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Table Of Contents
Circuits
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 655 defines the available circuits, circuit types, and
defaults for each option within a circuit.
The
template on page 659 (.dwg file) for a selected circuit defines the wiring
and the placement position for the individual components on that wiring.
The
electrical standards database on page 663 provides suggested values used
to annotate components of the circuit and the wire size and type of the
power wiring.
Circuit Builder is customizable. You can add new circuit definitions and edit
existing ones.
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