to the labour times indicated
the personal catalogue in the personal catalogue.
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View the free row percentage in a Prisma Plus switchboard
The free rows actually available can be calculated on request on choice of switchboard
architecture (p.85) (More info button in the window Choice of switchboard architecture).
At the end of installation, the free rows actually available are displayed in the status bar.
The free rows represent the ratio between:
• the space taken up by the devices with respect to the space available on functional mounting
plates,
• the space taken up by the functional mounting plates with respect to the space available in
the wall mounted and floor standing enclosures.
Calculation takes into account:

• the overall dimensions of the devices mounted on functional mounting plate whether or not
they are installed in enclosures (i.e. present in the Mounted devices topic or in the
Switchboard design space),
• the space available in the chosen wall mounted and floor standing enclosures whether they
are present in the Enclosures section or in the Switchboard design space,
• for PACK enclosures (p.91), the space available on the rails.
It does not take into account the devices present in the Devices topic or those placed in the
Switchboard design space but which have not been mounted on a functional mounting plate.
• The free rows are equal to 0% as long as no wall mounted or floor standing
enclosures have been chosen. Following the choice of a wall mounted or floor
standing enclosure, they are equal to 100% as long as no devices have been
mounted.
• The calculation may indicate that free rows remain, even if there is no more space
to add a functional mounting plate. This means that space remains for switchgear
on certain functional mounting plates.

Print the Prisma Plus switchboard
Presentation
You can print the displayed tab content: the switchboard drawing, the list of part numbers or the
mounting document.
A sheet model is automatically printed with the switchboard drawing. You have at your disposal
various sheet model and title block formats
Prior to printing
1. Display the tab containing the information to be printed.
2. To print the switchboard drawing, choose the sheet model (p.111) and
enter the information
appearing in the title block (p.112).
Print
Action Result
File Print Prints the displayed tab content
or or Ctrl+P
File Print preview Checks formatting prior to printing

or
File Print configuration Chooses the printer and the printing options
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Choice of sheet model for Prisma Plus
Presentation
You can choose the size of the pages that you want to use in the Switchboard design tab as
well as the type of title block to be printed with the front panel drawing. The chosen page size
has no effect on the size of the printed drawing. Printing is always generated in full page
according to the capacities of the printer (A4, A3, etc.) irrespective of the chosen page size for
the sheet model
• A sheet model is automatically preselected on creation (or modification) of the

switchboard, according to the chosen enclosure range. For more details, see
Sheet model in the configure application tab Display (p.119).
• You can modify the sheet models using the tool Customisation of sheet models
(p.264).
Choice of the sheet model
Action Result
Configuration Sheet model Displays the window Choice of the sheet
model
› In the Format frame, choose the page format (from A0 to A4) and the relevant page
orientation: Horizontal or Vertical.
The list below presents the title blocks available for the selected page format
› In the list of title blocks, click on the model that you want to use.
If products are installed in the Switchboard design tab, you can increase the size of
the sheet model but you cannot reduce it.
The Default button lets you save the chosen sheet model for use in your future
switchboards

Sheet model title block information for Prisma Plus
A variety of information can be printed in the sheet model title block such as the diagram name
and description as well as some information defined in the project general information and in the
equipment properties.
You can modify the sheet models using the tool Customisation of sheet models
(p.?).
Information Where How

Diagram Window Sheet model Equipment Sheet model
information information
Description
Number of project Project general informationt - Equipment General

Project tab information
Name of project Used for direct access to project
general information to check it
Worksite description and to complete if necessary. For
more details, see Enter project
Name of the customer Project general information - information (p.14).
Customer tab
IP of equipment Equipment properties See Create equipment (p.22)
Isc of equipment
Type of equipment
(enclosure range)
Free rows of Calculated automatically on

equipment installation in the enclosure
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Export the Prisma Plus switchboard front face
Presentation
You can export the drawing produced in the Switchboard design tab to other drawing
software. Thee methods are proposed:
• You can export the drawing to a compatible AutoCAD® file (DXF format).
• You can export the drawing to retrieve it in the drawing editor (p.162) of
SISpro building.
• You can transfer the drawing to another Windows software by copy/paste. In this case, you
can select the part of the drawing to be copied.
Export the drawing to an AutoCAD® file

This export is used to obtain under AutoCAD® a front panel drawing that can be reworked with
a behaviour similar to that of SISpro building: handling of products in symbol form, possibility of
acting on tracing paper and of displaying various view levels (p.103). The export result contains
all the front panel symbols; it is equivalent to the Doors view (doors closed). All the tracing
paper levels of SISpro building are managed and the products (graph and insertion point) keep
the same tracing paper level as in SISpro building (for example, the busbars are exported on a
specific tracing paper).
Action Result
File Export DXF Displays the Windows standard save window
Export the drawing to re-use it in SISpro building

This export generates a drawing for each view level (p.103) and for each page used in the
Switchboard design tab. These drawings can be retrieved separately from one another in the
drawing editor of SISpro building .
Action Result
File Export the front panels Displays the Windows standard save window
You can choose the file name but the save folder and the file extension (.zgr) cannot
be modified.

Copy the drawing to another Windows software
Action Result
Edit Copies the selection in the Copies the selected part of the drawing into
clipboard the Windows clipboard
The command Copy the selection in the clipboard only copies the current view (p.103) of the
drawing.
You can also use the standard Copy command, but, in this case, you will copy all the layers
corresponding to the various switchboard views, irrespective of the view displayed on copying.
To select several objects (p.278)
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Export Prisma Plus switchboard part numbers
You can export the electrical switchboard part numbers to other software (word processor,
spreadsheet). Two methods are proposed:
• either you export the complete list of part numbers to a file in text format,
• or you transfer the part numbers to a Windows software by copy/paste; in this case you can
select the part numbers to be copied.
In both cases the part numbers are exported in text format. The columns are separated by
tabulations and each part number is separated by an end of paragraph.
Action Result
File Export part numbers Displays the Windows standard save window
Edit Copy Copies the selected lines in the Windows

clipboard

Export the Prisma Plus switchboard mounting document
You can export the mounting document to other software (word processor, spreadsheet). Two
methods are proposed:
• either you export the entire document to a file in XML format,
• or you transfer the mounting document to a Windows software by copy/paste; in this case
you can select the lines to be copied.
Action Result
File Export the mounting document Displays the Windows standard save window

clipboard
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Design of a Prisma Plus switchboard - To go further still
To go further still
You have various possibilities at your disposal to adapt software behaviour to your preferences
and working habits:
• Choice of software options (p.118)
• Organisation of the Prisma Plus window (p.123)

Choice of software options
A large number of parameters allow you to adapt software behaviour to your preferences and
working habits.
Action Result
Configuration Configure application Opening of the window Configure application
(p.119)
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Description of the configure application window
General
Choice of switchboard This option is used to filter the enclosure solutions (p.85)
architecture proposed by the software. When the option is active (the box
Filter proposed solutions more finely is ticked), the
software considers the choices made at the distribution
blocks/busbars and ducts so as to propose only enclosures
meeting these needs. If no solution is found, a warning
message is displayed and all the solutions are presented
without filtering.
Labour time unit This option is used to choose the unit to display the labour
times (p.107) : hundredths of a hour or hours/minutes.
Display
Sheet model Each button in this frame corresponds to a specific case.

They indicate the sheet model selected for this case and allow
selection of another sheet model.
Current sheet model: Switchboard sheet model.
Enclosure sheet model: Sheet model to be used for
configurations based on wall mounted and floor standing
enclosures. This sheet model is automatically selected by the
software when you choose the Wall mounted
enclosure/Floor standing enclosure range in the
switchboard characteristics (p.71).
Cubicle sheet model: Same use as the Enclosure sheet
model, but for configurations based on cubicles (Cubicle
range chosen in the switchboard characteristics (p.71)).
› To change sheet model, click on the relevant button. The
Choice of sheet model window will appear. For the
remainder of the operations, see Choice of sheet model for
Prisma Plus (p.111).

Display of dialogue boxes Display of certain windows is optional. You can cancel their
display by ticking the option No longer display this window
present in these windows.
To put back into operation a window whose display you have
cancelled, just tick here the relevant option.
Display terminal Window for the terminal

calculation calculation wizard (p.79)
Display the list of devices Window for the mounting
to be mounted wizard (p.81) for devices
Display configuration of Configure busbars window
the number of busbar displayed on validation of an
phases enclosure proposal (p.85)
with busbar
Display cancellation of Cancel mounting window of
current mounting the mounting wizard (p.81)
for devices
Display choice of Window for the mounting
mounting support for the wizard (p.81) for devices
device
Display the warning Message from the automatic
message for placing in enclosure wizard
preconfigured assemblies (p.96) for devices
prior to automatic placing
in enclosure
Mounting
Level of assistance Used to choose the level of assistance required for device
mounting (p.81) : Detailed, Assisted, Automatic.
Positioning distribution When mounting devices (p.81) on functional units, it is

blocks possible to choose distribution blocks. These options are used
to specify the position of the distribution blocks with respect to
the devices in the switchboard drawing, separately for Comb
busbars and Multiclips and for PolyBlocs.
› For each category of distribution block, choose the
relevant option:
• Top: the distribution blocks are placed above the
devices.
• Bottom: the distribution blocks are placed below the

devices.
Device default mixing This option authorises the mounting of devices (p.81) of
various ranges on the same rail. It concerns mounting on
standard DIN rail and on a depth-adjustable rail, when it is
performed automatically or during grouping of devices.
If you choose No, you can however mix devices

by performing manual mounting.
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Mounting the incoming These options are used to monitor installation of the incoming
device device (p.70) :
on a FU or a dedicated rail
› Click on Yes if you want the incoming device to be
installed by itself on its mounting support.
› Click on No if the incoming device can cohabit with other

devices on its mounting support. In this case, No is
automatically selected for the option below and the
incoming device will not be installed in a dedicated cubicle.
in a dedicated cubicle
› Click on Yes if you want the incoming device to be
installed by itself in a dedicated cubicle. In this case, Yes
is automatically selected for the option above and the
incoming device will be installed on a dedicated mounting
support.
› Click on No if other devices can be installed in the same

cubicle as the incoming device.
Mounting and connection These buttons are used to define the mounting and
parameters connection parameters of the devices:
• Incoming device: defines the parameters to be used only
to mount the device designated as the incoming device.
• Standard devices: defines the parameters to be used to

mount the devices, except for the one designated as the
incoming device.
For more details, see Mounting and connection options (p.73).
Installation
Maximum height of plain Used to specify in number of modules the maximum size
front plates (modules) authorised for the front plates closing spaces not occupied
during switchboard finishing (p.98).
Front plating Used to indicate whether the spaces not occupied in the ducts
must be closed by plain front plates during switchboard
finishing (p.98).
Installation direction Used to choose the direction in which products are positioned
in the switchboard during operations performed automatically:
From top to bottom or From bottom to top. For more
details, see Install products in a Prisma Plus switchboard
(p.87).
Position of HSI devices Used to define the installation preferences of HSI devices: In
switchgear zone or On HSI door. For more details, see
Install Human-Switchboard Interfaces (HSI) (p.93).

Generate partitionings For Form 3 enclosures, this option is used to obtain a

between modular FUs horizontal partitioning between modular functional units (for
the other forms, there is no horizontal partitioning).
› Tick this box if you want horizontal partitioning between the
modular functional units for Form 3 enclosures.
Enclosure shape is selected in the switchboard

characteristics (p.71).
Terminals
Configure This button is used to define terminal configuration (types of

cables and types of terminals). For more details, see
Configure choice of terminals (p.74).
Busbars
Powerclip busbar Used to automatically obtain creation of Powerclip busbars in

cubicles when using automatic installation in the switchboard
wizards. For more details, see Automatic placing in enclosure
(Prisma Plus) (p.96) and Choice of switchboard architecture
(p.85).
1. Tick the box Propose this busbar in cubicle.
2. Enter the number of rows as from which you want to use
this architecture, then choose the number of phases
required in the list.
Phases Indicates the number of phases with which the busbars are
generated during automatic installation in the switchboard.
For more details, see Automatic placing in enclosure (Prisma
Plus) (p.96) and Choice of switchboard architecture (p.85).
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Organisation of the Prisma Plus window
Presentation
You have many possibilities for organising the design window of a Prisma Plus switchboard
according to your preferences. You can:
• mask the tool bars and the status bar,
• modify the height and width of certain parts of the window,
• modify the width of the switchboard columns.
Moreover, the menu bar and the tool bar can be customised (p.253).
Display or mask part of the window
Action Result
Display Status bar Displays or masks the status bar (8 (p.9))
Display Tool bar Name of tool bar Displays or masks the selected tool bar
or contextual menu Name of tool bar
List of tool bars:
Standard Windows standard tool bar for managing files and data (3 (p.57))
Messages Message bar (4 (p.9))
Graphic Tool bar for handling graphics (3 (p.9))
Catalogue access Tool bar for catalogue access (3 (p.9))
Wizards Tool bar of wizards (3 (p.9))
Decor Tool bar for the drawing
Part numbers Display space of product characteristics (7 (p.9))
Products Display space of the list of Selected components or Cabling (5
(p.9))

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Design of a modular enclosure - To go further still
Design of a modular
enclosure
Presentation ......................................................................................................................... .126

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Modular enclosure design window ....................................................................................... .127 .
Modular enclosure design methods ..................................................................................... .131 .
Modular enclosure free design ............................................................................................. .132 .
Automatic placing in modular enclosure ................................................................................133 .
Modify the modular enclosures ............................................................................................ .145 .
Modular enclosure views ...................................................................................................... .147 .
Use the result ....................................................................................................................... .151
.

Design of a modular enclosure - Presentation
Presentation
SISpro building offers a large number of wizards to guide you step by step through all the
production stages of a modular or a weatherproof enclosure. The main functions available are: :
• assistance with choosing enclosures,
• installation of devices in enclosures,
• calculation of labour times.
Once the enclosure is finished, you can print and export the front panel drawing, the product
part numbers and the mounting document.
Action Result
in the tool bar or in the action bar of the Opens the design window of a modular
enclosure (equipment of the type Modular
Design step enclosure must be selected in the Building
General View)
or double click on the equipment in the
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Design of a modular enclosure - Modular enclosure design window
Modular enclosure design window
1. Title bar (p.127)

2. Menu bar (p.127)
3. Tool bar (p.128)
4. Display space of the list Selected components (p.128).
5. Space organised into 4 tabs:
• Cabling tab (p.129)
• Switchboard design tab (p.129)
• Results tab (p.129)
• Mounting document tab (p.130)
You can:
• mask the tool bar and the status bar (menu Display Tool bar and Status bar)
• modify the distribution between the various window spaces (p.251)
• modify column width (p.252) for data presented in table form
Title bar
The title bar gives the name of the current action followed by the project name and the name of
the equipment being processed. It contains, on the right, the standard buttons for placing as an
icon, for reducing/enlarging and closing the window.
title bar with the mouse and dragging it to another position.

Menu bar
The menu bar presents, in drop-down menus, the commands necessary to use the software.
• by a button in the tool bar
•
Many commands are also available in the contextual menus.
Tool bar
The tool bar offers quick access to the most frequently used commands. In the tool bar, each
when you leave the mouse on this button for a few seconds.
Selected components
This list presents the products of the equipment, divided into various topics. Each line
corresponds to a single example of a product (if the equipment contains the same product in
several copies, it appears on several lines). Each product is represented by an icon and is
identified by a description. Icons are representative of the type of products (see detail below).
Multi 9 devices
This topic contains the modular devices and the device groups created with the cabling (p.136)
tool (with their distribution blocks). The devices are represented by various icons:
Device
Device group
Device group distribution block
Sockets and interfaces
This topic contains the sockets, the power and connector outlets and the 22 diameter control
button boxes. Socket size is given in the description.
Incoming devices
This topic contains the incoming devices.
Enclosures
This topic contains the enclosures.
Distribution blocks
This topic contains the comb busbars and distribution blocks, except those included in the
device groups.
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Accessories and other devices

This topic contains the accessories and devices that cannot be installed in the enclosures.
Accessories have no graphic representation and cannot appear in the switchboard drawing.
Enclosure system accessories

This topic contains the accessories linked to the weatherproof enclosures and automatically
calculated by the software according to the chosen enclosures.
Cabling tab
In this tab you can define the electrical relations between the switchboard devices, form device
groups and choose group distribution blocks. The hierarchical order established may act as a
guide to install the products in the switchboard.
You can also assign devices functional names and descriptions, identify links to other
equipment and identify the devices having to be connected to terminals.
For more details, see Cable devices for a modular enclosure (p.136).
Switchboard design tab

This tab is a graphic space in which you assemble the various switchboard components (p.138)
and create its front panel drawing. This tab contains 4 pages. A single page is displayed at any
one time but you can change page easily (p.148) thanks to two tool bar buttons. You can choose
page size and the title block of the sheet model (p.154).
Results tab
This tab presents, in table form, the following information:
Part nos. Part numbers of products, whether or not placed in the

switchboard drawing
Product Description associated with the part number in the catalogue
Status Products found in the list of Selected components
Products placed in the Switchboard design tab
Accessory not represented in the Switchboard design tab
Description Product description

You can sort the list of part numbers according to various criteria. Sort criteria correspond to
table column titles:
› In the Sort by drop-down list, choose the relevant sort option or click on the title of the
column that you want to sort. The sorted column will appear against a grey background.
By default, identical part numbers are grouped on the same line. You can cancel this grouping
in order to view each part number separately by ticking the box Deploy part numbers.
When part numbers are grouped, the Status, Description and Functional name
columns are not displayed.

