ElectricalOM User Manual

ElectricalOM's Schematic Module toolbar provides various options to format the layout and format of the designed system, add data tables to the drawings, modify the drawing in some extend, an so on.

The toolbar consists of (from left to right):

• Active page history arrows: These will switch to the previous or next page you were viewing.
• Active Page drop-down list: A drop-down lit for existing pages. User can navigate by selecting a page. from the list.
• Page details and Frame style: This little menu enables the user the set parameters which will affect only the current page, like Page name, drawing number, page size, and page frame.
• Reorder pages: Pages can be rearranged using this option. Selecting a page and using up or down arrow button will move the selected page up or down.
• Page size drop-down list: This is used to set size and orientation of the active page.
• Frame: This button enables or disables the frame. Please see Predefined Frame section for further details.
• Frame size slider: This slider will resize the frame. It is important to notice this will not affect the page size, i.e. if you make frame bigger (or smaller) the schematic will look smaller (or bigger) on the same page size.
• Drawing Mode: Enables the manual drawing mode.
• Draw on Entity Mode: Enables the manual drawing mode on entity.
• Palette options: This windows can be used to change the colours and sizes of certain components of ElectricalOM.
• Default Symbols: This will display default symbols used within ElectricalOM.
• Refresh Layout: This button will refresh the screen.
• Auto Layout Mode: This will enable or disable auto layout mode. Auto layout mode tries to arrange newly inserted components on schematics.
• Show Calculations: This will enable or disable the display of calculations for certain components on schematics.
• Print Page: This button will initiate the print window.
• Print With Settings:  This button will initiate the alternative print window.
• Export active page: This button starts the export feature.
• Export Selected Pages: This button starts the export feature where user can select pages to import.
• Distribution Circuits Single Line Diagram: This button creates a single line diagram for the active design.
• Distribution Circuits Layout:  This button creates a block cable diagram for the active design.
• Cable Schedules: This button will create cables schedules.
• Colouring Method: This button will start the colouring feature.
• Show/Hide Side Panel: Displays or hides the panel on the right hand side.
• Zoom All: This will zoom in or out to fit the current schematic ti the screen.
• Zoom Window: This will let the user to select an area to zoom in.
• Pan: This will switch to pan mode.
• Grid On/Off: This will turn the grid on or off. It also activates snap to grid option.