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Customize Circuit Builder
Circuit Builder overview
The Circuit Builder tool comes prepopulated with data to build and annotate
a sampling of motor control circuits and power feed circuits. Circuits include
3-phase, single-phase, and one-line circuit representations. Each circuit is built
dynamically, adjusting the power bus to match the wire bus for the drawing,
adding wiring between components, and annotating the elements with
suggested values based upon the selected load. Each time a circuit is configured,
it is added to a history list of circuits. This list provides for quick reinsertion
at a later time.
Three items control this feature:
■ The
spreadsheet on page 2006 defines the available circuits, circuit types,
and defaults for each option within a circuit.
■ The
template on page 2010 (.dwg file) for a selected circuit defines the
placement for the individual components and the wiring.
■ The
electrical standards database on page 2015 provides the values used to
annotate the circuit, size circuit components, and provide the appropriate
motor wire type.
Workflow
1 Circuit Builder opens the spreadsheet and reads in the first sheet named
“ACE_CIRCS”.
2 Circuit Builder shows the list of defined circuits in the Circuit Selection
dialog box.
3 Select a circuit to insert or configure. The associated line from the
ACE_CIRCS sheet provides the base drawing template name, and the
name of a circuit code sheet. The circuit code sheet is a separate sheet
within the Circuit Builder spreadsheet.
4 The base drawing template for the circuit inserts at your selected location.
5 Circuit Builder finds and reads the attributes on all the special marker
blocks on the inserted drawing template.
6 Circuit Builder matches each marker block to a specific section in the
circuit codes sheet. This section can be a single spreadsheet row or
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