Mounting document tab

This tab presents the list of part numbers of the products installed in the Switchboard design
tab. The products are presented in the order in which they are arranged in the switchboard
(from left to right and from top to bottom). Information is grouped by enclosure.
Part nos Product part numbers

Product Description associated with the part number in the catalogue
Description Product description
Functional name Functional name associated with the products
Status bar
• the description of the command selected in the menu bar or in the tool bar,
• the page number (p.148) displayed in the Switchboard design tab,
• information and tips to help you install the products (p.138) in the switchboard,
• the indication of keyboard locking in CAPS mode (CAP) and activation of the numerical
keypad (NUM).
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Design of a modular enclosure - Modular enclosure design methods
Modular enclosure design methods
To install in a switchboard the products of an equipment and obtain its front panel, you have a
choice between one of the methods described below.
In free design, you can freely browse through the steps of your choice. However we recommend
that you proceed in the order described below, which corresponds to a logic switchboard design
order.
You can also freely begin switchboard design, then finish with the automatic placing in
enclosure wizard.
During switchboard production, messages may be displayed in the status bar. These
messages are extremely useful for following up the progression of the operations
and for understanding the checks run by the software.
Actions Free design (p.132) Automatic placing in

enclosure (p.133)
Definition of modular enclosure 1
characteristics (p.134)
Choice of products for a modular 2 1
enclosure (p.135)
Cable devices for a modular enclosure 3
(p.?)
Select the enclosures (p.137) 4 1
Install products in the modular enclosures 5
(p.138)
Modify the modular enclosures (p.145) 6

Design of a modular enclosure - Modular enclosure free design
Modular enclosure free design
In free design, you can freely browse through the steps of your choice. However we recommend
that you proceed in the order described below, which corresponds to a logic switchboard design
order.
Actions Free design

Definition of modular enclosure characteristics 1
(p.134)
Choice of products for a modular enclosure (p.135) 2
Cable devices for a modular enclosure (p.136) 3
Select the enclosures (p.137) 4
Install products in the modular enclosures (p.138) 5
Modify the modular enclosures (p.145) 6
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Design of a modular enclosure - Automatic placing in modular enclosure
Automatic placing in modular enclosure
You can use the automatic placing in enclosure wizard to finish mounting a switchboard. This
wizard proposes a choice of enclosures that can contain the products, then it automatically
installs the devices in the selected enclosures.
Actions Automatic placing in

enclosure
Select the enclosures (p.137) 1
Install products in the modular enclosures (p.138)

Definition of modular enclosure characteristics
Presentation
One of the first steps in producing a switchboard consists of defining:
• The electrical characteristics of the switchboard
These are the electrical characteristics entered when the equipment is created. You can
modify them if necessary. They are: Switchboard nominal current, required degree of
protection.
• The enclosure range

You can choose between two ranges of modular enclosures: standard enclosures and
weatherproof enclosures.
Define the switchboard characteristics
Action Result
Equipment General characteristics Displays switchboard characteristics
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Choice of products for a modular enclosure
Presentation
You can add products to the switchboard being produced. For this you have at your disposal
most of the methods designed to add products to an equipment: search in the catalogues,
search by part number, search in favourites, use of preconfigured assemblies, addition of
products not referenced in the catalogues, copying switchboard products. You can also delete
products and modify the characteristics of the chosen products.
You will find below comments concerning the use of preconfigured assemblies and a description
of a quick method for deleting products in the list of Selected components. For more details
about the other possibilities, refer toChoice of equipment products (p.25).

Preconfigured assemblies can be used to create switchboards quickly. You can save in the form
of preconfigured assemblies parts of a switchboard and even complete switchboards. To create
a new switchboard, you can, for example, retrieve a preconfigured assembly that you will use as
an initial base and complete the installation manually or using the software wizards.
A preconfigured assembly can be created from the components selected in the list of Selected
components, in the Cabling, or in the Switchboard design tab. When you retrieve a
preconfigured assembly:
• the original components in the list of Selected components are replaced in this list, in the
appropriate topic,
• the original components in the Switchboard design tab are replaced in this tab,
• for the original components of the Cabling, the electrical relations are preserved.
Delete products from the list of Selected components

You can delete products from the list of Selected components by selecting the product to be
deleted, then using the standard deletion commands (Del key or Delete command). However
you also have a specific function allowing you to delete all the products from a topic:
1. Click on the topic whose products you want to delete using the mouse right button, then
choose Delete components in the contextual menu or in the Edit menu.
2. A confirmation message will appear. Choose Yes.

Cable devices for a modular enclosure
You can define the electrical relations between devices, form device groups and choose group
distribution blocks. The hierarchical order established may act as a guide for installing products
in the switchboard.
You can also assign devices functional names and descriptions, identify links to other
equipment and identify the devices having to be connected to terminals.
You can establish electrical relations between devices either in the Cabling tab or in the
Cabling palette.
Action Result
Display Cabling Displays the Cabling tab
or click on the tab name
Display Cabling palette Displays the Cabling palette
For the detail of the operations, refer to Cable equipment devices (p.48).
• To create a device group you can use the command Create an electrical group
in the Products menu or press key F5.
• To separate a device group you can use the command Separate the electrical
group in the Products menu or press key F5.
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Select the enclosures
To store equipment products, you can choose the necessary enclosures by freely browsing
through the product catalogues. For more details, see Choice of products for a modular
enclosure (p.135).
You can also use the automatic placing in enclosure wizard (p.143) that will propose a
choice of enclosures, then will automatically install the devices in the selected
enclosures.

Install products in the modular enclosures
Presentation
You have a graphic space (Switchboard design tab) in which you can assemble the
switchboard and obtain the drawing of its front panel. Installation consists of placing the
enclosures in the drawing space, then storing the products inside the enclosures.
The drawing space contains 4 pages. Only one page is displayed at any given time but you can
easily change page (p.148) thanks to two tool bar buttons. You can choose page size and the title
block of the sheet model (p.154).
The devices can be installed automatically or manually:
• The device installation wizard automatically places the devices in the list of Selected
components in an enclosure placed in the Switchboard design tab.
• Manual installation consists of placing the graphic representation of the products in the
Switchboard design tab using the mouse.
Choice of options
Option Where
Device installation order Configuration Product installation
order
Used to choose enclosure filling order: top to
bottom or bottom to top, and left to right or
right to left.
Magnetisation Configuration Graphic checks

Used to activate help with placing device
drawings on the enclosure rail.
Cabling space Configuration Graphic checks

Used to specify a minimum spacing to be
complied with in height between devices.
Please note
• Accessories cannot be placed in the switchboard design space.
• Personal catalogue products can be installed in the switchboard. They are represented on
the drawing by a grey rectangle whose dimensions must be defined in the catalogue. For
more details, see Modify the personal catalogue (p.32) and Description of the Part Number
window (p.33), fields Height or length, Width, Depth.
• Device groups appear on the drawing like a single block topped with a black rectangle
representing the distribution block.
• The drawing contains several layers corresponding to different views: closed doors, open
doors, chassis. For more details, see Modular enclosure views (p.147).
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Install devices automatically
Before starting the wizard, you must select in the Switchboard design tab the
enclosure in which you want to install the devices.
Action Result
Wizard Install all devices The installation is launched
1. A message appears allowing you to choose device installation order. Click on Yes to install
the devices in the Cabling order or on No to install the devices in the order of the list of
Selected components.
2. The Choice of multi9 to install window appears. Select the devices or device groups that
you want to store in the enclosure: click on the lines that you want to select or deselect, or
use the buttons Select all or Deselect all.
Devices incompatible with the enclosure are not proposed in the list.
3. Click on OK.
See also :
Sort the list of Selected components (p.150)
Install products manually
Action Result
Products Install in switchboard Installs the selected products
You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid to help you place the devices in
the enclosures. For more details, see Assistance with positioning graphs (p.149).
1. In the list of Selected components, click on the products to be installed.

2. Choose one of the two procedures below:
• in the Products menu, choose Install in switchboard,
• or click on the selected products and hold down the mouse button.
3. Bring the mouse to the Switchboard design tab. The product drawing follows the tip of the
mouse cursor. Inside the enclosures, the magnetisation system helps you position the
products at the relevant point.
4. When the drawing is at the relevant point, release the mouse button.
See also:
Change product orientation (p.146)
Remove products from the switchboard (p.145)

Assistance with positioning graphs (p.149)
Specific cases
Install devices in Kaedra enclosures (p.141)
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Install devices in Kaedra enclosures
Presentation
When you install devices in Kaedra enclosures, various checks and calculations are carried out
automatically.
Example of graphic representation of Kaedra enclosures

Enclosures for modular switchgear with interface
Chassis view Closed doors view
1. Space reserved for socket installation. This space can be positioned to the left or right of the
enclosure. The socket slots are materialised in the Closed doors view.
2. Slot for modular devices.
3. Row for mounting modular devices. In enclosures with two rows and more, each row has two
positions for the mounting rail, an upper position and a lower position. Free positions are
drawn in dotted lines, while the rails taken up by devices are drawn in solid lines.
4. Modular device.
5. Modular device group.
6. Additional rail appearing in modular enclosures with an interface of 2 and 3 rows. This rail
allows mounting of INS 40, 63 and 80 with Front extended rotary handle type.
7. Connecting element between two enclosures, automatically materialised by the software as
soon as two enclosures are placed side by side in the drawing space.
Associate enclosures
When you join up two Kaedra enclosures in the Switchboard design tab, a connecting element
(7) is automatically materialised by the software between the two enclosures, and the number of
kits required is automatically added to the topic Enclosure system accessories in the list of
Selected components. The number of kits can be modified.
Action Result
Edit Association kits Modifies the number of association kits
proposed by the software

Install devices
Device installation is managed differently in multi-purpose enclosures and in the other enclosure
types :
• Multi-purpose enclosures
In this type of enclosure, products can be placed freely. No checks are run by the software.
• Non multi-purpose enclosures

In these enclosures, device installation is controlled by the software. You can only install
devices and device groups that are compatible and only in the positions provided for this
purpose (3).
In enclosures with two rows or more for installation of modular devices, each row (3) has two
positions for the mounting rail, an upper position and a lower position. When one position is
taken up on a row, the other position cannot be used. To change device position, you must
take them off the row then put them back. In modular enclosures with an interface of 2 and 3
rows, an additional rail (6) is materialised. This rail allows mounting of INS 40, INS 63 and
INS 80 with Front extended rotary handle. When mounting one of these devices on this rail,
a special mounting kit is automatically added to the topic Enclosure system accessories in
the list of Selected components.
Install sockets
In some enclosures for modular devices, specific slots (1) are reserved for installation of
sockets. This space can be positioned to the left or right of the enclosure.
Action Result
Contextual menu Change mounting Reverses the slot provided for mounting
position sockets
These enclosures are provided for mounting sockets with dimensions 90x100 and sockets with
locking of dimensions 103x225. To install smaller sockets, matching plates are required. A
certain number of these plates are automatically delivered with each enclosure. The plates
delivered as standard do not appear in the topic Enclosure system accessories. When you
place a socket on an enclosure, the software checks whether a matching plate is required, but
does not add it to the topic Enclosure system accessories unless the number of plates
supplied with the enclosure is insufficient.
On power outlets with locking, you can mount a socket with locking (without matching plate) or
two sockets or buttons with matching plate. The necessary plates are calculated by the software
and added to the topic Enclosure system accessories.
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Automatic placing in enclosure
Presentation
The automatic placing in enclosure wizard offers you a choice of enclosures that can contain
products, then it automatically installs the devices in the selected enclosures.
Choice of options
Option Where
Device installation order Configuration Product installation
order
Used to choose enclosure filling order: top to
bottom or bottom to top, and left to right or
right to left.
Using the wizard
Action Result
Wizard Automatic enclosure Installation in the enclosure is started
installation
or or F11
The wizard acts in several steps. At each step, the Previous button lets you go back
to modify your previous choices.
1. A message appears allowing you to choose the device installation order. Click on Yes to
install devices in the Cabling order or on No to install devices in the order of the list of
Selected components.
2. The wizard window appears. It presents on the left the various enclosure models, divided up
into several categories each corresponding to a tab.
3. Click on a tab to display the enclosures in this category, then click on an enclosure to select
it. All devices that may be stored in this enclosure are automatically selected in the list on the
right. The free rows available in the enclosure are displayed at the top of the window.
If you do not want to store in the enclosure all the selected devices, you can click
on a device in the list: this device and the ones after it will be deselected.
4. As long as there are devices not selected in the list, the Next button will be available. Click
on this button to choose another enclosure. You can choose in turn up to 4 enclosures and
divide up the devices in these various enclosures. At each step, you can click on the
Previous button to go back and modify the choice of enclosure and the list of devices to be
stored in this enclosure (caution, when you go back you lose information on the current
enclosure). The number of the current enclosure is given at the top of the window.

5. When all the required devices have been stored, click on End. The first enclosure will appear
in the drawing space attached to the mouse.
6. Click at the point where you want to place the enclosure. The enclosure and its devices are
installed.
7. If you have chosen several enclosures, repeat the previous operation to install each
enclosure and its devices. You can interrupt installation by pressing Esc. The devices and
enclosures that have not been installed remain in the list of Selected components.
See also:
Sort the list of Selected components (p.150)
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Design of a modular enclosure - Modify the modular enclosures
Modify the modular enclosures
Possible actions
At any time you can modify the switchboard components in the Switchboard design tab:
• You can copy products or move them using the mouse or the commands Copy/Paste and
Cut/Paste in the Edit menu.
• You can delete products (Edit Delete or Del key).
• You can remove products from the switchboard without deleting them. The products are put
back in the list of Selected components.
• You can change product orientation.
• You can dimension the front panel drawing.
When you modify a device group installed in the switchboard, the group is
automatically disassembled and returned to the list of Selected components.
• You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid to help you align the graphs.
See Assistance with positioning graphs (p.149).
• To remove the traces left on the screen further to displacement of a graph, you
can use the command Refresh in the Display menu or press keys Ctrl+F9.
• To select several objects (p.278)
Remove products from the switchboard

You can remove products from the Switchboard design tab without deleting them. The
products are put back in the list of Selected components.
Action Result
Contextual menu Remove from The products are put back in the list of
switchboard Selected components
or
You can also press the Del key. A message will appear. Click on the button Remove
from switchboard.

Design of a modular enclosure - Modify the modular enclosures
Change product orientation

You may need to change the orientation of the graphic representation of some products to place
them in the relevant position. Devices rotate by 90° so as to be mounted horizontally or
vertically, head up or head down. Modular devices cannot be rotated.
Action Result
Products Change orientation The product is rotated
or or Ctrl+R
Size the drawing
Creation of horizontal Sizes drawings horizontally or vertically.
dimensions Details of the operations (p.276)
Creation of vertical dimensions
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Design of a modular enclosure - Modular enclosure views
Modular enclosure views
The various switchboard views are placed on superimposed layers on the drawing, as though
they were tracing paper, i.e. from the foreground to the background:
• With Door closed: enclosure external view
• With Door open: view of enclosure without door
• Chassis: enclosure internal view
A list box in the tool bar lets you choose the view on which you want to work.

