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Distribution Equipment Plan View Blocks

The Distribution Equipment Plan View Blocks commands allow you to customize the list of blocks available to be used for distribution equipment plan views in the project and master schedules.

See the Block Creation section for more information about creating new blocks.

See the General Customization Commands section for more information about how the Edit Project List, Edit Master List, Copy Project List to Master, and Copy Master List to Project commands work.

To edit the distribution equipment plan view blocks project list, go to
Ribbon: DME: Customizationā†’Project Customizationā†’  Distribution Equipment Plan View Blocks
Pulldown Menu: DM Electricalā†’Customizationā†’Distribution Equipment Plan View Blocksā†’Edit Project List

To edit the distribution equipment plan view blocks master list, go to
Ribbon: DME: Customizationā†’Master & Standards Customizationā†’  Distribution Equipment Plan View Blocks
Pulldown Menu: DM Electricalā†’Customizationā†’Distribution Equipment Plan View Blocksā†’Edit Master List

Distribution Equipment Plan View Blocks Dialog Boxā€‹

  • Ā  Press this button to sort the list of blocks alphabetically by the Description column.

  • Ā  Press this button to move the selected block up in the list of blocks.

  • Ā  Press this button to move the selected block down in the list of blocks.

  • Ā  Press this button to create a new block.

  • Ā  Press this button to delete the selected block. If the block is currently used by a record in the schedule, you will be asked if you want to replace the block in the schedule with another block.

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For most distribution equipment plan view blocks, ā˜Ā To Scale and ā˜Ā Can Rotate should be checked.

See the Common Block Information section for more information about these values and others that can be specified for distribution equipment plan view blocks.

  • Ā ā˜Ā Include Access Whether an access area is drawn in front of the distribution equipment plan view block. The size of the access is specified in the Insert Plan View Block command in the Clearance section of the dialog box.

  • Ā Distribution Equipment TypeĀ ā–¾ Which type of distribution equipment can use this block.

  • Ā ā˜Ā Default Whether the block is used as the default for the selected Distribution Equipment TypeĀ ā–¾. Each type listed in the Distribution Equipment TypeĀ ā–¾ column can have one block selected.

  • Ā Custom SizeĀ ā–¾ Whether the block can be inserted as a custom size. If this is checked, the size of the device is specified when creating or inserting the distribution equipment. The block will be scaled by the specified size.

  • Ā Maximum Transformer KVA Transformer block sizes can be selected based upon the kVA of the transformer. The block with the Maximum Transformer KVA value closest to, but not exceeding, the kVA of the transformer will be used.