Many electrical items have a common circuit layout, where the graphical components are identical, but the data is different. In order to generate a schematic for a particular load, you must create a typical schematic. A typical schematic includes drawing blocks and macros to represent the graphical components and data types respectively. Note that you can create schematic drawings that include several sheets. Multi-sheet schematics are mostly used when you need to display complex electrical equipment for which a single sheet is not enough to show all the relevant wiring details of the equipment. The software uses the typical schematic as a template for generating the schematic drawing that contains the actual load data.
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In the Reference Data Explorer, right-click the Typical Schematics folder, and then select New.
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Accept the default item tag or type a name of up to 80 characters for the typical schematic.
If you are creating a number of typical schematics at one time, you may want to stop
at this point and edit the typical schematic properties at a later stage.
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On the Typical Schematic Common Properties Dialog, edit the typical schematic properties as required. For more details, see Edit Typical Schematic Common Properties.
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On the Preferences dialog, General tab, under Open after creating or duplicating an item, you can specify whether to open the Item Tag dialog when you create a new typical schematic.
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You access the Typical Schematic Common Properties Dialog by selecting the Common Properties command on the shortcut menu or you can specify in the preferences to open the dialog directly when you create a new typical schematic.
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You can add various macros to the title block that will appear in the schematic drawing. For more details, see Title Block Macros for Conventional Drawings.
Now you can do one of the following:
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To continue with the next step in the recommended workflow for generating a schematic drawing, see Create a Profile.
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Return to the Recommended Workflow for Generating Schematic Drawings.