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IntroductiontoPowerWorld Simulator:

InterfaceandCommonTools

I1:ThePowerWorld SimulatorCase

Editor


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22013PowerWorld CorporationI1:SimulatorCaseEditor

Background


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Userfriendlyandhighlyinteractivepower

systemanalysis

and

visualization

platform.

Integratesmanycommonlyperformedpower

systemtasks

(ContingencyAnalysis,TimeStepSimulation,OPF,

ATC,PVQV,FaultAnalysis,SCOPF,Sensitivity

Analysis,LossAnalysis,TransientStability)

DesignedtooperateonMicrosoftWindows

XP/2003/Vista/2008/7platforms

PowerWorldSimulator


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Version1.0createdinMay1994atthe

Universityof

Illinois

Urbana

Champaign

by

ProfessorThomasOverbye(Ph.D.)

Impetusforearlyversionswastoteachpower

systemoperationtonontechnicalaudiences.

PowerWorldSimulator

History


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PowerWorld Corporationwasformedin1996

withthe

goal

of

further

developing

and

commercializingtheSimulatortool.

Simulatorversion16:

Virtuallyunrecognizablefromtheearlyversionsof

thesoftware.

Has

evolved

into

a

powerful

power

system

analysis

andvisualizationenvironmentcapableofsolving

verylargesystems.

PowerWorldSimulator

History


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Provideabetterunderstandingofhowtouse

PowerWorldSimulator

for

power

system

analysisandvisualization.

Providetechniquesforbuildinggoodpower

systemmodels

and

show

how

these

techniques

canbeusedtoanalyzesystemissues.

TrainingGoals


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PrimaryGoal:Makeyouawareofthe

capabilitiesof

Simulator

Wearefrequentlyaskedtoaddfeaturesto

Simulatorthatarealreadyavailable.

Wewant

you

to

make

the

most

of

our

software.

TrainingGoals


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The

PowerWorld Simulator

CaseEditor


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Simulatorseamlesslyintegratestwofunctions

oncecommonly

separated

in

power

flow

software:

Graphicalpowersystemcaseeditor

PowerFlow

package

with

many

related

analysis

tools:

ContingencyAnalysis,TimeStepSimulation,SensitivityAnalysis,LossAnalysis,FaultAnalysis,OPF,PVQV,ATC,

SCOPF

Also,TransientStabilityandDistributedComputinghaverecentlybecomeavailable

Overview


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Onstartup,click

Fileonthe

ribbon

toaccesstheFile

Menu

StartingSimulator


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MenusareintegratedintheRibboninterface

RibbonInterface

File Menu

Quick Access Toolbar

Ribbon Groups

Application Title

BarHelp Button

Ribbon Tabs


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SelectingamenuitemfromtheRibbonreveals

aset

of

task

specific

buttons

PreviousSlideshowstheCaseInformationribbontab

Changeto

the

Tools

ribbon

tab

Interfaceissimplifiedbypresentingonlythebuttonsrelevanttotheselectedmenuitem.

RibbonInterface


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Frequentlyusedbuttonsmaybeaddedtothe

QuickAccess

Toolbar,

which

is

always

visible

Rightclickonbuttontoadd,thenselectAddto

QuickAccessToolbar

RibbonInterface:

QuickAccess

Toolbar

QuickAccessToolbar


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Thegraphicalpowersystemcaseeditorand

thepower

flow

package

are

implemented

in

Simulatorstwodistinctmodes:

EditMode

RunMode

Modesof

Operation


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Tasks

Createnew

power

flow

cases

Modifyexistingcases

Abilities

Casescanbemodifiedeithergraphicallyorviatext

displays

EditMode


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Standalonepowerflow

PowerflowanalysistoolsandsensitivitiesContingencyAnalysis

TimeStepSimulation

OptimalPowerFlow(OPF)

PVand

QV

Curve

Tools

(PVQV)

AvailableTransferCapability(ATC)

SecurityConstrainedOPF(SCOPF)

SensitivityAnalysis

LossAnalysis

FaultAnalysis

TransientStability

RunMode


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Usedtocreateanewcaseormodifyanexisting

case. UsetheRibbonbuttonstoswitchbetween

modes.

YoucanswitchtoEditModeatjustaboutany

timeduringasimulation.

Thetools

and

techniques

of

Edit

Mode

will

be

introducedbycreatinganewpowerflowcase

andbymodifyinganexistingcase.

EditMode


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ClicktheFileMenu,thenselectNewCase.

Modeis

automatically

switched

to

Edit.

Promptedtosaveanyexistingcase.

Displaythen

turns

to

default

oneline

backgroundcolor.

Casemaybebuiltbygraphicallyplacingobjects

onthe

oneline.