Change page
The Switchboard design tab contains 4 pages. Only one page is displayed at any given time.
The number of the page displayed is given in the status bar.
The commands Next page and Previous page are used to scroll the pages up and down.
Action Result
Display Next page Displays the next page. If page 4 was
or or Ctrl+Right
Display Previous page Displays the previous page.

or or Ctrl+Left
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Assistance with positioning graphs
You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid to help you align the graphs.
The grid
visible
Action Result
No grid The grid is cancelled
Normal grid The 25mm grid is active
The zoom
The zoom is used to enlarge part of the drawing space in order to distinguish details more
clearly.
Action Result
Zoom in Enlarges part of the drawing
Zoom out The drawing is displayed with the previous

enlargement
Full display The drawing space is re-displayed in full

1. Click on the Zoom in button. The cursor assumes the shape of a magnifying glass.
the rectangle to be enlarged.

Sort the list of Selected components
Presentation
The devices can be installed either in the order of the list of Selected components, or in
cabling order. An automatic sort function lets you store the list of Selected components in
cabling order.
You can also re-organise the list of components manually.
Sort devices automatically
Action Result
Products Sort components according Devices are re-organised in cabling order
to the cabling view
Move devices manually

› To move devices in the list of Selected components, use the commands Cut and Paste in
the Edit menu or drag them using the mouse.
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Design of a modular enclosure - Use the result
Use the result
Once the switchboard has been produced, you can use the result obtained in a variety of ways:
• Calculate labour times (p.152)
• Print the switchboard (p.153)
• Export the switchboard front face (p.156)
• Export part numbers (p.158)
• Export the mounting document (p.159)

Presentation
This function is used to obtain the labour time required to produce the mounted and cabled
switchboard. Labour time is calculated automatically from the reference times indicated in the
catalogues.
Choice of options
Option Where
Labour time unit Configuration Labour time unit
Labour time can be expressed in minutes or
in hundredths of an hour
Action Result
Wizard Calculate labour times Displays the window Manage labour times
You can adapt the labour time calculated by modifying the adjustment coefficient.
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Print the switchboard
Presentation
You can print the displayed tab content: the switchboard drawing, the list of part numbers or the
mounting document.
A sheet model is automatically printed with the switchboard drawing. You have at your disposal
various sheet model and title block formats.
Prior to printing
1. Display the tab containing the information to be printed.
2. To print the switchboard drawing, choose the sheet model (p.154) and
enter the information
appearing in the title block (p.155).
Print
Action Result
File Print Prints the displayed tab content
or or Ctrl+P

or

Choice of sheet model
Presentation
You can choose the size of the pages that you want to use in the Switchboard design tab as
well as the type of title block to be printed with the front panel drawing. The chosen page size
has no effect on the size of the printed drawing. Printing is always generated in full page
according to the capacities of the printer (A4, A3, etc.) irrespective of the chosen page size for
the sheet model.
(p.?).
Choice of sheet model
Action Result
Configuration Sheet model Displays the window Choice of sheet model
1. In the Format frame, choose the page format (from A0 to A4) and the relevant page
orientation: Horizontal or Vertical.
The list below presents the title blocks available for the selected page format.
2. In the list of title blocks, click on the model that you want to use.
If products are installed in the Switchboard design tab, you can increase the size of
the sheet model but you cannot reduce it.
The Default button lets you save the chosen sheet model for use in your future
switchboards.
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Sheet model title block information
A variety of information can be printed in the sheet model title block such as the diagram name
(p.?).
Information Where How

Diagram Window Sheet model Equipment Sheet model
information information
Description
Number of project Project general information - Equipment General

Name of project Used for direct access to project
Worksite description and complete it if necessary. For
more details, see Enter project
Name of customer Project general information - information (p.14).
Customer tab
Isc of equipment
Type of equipment
(enclosure range)
Free rows of Automatically calculated on

equipment enclosure installation

Export the switchboard front face
Presentation
You can export the drawing produced in the Switchboard design tab to other drawing
software. Three methods are proposed:
• You can export the drawing to a compatible AutoCAD® file (DXF format).
• You can export the drawing to retrieve it in the drawing editor (p.162) of
SISpro building.
can select the part of the drawing to be copied.

This export allows you to obtain under AutoCAD® a front panel drawing that can be reworked
with a behaviour similar to that of SISpro building: handling products in symbol form, possibility
of playing on tracing paper and of displaying various view levels (p.147). The export result
contains all the front panel symbols; it is equivalent to the view With Door closed. All the
tracing paper levels of SISpro building are exported and the products (graph and insertion point)
keep the same tracing paper level as in SISpro building.
Action Result
File Export DXF Displays the Windows standard save window
Export the drawing to re-use it in SISpro building

This export generates a drawing for each view level (p.147) and for each page used in the
Switchboard design tab. These drawings can be retrieved separately from one another in the
drawing editor of SISpro building.
Action Result
File Export the front faces Displays the Windows standard save window
You can choose the file name but the save folder and the file extension (.zgr) cannot
be modified.
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Action Result
Edit Copy Copies the selected part of the drawing to the
Windows clipboard
All the layers corresponding to the various switchboard views are copied, irrespective
of the view displayed on copying.

Export part numbers
You can export the part numbers of the electrical switchboard to other software (word
processors, spreadsheet). Two methods are proposed:
• either you export the complete list of part numbers to a file in text format,
• or you transfer the part numbers to a Windows software by copy/paste; in this case you can
select the part numbers to be copied.
In both cases, the part numbers are exported in text format. The columns are separated by
tabulations and each part number is separated by an end of paragraph.
Action Result
File Export part numbers Displays the Windows standard save window

clipboard
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Export the mounting document
You can export the mounting document to other software (word processors, spreadsheet). Two
methods are proposed:
• either you export the entire document to a file in XML format,
• or you transfer the mounting document to a Windows software by copy/paste; in this case
you can select the lines to be copied.
Action Result
File Export the mounting document Displays the Windows standard save window

clipboard

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Equipment drawing and front panels - Use the result
Equipment drawing and

front panels
Presentation ......................................................................................................................... .162

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Drawing editor window ......................................................................................................... .163 .
Manage drawings ................................................................................................................. .166 .
Produce a drawing ............................................................................................................... .167 .
Print drawings ........................................................................................................................177.
Export the drawing ............................................................................................................... .180 .

Equipment drawing and front panels - Presentation
Presentation
SISpro building places at your disposal a set of drawing tools designed to rework the front
panels of your switchboards and to freely build the single-line diagrams for electrical distribution
installations. You can create up to 10 drawings for the same project, each one able to contain
up to 64 A4 sheets.
The main functions available are:
• possibility to retrieve single-line diagrams created using the Ecobat and SISpower software,
• drawing geometric shapes (circles, rectangles, lines, polygons, etc.) and entry of legend
texts,
• simplified production of single-line diagrams thanks to pre-drawn electrical symbol libraries,
• possibility to store and re-use parts of drawings (standard diagrams),
• sizing front panels,
• possibility to draw on several tracing papers,
• assistance with positioning drawings (grid, cross-haired cursor, zoom)
• export drawings to the AutoCAD® format,
• on printing, automatic breakdown of drawings into sheets and automatic insertion of a sheet
model and a title block containing project-related information.
Action Result
in the tool bar or in the action bar of the Opens the drawing design window
Design step
or Tools Drawing
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Equipment drawing and front panels - Drawing editor window
Drawing editor window
1. Title bar (p.9)

2. Menu bar (p.164)
3. Tool bar (p.164)
4. Space in which you produce the drawings
5. When several drawings are open, you can move from one to another by selecting them in
this list.
6. Library of general symbols (p.164)
7. Library of specific symbols (p.164)
8. Diagram library palette (p.164)
9. Decor palette (p.164)
10.Status bar (p.164)
You can:
• mask (p.165) the tool bar, the status bar and the palettes
• move and resize palettes (p.279)

Menu bar
The menu bar presents, in drop-down menus, the commands required to use the software.
• by a button in the tool bar.
Tool bar
The tool bar offers quick access to the most frequently used commands. In the tool bar, each
Symbol libraries
Symbol libraries present the electrical symbols that you can use to draw single-line diagrams.
These libraries are displayed in palette form.
The title of each palette indicates the name of the library. Each button corresponds to a symbol
type. The name of the symbol appears in the form of a help bubble when you leave the mouse
on a button for a few seconds.
Several symbol families are available. The General library contains a symbol representative of
each specific library. To display a specific library, just click on its general library symbol. You
can also use the command Symbol libraries in the Display menu.
Diagram library palette

The Diagram library palette groups tools used to draw connections between electrical devices
and to create links and modify electrical symbol attributes, plus the selection and resizing tools
also found in the Decor palette.
Decor palette
The Decor palette groups the tools used to draw geometrical shapes and to handle graphs.
Status bar
• the indication of keyboard locking in the CAPS mode (CAP) and activation of the numerical
keypad (NUM),
• when you work in the drawing space, the coordinates of the mouse tip position..
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Action Result
Display Status bar Displays or masks the status bar
Display Tool bar Displays or masks the tool bar
Display Decor palette Displays or masks the Decor palette
Display Diagram library palette Displays or masks the Diagram library

palette
Display Symbol libraries library name Displays the selected library

Equipment drawing and front panels - Manage drawings
Manage drawings
You can create up to 10 drawings for a project. All these drawings can be opened, but only one
is displayed in the drawing space at any one time. The commands in the File menu are used to
open and close drawings, to save them, to create new ones, to rename them and to delete
them. You can also import single-line diagrams produced using the Ecobat or SISpower
software.
Action Result
File Save Saves the drawings.
or or Crtl+S
File New diagram Displays a blank drawing space. The name of

the new drawing appears in the title bar and in
or Crtl+N
the tool bar drop-down list (5 (p.163)).
File Open diagram Opens a window in which you can choose the
drawing to be opened. When several
or Crtl+O
drawings are open, you can move from one to
another by selecting them in the tool bar
drop-down list (5 (p.163)).
File Delete diagram Deletes a drawing. You cannot delete an

open drawing, you must first close it (File
Close diagram).
File Rename a diagram Renames the drawing displayed and enters a

description. The name and description appear
in the sheet label title block which is printed
(p.177) automatically with the drawings.
File Close diagram Closes the drawing displayed.
File Import an old project Retrieves single-line diagrams produced with

the Ecobat or SISpower software.
File Import a quick diagram Retrieves single-line diagrams produced with

the Ecobat or SISpower software.
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Equipment drawing and front panels - Produce a drawing
Produce a drawing
Presentation
The drawing tools placed at your disposal allow you to rework and complete the front panel
drawings obtained during switchboard design, and to draw single-line diagrams. You can create
up to 10 drawings for a project.
Choice of page format

You can choose the size and format of the pages that you want to use. The workspace can
contain up to four A0, i.e. 64 A4 pages or 32 A3 pages. For more details, see Choose the
workspace and the sheet model title block (p.178).
Assistance with positioning drawings

You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid and a cross-haired cursor to help you align
the graphs. For more details, see Assistance with positioning drawings (p.169).
Retrieve a front panel drawing

You can retrieve the front panel drawings obtained during switchboard design to rework, size or
complete them. For more details, see Retrieve a front panel drawing (p.171).
Draw geometrical shapes

A graphic tool palette (Decor palette) lets you draw geometrical shapes such as circles,
rectangles, lines, polygons, etc. These shapes can be coloured, resized and re-arranged. For
the detail of the operations, see Use of drawing tools (p.272).
Draw a single-line diagram

The drawing of a single-line diagram is greatly simplified thanks to use of the pre-drawn
electrical symbols proposed in the libraries delivered with the software. For each electrical
symbol, electrotechnical information (number of poles, rating, etc.) is displayed on the drawing
in the form of back-annotated attributes, that can be modified.
You also have two specific tools at your disposal to create power connections and
control-monitoring connections between the symbols and a tool to create links.
For more details, see Draw a single-line diagram (p.172).

Use standard diagrams

A standard diagram is a part of a drawing that you save for future re-use, in the same project or
in other projects. For more details, see Use standard diagrams (p.176).
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You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid and a cross-haired cursor to help you align
the graphs.
The grid
visible.
Action Result
Configuration Visible grid Displays or masks the current grid
or
Configuration Grid None The grid is cancelled
Configuration Grid Normal The 10mm grid is enabled
Configuration Grid Fine The 5mm grid is enabled
Configuration Grid Very fine The 2.5mm grid is enabled
The cross-haired cursor

When the cross-haired cursor is selected and you choose a symbol or a drawing tool, the
mouse pointer assumes the shape of two axes, one vertical and the other horizontal, passing
over the entire drawing space and allowing you to align graphs more easily.
Action Result
Configuration Cross-haired cursor Displays or masks the cross-haired cursor

The zoom
The zoom lets you enlarge part of the drawing space in order to distinguish the details more
clearly.
Action Result
Zoom Enlarges part of the drawing
Previous space The drawing is displayed with the previous

enlargement
Full page The drawing space is re-displayed in full

1. Click on the Zoom button. The cursor assumes the shape of a magnifying glass.
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Retrieve a front panel drawing
You can retrieve the front panel drawings obtained during switchboard design to rework, size or
complete them. To do this the front panel drawings must have been exported using the
command Export front panels. This export generates a separate drawing for each view level
and for each switchboard page. Each drawing can be retrieved separately.
Action Result
Edit Insert Front Panel Opening of the file selection standard window
or F8
1. Select the file containing the front panel drawing (*.zgr).

2. In the list File *.gra, click on the relevant page and view. The corresponding drawing will
appear to the right.
3. Click on Open. The window will close and the drawing will appear anchored to the mouse.
4. Bring the mouse up to the point where you want to place the drawing, then click.
5. Click outside the drawing to deselect it.
To align your drawings easily, use the very fine grid.

Draw a single-line diagram
Presentation
The drawing of a single-line diagram is greatly simplified thanks to use of the pre-drawn
electrical symbols proposed in the libraries delivered with the software.
For each electrical symbol, electrotechnical information (number of poles, rating, etc.) is
displayed on the drawing in the form of back-annotated attributes. These attributes can be
modified and you can add others. For symbols, you can choose between two line thicknesses.
You also have two specific tools at your disposal to create power connections and
control-monitoring connections between the symbols and a tool to create links.
Display a symbol library (p.172)
Draw electrical symbols (p.172)
Modify the attributes of a symbol (p.173)
Draw a connection between symbols (p.173)
Create a link (p.174)
Enable repeated insertion (p.174)
Choose symbol line thickness (p.175)
Display a symbol library

You have various pre-drawn electrical symbols at your disposal to create single-line diagrams.
These symbols are divided up into several families known as libraries and displayed in the form
of pallets.
Action Result
Display Symbol libraries library name Displays the selected library
You can also display a specific library by clicking on its symbol in the general library.
Draw electrical symbols

1. Display the library containing the electrical symbol that you want to draw, then click on the
relevant symbol in the palette. The symbol will appear in the drawing space, anchored to the
mouse.
2. Bring the mouse to the point where you want to place the symbol, then click. The symbol is
placed in the drawing space.
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• Symbols are always presented vertically. However certain symbols can be

drawn horizontally. To do this, you can rotate them: when the symbol is
anchored to the mouse, press the Tab key.
• If the option Repeated insertion (p.174) is enabled, the chosen symbol remains
anchored to the mouse. You can then place it several times consecutively in
the drawing space. To leave this symbol, press Esc.
3. The last symbol placed remains selected (it appears in red). Click outside the symbol to
deselect it.
• When you place a symbol on a connection line (p.173), it automatically breaks the
connection line.
• Electrical symbols cannot be resized.
Modify the attributes of a symbol

For each symbol, you can view electrotechnical information (number of poles, rating, etc.) in the
form of back-annotated attributes. You can mask this information, modify its content, add or
delete attributes.
Action Result
Edit Modify / consult Opening of the window Edit symbol
attributes
or or double click on the symbol or F7
You can enter the attribute description in the Value column and mask the attribute by selecting
Not visible in the Display column. The Add and Delete buttons are used to add and to delete
attributes.
Draw a connection between symbols

You have two tools at your disposal to link symbols: the power connection and the
control-monitoring connection. Both tools are available in the Diagram library palette.
The power and control-monitoring connections can be resized using the proportional
resizing tool. For more details, see Use of drawing tools (p.272).
Action Result
Draws a power connection
Draws a control-monitoring connection
1. Click on the button Power connection or Control-monitoring connection. The cursor

assumes the shape of a cross. You are in the Connection mode.
2. Click on the end of the first element to be connected, or on a point on the drawing.

3. Move the mouse to plot the connection.

4. Click on the other end to be connected.
5. Move the mouse to plot another segment, then click. Repeat this operation as many times as
necessary.
To move the cursor while remaining in the Connection mode and thus allow
connection of other objects, double click or press Esc. To leave the Connection
mode, press a second time on Esc or click on the Select button in the tool palette.
When you try to plot connections at forbidden points, the line representing the
connection thickens and becomes grey and has no effect.
Create a link
You have a tool at your disposal to create the links from one sheet to another. This tool is found
in the Diagram library palette.
Action Result
Creates a link
1. Click on the Link button. The symbol appears anchored to the mouse.
2. Bring the mouse to the point where you want to place the link, then click. The link is placed
on the diagram and remains selected, it appears in red.
• The symbol remains anchored to the mouse. You can thus place it several times
consecutively. To leave this symbol, press Esc.
• Click outside the symbol to deselect it.
• Double click on a link to modify its name.
Enable repeated insertion

This option lets you insert the same symbol on the drawing several times consecutively.
Action Result
Configuration Repeated insertion Enables or disables the option
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Choose symbol line thickness

You can choose between two line thicknesses for electrical symbols.
You cannot modify the line thickness of a symbol once you have drawn it.
Action Result
Configuration Symbol Fine line The next symbols you place on the drawing
will be drawn in fine lines.
Configuration Symbol Bold line The next symbols you place on the drawing
will be drawn in bold lines.

