Electrics

The Electrics tab: buttons Outlets, Switches, Light, Wiring, Panel, Low voltage. Here you place devices, run cables, assemble groups and the panel, check the lines and compile the album. Outside Electrics, outlets, switches and cables are not visible on the plan: each tab shows its own.

Tasks in this topic

1. How to place an outlet, a switch or a light fixture

   WhereElectrics tab → Outlets, Switches, Light or Low voltage.

2. How to link a switch to lights

   Wherelight or switch window, Electrics block.

3. How to run a cable

   WhereElectrics → Wiring → cable tile (by cross-section). Link line between a switch and a light: Electrics → Switches → Switch link.

4. How to fix a cable you've already drawn

   WhereElectrics. Click the cable and it will be selected.

5. How to route a cable to another floor

   Whereselected cable window → Route ends.

6. How to build circuits and check the lines

   WhereElectrics → Panel → Panel and circuits, the Circuits tab.

7. How auto-routing works

   WherePanel and circuits → Circuits → Route all cables; for a single circuit, Route on the plan in its properties.

8. How to build a panel

   WherePanel and circuits, tab Panel.

9. How to print labels for a panel

   WherePanel and circuits, the Labels button in the window header.

10. How to view the panel diagram

    WherePanel and circuits, tab Diagram.

11. How to move a device's callout

    WhereElectrics; the callout is set in the device window, in the Leader field.

12. How to build the electrical drawings album

    WhereExport → Electrical drawings; electrical sheets are also in the general album: Drawings → Album.

13. What it is based on