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This topic explains how to open single line diagrams that you have saved as internal drawings.

If you have not changed any electrical items that pertain to the SLD that you want to open, the software displays the drawing as it was saved the last time. However, if you have modified some of the electrical data that pertains to that SLD, the software regenerates the drawing by retrieving the information from the database. The software keeps the previous generation options and all the existing annotations. The items that have not been modified retain their previous positions in the SLD and keeping their existing coordinates. The new or modified electrical items appear in the drawing with the coordinates that are calculated by the software.

You can open a single line diagram using one of the following methods:

  • SLDs for power distribution boards - You open these single line diagrams from the Electrical Index. For more information, see Open an SLD for a Power Distribution Board.

  • SLDs based on items in the Electrical Engineer - You open these single line diagrams from the Electrical Engineer. For more information, see Open an SLD Based on an Electrical Engineer Item.

  • SLDs in the Documents folder in the Electrical Index - You can open an existing single line diagram directly without selecting the electrical item for which it was generated if you know the name of the SLD. The SLDs in the Documents folder are the single line diagrams that you saved as internal drawings. For more information, see Open an SLD from the Documents Folder.

  • Sometimes, after the software opens a drawing, the distance between connected items is either too long or too short, which results in an inappropriate display of connectors. To control the visual consistency of connectors, you can set a Clearance value that specifies the amount of space that the software will maintain between the connector and the connected element (also known as range avoidance). This action allows you to control the visual consistency of connectors that make right-angle turns just before they attach to a symbol.

  • To set Clearance, select a connector and then type the minimum distance from the symbols where you would like the first turn in the connectors to occur. Note that the default setting is zero.