Use standard diagrams
A standard diagram is a part of a drawing that you save for future re-use, in the same project or
in other projects.
Create or modify a standard diagram

To create a standard diagram or modify an existing standard diagram, you must first select the
part of the drawing that must make up this standard diagram.
To select several graphs (p.278)
Action Result
Edit Create / Modify standard diagram Opening of the window Create a standard
diagram
1. Enter the name of the new standard diagram or click on the name of the standard diagram
that you want to modify (in this case, the drawing of this standard diagram will appear in the
right-hand part of the window).
2. If necessary enter the description of the standard diagram.
3. Click on Save.
Retrieve a standard diagram
Action Result
Edit Insert standard diagram Opening of the window Insert a standard
diagram
1. Select the file containing the standard diagram that you want to insert. The drawing of this
standard diagram will appear in the right-hand part of the window.
2. Click on Open. The window will close and the chosen standard diagram will appear
anchored to the mouse.
3. Bring the mouse to the point where you want to place the standard diagram, then click.
4. Click outside the standard diagram to deselect it.
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Equipment drawing and front panels - Print drawings
Print drawings
A sheet model is automatically printed with the drawing. Before printing, remember to choose
the sheet model title block (p.178) and to
define the information appearing in the title block (p.179).
Action Result
File Print diagram Prints the drawing displayed
or or Crtl+P

or

Choose the workspace and the sheet model title block
Presentation
You can choose the size of the pages that you wish to use as well as the page format and the
type of title block that will be printed with the drawings. The workspace can contain up to four
A0, i.e.t 64 A4 pages or 32 A3 pages.
(p.?).
Choose the workspace and the sheet model title block
Action Result
Configuration Workspace Opens the window Size workspace
1. In the Sheet model format frame, choose the page format (from A0 to A4) and the required
page orientation: Horizontal or Vertical.
The list below presents the title blocks available for the selected page format.
2. In the list of title blocks, click on the model that you wish to use.
3. In the Number of sheets frame, choose the number of pages you wish to have in the
direction of Height and Width. You can use up to four A0, i.e. 64 A4 pages or 32 A3 pages.
The Default button lets you save the chosen workspace to use it in your future
drawings.
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Sheet model title block information
A variety of information can be printed in the sheet model title block such as the drawing name
(p.?).
Information Where Comment

Name of drawing File Rename a diagram
For more details, see Manage
Description of drawing drawings (p.166)
Number of project Project general information, Equipment General

Name of project Used to directly access project
Description of and complete it if required. For
worksite more details, see Enter project
information (p.14).
Name of customer Project general information,
Customer tab
Isc of equipment
Type of equipment
(enclosure range)
Free rows of Calculated automatically on

equipment installation in enclosure

Equipment drawing and front panels - Export the drawing
Export the drawing
Presentation
You can export the drawing to other drawing software. Two methods are proposed:
• You can export the drawing to an AutoCAD® compatible file (DXF format).
can select the part of the drawing to be copied. To do this, you have two commands. One
copies the electrical symbols like inseparable objects, while the other converts the electrical
symbols into graphic objects that can be broken down into various sub parts.
Action Result
File Export DXF Opening of the Windows standard save
window
Action Result
Edit Copy drawing Copies the selected part of the drawing into
the Windows clipboard (electrical symbols are
converted into graphic objects that can be
broken down into various sub parts)
Edit Copy Copies the selected part of the drawing into

the Windows clipboard (electrical symbols are
copied as inseparable objects)
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Produce marking labels - Export the drawing
Produce marking labels
Presentation ......................................................................................................................... .182

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Label creation window .......................................................................................................... .183 .
Design the marking labels .................................................................................................... .185 .
Printing labels ........................................................................................................................190
.

Produce marking labels - Presentation
Presentation
You can quickly create marking labels for your enclosures using preformated formatting
templates. You can then print them on Schneider Electric precut-out cardboard sheets
For each item of equipment, you can create up to 10 label sheets in A4 format.
Action Result
in the tool bar or in the action bar of the Opens the label design window (an
equipment item must be selected in the
Design step Building General View)
or Tools Label editor for enclosure
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Produce marking labels - Label creation window
Label creation window
1. Title bar (p.9)

2. Menu bar (p.184)
3. Tool bar (p.184)
4. Label editing space (p.184)
5. Text editor (p.184)
6. Images palette (p.184)
You can:
• mask the tool bar and the status bar (menu Display Tool bar and Status bar)

Produce marking labels - Label creation window
Menu bar
Tool bar
The tool bar offers quick access to the most commonly used commands. In the tool bar, each
Label editing space

You compose the labels in this space. To help you produce them, several tools are at your
disposal:
• three palettes allowing you to create texts and drawings,
• formatting guides (frames, vertical markers and lines) and a grid that helps to align texts and
illustrations,
• automatic numbering of labels.
Text editor
The text editor lets you create labels quickly. It proposes a list of predefined texts that can be
placed as they are or modified. You can also enter other texts.
Images palette
The Images palette is used to illustrate labels quickly by means of pictograms supplied with the
software.
Decor palette
The Decor palette is used to create your own drawings. It groups tools used to draw
geometrical shapes and to handle graphs.
Status bar
• indication of keyboard locking in the CAPS mode (CAP) and activation of the numerical
keypad (NUM),
• when you work in the drawing space, the coordinates of the mouse tip position,
• the number of the label sheet displayed (1 to 10),
• the type of labels being edited.
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Produce marking labels - Design the marking labels
Design the marking labels
Presentation
The marking labels can be illustrated in several ways:
• A text editor (5 (p.183)) proposes a list of predefined texts that can be placed as they are or
modified. You can also enter other texts.
• You can quickly illustrate labels using the pictograms supplied with the software. These
pictograms are grouped in the Images (6 (p.183)) palette.
• You can place personal images on labels, for example your logo (in .BMP or .WMF format).
• You can create geometrical shapes using the tools in the Decor (7 (p.183)) palette.
You can create up to 10 label sheets for an equipment item. Formatting guides help you align
texts and illustrations on the label sheets and the sheet strips can be renumbered.
Position drawings (p.185)
Place text on labels (p.185)
Place a pictogram on the label sheet (p.186)
Place a personal image on the label sheet (p.186)
Draw geometrical shapes (p.186)
Change page (p.186)
Renumber labels (p.187)
Position drawings
Various formatting guides are available to help you align texts and illustrations on the label
sheets. For more details, see Label positioning guides (p.188).
Place text on labels
Action Result
Display Text editor Displays or masks the text editor
1. In the text editor:

• Click on a text in one of the two lists. It will appear in the edit field under the lists. If
necessary, you can modify the text in this edit field.
• Or directly enter a text in the edit field.
2. Choose the text alignment: Left, Right or Centred.

3. Click on Insert.

You can also double click on a text to select it.
4. Bring the mouse onto the label sheet to the point where you want to place the text, then
click.
5. Click outside the text to deselect it.
Place a pictogram on the label sheet
Action Result
Display Images Displays or masks the Images pallet
1. In the Images pallet, click on a pictogram.

2. Bring the mouse onto the label sheet to the point where you want to place the pictogram,
then click.
3. Click outside the pictogram to deselect it.
Place a personal image on the label sheet
Action Result
File Import BMP Inserts an image in the BMP or WMF format
File Import WMF
1. In the File menu, choose Import BMP or Import WMF. The file selection standard dialogue
will appear.
2. Select the image file that you want to use, then click on Open.
3. Bring the mouse to the label sheet to the point where you want to place the image, then
click.
4. Click outside the image to deselect it.
If you copy your personal image files in the .WMF format in the SisDe/WMF folder,
these images will appear in the Images palette (after rebooting the software).
Draw geometrical shapes

You can complete label illustration by means of tools from the Decor palette. These tools let
you create geometrical shapes such as circles, rectangles, lines, polygons, etc. These shapes
may be coloured, resized or re-arranged. For the detail of the operations, see Use of drawing
tools (p.272).
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Change page
You can create up to 10 label sheets (pages) for each item of equipment. The sheet number
displayed is given in the status bar (8 (p.183)).
Action Result
Display Next page Displays the next label sheet.
Display Previous page Displays the previous label sheet.
Renumber labels
A sheet contains several label strips. In each strip, labels are numbered from 1 to n. You can
change the starting number of each sheet strip.
Action Result
Changing line numbers Renumbers a label strip
Display Numbers Displays or masks label numbers
To renumber a label strip:

1. Click on the button Change line numbers.
2. Click on the label strip that you want to renumber. A dialogue box will appear.
3. In the field As from, enter the new starting number, then click on OK.

Label positioning guides
Presentation
1. Label line frame

2. Module
3. Module vertical marker
4. Text line
5. Points grid
Several formatting guides are available to help you align texts and illustrations on the label
sheets.
The grid
according to predefined points whose spacing corresponds to grid pitch. Two grid pitches are
available:
• a 5mm pitch,
• a points grid, using the anchoring points of each module.
Action Result
Configuration Grid None The grid is cancelled
Configuration Grid Fine The 5mm grid is enabled
Configuration Grid Points The points grid is enabled
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Frames, vertical markers and lines

Frames, vertical markers and lines are guides that you can view to help you place texts and
illustrations on the label sheets.
Frames, vertical markers and lines can be printed. If you do not want to print them,
you must mask them before starting to print.
Action Result
Display Frame Displays or masks label line frames
Display vertical markers Displays or masks module vertical markers
Display Lines Displays or masks text positioning lines
The zoom
The zoom lets you enlarge part of the drawing space in order to distinguish details more clearly.
Action Result
Zoom Enlarges part of the drawing
Previous space The drawing is displayed with the previous

enlargement
Full page The drawing space is redisplayed in full

1. Click on Zoom. The cursor will assume the form of a magnifying glass.
2. Click on the drawing and, while holding down the mouse button, drag the mouse to delimit

Produce marking labels - Printing labels
Printing labels
Action Result
File Print Prints labels
Crtl+P
Configuration Printer margin offset Indicates an offset to be applied in the top

left-hand corner of the page during printing
If you do not want to see the frames, vertical markers and lines on the printed
document, you must mask them before starting to print. See Label positioning guides
(p.188).
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Single line diagram step
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Single line diagram step - Generate single-line diagrams
Generate single-line diagrams
Overview
You can automatically generate single-line diagrams for the various equipments of the project.
These diagrams are built using SEE Building LT® pour SISpro building, tool for designing and
realising electrical diagrams from IGE+XAO.
You can choose the equipments for which the single-line diagram will be generated. Diagrams
are generated using equipment cabling (p.48) data and cable characteristics entered in the
Single line diagram step window.
The generated single-line diagrams contain main technical information for incoming and
outgoing cables, functional names and descriptions, and cabling information.
Action Result
Single line diagram step Displays the window of the Single line
diagram step
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Cable step window

In this window, you visualise the electrical relations for one equipment of the project and you
can enter the characteristics for each outgoing cables of this equipment.
1. List of project equipments, allowing you to select the equipment to take into account for
single-line diagram generation
2. Electrical relations for one equipment, such as defined in the Cabling (p.48) window
3. Area for entering cable characteristics
• Column width can be modified.

For more details, see Organisation of the SISpro building window (p.251)
• You can mask a column by clicking its title with the right button of the mouse. To
display all columns, click in the data entry area of the table with the right button of
the mouse.

Generate single-line diagrams

1. In equipment list, select the equipment for which you want to generate the single-line
diagram.
2. Click on one of the selected equipment. The electrical relations for this equipment are
displayed.
3. Enter the characteristics for the equipment outgoing cables. You can specify the cable type,
conductor type, cable composition, its section and length. In case of a multicore cable,
Neutral and PE data entry areas are not accessible, the conductor for these polarities being
taken into account in the multicore cable.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each selected equipment.
• End characteristic entry by pressing the Enter key, pressing the space bar or
clicking on a cell.
• You can move into the table using keyboard arrow keys.
• You can copy the same value into several cells in one operation:
1. Copy a value using Copy function from the contextual menu or using
Crtl+C keys.
2. Select the cells into which you want to copy the value using Shift or Ctrl
keys (see Selecting lines (p.278)).
3. Paste the value using Paste function from the contextual menu or Crtl+V
keys.
5. Once all characteristics have been entered, select Generate diagram in the File menu or
click the button in the toolbar. The SEE Building LT® window is displayed and the
single-line diagrams are automatically generated. For more details on this tool, refer to SEE
Building LT® documentation.
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Quotation step
Presentation ......................................................................................................................... .196 .

Quotation step window ......................................................................................................... .197 .
Create a quotation .................................................................................................................201 .
Modify products in a quotation ............................................................................................. .202 .
Modify labour in a quotation ................................................................................................. .204 .
Add services to a quotation .................................................................................................. .206 .
Calculate consumables ........................................................................................................ .207 .
VAT rate ............................................................................................................................... .208
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Margins ..................................................................................................................................209
.
Product discounts ..................................................................................................................210 .
Synchronisation of a quotation with design .......................................................................... .212 .
Return to the catalogue prices ............................................................................................. .213 .
Print quotations .................................................................................................................... .214 .
Export quotations ................................................................................................................. .215 .
Configuration of margins and services by default ................................................................ .216 .
Default parameter saving ..................................................................................................... .218 .

Quotation step - Presentation
Presentation
In the Quotation step, you prepare the project quotation. You can create several quotations for
comparison purposes . These quotations may correspond to different technical solutions
(different equipment content) or to different sales proposals (services, margins, discounts,
forced prices). For more details, see Equipment variant (p.12) et Quotation variant (p.12).
Prices can be displayed in a currency other than that of the price list.
For more details, see Change currency (p.249).
Action Result
Quotation step Displays the window of the Quotation step
or Display Quotation
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Quotation step - Quotation step window
Quotation step window

2. List of quotations created for the project. Quotations are identified by 2 different icons:
Quotation synchronous with design step
Quotation out of synchronisation
For more details, see Synchronisation of a quotation with design (p.212).

3. Display space of the quotation selected in the list (2). This space has three tabs:
Part numbers tab (p.198) (quotation detail)
Margins tab (p.199)
Summary tab (p.200)
4. Detailed quotation of equipment (Part numbers tab (p.198))
5. Total quotation calculation (Part numbers tab (p.198))
6. Summary pane (p.200)
• You can mask some parts of the window and modify distribution between the
various window spaces. For data presented as a table, you can also modify table
column width.
• Prices can be displayed in a currency other than that of the price list.
Step title bar

The title bar gives the name of the step with, to the right, the date of the current price list.

Part numbers tab

The Part number tab presents the detail of the quotation. The information displayed depends
on what is selected in the list of quotations (2):
• If it is an equipment item, the quotation for this item is presented.
• If it is a quotation:
• The top part of the window (4) presents the detailed calculation of the equipment
considered in this quotation. A scroll bar to the right lets you scroll information vertically.
• The bottom part (5) presents the total calculation of the quotation.
You can click on the plus or minus sign to the left of a piece of information to
extend or reduce its display.
The content of the Part number tab can be customised. You can choose the columns and lines
to be displayed for the detail of the equipment and for the total part of the quotation. For more
details, see Customise the quotation content (p.243).
The following information can be displayed.
Information appearing against a sky blue background is information that can be

modified in the quotations. Once modified, this information appears in blue to mark
the difference with respect to the Design step.
Information displayed for equipment

• name and quantity requested (seer Equipment in several copies below)
• description
• characteristics
• product list sorted by family with, for each product:
• the label
• the catalogue part number
• the designation
• the quantity
• the internal part number
• the manufacturer
• the unit price list price
• the unit net price (price calculated by applying discounts on the price list price)
• the discount
• the customer unit price (price calculated by applying the margin to the unit net price)
• the total price
• sub-total by product family
• total price of products
• total amount of consumables
• total price of products and consumables
• list of additional services with their total
• total price of additional services
• sub-total of workshop labour
• sub-total of worksite labour
• equipment totalisation line: quantity, total price (see Equipment in several copies below)
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Information displayed for the quotation

• list of additional services with their total
• total price of additional services
• total of products and consumables
• total of workshop labour
• total of worksite labour
• total of equipment
• total of services
• total before tax
• percentage and total VAT
• Total inclusive of all taxes
Equipment in several copies

When an equipment item is requested in several copies at design level (in the properties for this
item), in the quotations the item is described once only and the quotation calculation detail is for
a single copy. The quantity is given next to the name of the equipment item at the top, and on
the equipment totalisation line, which also gives the unit price of the equipment and the total
price calculated according to quantity.
Margins tab
The Margins tab presents the margins of the quotation selected in the list of quotations (2) and
is used to modify them.
Information is divided into 3 tables:
• A first table in which you can define margins for products and consumables, for workshop
labour, for worksite labour and for services.
• A table presenting the equipment considered in the quotation. For each item is given the
purchase price before tax (Cost), the margin calculated and the selling price before tax.
• A table summarising this information for the entire quotation.

