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Create a new item or use an existing one.
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To create a compound symbol, drag the required symbols to the drawing sheet.
You can use Smart Text Editor to create a label if required. For details see Smart Text dialog help.
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In the Properties window, select the appropriate item type from the list, and select .
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In Options Manager, select Option > Locations.
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In the Locations window, verify that the Default SLD Symbol Path location, matches the symbol location in Catalog Manager.
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In Options Manager, you can define the item type symbology. For details see, Define an Item Type Symbol in the Options Manager help.
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In Smart Electrical index tree view pane, right select the predefined item and on the shortcut menu select Associate Custom Symbol.
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On the Associate Custom Symbol dialog, select Add.
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From the Document type column, from the list, select the required document type.
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From the Symbol column, select the compound symbol to associate with the document type.
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In the Electrical Engineer tree view pane, right select the item and on the shortcut menu, select New SLD.
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On the Single Line Diagram Options dialog, select Generate to view the SLD containing the compound symbol.
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The compound symbol properties now appear in the Properties window in Smart Electrical.
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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.
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It is possible to combine several compound symbols into one.