Example: To Add Devices at a Specific Distance Interval

In this example, you add receptacles to a room at a specific distance interval. You specify the insertion point of the first device on a space boundary created for the room, and the software aligns all of the devices along the boundary.

1. In a new drawing, attach or overlay a drawing of an architectural floor plan.
2. Activate an electrical display configuration.
3. If the floor plan drawing does not contain spaces, generate a space for a room by doing the following:
   • Open the Power-Lighting Device tool palette, and select the Space tool.
   • In the drawing, specify a point within a room, and press Enter.
     

   Note: By default, the electrical display configurations use the Reflected Screened display representation for Space objects. This display representation makes the boundaries of spaces visible in drawings, but adds the spaces to a non-plotting layer. The display representation is not used by any other display configurations provided in the software.
4. On the Power-Lighting Device tool palette, select a receptacle tool.
5. If necessary, on the Properties palette, change the style of the receptacle to be added:
   • Expand Basic, and on the General bar, click .
   • In the left pane of the Select Device worksheet, navigate to the drawing that contains the style.
   • In the right pane, select the style, and click OK.
6. Expand Layout, and for Layout method, select Distance around space.
7. For Distance between, enter a value.

   You can also enter a value by clicking and specifying 2 points in the drawing.

8. In the drawing, move the cursor to the location for the first device. This must be a point on the space boundary.
   

   Note: If the software does not detect a space boundary, you can still insert the devices and have the software align them automatically, but you must manually specify the location for each device one at a time.
9. Examine the preview of the receptacle layout, and if necessary, move the cursor to a different location on the boundary.
   Note: On the Properties palette, you can view the value for Number of devices. This read-only property is updated when the preview is displayed.
10. Click to insert the receptacles, and press Enter to end the command.
11. Depending on the layout and your design requirements, you might need to make minor adjustments to the receptacles. For example, you might need to move or remove the last receptacle added along the boundary.