Summary tab
The Summary tab presents a summary of the quotation selected in the list of quotations (2):
• Information on the quotation: name and date of creation
• Information on the project: information derived from project general information (Project
tab)
• Information on the customer: information derived from project general information
(Customer tab)
• Configuration: reminder of quotation calculation parameters
• Services: list of additional services with their total
• Costs and margins: summary of totals and margins on products, labour, services
• Consumables: total for consumables
• Price : total before tax, total VAT and total inclusive of all taxes of the quotation
Summary pane
Information space divided into three tabs:
Project Presents the summary of the calculation of one of the project

quotations. The header of the first column is a list in which you can
select the quotation to be displayed.
Equipment Presents the calculation of the equipment selected in the list of

quotations (2). The header of the first column is a list in which you
can select the quotation to be displayed. From one quotation to
another, the same equipment can have different calculations
according to the calculation parameters used in these quotations.
Properties Presents the characteristics of the equipment selected in the list of

quotations (2).
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Quotation step - Create a quotation
Create a quotation
A quotation is automatically created when a project is created, but you can create other
quotations. In each quotation you can choose the equipment to be considered, you can add
products, modify prices, margins and discounts.
Each equipment item added to the project is automatically included in all the
quotations and any modifications made in design on an equipment item are
automatically transferred to all the quotations that include this equipment item.
Action Result
Project Create a quotation A new quotation appears in the list (2 (p.197))
or
› By default, all project equipment is included in the quotation that you have just created.
Remove the tick from those that must not be considered.

Quotation step - Modify products in a quotation
Modify products in a quotation
Presentation
In the quotations, you can add or delete products, modify quantities and modify selling prices.
These modifications are local to the quotation and to the equipment in which they are made and
are not passed on to equipment at design level.
• When you modify products (modification of quantities, addition or suppression of

products) a warning message is displayed to inform you that the quotation is no
more synchronous with the design step. Out of synchronisation quotations are
identified with a specific icon (2 (p.197)). To cancel these modifications, refer to
Synchronisation of a quotation with design (p.212).
• To cancel the modifications made on prices, refer to Return to the catalogue
prices (p.213).
Modify prices and quantities
Only information displayed against a sky blue background can be modified (quantity
and selling price of products). If you do not see the relevant columns, check the
display configuration (p.243).
To modify a quantity or a price in a quotation:

› In the tab Part numbers (3 (p.197)), click on the quantity or price (against a sky blue
background) that you wish to modify and enter the new value.
You can modify the total price before tax of the quotation, but this total will no longer
correspond to the sum of prices detailed above.
To recalculate the total price, refer to Return to the catalogue prices (p.213).
Add products
To add a product to a quotation, you can use most of the methods for adding products to
equipment:
• Search for products in the Schneider Electric electronic catalogue
• Direct search for Schneider Electric products
• Search for products in the personal catalogue
• Search for part numbers in the Schneider Electric and personal catalogues
• Search for products in the favourites
• Addition of non referenced products
For more details on these methods, refer to Choice of equipment products (p.25).
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Quotation step - Modify products in a quotation
• To add a product to equipment, first select this equipment in the list of quotations
(2 (p.197)).
• To delete a product, set its quantity to 0.

Quotation step - Modify labour in a quotation
Modify labour in a quotation
Presentation
There are two types of labour: workshop labour and worksite labour.
Workshop labour corresponds to the time required to produce equipment. It is calculated
automatically by the mounting wizards when installing devices in the switchboard. The
calculation is based on the part number labour times recorded in the catalogues. The calculated
value can be modified.
In addition to workshop labour, you can enter additional labour time in the form of worksite
labour.
Workshop and worksite labour times are presented separately in the detailed calculation of each
item of equipment (4 (p.197)) and in the total part of the quotation (5 (p.197)) where the hourly
rate of each labour type is also marked.
The hourly labour rates are defined in the quotation calculation parameters (see quotation
calculation parameters (see Configuration of margins and services by default (p.216)).
For each equipment item, you can modify the calculated workshop labour time and can enter a
worksite labour time.
You can also modify the hourly rates for the entire quotation.
Modifications are local to the quotation and to the equipment in which they made.
Labour times can be expressed in hours and minutes or in hundredths of an hour.

For more details, see Customise the quotation content (p.243).
Modify labour times
To modify the workshop labour time of an equipment item:

1. In the detailed equipment calculation, double click on the line for the workshop labour
sub-total. The Workshop labour window appears.
2. In the Equipment frame, click on Enter then enter the new quantity of labour.
In the Quotation frame, you can modify the hourly cost of labour.
3. Click on OK.
To return to calculated workshop labour time:

1. In the detailed equipment calculation, double click on the line for the workshop labour
sub-total. The Workshop labour window appears.
2. In the Equipment frame, click on calculated, then click on OK.
To enter the worksite labour time of an equipment item:

1. In the detailed equipment calculation, double click on the line for the worksite labour
sub-total. The Worksite labour window appears.
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Quotation step - Modify labour in a quotation
2. In the Equipment frame, enter the quantity of labour.
In the Quotation frame, you can modify the hourly cost of labour.
3. Click on OK.
To modify the hourly cost of labour:

› In the quotation calculation total, click on the labour cost to be modified (workshop or
worksite) and enter the new value.

Quotation step - Add services to a quotation
Add services to a quotation
Presentation
In the quotations, you can add additional services to allow for auxiliary expenses such as
transport or commissioning. These services can be added either at equipment level or globally
at quotation level.
The services total amount can be given either in the form of a fixed total or as a percentage of
the total amount of products and consumables or the total amount of labour.
You can define services by default. These services will be automatically added to
each quotation when it is created.
For more details, see Configuration of margins and services by default (p.216).
Add services
To add a service to an equipment item or a quotation:

1. With the right mouse button, click on the Service line in the detailed equipment calculation (4
(p.197)) or in the quotation calculation total (5 (p.197)), then choose Create Service in the
contextual menu . The Service window appears.
2. Enter the service name.
3. In the Unit list, select the calculation method: quotation or percentage.
4. Enter the total amount or service calculation percentage.
5. If the service is a percentage, in the list Calculation on total, select the calculation basis:
Labour or Products + Consumable.
6. Click on OK.
If you want this service to be added systematically to all your future quotations, tick
the box Add to services by default.
To modify a service:
1. Double click on the line of the service to modify. The Service window appears.
2. Make the modifications, then click on OK.
To delete a service:
› Click on the line of the service to be deleted with the mouse right button, then choose Delete
Service in the contextual menu.
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Quotation step - Calculate consumables
Calculate consumables
In the quotations, you can add for each equipment item a total amount for consumables. This
amount can be expressed either as a fixed amount or as a percentage of the total price of the
equipment products.
To add consumables to an equipment item:
1. Double click on the Consumable line in the equipment detailed calculation (4 (p.197)). A
small window appears.
2. In the Unit list, select the calculation basis: currency of percentage.
3. Enter the total amount or the calculation percentage.
4. Click on OK.
To delete the total amount of consumables, set the value to 0.

Quotation step - VAT rate
VAT rate
The VAT rate that you normally use is defined in the quotation calculation parameters, but you
can modify it locally in a quotation.
To modify the VAT rate in a quotation:
› In the quotation calculation total (5 (p.197)), click on the VAT rate, then enter the new value.
If the VAT rate is not visible, click on the sign on the line VAT total.
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Quotation step - Margins
Margins
Margins can be defined separately for products and consumables, workshop labour, worksite
labour and additional services.
The margins that you normally use are defined in the quotation calculation parameters, but you
can modify them locally in a quotation.
To modify the margins in a quotation:
1. Click on the tab Margins (3 (p.197)).
2. In the list of quotations (2), click on the quotation for which you want to define the margins.
3. In the first table at the top, enter the margins. You can enter either the margin percentage on
selling price (column % on selling price) or the margin rate on purchase price (column
Multiplying coeff / Cost).

Quotation step - Product discounts
Product discounts
Presentation
Discounts can be specified by product family or by part number. Discounts are valid only for the
project in which they are specified, but are common to all the project quotations.
Discounts by family can be saved to ensure their availability in your future projects.
Discounts can be calculated as a percentage or as a selling rate.

Discounts by product family

For each product family, you can indicate a basic discount and a complementary discount. The
effective discount is the multiplication of the basic discount by the complementary discount.
Example
• For a product family, you normally have a 30% discount.
• For a specific project, you obtain an additional discount of 10%.
• The effective discount for this project will be 100%-(0.7*0.9)= 37%.
Action Result
Project Project discounts Opens the window Project discounts
1. In the Manufacturer list, select a manufacturer.

2. Above the table, tick the boxes corresponding to the discounts that you want to consider:
Basic discounts (or Sales rates) and/or Complementary discounts (or Selling rates).
3. Click on a discount (or selling rate) and enter its value.
You can click on the button Apply to all to apply this value to all the product
families.
4. Repeat for the products of the other manufacturers.
• If you want to obtain the discounts that you have just defined in your future
projects, click on the button By default.
• The Import button is used to retrieve discounts saved in a file (CSV format). You
can also save current project discounts in a file (CSV format) using the Export
button.
Discounts by part number

You can enter specific discounts for the various part numbers of a project. These discounts are
valid only for the current project.
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Quotation step - Product discounts
Action Result
Project Project discounts Opens the window Project discounts
1. Click on the Part number tab. This tab presents the list of project part numbers. The
discounts (or selling rates) displayed initially correspond to the discounts (or selling rates)
defined in the Family tab.
2. Click on a discount (or selling rate) and enter its new value.
• You can click on the button Apply to all to apply this value to all the other part
numbers.
• You can return to the discount defined for the product family by clicking on the
Re-initialise button.

Quotation step - Synchronisation of a quotation with design
Synchronisation of a quotation with design
Modifications made to products in a quotation (addition or suppression of products, modification

of quantities) remain local to this quotation and are not passed on to equipment at design level.
Synchronisation of the quotation with design cancels the modifications made to the quotation. It
re-initialises quantities and deletes the products added.
To synchronise a quotation with design

› In the list of quotations (2 (p.197)), click on the quotation to be synchronised with the right
mouse button, then choose Synchronise in the contextual menu.
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Quotation step - Return to the catalogue prices
Return to the catalogue prices
The modifications made to product prices in a quotation remain local to this quotation. They are
not passed on to equipment at design level. You can cancel these modifications globally or part
number by part number. You also can recalculate the total amount of the quotation.
To return to the catalogue price for a part number:

1. In the list of quotations (2 (p.197)), click on the relevant quotation.
2. In the Part numbers tab, click with the mouse right button on the price to be modified, then
choose Return to the catalogue price in the contextual menu.
To return to the catalogue prices for all the quotation part numbers:
2. In the Part numbers tab, click with the mouse right button on one of the prices displayed
against a sky blue background, then choose Return to the catalogue prices in the
contextual menu.
To recalculate the total amount of a quotation

When you modify the total amount before tax of a quotation, this total will no longer correspond
to the sum of prices detailed above. To recalculate the total corresponding to the product prices:
2. In the Part numbers tab, click with the mouse right button, then choose Amount
calculation in the contextual menu.

Quotation step - Print quotations
Print quotations
Presentation
You can print separately the quotation calculation and the summary of the various project
quotations.
You can configure the information to be printed. For more details, see Customise the
quotation content (p.243).
Print a quotation
1. In the list of quotations (2 (p.197)), click on the quotation to be printed.
2. In the File menu, choose Print. The Print window appears.
3. Tick the documents to be printed: Quotation and/or Summary and click on OK.
4. The standard Print window appears. Choose the print options and click on OK.
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Quotation step - Export quotations
Export quotations
Presentation
You can export quotations to use them subsequently in other software (word processors,
spreadsheets). Four export formats are available:
• The format CSV (*.csv) is a text format in which information is separated by the character (;).
This format is accepted by a large number of spreadsheets including Microsoft Excel. In this
format the quotation calculation is exported, but not the summary.
• The format RTF (*.rtf) is a format accepted by most word processors. In this format, the
quotation calculation and/or the summary can be exported. The documents produced are
formatted, ready to be printed. They are accompanied by a document in the CSV format
containing the project general information that you can use in a mass mailing system.
• The format Text (*.txt) is a text format in which information is separated by tabulations. In
this format, the quotation calculation is exported, but not the summary.
• The format XML (*.xml) is a structured text format using the XML syntax.
You can configure the information to be exported.

Export a quotation
1. In the list of quotations (2 (p.197)), click on the quotation to be exported.
2. In the File menu, choose Export Quotation. The standard selection window appears.
3. In the Type list, choose the export format.
4. If necessary modify the position and name of the file, then click on Save.
If you have chosen the RTF format, the Export RTF window appears. Tick the
documents to be exported: Quotation and/or Summary, then click on OK.

Quotation step - Configuration of margins and services by default
Configuration of margins and services by default
You can define the calculation parameters that you normally use:
• the margins to be applied to products and consumables, to workshop labour, worksite labour
and services,
• the labour rates for work performed in the workshop and on the worksite,
• the VAT rate for products and labour,
• additional services (consumables, transport, commissioning, etc.).
Action Result
Configuration Services and margins Opens the window Configuration of margins
and services by default (p.217)
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Quotation step - Configuration of margins and services by default
Description of the default services and margins configuration

window
Services
Cost of workshop labour Used to enter the labour cost for work performed in the
workshop.
Cost of worksite labour Used to enter the labour cost for work performed on the
worksite.
VAT rate Used to enter the VAT rate to be applied to products and
labour.
Default services on projects These grids are used to add services that will be automatically
- Default services on added when a quotation is created, either for each equipment
equipment item or at global quotation level.
Each line corresponds to a service. The total amount of
services can be indicated either in the form of a fixed amount,
or as a percentage of the total amount of products and
consumables or the total amount of labour.
To add a service:
1. Click on the Create button. A new line appears at the
bottom of the grid.
2. Enter the name of the service in the Service column.
3. In the Unit column, select the calculation method: currency
or percentage.
4. In the Value before tax column, enter the total amount or
the calculation percentage of the service.
5. If the service is a percentage, in the list Calculation on
total, select the calculation base: Labour or Products +
Consumable.
To delete a service:
› Click on the service to be deleted, then click on Delete.
Margins
This tab lets you define the margins to be applied to products and consumables, to workshop
labour, worksite labour and to additional services.
You can enter either the margin percentage on selling price (column % on selling price) or
the margin rate on purchase price (column Multiplying coeff / Cost).

Quotation step - Default parameter saving
Default parameter saving
You can save in just one operation all the parameters defined for the current quotation. They
will thus be automatically retrieved in the future quotes that you create.
Action Result
The parameters of the current quote are
saved.
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Order form step
Presentation ......................................................................................................................... .220

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Order form step window ....................................................................................................... .221 .
Create an order form ............................................................................................................ .224 .
Modify a product in an order form ........................................................................................ .225 .
Synchronisation of an order form ......................................................................................... .226 .
Print order forms ....................................................................................................................227 .
Export order forms .................................................................................................................228 .
Manage suppliers ................................................................................................................. .229 .

Order form step - Presentation
Presentation
In the Order form step, you create the order forms intended for your suppliers.
You can create an order form from a quotation. The equipment included in the quotation is then
automatically selected in the order form and the modifications made to the products at quotation
level are passed on to the order form.
In the order forms you can add products and modify quantities.
Prices can be displayed in a currency other than that of the price list.
Action Result
Step Order form Displays the window of the Order form step
or Display Order form
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Order form step - Order form step window
Order form step window

2. List of order forms created for the project. Order forms are identified by 2 different icons:
Synchronous order form
Out of synchronisation order form
For more details, see Synchronisation of an order form (p.226).

3. Display space of the order form selected in the list (2). This space contains two tabs:
Part numbers (p.221) (Quotation calculation detail)
Adaptation form (p.223)
4. Properties (p.223)
• You can mask some parts of the window and modify distribution between the
various window spaces. For data presented in table form, you can also modify
table column width.
• Prices can be displayed in a currency other than that of the price list.
Step title bar

The title bar gives the name of the step with, to the right, the date of the current price list.
Part numbers
The Part number tab presents the detail of an order form. The information displayed depends
on what is selected in the list of order forms (2):

• If it is an equipment item, the calculation for this item is presented.