CreatingaNew

Case


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Clickanywhereontheoneline andselectthe

Draw

ribbontab.

Inordertoinsertabus,selectNetwork Bus

Selectpointonscreen.

Bus

Optionsdialogis

displayed

setbusnumberto1

setbusnametoONE

checkSystemSlackBusfield

selectOK

Enteringabus


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BusOptions

Dialog

Eachelectricalislandneedsaslackbusfor

powerbalance(pickupslack)

Usedtocancelbus

insertionor

changes

Usedtocustomize

oneline

appearance

SelectOKto

savechangesAND

closethedialog


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SelectNetwork GeneratorfromtheDraw

ribbontab.

Clickondesiredbus.

GeneratorOptionsdialogisdisplayed

Enter0intheMWOutputfieldoftheMWand

Voltage

Controltab

Makesure

Anchoredbox

is

checked

ClickOKtoacceptdefaultvaluesofremainingfields

EnteringaGenerator


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GeneratorDialog

Terminal

busnumber

andname.

Usedto

customizedisplay

appearance

Status

Cost

models

Voltage/reactive

powercontrol

fields

Rotor

shape


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OnelineDiagram


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Tosavetheworkdonesofar,selectSaveCase,

fromthe

File

Menu. Beforecaseissaved,validationisruntomake

suretherearenoerrors.

ValidationresultsaredisplayedinMessageLog

display. Toviewthemessagelog,clickonLog

button

in

the

Tools

ribbon

tab

Savingthe

Case


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Thepowerflowcaseitselfissavedusingthe

PowerWorld

Binary

format

(*.pwb). TheonelineissavedusingthePowerWorld

Displayformat(*.pwd).

Savingthe

oneline

information

in

aseparate

fileallowsusing:

Multipleonelineswiththesamecase

Asingle

oneline

with

different

cases

DefaultSave

Case

Formats


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AgainselecttheDrawribbontab,Network BusClicktotherightofthebusONE

SetbusnametoTWO

Tomodelaload,selectAttachedDevicestab,clickAddorEditBusLoad,setConstantPowerMWto200

andConstant

Power

Mvarto

100.

SelectNetwork Loadtoenteraloadsymbol

SetOrientationtoup

EnsureAnchoredbox

is

checked

EnteringaSecond

Bus


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Torepositionbus1,leftclickonthebus. Then,

whileholding

down

the

left

mouse

button,

dragthebustothedesiredlocation.

Notethatallattached(andanchored)objectsmove

withthe

bus.

Individualobjectssuchasgeneratorsandloadscan

berepositionedsimilarly.

Toreposition

the

entire

oneline,

click

on

the

diagram(notonaspecificobject)anddrag.

MovingOneline

Objects


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Keyboardshortcuts

Left

click

on

and

select

object(s)

to

move Shiftarrowkeys(up,down,left,right)moveinsmallsteps

ShiftPageUpmovesobject(s)upinlargersteps

ShiftPageDownmovesobject(s)downinlargersteps

ShiftHomemovesobject(s)leftinlargersteps

ShiftEndmovesobject(s)rightinlargersteps

MovingOneline

Objects


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PanUp UpArrowkey

PageUp

key

pans

quickly

PanDown DownArrowkey

Page

Down

key

pans

quickly PanLeft

LeftArrowkey

Homekeypansquickly

PanRight

RightArrowkey

Endkeypansquickly

PanningKeyboard

Shortcuts


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ZoomribbongroupundertheOnelinesribbontab Zoominandoutbuttons

Rectangularzoomselector

Zoompercentage

Mousewheelzooming EnableMouseWheelZoomingoptiononSimulatorOptionsdialog,Oneline

page

ZoomIn CtrlUpArrowkey

CtrlPageUpkeyzoomsinquickly

CtrlAltanduseleftmousebuttontoselectregiononwhichtozoomin

ZoomOut

Ctrl

Down

Arrow

key CtrlPageDownkeyzoomsoutquickly

CtrlAltanduserightmousebuttontoselectregiononwhichtozoomout

Zooming


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Accidentaleditsononelinediagramcanbeundone

Foundon

Drawribbon

tab

DoesnotworkwithCaseInformationDisplays

Doesnotaffectchangestopowerflowcase

UndoOneline

Actions


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Onelineactionsarestoredinsystemmemory

MemorylimitforundoactioncanbeadjustedintheOptionsribbon

tab Simulator

OptionsEnvironmentpage

UndoOneline

Actions

Memorylimit


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Aninvisibledrawinggridhelpsalignoneline

objects.

By

default,

all

objects

snap

to

this

grid.

HolddonetheALTkeywhilemovinganobjecttotemporarilydisablesnaptogrid.

