One-Line Diagram Block Customization « Knowledge Base

One-Line Diagram Block Customization

Thursday, September 7th, 2017

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 (01:39)
The Create One-Line Diagram Block from Entities command (04:20)
- Creating a feeder block (33:56)
The Create One-Line Diagram Block from One-Line Diagram command (12:32)
- Creating a block with feeder connections on the left and right (22:43)
The Create Slides command (20:00)
The Insert feeder IDs inside feeder lines option (28:08)
The Change Layer System command (39:27)
The Layers command(40:01)
- Changing the linetype (47:07)
The Open Block from Drawing and Insert Non-Rotating Text commands (43:45)
The Redefine Block in this Drawing command (45:46)
The One-Line Diagram Default Labels command (50:13)
Setting default blocks in the One-Line Diagram Options (53:12)

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?” (26:49)
“How are feeder connections ordered when generating the one-line diagram?” (30:32)
“Can you move panels in the one-line diagram?” (31:43)
“Does the software work the same in AutoCAD MEP?” (32:47)
“Can you differentiate new and existing equipment imported from Revit?” (38:46)
“Does Design Master support annotative text?” (43:12)

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