• If it is an order form, the window presents the detailed calculation of the equipment
considered in this order form, followed by total calculation of the order form.
You can click on the plus or minus sign to the left of a piece of information to
extend or reduce its display.
The content of the Part number tab can be customised. You can choose the columns and lines
to be displayed for detail of the equipment and for the total part of the order form. For more
details, see Customise order form content (p.246).
The following information can be displayed.
Information appearing against a sky blue background is information that can be

modified in the order forms. Once modified, this information appears in blue to mark
the difference with respect to the Design step.
Information displayed for equipment:

• name
• manufacturer
• product list sorted by manufacturer and by family with, for each product:
• the label
• the catalogue part number
• the designation
• the quantity
• the unit price list price (excl. discount)
• the discount granted
• the unit net price (with discount)
• the total price before tax
• the internal part number
• the manufacturer
• sub-total by product family
• sub-total for the manufacturer
• total before tax and quantity (see Equipment in several copies below)
• total VAT
• total price of equipment
Information displayed for the order form:

• total price before tax of products
• total (and rate) of VAT
• total price inclusive of all taxes
Equipment in several copies

When an equipment item is requested in several copies at design level (in the properties of this
item), in the order forms the item is described once only and the calculation detail corresponds
to a single copy. The quantity is marked next to the equipment name at the top, and on the line
for the total before tax, which also gives the unit price of the equipment and the total price
calculated according to quantity.
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Adaptation form
The Adaptation form tab presents the adaptation forms generated for devices with mounting
options. They give the mounting instructions that the supplier will require. Devices with mounting
options have a part number beginning with NOTA.
Properties
This information space depends on what is selected in the list of order forms (2). It presents:
• Either the properties of the equipment item.
• Or the properties of the order form:
• a space to enter a description
• a list to select the quotation to which the order form must be attached
• a list to select the supplier
• tick boxes to select the manufacturers to consider in the order form

Order form step - Create an order form
Create an order form
You must create an order form for each project product supplier. The supplier is the product
distributor and the person to whom the order form is addressed.
A supplier can propose products from one or more manufacturers. When an order form is
created, you choose the supplier. The order form can only contain the products of
manufacturers attached to the chosen supplier.
Order forms are created from equipment content defined at Design step or from a reference
quotation. In this case, only equipment included in the quotation is considered in the order form
and modifications made to products at quotation level are passed on to the order form.
Once created, an order form is not automatically updated when modifications are made at
design level or in the reference quotation. To consider these modifications, you must
synchronise (p.226) the order form.
You can create partial order forms that do not allow for all the equipment of a quotation.
Before creating order forms, you must define the suppliers (p.229).
Action Result
Project Create an order form Opens the window Create an order
or
1. Enter the name of the order form.

2. You can create the order form from the design step or from a reference quotation:
• To create the order form from the design step, in the Initial quotation list, select None.
• To create the order form from a reference quotation, in the Initial quotation list, select
the quotation for which you want to order the products. The equipment included in the
quotation will be automatically selected in the order form and the modifications made to
products at quotation level will be passed on to the order form.
3. In the Supplier list, select the product supplier. The corresponding manufacturers will be
automatically selected in the order form.
4. Click on OK.
The order form appears in the list (2 (p.221)) and the equipment considered in the order form
are selected.
The order form characteristics are displayed in the properties (4) pane: reference quotation,
supplier and manufacturers taken into account.
• You can deselect equipment. The order form will then be partial.
• You can also change the initial quotation, the supplier and deselect
manufacturers.
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Order form step - Modify a product in an order form
Modify a product in an order form
Presentation
In order forms, you can add or delete products and modify quantities. These modifications are
local to the order form and to the equipment in which they are made and are not passed on to
equipment at design level or in the quotations. You can thus add to an order form products that
are not part of the project.
When you modify products (modification of quantities, addition or suppression of products) a
warning message is displayed to inform you that the order form is no more synchronous with the
design step or with its reference quotation, if it has been created from a quotation. Out of
synchronisation order forms are identified with a specific icon (2 (p.221)).
To cancel the modifications, refer to Synchronisation of an order form (p.226).
Modify quantities
Only information displayed against a sky blue background can be modified (quantity).
If you do not see the relevant columns, check the display configuration (p.246).
To modify a quantity in an order form:

› In the tab Part number (3 (p.221)), click on the quantity (against a sky blue background) that
you want to modify and enter the new value.
Add products
To add a product to an order form, you can use most of the methods for adding products to
equipment:
• Search for products in the Schneider Electric electronic catalogue
• Direct search for Schneider Electric products
• Search for products in the personal catalogue
• Search for part numbers in the Schneider Electric and personal catalogues
• Search for products in the favourites
• Addition of non referenced products
For more details on these methods, refer to Choice of equipment products (p.25).
• To add a product to an equipment item, first select this item in the list of order
forms 2 (p.221)).
• To delete a product, set its quantity to 0.

Order form step - Synchronisation of an order form
Synchronisation of an order form
Modifications made to products in an order form (addition or suppression of products,

modification of quantities) remain local to this order form. Moreover, modifications made at
design step level and in quotations are not automatically passed on to order forms.
Synchronisation of an order form cancels the modifications made to the order form and update
the order form with the modifications made in the design (if the order form has been created
from the design) or in the quotation (if the order form has been created from a quotation). It
re-initialises quantities and deletes the products added.
To synchronise an order form

› In the list of order forms (2 (p.221)), click on the order form to be synchronised with the right
mouse button, then choose Synchronise in the contextual menu.
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Order form step - Print order forms
Print order forms
You can print the various project order forms and their adaptation form.
You can configure the information to be printed. For more details, see Customise
order form content (p.246).
To print an order form:

1. In the list of order forms (2 (p.221)), click on the order form to be printed.
2. In the File menu, choose Print. The Print window appears.
3. Tick the documents to be printed: Order form and/or Adaptation form, then click on OK.
4. The standard Print window appears. Choose the print options and click on OK.
According to the documents that you have requested, the Print window may
appear several times:
• once for the order form
• once for the adaptation form
You can choose each time different print options or click on Cancel to cancel
document printing.

Order form step - Export order forms
Export order forms
You can export order forms to use them at a later stage in other software (word processors,
spreadsheets). Four export formats are available:
• The format CSV (*.csv) is a text format in which information is separated by the character (;).
This format is accepted by a large number of spreadsheets including Microsoft Excel. In this
format, the order form is exported but not the adaptation form.
• The format RTF (*.rtf) is a format accepted by most word processors. In this format, the
order form and/or the adaptation form can be exported. The documents produced are
formatted, ready to be printed. They are accompanied by a document in CSV format
containing the project general information that you can use in a mass mailing system.
• The format Text (*.txt) is a text format in which information is separated by tabulations. In
this format, the order form is exported, but not the adaptation form.
• The format XML (*.xml) is a structured text format using the XML syntax.
You can configure the information to be exported.

For more details, see Customise order form content (p.246).
To export an order form:

1. In the list of order forms (2 (p.221)), click on the order form to be exported.
2. In the File menu, choose Export order form. The standard file selection window appears.
3. In the Type list, choose the export format.
4. If necessary modify the position and name of the file, and click on Save.
If you have chosen the RTF format, the Export RTF window appears. Tick the
documents to be exported: Order form and/or Adaptation form, then click on
OK.
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Order form step - Manage suppliers
Manage suppliers
The supplier is the product distributor. He is the person to whom the order form is addressed.
A supplier can propose the products from one or more manufacturers. When an order form is
created, you choose the supplier. The order form can only contain the products of
manufacturers attached to the chosen supplier.
To create order forms, you must thus define suppliers.
Action Result
Project Project suppliers Opens the window Project suppliers
To add a supplier:
1. Click on the Create button. A new line appears in the List of suppliers.
2. In the grid placed beneath, enter the information for the new supplier.
3. Allocate manufacturers to this supplier, moving them from the list Available manufacturers
to the list Allocated manufacturers.
4. Click on OK.
If you want to use this supplier in your future projects, click on the Default button
before clicking on OK.

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Compile the project file ......................................................................................................... .233 .
Export project data ............................................................................................................... .236 .

Using data - Presentation
Presentation
steps. These data can also be exported in various formats for use with other software such as
spreadsheets and word processors.
Compile the project file (p.233)
Export project data (p.236)
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Using data - Compile the project file
Compile the project file
Presentation
steps. To compile this file you can print the following documents:
• the equipment product lists
• cabling information
• electrical single-line diagrams
• the switchboard front panel drawings
• the switchboard mounting documents
• the freely created drawings and diagrams
• the identification labels
• the equipment quotation calculation
• the quotation calculation summary
• the order forms for the various product suppliers
• the adaptation forms
Product lists
Product lists can be printed from the Design step. You can print separately the product list of
each project equipment item.
Information is printed such as presented on the screen. The product list display and thus the
print content can be customised. For more details, see Customise the design step product list
(p.241).
Action Result
File Print Prints the product list of the equipment
selected in the Building General View (2
or or Ctrl+P
(p.19)) of the Design step window
File Print configuration Chooses the printer and the print options
Cabling information
Equipment cabling information can be printed from the Wiring view tab in the Design step
window.
To print equipement cabling information :
1. In the Design step window, click on Wiring view tab (3 (p.19)).
2. In the Building General View (2 (p.19)) click on the equipment for which you want to print
cabling information.
3. In the Wiring view tab, click on the button in the toolbar (1 (p.48)).

Single-line diagrams
You can automatically generate a single-line diagram for each equipment of the project. These
diagrams may be printed from the tool used to generate the diagrams. For more details, see
Generate single-line diagrams (p.192).
Action Result
Single line diagram step Displays the window of the Single line
diagram step
To print the generated diagrams:

› From SEE Building LT® File menu, select Print.
Front panel drawings

Front panel drawings are created when products are installed in the switchboard. They can only
be printed for equipment whose products have been mounted using an installation in the
switchboard wizard, and must be printed using this wizard.
To print the equipment front panel drawing:
1. In the Building General View (2 (p.19)) of the Design step window, double click on the
equipment whose front panel drawing you want to print. The installation in the switchboard
window appears.
2. Display the Switchboard design tab.
3. In the File menu, choose Print.
For more details, refer to Print the Prisma Plus switchboard (p.110) (Prisma Plus), or Print the
switchboard (p.153) (Modular enclosure).
Mounting documents
Mounting documents are compiled when products are installed in the switchboard. They can
only be printed for equipment whose products have been mounted using an installation in the
switchboard wizard, and must be printed using this wizard.
To print the equipment mounting document:
1. In the Building General View (2 (p.19)) of the Design step window, double click on the
equipment whose mounting document you want to print. The installation in the switchboard
window appears.
2. Display the Mounting document tab.
For more details, refer to Print the Prisma Plus switchboard (p.110) (Prisma Plus), or Print the
switchboard (p.153) (Modular enclosure).
Free drawings and diagrams

In the Design step, a set of drawing tools lets you rework switchboard front panels and build
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single-line diagrams freely.

To print freely created drawings:
1. In the Tools menu, choose Drawing. The drawing design window appears.
2. In the File menu, choose Print diagram.
For more details, refer to Print drawings (p.177).
Identification labels
In the Design step, a set of tools lets you create identification labels for your modular
enclosures.
To print the identification labels:
1. In the Building General View (2 (p.19)) of the Design step window, click on the equipment
whose identification labels you want to print.
2. In the Tools menu, choose Label editor for modular enclosures. The label design window
appears.
For more details, refer to Printing labels (p.190).
Calculate equipment quotation and the quotation summary

Several quotations can be created in a project. A quotation contains two separate documents,
the actual quotation calculation part and a technical and sales summary. These documents can
be printed separately from each other.
Quotations can be printed from the Quotation step. To print the quotation calculation and the
summary of one of the project quotations:
1. In the list of quotations (2 (p.197)) of the Quotation step window, click on the quotation to be
printed.
For more details, refer to Print quotations (p.214).
Order forms and adaptation forms

A project can contain several order forms, at least one for each product supplier. An order form
contains two separate documents, the actual order form part and the adaptation form. These
documents can be printed separately from each other.
Order forms can be printed from the Order form step. To print an order form and its adaptation
form:
1. In the list of order forms (2 (p.221)) of the Order form step window, click on the order form to
be printed.
For more details, refer to Print order forms (p.227).

Using data - Export project data
Export project data
Presentation
The elements generated during the various project completion steps can be exported for use
with other software such as spreadsheets and word processors. A variety of formats and export
methods are available. You can export the following documents:
• the equipment product lists
• device cabling
• electrical single-line diagrams
• switchboard front panel drawings
• switchboard mounting documents
• freely created drawings and diagrams
• quotations
• order forms
Product lists
Product lists can be exported from the Design step. You can export separately the product list
of each project equipment item. Four export formats are available:
• The format Text (*.TXT) is a text format in which information is separated by tabulations. In
this format, the product list is exported such as presented in the tab Products (3 (p.19)) of
the Design step window.
• The format Excel (*.CSV) is a text format in which information is separated by the character
(;). This format is accepted by a large number of spreadsheets including Microsoft Excel. In
this format, the product list is exported such as presented in the Products tab of the Design
step window.
• The format XML (*.XML) is a structured text format using the XML syntax.
The product list display and thus the export content may be customised. For more details, see
Customise the design step product list (p.241).
Action Result
File Export products choice of format Exports the product list for the equipment
selected in the Building General View (2
or CSV export
(p.19)) of the Design step window
or XML export
Device cabling
Device cabling information can be exported from the Design step. Data are exported to a file in
XML format. This file contains, for each project equipment item, the electrical hierarchy of the
devices as well as all the information for each device making up the equipment.
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Action Result
File Export Cabling Opens the Windows standard save window
or
Single-line diagrams
You can automatically generate a single-line electric diagram for each equipment of the project.
These diagrams may be exported from the tool used to generate the diagrams. For more
details, see Generate single-line diagrams (p.192).
Action Result
Single line diagram step Displays the Cable definition window
To export the generated diagrams:

› From SEE Building LT® File menu, select Save as.
Front panel drawings

Front panel drawings are created when products are installed in the switchboard. They can only
be exported for equipment whose products have been mounted using an installation in the
switchboard wizard, and they must be exported using this wizard.
To export the equipment front panel drawing
› In the Building General View (2 (p.19)) of the Design step window, double click on the
equipment whose front panel drawing you want to export. The installation in the switchboard
wizard window appears.
Several export methods and formats are available. For more details refer to Export the Prisma
Plus switchboard front face (p.113) (Prisma Plus), or Export the switchboard front face (p.156)
(Modular enclosure).
Mounting documents
Mounting documents are compiled when products are installed in the switchboard. They can
only be exported for equipment whose products have been mounted using an installation in the
switchboard wizard, and they must be exported using this wizard.
To export the equipment mounting document:
› In the Building General View (2 (p.19)) of the Design step window, double click on the
equipment whose mounting document you want to export. The installation in the switchboard
wizard window appears.
Several methods are available. For more details refer to Export the Prisma Plus switchboard
mounting document (p.116) (Prisma Plus), or Export the mounting document (p.159) (Modular
enclosure).

Free drawings and diagrams

In the Design step, a set of drawing tools lets you rework the switchboard front panels and build
single-line diagrams freely.
To export the freely created drawings:
› In the Tools menu choose Drawing. The drawing design window appears.
Several methods are available. For more details, refer to Export the drawing (p.180).
Quotation
Several quotations can be created in a project. A quotation contains two separate documents,
the actual calculation part and a technical and sales summary. These documents can be
exported from the Quotation step.
To export a quotation:
1. In the list of quotations (2 (p.197)) of the window of the Quotation step, click on the
quotation to be exported.
2. In the File menu, choose Export quotation.
Several export formats are available. For more details, refer to Export quotations (p.215).
Order forms
A project can contain several order forms, at least one for each product supplier. An order form
contains two separate documents, the actual order form part and the adaptation form. These
documents can be exported from the Order form step.
To export an order form:
1. In the list of order forms (2 (p.221)) of the window of the Order form step, click on the order
form to be printed.
2. In the File menu, choose Export order form.
Several export formats are available. For more details, refer to Export order forms (p.228).
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Customising the
software
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Customise the design step product list ..................................................................................241 .
Customise the quotation content .......................................................................................... .243 .
Customise order form content .............................................................................................. .246 .
Change currency .................................................................................................................. .249 .
Choose SISpro building default files .................................................................................... .250 .
Organisation of the SISpro building window ..........................................................................251 .
Customise menus and tool bars ........................................................................................... .253 .

Customising the software - Presentation
Presentation
Various options are at your disposal to adapt software behaviour to your working preferences
and habits:
• Customise the design step product list (p.241)
• Customise the quotation content (p.243)
• Customise order form content (p.246)
• Change currency (p.249)
• Choose SISpro building default files (p.250)
• Organisation of the SISpro building window (p.251)
• Customise menus and tool bars (p.253)
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Customising the software - Customise the design step product list
Customise the design step product list
You can customise the presentation of information in the Products tab of the Design step (3
(p.19)). The presentation chosen for the display is also used for printing and for exporting the
product list.
You can choose:
• the number of detail lines to be displayed for a product and its accessories,
• the columns to be displayed, their display order and the title label.
Action Result
Configuration Design Opens the window Display / Print / Export
(p.?)

