To Populate the Electric Explorer

To work with the Electric Explorer you must select features in the map or filter the features in the form, and load them into the Electric Explorer. Features are loaded into their corresponding containers. You can select a region of the map or perform a trace to populate all the Electric Explorer containers at once, or you can populate each container individually.

Note:

When you populate containers by individual feature class, you select an entire region in the map. The selected features are filtered by container to add just the feature classes of interest to the container.

To populate containers by selecting features in the map

1. From the Electric Explorer tool bar, click Select Features From Map.
2. Select a region of interest.

   The Electric Explorer containers are populated with the features in the region you specify.

To populate containers by selecting features using a trace

1. From the Electric Explorer tool bar, click Select Features From Trace.

   The Find Connected workflow starts.

2. Click Select Start Feature and click the feature at the start of the trace.
3. Click Select Stop Feature and click one or more stop features to end the trace.
4. Under Trace Options, specify the direction to trace.
5. Select Include Stop Features to add the stop features to the containers.
6. Click OK to run the Find Connected workflow and populate the Electric Explorer containers with the traced features.

To populate containers individually

1. In the Segment container, click More Select From Map. Select one or more segments in the map. Right-click or press ENTER to finish the selection.

   You can also click Select From Trace to perform a trace to populate the container.

2. In the Conductor container, click More Select From Map. Select one or more conductors in the map. Right-click to finish the selection.

   You can also click Select From Trace to perform a trace to populate the container.

3. In the Duct container, click More Select From Map. Select a duct that is displayed in the cross section or select all ducts in a segment by selecting the segment.

   You can also click Select From Trace to perform a trace to populate the container.

   If no cross sections are available, you can select ducts from the Segment container using Select Child Feature(s). For more information, see Viewing Related Features.

To populate a container using a feature class form

1. From the Document Explorer, open the feature class form of interest, for example, Breaker.
2. Define any filter to select a set of features.
3. On the feature class form toolbar, click Add The Features In This Dialog To The Electric Explorer.
4. Open the Electric Explorer. The selected features have been loaded into the appropriate container.

To clear containers

• Click Electric tab Quick Access panel Clear All Containers.

  You can also click Clear All Containers in the Electric Explorer.