As you create and refine your electrical system designs, you can manage your circuits using the following tips:
- Use an electrical project database file to manage circuits across all drawings in a project.
- Create circuits when you add a panel, or add circuits to panels later using the Circuit Manager.
- Configure circuit settings only in the drawing that contains the circuits. After you assign at least one device to a circuit, many of the circuit settings are no longer editable.
- Configure loads for device styles so that the load is automatically configured when you add the device to a drawing.
- Assign devices to circuits as you add the devices, or add the devices first and then assign them to circuits later.
- Keep circuit data current in multiple electrical drawings by reloading the electrical project database.
- Configure electrical preferences so that you are automatically notified of circuit overloads for power and lighting circuits.
- Use circuit-checking features to see circuit information for a selected device. You can also verify circuit connectivity to display the devices that are assigned to the same circuit.
- As you refine your designs, you can move circuits around on a panel to balance loads. Also, you can drag and drop circuits from one panel to another.
- Generate panel schedules automatically from the circuit data.