Customising the software - Customise the design step product list
Description of the Display/Print/Export window
Number of lines per device Used to choose the number of detail lines to be displayed for
a product and its accessories
• All lines: for each product, all the references will be
displayed.
• Number of lines: for each product, only the number of
lines indicated will be displayed.
Configure columns This frame is used to choose the columns to be displayed and
their display order. The list Represented columns presents
the columns displayed in the display order, while the list
Available columns presents the columns that may be
displayed.
Action Result
Moves the selected column from the list
Available columns to the list
Represented columns
Moves the selected column from the list

Represented columns to the list
Available columns
Moves all the columns from the list

Available columns to the list
Represented columns
Moves all the columns from the list

Represented columns to the list
Available columns
Moves the selected column to the top or

the bottom of the list
Add When this option is ticked, the functional

Functional names are printed or exported with the
Names to products
printing
and
export
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Customising the software - Customise the quotation content
Customise the quotation content
You can choose:

• the information to be displayed in the References tab of the window of the Quotation step
(3 (p.197)),
• the labour time display mode: hundredths of an hour or hours and minutes,
• the discount calculation mode (percentage or selling rate),
• the information to be considered when exporting quotations,
• the information to be considered when printing quotations,
• columns order.
Action Result
Configuration Quotation (you must be in Opens the window Quotation configuration
the Quotation step) (p.?)

Description of the quotation configuration window
Display
This tab lets you customise the information display in the

References tab of the Quotation step window.
Columns This frame lets you choose the columns to be displayed.

1. Move the columns from the list Available columns to the
list Represented columns using the button.
2. Organise columns position using and buttons.
Parameters This frame lets you:

• display labour in hundredths of an hour or in hours/minutes
• manage discounts as a percentage or as a selling rate (0
to 1)
Equipment lines This frame lets you choose the information to be displayed for
each equipment item:
• the equipment name
• the equipment label
• the equipment characteristics
• the sub-total by product family
• the sub-total for the products
• the sub-total for workshop labour
• the sub-total for worksite labour
• the sub-total of services
• the sub-total of equipment
• the product references
• the price of each reference
Quotation lines This frame lets you choose the information to be displayed for
each quotation:
• the total price for products
• the total price for workshop labour
• the total price for worksite labour
• the total price for services
• the total price for equipment
• VAT and the VAT rate
• the total price inclusive of all taxes
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Export
This tab lets you define the information to be considered when

exporting quotations.

• the equipment characteristics
• the sub-total by product family
• the sub-total for products
• the sub-total for workshop labour
• the sub-total for worksite labour
• the sub-total for services
• the sub-total for equipment
• the product references
Quotation lines This frame lets you choose the information to be exported for
each quotation:
• the total price for workshop labour
• the total price for worksite labour
• the total price for services
• VAT and VAT rate
Profiles This frame is used to save parameters in various profiles in

order to re-use them according to needs.
Printing
This tab is used to define the information to be considered when printing quotations. For more
details, see the tab Export (p.245).

Customising the software - Customise order form content
Customise order form content
You can choose:

• the information to be displayed in the References tab of the window of the step Order form
(2 (p.221)),
• the discount calculation mode (percentage or selling rate),
• the information to be considered when exporting order forms,
• columns order.
Action Result
Configuration Order form Opens the window Configure an order form
(p.247)
(You must be in the Order form step).
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Description of the Configure an order form window
Display
This tab is used to customise the information display in the

References tab of the Order form step window.

Parameters This frame is used to manage discounts as a percentage or

as a selling rate (0 to 1).
• the equipment description
• the product family
• the total price by manufacturer
• the sub-total before tax
• the total VAT
• the sub-total inclusive of all taxes
Order form lines This frame lets you choose the information to be displayed for
each order form:

Export
This tab is used to define the information to be considered

when exporting order forms.

Equipment lines This frame lets you choose the information to be exported for
• the product family
• the total price by manufacturer
• the sub-total before tax
• the total VAT
• the sub-total inclusive of all taxes
Order form lines This frame lets you choose the information to be exported for
each order form:
Profiles This frame is used to save parameters in various profiles in

order to re-use them according to needs.
Printing
This tab is used to define the information to be considered when printing order forms. For
more details, see the tab Export (p.248).
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Customising the software - Change currency
Change currency
In a project, prices may be displayed in a currency other than that of the current price list. Just
enter the currency to be used and the exchange rate and all project prices will be automatically
converted into the new currency.
Action Result
Configuration Currency Opens the window Currency
You can enter the description of the new currency and its exchange rate or select the
currency in the list: the relevant exchange rate is then automatically displayed.
See also:
Update the price list (p.258)

Customising the software - Choose SISpro building default files
Choose SISpro building default files
The data generated by SISpro building are saved in various files. You can choose these files.
Action Result
Configuration Default files Opens the window Default files
1. Click on the file to be modified, then click on the Modify button. The standard file selection
window appears.
2. Select the relevant file and click on OK.
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Customising the software - Organisation of the SISpro building window
Organisation of the SISpro building window
Presentation
You have a variety of options to organise the software window according to your preferences.
You can:
• mask the tool bars and the status bar,
• modify the height and width of some parts of the window,
• modify table column width.
Moreover, the menu bar and the tool bars can be customised (p.253).
Action Result
Display Status bar Displays or masks the status bar (7 (p.9))
Display Tool bar Tool bar name Displays or masks the tool bar or the display
space selected
or contextual menu Tool bar name
List of tool bars:
Standard Main tool bar (3 (p.9))

Steps Step bar (4 (p.9))
Title Step title bar (6 (p.9))
Properties Order form information space (4 (p.221))
Summary Design step information space (8 (p.19)) and Quotation (6
(p.197))
Configurators (small) Installation in the switchboard wizard tool bar (3 (p.9))
Configurators (large) Design step action bar for installation in the switchboard (4
(p.19))
Modules (small) Tool bar for design of drawings and labels (3 (p.9))
Modules (large) Design step action bar for design of drawings and labels (4
(p.19))
Modify distribution between two parts of the window

1. Place the mouse on the line separating the two parts. The cursor takes the form of an arrow
with two tips or .
2. Click and hold down the mouse button.

3. Move the mouse. The separating line follows the mouse movements.
4. Release the mouse button when the separating line is in the required position.

Customising the software - Organisation of the SISpro building window
Adjust table column width

To modify table column width:
1. Place the mouse in the table title on the separation between two columns. The cursor takes
the form of an arrow with two tips .
3. Move the mouse. The column separating line follows the mouse movements.
4. Release the mouse button when the columns have the required width.
To adjust column width to its content:

1. Place the mouse in the table title on the separation between the column to be modified and
the next column. The cursor takes the form of an arrow with two tips .
2. Double click on the separating line.
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Customising the software - Customise menus and tool bars
Customise menus and tool bars
Presentation
The menu bar and the tool bars can be customised. You can add or delete commands, move
and resize tool bars, modify display options and keyboard shortcuts.
Some display spaces (Summary, Properties, action bars) can be moved and
resized like tool bars, but you cannot modify their content.
Move a tool bar

Tool bars can be anchored (fixed to one of the edges of the window) or floating. If you drag a
floating tool bar to the window edge, it turns into an anchored tool bar.
› To move an anchored tool bar, click on the displacement bar (dotted line to the left or the top
of the bar) or on its title, then drag it to the required place.
› To move a floating tool bar, click on its title then drag it to the required place.
Resize a tool bar

Floating tool bars can be resized.
1. Place the mouse on one of the edges of the tool bar. The cursor takes the form of an arrow
with two tips .
3. Move the mouse. The tool bar is deformed as it follows the mouse movements.
4. Release the mouse button when the tool bar has reached the required size.
Modify the tool bars and menus
Action Result
Display Tool bar P=Customise Opens the window Customise (p.254)
or contextual menu Customise
In the Customise window, you can:

• add or delete commands from the menu bar, tool bars and contextual menus,
• modify the keyboard shortcuts,
• choose tool bar display options.

Description of the Customise window
Commands
To add a command to a tool bar:

1. Click on a category, then on a command.
2. Drag the command to the tool bar.
To delete a command, drag it outside the tool bar.
Tool bar
Tool bar List of existing tool bars.
Re-initialise Re-initialises the tool bar selected such as it was after

installing the software (only affects predefined tool bars).
Re-initialise all Re-initialises all the predefined tool bars such as they were
after installing the software.
Display legends Tick this box to display legends under the buttons of the tool
bar selected to the left.
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Keyboard
This tab is used to create or modify keyboard shortcuts.

To allocate a combination of keys to a command:
1. Select the category, then the command. If a shortcut is allocated to this command, the
combination of keys is indicated in the frame Current keys.
2. Click in the field Press the new shortcut key.
3. Press the combination of keys that you want to allocate to the command.
If the combination of keys is already allocated, the name of the associated

command is given below and the Allocate button is not available.
4. Click on Allocate.
To delete a shortcut:
1. Select the category, then the command.
2. In the Current keys frame, click on the shortcut to be deleted.
3. Click on Delete.
The Re-initialise all button lets you cancel all the modifications made to the shortcuts.
Menu
In this tab, you can choose the animation to be used when opening the menus, activate
greying of drop-down menus and modify contextual menus.
To modify a contextual menu:
1. In the list Choose the contextual menu, select the menu that you want to modify. The
menu is displayed.
2. In the tab Commands, click on a category, then on a command.
3. Drag the command up to the contextual menu.
To delete a command, drag it outside the contextual menu.
The Re-initialise all button lets you cancel all the modifications made to the contextual menu
selected in the list Choose the contextual menu.
Options
This tab lets you modify the appearance of the tool bars: display of help bubbles, shortcuts,
small and large icons.

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Additional functions
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Import/export the personal catalogue ................................................................................... .259 .
Update internal part numbers ............................................................................................... .261 .
Customise default values of Schneider Electric catalogues ................................................. .263 .
Customise sheet models ...................................................................................................... .264 .

Additional functions - Update the price list
Update the price list
You can update product prices in the catalogues using an updating file.
The date of the price list of the last update is displayed in the title bar of the window
of the Design (1 (p.19)) step. This is the date marked in the updating file and not the
updating date. If you want to keep a track of the date at which updating was
performed, enter this in the Description field of the Update price list window.
Action Result
Tools Update price list Opens the window Update price list
1. In the New update frame, enter the name of the update file. You can look for this file using
the button .
2. Click on OK.
You can enter a description for updating (it will appear in the Last update frame the
next time you open the Update price list window) and modify the device description.
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Additional functions - Import/export the personal catalogue
Import/export the personal catalogue
You can import and export the content of the personal catalogue in the form of standard ASCII
files.
Action Result
Tools Import/Export the personal Opens the window Import/Export catalogue
catalogue
1. Click on Export to export data or on Import to import data.

2. In the window brought up, select the file containing the data to be imported or enter the
name of the file in which you want to export the data. You can define the structure of the
import or export file. Click on Import format or Export format. The window File format (p.260)
will appear.
• In import and export formats, not all fields are compulsory. Enter 0 in the Position
and Length columns of those you do not want to use.
• In standard format, the last field must be followed by a separator.

Additional functions - Import/export the personal catalogue
Description of the file format window
Type of format This frame is used to indicate the structure of the updating
file:
• Standard (Separator): Select this option if the fields are of
variable length, delimited by a separator. The default
separator is @. Modify it if necessary. The last field must
be followed by a separator.
• Fixed (Position + Length): Select this option if the fields

are of fixed length. Specify in the Data frame the position
of the first character and the length of each field.
• Fixed (without carriage return): Select this option if the

fields are of fixed length and if there is no separation
between the various saves (or end of line or carriage
return). Specify the length of a save in the Length field. In
the Data frame specify the position of the first character
and the length of each field.
Data The input grid for this frame is used to define the content of
the import or export file.
• Data: Categories of imported or exported data. The Filter
category is used to limit import or export to data containing
the filter indicated. For example, with the filter below, only
data starting with the characters UT will be considered:
• Field : Name of imported or exported fields. For more

details on the meaning of these fields, see Modify the
personal catalogue (p.32).
• Position: Position in each save, of the first character of

each field.
• Length: Field length (Fixed formats).
• Type: Type of data (for certain fields only). For example

price or labour unit.
Save This button lets you save the format for future use.
Load This button lets you retrieve a previously saved format.
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Additional functions - Update internal part numbers
Update internal part numbers
You can import and export the internal part numbers of your catalogues in the form of standard
ASCII files.
Action Result
Tools Update internal part numbers Opens the window Loading internal part
numbers
1. In the list of manufacturers, select the manufacturer(s) to be updated.

2. Click on Load part numbers to import part numbers or on Export part numbers to export
part numbers.
3. In the window brought up, select the file containing the data to be imported, or enter the
name of the file in which you want to export the data.
When you import part numbers, if the part number update file is not in standard format, you
have two options:
• If the format has already been saved, click on Existing to retrieve it.
• Or click on New to define an update format. The window New format (p.262) will appear.
• In import and export formats, not all fields are compulsory. Enter 0 in the Position
and Length columns of those that you do not want to use.
• In standard format, the last field must be followed by a separator.

Additional functions - Update internal part numbers
Description of the New format window
Type of format This frame indicates the structure of the update file:
• Separator: Select this option if the fields are of variable
length, delimited by a separator. The default separator is
@. Modify it if necessary. The last field must be followed
by a separator.
• Fixed: Select this option if the fields are of fixed length. In

the Compulsory parameters frame specify the position of
the first character and the length of each field.
Filter (Manufacturer code) This frame indicates the manufacturers to be updated. Only
the manufacturers present in this list will be considered in the
update.
The buttons Add, Delete and Modify are used to modify the
list. Each filter is made up of a description and a code of 3
characters maximum that will act as a filter.
Compulsory parameters This frame is used to define the Position of the first character
of each field and, for a Fixed format, the Number of
characters of each item of information.
Standard This button is used to re-initialise the default format.
Load This button is used to retrieve a previously saved format.
Save This button is used to save the format for future use.
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Additional functions - Customise default values of Schneider Electric catalogues
Customise default values of Schneider Electric catalogues
When you choose products in Schneider Electric catalogues, a window will appear to let you
define the product characteristics (see Description of the product characteristics window (p.29)).
In this window, some characteristics and options are preselected, but you can modify these
preselections.
Action Result
Tools Modifying default values Opens the window Choose a product
Just select the products and their characteristics. The selected characteristics are saved as
default values but no products are added to the project.
For more details on product selection, see Direct search for Schneider Electric products (p.30).

Additional functions - Customise sheet models
Customise sheet models
Presentation
A certain number of sheet models are delivered with the software. The sheet model
customisation tool lets you customise them.
Action Result
Tools Sheet model customisation Displays the sheet model customisation tool
window.
Sheet model editor window
1. Title bar (p.9)

2. Menu bar (p.265)
3. Tool bar (p.265)
4. Space in which you modify the sheet models
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You can:
• mask the tool bar, the status bar and the Decor palette (menu Display Tool
bar, Status bar and Decor palette)
Menu bar
• by a combination of keys on the keyboard (indicated to the right of the command in the
menu),
Tool bar
The tool bar offers quick access to the most commonly used commands. In the tool bar, each
Decor palette
The Decor palette groups the tools used to draw geometrical shapes and to handle graphs.
Status bar
• the description of the command selected in the menu bar or the tool bar,
• indication of keyboard locking in CAPS mode (CAP) and activation of the numerical keypad
(NUM),
• when you work in the drawing space, the coordinates of the mouse tip position.
Modify sheet models

A certain number of sheet models are delivered with the software. Some of these sheet models
can be customised. Sheet models cannot be modified and you cannot create other sheet
models than those delivered. You can save modifications only in the sheet models whose
description ends with a number placed between brackets.
Modifying sheet models

For more details, see Modify a sheet model (p.267).
Adding attributes
Attributes let you print updating information automatically, such as general project information or
the sheet number. For more details, see Add attributes to the sheet model (p.268).
Geometrical shape drawing

A graphic tool palette lets you draw geometrical shapes such as circles, rectangles, lines,
polygons, etc. These shapes can be coloured, re-sized and re-arranged. For the detail of the
operations, see Use of drawing tools (p.272).

Graphs can be copied, moved and deleted using the standard commands (mouse, Del key,
Copy/Paster, Cut/Paste, Delete commands of the Edit menu.

You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid to help you align graphs. For more details,
see Assistance with positioning on a sheet model (p.269).
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Modify a sheet model
Action Results
File Save Saves the modifications.
or or Crtl+S Not available for template sheet models.
File Save as Saves the modifications.
File Open Opens a sheet model.

or or Crtl+O
File Close Closes the current sheet model.
To modify a sheet model

1. Open the sheet model to be modified:
a. In the File menu, choose Open. The window Size the workspace will appear.
b. In the Sheet model format frame, choose the page format (from A0 to A4) and the
required page orientation: Horizontal or Vertical. The following list presents the title
blocks available for the selected page format.
c. In the list of title blocks, click on the model that you want to modify. You can only modify
sheet models whose description ends with a number between brackets. If you open a
template sheet model and modify it, you must save the modifications in one of the
modifiable sheet models using the command Save as.
2. Make the modifications.
3. Save the modifications:
• If the sheet model is modifiable, use File Save.
• Else use File Save as. A window will appear. In the Sheet model list, select the sheet
model in which the modifications must be saved. Only modifiable sheet models appear in
this list. In the Description field, enter the sheet model description.

