One-Line Diagram Block Customization

How to customize blocks for the one-line diagram in Design Master Electrical.

We look at the following topics for customizing one-line diagram blocks:

• How blocks are stored and used
• The Create One-Line Diagram Block from Entities command
  • Creating a feeder block
• The Create One-Line Diagram Block from One-Line Diagram command
  • Creating a block with feeder connections on the left and right
• The Create Slides command
• The Insert feeder IDs inside feeder lines option
• The Change Layer System command
• The Layers command
  • Changing the linetype
• The Open Block from Drawing and Insert Non-Rotating Text commands
• The Redefine Block in this Drawing command
• The One-Line Diagram Default Labels command
• Setting default blocks in the One-Line Diagram Options

We also answer the following questions:

• "Do you have to make the schedules before the one-line diagram so that the connections will happen automatically?"
• "How are feeder connections ordered when generating the one-line diagram?"
• "Can you move panels in the one-line diagram?"
• "Does the software work the same in AutoCAD MEP?"
• "Can you differentiate new and existing equipment imported from Revit?"
• "Does Design Master support annotative text?"