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A schematic is a graphical representation of wiring and motor control systems. You create a schematic by assembling it from typical blocks.

A block is a graphical representation of an electrical item. Blocks are parts of a complete drawing. To create a block, start by creating an entire drawing in Catalog Manager or any CAD application such as SmartSketch, AutoCAD, or MicroStation. After the complete drawing is ready, you select a part of the drawing and turn it into a block.

You can generate schematics for the following item types:

  • All loads

  • All converting equipment

  • All disconnect equipment

  • Circuits

  • Buses

  • Generators

  • Battery banks

  • Instruments

The software can generate a schematic by retrieving data for power related items from one block or several blocks. If your generated schematic drawings contain the same information (that is, the information repeats itself in identical sections of different schematic drawings), you should consider creating a schematic block for the repeated parts so that this single block can be used by several other schematic drawings. 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.

After creating a block, you define the macros for that block. A macro is the smart text that you attach to the block graphic. The software retrieves this smart text from the database and attaches it to the block, thus making it part of the block file. You can create your macros in Catalog Manager, SmartSketch, AutoCAD, or MicroStation.

Also, you must attach your blocks to templates. A template contains the definition for the required title block, border, and page size. You attach your blocks to templates in Catalog Manager, SmartSketch, or any other CAD application.

Before generating a schematic drawing, you create a typical block and a typical schematic that you will attach to a load for which you want to generate a schematic drawing. For a detailed workflow for generating and using schematic drawings, see Recommended Workflow for Generating Schematic Drawings.