Most loads in your plant are likely to be electrical motors, many with similar properties. For convenience of creating motors in the Electrical Index, you can create typical motors to use as templates for creating each group of plant motors with common properties. Also, when you create an electrical motor, you can specify a space heater used to heat the motor windings during the non-operating state of the motor.
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In the Reference Data Explorer, expand the folder hierarchy Electrical Equipment > Loads > Motors.
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Right-click the Motors folder, and then select New Motor or New Motor with Heater.
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Accept the default item tag or type a name of up to 80 characters for the motor.
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Right-click the motor and select Common Properties to open the Electrical Motor Common Properties dialog.
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On the Electrical Motor Common Properties dialog, edit the motor properties as required. For more details, see Edit Electrical Motor Common Properties.
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On the Preferences dialog, General tab, under Open after creating or duplicating an item, you can specify whether to open the Item Tag dialog when you create a new electrical motor.
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The Electrical Motor Common Properties dialog shows the most commonly used properties. You access this dialog by selecting the Common Properties command on the shortcut menu or you can specify in the preferences to open the dialog directly when you create a new electrical motor.
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You can also edit the most commonly used properties and additional properties in the Properties window or in the EDE.
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When you add a motor with a space heater, the heater appears as a sub-item of the motor. If you subsequently delete the motor, the software also deletes the heater.