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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On the Typical Schematic Common Properties dialog, select Sheets. For more details on how to open the Typical Schematic Common Properties dialog, see Edit Typical Schematic Common Properties.
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On the Schematic Sheet Properties dialog, select Add.
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Under Sheet number in the Sheet details group box, type the sheet sequence number.
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Under Description in the Sheet details group box, type the sheet description.
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Select Add again to add another sheet to the same typical schematic and repeat steps 3 and 4.
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Select OK to return to the Typical Schematic Common Properties dialog and assign a sheet number to each block in the typical schematic.
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You can assign the same block to several different sheets if you want the block to appear more than once on different sheets of the same schematic.
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You should assign a sheet to each block in the typical schematic. Unassigned sheets are not kept in the database by the software.
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.