Add attributes to the sheet model
Presentation
Attributes let you print updating information automatically, such as general project information or
the sheet number.
You can modify the size of the attribute characters.
Available attributes are:
<Name> Project name entered in general information

<Number> Project number entered in general information
<Name of equipment> Equipment name
<Customer> Customer name entered in general information
<Diagram> Diagram name
<Description> Diagram description
IP: 125 Isc : 50 IP and Iscc entered in equipment properties
Type : Type of equipment entered in properties
Free rows : ZZ % Free rows of equipment calculated when placing in the
enclosure
NUMFOL Sheet number
NBPGT Total number of pages
Add an attribute to the sheet model
Action Result
Adding an attribute Opening a window presenting the attributes
not yet placed on the sheet model
Choose attribute character size
Action Result
Configuration Attribute Used to choose attribute text size
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Assistance with positioning on a sheet model
You have a zoom to enlarge the drawing and a grid to help you align graphs.
The grid
You can hide the grid. However, when a grid pitch is selected, it is active even if the grid is not
visible.
Action Result
Displays or masks the current grid
Options Grid None The grid is cancelled

or
Options Grid Normal The 10mm grid is enabled

or
Options Grid Fine The 5mm grid is enabled

or
Options Grid Very fine The 2.5mm grid is enabled

or
The zoom
The zoom is used to enlarge part of the drawing space so as to distinguish details more clearly.
Action Result
Display Zoom in Enlarges part of the drawing
or
Display Zoom out The drawing is displayed with the previous

enlargement
or
Display 100% The drawing space is redisplayed in full

or


1. Click on the Zoom button. The cursor will assume the shape of a magnifying glass.
2. Click on the drawing and, while holding down the mouse button, drag the mouse to delimit
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Select objects ....................................................................................................................... .278

.
Reminders on how to use windows ...................................................................................... .279 .

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Use of drawing tools
A graphic tool palette (Decor palette) lets you draw geometrical shapes such as circles,
rectangles, lines, polygons, etc. and add texts. These shapes and texts can be coloured,
re-sized and re-arranged.
• Once selected, tools used to draw geometrical shapes remain active. To abort the
tool being use, press Esc or click on another tool.
• To select several drawings (p.278)
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Select objects Selects drawings.
Rotation by 90° Rotates selected drawings by 90°.
Proportional resizing Resizes selected drawings by respecting their width

and height proportions.
Resizing Resizes selected drawings in height, width or in

proportional manner.
Horizontal resizing Resizes selected drawings in width.
Vertical resizing Resizes selected drawings in height.
Creating an ellipse Details of operations (p.274)
Creating a circle Details of operations (p.274)
Creating an arc Details of operations (p.275)
Creating a rectangle Details of operations (p.275)
Creating a segment Details of operations (p.275)
Creating a broken line Details of operations (p.275)
Creating a polygon Details of operations (p.276)
Creating a text Enters a text and places it on the drawing space.
Modifying the text Modifies the selected text.
Placing in foreground Places selected drawings above the others.
Placing in background Places selected drawings beneath the others.
Group Groups several graphic objects into a single object in

order to handle them more easily.
Ungroup Separates grouped drawings.
Managing tracing paper Selects tracing paper.
Modifying tracing paper Moves selected drawings to another tracing paper.

Appendices -
Creating horizontal dimensions Sizes drawings horizontally, vertically or inclining.

Details of operations (p.276)
Creating vertical dimensions
Creating inclining dimensions
Configuration Drawing (or Modifies the line style, the colour and filling pattern of
Decor attributes) the figures plotted using the drawing tools. The Decor
attributes button symbolises the selected formatting.
or
If you modify these attributes but no drawing is
selected, the new formatting will be applied to all the
figures drawn from then on.
Configuration Text (or Text Modifies text formatting (colour, style, inclination,
attributes) alignment, size and front). The Text attributes button
symbolises the selected formatting.
or
If you modify these attributes but no text is selected, the
new formatting will be applied to all the texts entered
from then on.
Configuration Arrow (or Arrow Creates line ends automatically. The type of end
attributes) chosen is applied to all the lines you draw. The Arrow
attributes button symbolises the selected formatting.
or
You cannot modify the style of a line once you have
drawn it.
Draw an ellipse
1. Click at the point where the ellipse is to begin and hold down the mouse button.
2. Diagonally drag the mouse pointer. The ellipse will develop.
3. Release the mouse button when the ellipse has reached the required size.
Draw a circle
1. Click on the position in the centre of the circle.

2. Move the mouse to develop the circle.
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3. Click when the circle has reached the required size.
Draw an arc
1. Click on the position of one of the ends of the arc.

2. Move the mouse, then click on the position of the other end of the arc.
3. Move the mouse to develop the circle arc.
4. Click when the circle arc has reached the required size.
Draw a rectangle
1. Click on the position of a vertex of the rectangle and hold down the mouse button.
2. Diagonally drag the mouse pointer. The rectangle will develop.
3. Release the mouse button when the rectangle has reached the required size.
Draw a segment
1. Click at one end of the segment.

2. Move the mouse to plot the segment.
3. Click when the segment has reached the required size.

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Draw a broken line
1. Click on the position of one of the ends of the first segment of the broken line.
2. Move the mouse to plot the segment.
3. Click when the first right-hand segment has reached the required size.
4. Move the mouse to plot the second segment of the broken line, then click. Repeat this
operation as many times as necessary.
5. When the broken line is finished, double click on the last point.
While you draw, you can cancel the last segment plotted by pressing Esc.
Draw a polygon
1. Click on the position of the first vertex of the polygon.

2. Move the mouse then click on the position of the second vertex of the polygon. Repeat this
operation as many times as necessary.
3. Double click on the last vertex.
While you draw, you can cancel the last segment plotted by pressing Esc.
Size drawings
1. Click on one of the ends of the segment to be sized. A small cross will appear at the point
where you have clicked.
2. Click on the other end of the segment to be sized. The sizing line will appear between two
anchoring lines.
3. Drag the mouse to bring the sizing line up to its final position, then click. The dimension is
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calculated and placed on the drawing.
Horizontal Vertical Oblique
sizing sizing sizing

Appendices - Select objects
Select objects
Selecting lines
To select several adjacent lines:
1. Click on the first line to be selected.
2. Click on the last line to be selected holding down the CAPS key. All the lines found between
these two lines will be selected.
In some cases, you can also:

1. Click in the top left-hand corner of the zone to be selected and, while holding down the
mouse button, encircle all the objects to be selected in the selection rectangle developing.
2. Release the mouse button.
To select several dissociated lines:

› Click on each line to be selected holding down the Ctrl key.
If you click on a selected line while holding down the Ctrl key, you will deselect it.
Select / deselect graphic objects

The selected graphic objects are encircled by a red line which is normally dotted.
To select an empty figure (without filling colour) click on its edge.
To select an isolated object:

› Click on it.
To select several adjacent objects:

1. Click on the drawing field and, while holding down the mouse button, encircle all the objects
to be selected in the selection rectangle developing.
2. Release the mouse button.
To select several dissociated objects:

› Click on it while holding down the CAPS key.
To deselect all the selected objects:

› Click next to them.
To deselect objects one by one:

› Hold down the CAPS key and click on each object to be deselected.
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Appendices - Reminders on how to use windows
Reminders on how to use windows
Move and re-size a palette

Palettes can be moved anywhere on the screen:
› Click on the palette title then drag it up to the required position.
Palette shape and size can be modified. To resize a palette:

1. Place the mouse on one of its edges. The cursor assumes the shape of a two-tip arrow.
3. Move the mouse. The palette is deformed according to mouse movements.
4. Release the mouse button when the palette reaches the required size.
Contextual menu
Menu obtained by clicking in the software window with the mouse secondary button (normally
the right button). The content of this menu depends on the object on which the mouse is
positioned when you click.

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Glossary
Device
Entity defining an electrical device. A device and its accessories form a product.
Diagram marker or Functional name

Information attached to a product in order to identify it on the diagram.
Equipment
Lowest level of a project tree, able to receive products. Equipment has a specific functional role.
Functional unit
This standardised term groups:
• installation elements (mounting and front plates),
• connection elements (current distribution blocks, upstream connection devices, busbar

connection).
A functional unit is specific to a device and to its installation type (vertical or horizontal).
Functional zone
Entity designed to structure a project and in which equipment is grouped. A functional zone
cannot contain products directly.
Manufacturer
The manufacturer corresponds to the producer or the product brand.
Personal catalogue
You can create your own database to save products not referenced in the catalogues delivered
with the software. This database forms your own personal catalogue.
Products
This term stands for an assembly made up of a device and its accessories or of products in the
wide sense of the term (non electrical).

Sheet model
Frame and title block added to drawings on printing. There are several sheet models for each
sheet format (A3, A4, etc.)
Supplier
Product distributor for one or more manufacturers.
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Index
A
Adaptation form, .221.
Association (of enclosures), .94.
B
Building General View, .19.
Busbar
configuration, .122.
Functional Unit / Busbar incompatibilities, .90.
installation of horizontal busbars, .92.
C
Cabling, .48., .76., .136.
Characteristics, .22., .71., .134.
Configuration
choice of terminals, .74.
installation in the switchboard, .118.
mounting and connection , .73.
Connection on terminals
see Terminals
Consumable, .206.
Copy (products), .25., .43.
Currency, .249.
Customisation
default value , .263.
of software, .118., .123., .250., .251., .253.
order form content, .246.
product list , .241.
quotation content, .243.
sheet model, .264.
D
Default values, .263.
Deletion (of products)
in a switchboard, .69., .135.
in equipment, .25., .46.
Design
modular enclosure design , .131.
presentation, .18.
Prisma Plus switchboard design, .61.

Device
cabling, .48.
change orientation, .100., .145.
install in Prisma Plus switchboard, .56., .61.
install in modular enclosure, .126., .131.
rotate, .100., .145.
Dimensioning (front panel drawing), .276.
Discounts, .210.
Document (mounting)
display, .57., .127.
export, .106., .116., .151., .159.
printing, .110., .153.
Duct (addition to an enclosure), .95.
E
Economic summary, .197., .214., .215.
Electrical relations
see Cabling
Equipment
create, .22.
secured equipment, .11.
Equipment drawing and front panel, .162.
Export
cabling, .236.
drawings, .180.
front panels, .113., .156.
mounting document, .106., .116., .151., .159.
order form, .228.
product list, .236.
project file, .236.
quotation, .215.
references, .106., .115., .151., .158.
F
Favourites
creation, .37.
product choice favourites, .25., .36.
File
default archiving, .250.
project, .233.
Free row
in a Prisma Plus switchboard , .71., .109., .112.
in a modular enclosure, .143., .155.
on sheet model, .268.
Functional label
allocation, .48.
display, .130., .129., .60., .59.
Functional name
allocation, .48.
display, .59., .60., .129., .130.
Functional unit
device mounting, .81.
Functional zone (creation), .22.
G
Grid (positioning aid)
drawing and front panel, .169.
installation in switchboard, .105., .149.
labels, .188.
sheet model, .269.
Group
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electrical group, .48.
motor starter group, .76.
I
Import/export
see Personal catalogue
Incoming unit, .70.
Installation
horizontal busbars (Prisma Plus switchboard), .92.
Human-Switchboard interface (Prisma Plus switchboard), .93.
in Prisma Plus switchboard, .56.
in Kaedra enclosure, .141.
in modular enclosure, .126.
sockets, .138., .141.
L
Labels (identification), .182.
Labour
calculate labour time workshop, .107., .152.
modify labour times, .204.
Link component, .48., .172.
M
Margins, .209.
Menu (customisation), .253.
Modification
favourites, .37.
personal catalogue, .32.
price, .202.
products, .25., .100., .145., .202., .225., .263.
quantities, .22., .225., .202.
switchboard, .100., .145.
Modular enclosure
design, .126., .131.
product choice , .135.
Mounting
mounting devices on functional unit, .61., .81.
switchboard mounting direction, .121.
O
Opening
project after updating the price list, .11.
project prior to SISpro building 2.1, .11.
Options
for installation in the switchboard, .118.
mounting and connection, .73.
Order form
creation, .224.
export, .236.

presentation, .7., .220., .221.
print, .233.
P
PACK enclosure, .91.
Page (change), .104., .148.
Part number
free, .42.
internal, .261.
Personal catalogue
choose products, .25., .31.
import/export, .259.
modification, .32.
Placing in enclosure, .126., .56.
Preconfigured assembly
choice, .25., .38., .69., .135.
creation, .40.
Price
modification, .202.
recalculate quotation total amount, .213.
return to catalogue prices, .213.
update, .258.
Price list
opening a project after updating the price list, .11.
update, .258.
Printing
cabling, .53., .233.
drawings and front panels, .177., .233.
labels, .190., .233.
mounting document, .110., .153.
order form, .227., .233.
part numbers, .110., .153.
product list , .233.
project file, .233.
quotation, .214., .233.
table, .110., .153.
Products (choose), .25., .69., .135.
Project
opening a project after updating the price list, .11.
opening a project prior to SISpro building 2.1, .11.
Project information, .14.
Properties
equipment, .22.
project, .14.
Q
Quotation
creation, .201.
presentation, .196.
synchronisation with design, .212.
R
Return to catalogue prices, .213.
Rotate (device), .100., .145.
S
Services, .206.
Sheet model
choice, .110., .153., .177.
customisation, .264.
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Single-line diagram
export, .236.
generate, .192.
print, .233.
Summary, .19., .197.
Supplier, .229.
Switchboard (Prisma Plus)
add a duct , .95.
architecture choice, .85.
associate enclosures, .94.
design, .56., .61.
free design , .67.
guided design, .63.
product choice, .69.
quick design, .65.
Switchboard architecture (choose), .85.
Switchboard finish, .98.
Synchronisation
of order form, .226.
of quotation with design, .212.
T
Terminals
calculate power terminals, .61., .71., .79.
configuration, .79.
connection on terminals, .48.
Time (labour)
calculation, .107., .152.
modification, .204.
Title block
see Sheet model
Tool bar
customisation, .123., .251., .253.
display, .9., .48., .57., .127., .163., .183., .264.
Tracing paper (enclosures, mounting plates, devices, front plates, doors), .100., .103., .147.
Type (of equipment), .22.
U
Unit (labour)
for installation in the switchboard, .107., .152.
in the quotations, .243.
Update price list, .11., .258.
V
Variant
equipment, .12.
quotation , .12.
VAT, .208.
View (of switchboard), .103., .147.
W
Window
cabling, .48.
customisation, .123., .251., .253.
Design step, .19.
drawing, .163.
identification labels, .183.
installation in switchboard, .57., .127.
main, .9.
Order form step, .221.

Project step, .14.
Quotation step, .197.
Z
Zoom
for customisation of sheet models, .269.
for installation in the switchboard, .105., .149.
for the drawing, .169.
for the labels, .188.
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• create order forms,

• print or export data obtained to your standard office automation software:

The various project steps

A project is completed in 5 main steps.

For more details, see Design step (p.18).

Single line diagram

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Using the results

The SISpro building window

1. Title bar (p.9)

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• Many commands are also available in contextual menus .

The icon of the current step is displayed with orange background.

Opening of a project prior to SISpro building 2.1

Opening of a project after updating the price list

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Enter project information ........................................................................................................ .14.

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Enter project information

Project step window

Define default project information

Rename the project

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Presentation ........................................................................................................................... .18.

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In the Design step:

Design step window

1. Step title bar (p.19)

Step title bar

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Building General View

equipment of the type Prisma Plus

equipment of the type Other

Step action bars

Project Presents the summary of the calculation of one of the project

Equipment Presents the calculation of the equipment selected in the Building

Properties Presents the characteristics of the equipment selected in the

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Create an equipment or a functional zone

To create an equipment item

To create a functional zone

Define equipment characteristics

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Rename an equipment item or a functional zone

Delete an equipment item or a functional zone

Choice of equipment products

• Products can only be placed in equipment. Before choosing a product, select in

Select products in catalogues

Search for products in the Schneider Electric electronic catalogue

Direct search for Schneider Electric products

Search for products in the personal catalogue

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Search for part numbers in catalogues

Search for a part number in the Schneider Electric catalogues (p.34)

Search for products in the favourites

Use of preconfigured assemblies

Choose a preconfigured assembly (p.38)