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Intergraph Smart Electrical Help

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  1. Create a new item or use an existing one.

  2. To create a compound symbol, drag the required symbols to the drawing sheet.

    SHARED Tip You can use Smart Text Editor to create a label if required. For details see Smart Text dialog help.

  3. In the Properties window, select the appropriate item type from the list, and select PPM All Outputs Graphic.

  4. In Options Manager, select Option > Locations.

  5. In the Locations window, verify that the Default SLD Symbol Path location, matches the symbol location in Catalog Manager.

  6. In Options Manager, you can define the item type symbology. For details see, Define an Item Type Symbol in the Options Manager help.

  7. In Smart Electrical index tree view pane, right select the predefined item and on the shortcut menu select Associate Custom Symbol.

  8. On the Associate Custom Symbol dialog, select Add.

  9. From the Document type column, from the list, select the required document type.

  10. From the Symbol column, select the compound symbol to associate with the document type.

  11. In the Electrical Engineer tree view pane, right select the item and on the shortcut menu, select New SLD.

  12. On the Single Line Diagram Options dialog, select Generate to view the SLD containing the compound symbol.

  • The compound symbol properties now appear in the Properties window in Smart Electrical.

  • In a compound symbol, items of the same type are sequenced in-group. It is possible to change the sequence but two items cannot have identical sequence values.

  • It is possible to combine several compound symbols into one.