Insert Low Voltage Device Project Schedule

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Design Master can create a schedule showing several different fields containing information about the low voltage devices in the project schedule.

To insert this schedule into the drawing, go to

DM Electrical arrow Low Voltage Devices arrow Insert Low Voltage Device Project Schedule

The Select Low Voltage Device Group dialog box will appear. 

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Select the device group you wish to have listed on the schedule and press OK. The Low Voltage Device Project Schedule dialog box will appear. This will allow you to edit the appearance of the schedule if you wish.   

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Checking Show Unused Low Voltage Devices will cause Design Master to list the information for low voltage devices that are in the Low Voltage Device Project Schedule database but have not been inserted in the project. Notes typed into the Schedule Notes field will appear underneath the schedule on the drawing. These notes may be as long as needed. If you decide that the default schedule layout is fine, or if you have previously edited the schedule layout and do not need to make further changes, press OK. Otherwise press Edit Column Labels and Order. The Fire Alarm (or other low voltage device group you selected in the step above) Schedule Label Display and Order dialog box will open. 

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This dialog box allows you to customize how you want the schedule to appear on the drawing. Each row of the dialog box will become a column in the schedule on the drawing. You may select which information you want to display by checking or un-checking in the boxes in the Display column. You may change the Width of the columns in the drawing schedule by double-left clicking on the width cell in the dialog box and typing the new width. You may change the Label that will be at the head of each column in the drawing schedule by double-left clicking on the label cell in the dialog box and typing your desired label.

After all desired labels and categories have been set, press the OK button. Design Master will ask for an insertion point for the schedule.  Select a location for the upper left-hand corner of the schedule.  (If you are re-inserting a schedule, press enter and Design Master will replace the existing schedule with the new one, using the same insertion point as was used previously.) Design Master will insert the Low Voltage Device Project Schedule into the drawing and the command is complete.

Design Master does not automatically update the Low Voltage Device Project Schedule graphic after additions or changes to low voltage devices are made.  To update or move the schedule after placing it, you must re-insert it using this same process.  You do not need to delete the old schedule, as Design Master will automatically erase the old one when re-inserting a new one. 

Each time you insert a Low Voltage Device Project Schedule graphic into the drawing, Design Master will assume that you wish to have the same labels and categories that were used previously in that drawing. This can be changed as discussed above whenever the schedule is re-inserted.  

If you have manually inserted graphics, such as revision clouds, over the schedule graphic, always be certain to check their location after updating the schedule. 

Another way to edit the labels and categories included in the Low Voltage Device Project Schedule graphic is to use the Edit Low Voltage Device Schedule Project List command under customization.

 


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