After attaching a referenced drawing (xref) of the architectural plan to your drawing, typically you continue by placing panels or devices in the layout.
To start drawing with a specific style of panel, in the Styles Browser
When you add a panel, you can create one or more circuits assigned to the panel at the same time. Alternatively, you can use Circuit Manager to create the circuits before or after you add panels or devices.
Insert the panels
If necessary, scroll to display the tool. Because tools contain pre-configured properties for the objects they create, you might not need to specify some of the panel properties referenced in this procedure.
Specify general properties
If you want to search for a style... | Then in the Styles Browser palette… |
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in the current drawing | select the Drawing File as
Current Drawing.
Pick a style from the gallery and click to select it. |
in all open drawings | set the Drawing Source to
Currently Open Drawings and the Drawing File to
All Drawings.
Pick a style from the gallery and click to select it. |
in all open drawings except the current drawing | set the Drawing Source to
Currently Open Drawings and the Drawing File to
All Without Current Drawing.
Pick a style from the gallery and click to select it. |
in Content Library Drawings | set the Drawing Source to
Content Library Drawings and choose an appropriate file from the Drawing File drop-down.
Pick a style from the gallery and click to select it. |
in a drawing in the directory specified as the default content location for electrical panels or a drawing template | set the Drawing Source to Content Library Drawings and the Drawing File to Manage Content Library. In the Content Drawings Library dialog box, add a folder or a drawing containing the styles. |
Specify location properties
If you want to… | Then… |
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snap to an object using object snaps and have the software align the panel perpendicular to the object | select Yes. The software can align the panel perpendicular to a wall, space boundary, line, polyline, spline, arc, or circle in the current drawing or in an xref. |
manually align the panel | select No. |
You can select either the insertion point of the view block that represents the panel, or one of 9 other points on the panel, such as Top Left or Middle Center.
The difference in the elevation of the devices, the wires, and the panel for a circuit is used to calculate the circuit length. Note that the circuit length can only be calculated if the panel and all of the devices on the circuit are in the current drawing.
Specify advanced properties
If you want to search for a system... | Then in the Styles Browser palette… |
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in the current drawing | select the Drawing File as
Current Drawing.
Pick a style from the gallery and click to select it. |
in all open drawings | set the Drawing Source to
Currently Open Drawings and the Drawing File to
All Drawings.
Pick a style from the gallery and click to select it. |
in all open drawings except the current drawing | set the Drawing Source to
Currently Open Drawings and the Drawing File to
All Without Current Drawing.
Pick a style from the gallery and click to select it. |
in Content Library Drawings | set the Drawing Source to
Content Library Drawings and choose an appropriate file from the Drawing File drop-down.
Pick a style from the gallery and click to select it. |
in a drawing in the directory specified as the default content location for electrical panels or a drawing template | set the Drawing Source to Content Library Drawings and the Drawing File to Manage Content Library. In the Content Drawings Library dialog box, add a folder or a drawing containing the styles. |
Optionally create one or more circuits for the panel
If the system type is… | then… |
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Power and Lighting | Do the following:
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General or Other | for Number of circuits, enter the number of circuits to create. |
If, for Align to objects, you selected… | then… |
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Yes | use object snaps to snap to an object (such as a wall) at the desired insertion point, and click to insert the panel.
Note: If you have difficulty snapping and aligning to an object, zoom to the area or modify the size of the AutoSnap aperture as needed. The aperture size determines how close to a snap point you can be before the magnet locks the aperture box to the snap point. You can modify the size on the Drafting tab of the Options dialog box.
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No | do the following:
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Optionally link the panel to an existing panel
If you select… | then… |
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Circuit breaker in panel | the panel is added as a subfed panel to an existing circuit in the linked panel. |
Feed-thru lugs | the panel is added as a subfed panel to a feed-thru lug in the linked panel. |
Subfeed lugs | the panel will be added as a subfed panel to a subfeed lug circuit in the linked panel. |
Subfeed breaker | the panel will be added as a subfeed panel to a subfeed breaker circuit in the linked panel. |
Panels are connected through a transformer (panels are different voltages) | the panel will be connected through a transformer when panels are of different voltages. |