Toenable/disable

the

grid:

SelecttheOptionsribbontab OnelineDisplayOptions

SeeSnap

Options

to

Gridfieldon

the

Grid/Highlight

Unlinkedpage.

DrawingGrid


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Transmissionlinesaredrawnasaseriesoflinesegments

Toenteratransmissionlinebetweenbuses1and2

SelecttheDrawribbontab,Network TransmissionLine.

Clickonbus1. Thisbeginsprocessofinsertingtheline.

Movecursor

to

desired

location,

then

left

click

to

enter

a

segment,doubleclickonterminalbustoend.

Note:Clickinganddraggingmousewhendrawing

transmission

lines

is

usually

NOT

recommended.

This

willproduceacurvedlinewithmanysegments.

EnteringaTransmission

Line


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Afterdoubleclicking,TransmissionLine/Transformer

Optionsdialog

is

displayed FromandToBusesandCircuitaresetautomatically

SetSeriesResistanceto0.02

SetSeriesReactanceto0.08

SetShuntChargingto0.1.

SetShuntConductanceto0.

SetLimitA(MVA)ratingfieldto400.

selectOK

EnteringaTransmission

Line


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TransmissionLine

Dialog

Terminal

busesare

usuallyset

automatically

Simulator

allowseight

different

limits

Line

parameters

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Afterselectingaline,handlesappearateach

vertex Thecursorchangestoa

crosshairsymbolwhenmovedoverahandle.

Clickanddragtomovethe

vertex

Toaddavertex,holddowntheCtrlkeyandleftclickatthedesiredinsertionpoint

Todeleteavertex,holddowntheCtrlkeyandleftclickonthevertex

ModifyingLine

Routing

HandlesAppear


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Circuitbreakersareusedtoindicatestatusoflines

andtransformers(nottruebreakerrepresentation).

Locationofcircuitbreakeronthelinedoesnotmatter.

Typicallyoneateachend,automaticallyinserted.

ToInsert,

select

Indication

Circuit

Breaker,then

clickondesiredlocationontransmissionline. Verify

theNearBusandFarBusvaluesarecorrect

Savethe

case.

AddingCircuit

Breakers


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TwoBus

Case


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Descriptivetextfieldscanbeaddedtotheoneline byselectingBackground TextfromtheDrawribbon

tab. EntertextFirstCasetowardstopofoneline

Tochangefontandbackgroundcoloroftextfields:

Selectthe

text

field

SelecttheFormatbutton

Changethefonttoblue,26pointandthebackgroundtowhite.

TextFields


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Busfieldsshowinformationaboutbusdevices,

including

loads

and

generators. Fieldscanbeenteredautomatically,ormanually. ChooseFieldintheDrawribbontab.

Canchoose

type

of

field,

digits

to

right

and

left

ofdecimal,andwhetherornotitisanchored.

BusFields


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Linefieldsshowinformationabout

transmissionlines

and

transformers.

Forlinefields,flowisalwaysspecifiedatan

endofthetransmissionlineortransformer.

Endis

normally

determined

automatically

by

insertionpoint.

Justlike

Text

Fields,

Bus

and

Line

fields

can

be

formattedusingtheoptionsintheFormatting

ribbongroup.

LineFields


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Tosolvethecase,clickonRunMode.

Onlypermitted

to

change

to

Run

Mode

if

there

arenoerrors. Notethatasystemslackbus

mustbeset.

Toanimate

the

simulation,

go

to

the

Tools

ribbontabandselectthePlaybuttoninthe

Power

Flow

Toolsribbongroup.

Ifnotvisible,clickonLogtoseeabackstage

viewofthepowerflowsolution.

Solvingthe

Case


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Tomodifyanimatedlineflows,selectthe

Onelinesribbontab

Oneline Display

Options.IntheDialog:

clickontheAnimatedFlowsPage

checkShow

Flow

Symbols

checkUseFillColor

clickonActualMWFillColor

selectalightgreencolor

selectOK

CaseOptions


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TodemonstratehowSimulatorcanbeusedto

controlasystem,

switch

back

to

Edit

Modeandaddthefollowing:

Athirdbuswith400MW/200Mvarofloadand

300MW

of

generation

Transmissionlinesjoiningbus1tobus3,andbus2

tobus3. Usethesamelineparametersasbus1to

bus2line

(R=

0.02,

X=0.08,

B

=0.1)

ThreeBus

System

Control


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SelecttheCaseInformationribbontab

Aggregations

Areas. ChangeAGCStatustoPart.AGCbydouble

clickingonthefield.

Goback

to

the

Run

Modeandagain

select

the

Toolsribbontab,Playbutton.

Clickon

the

circuit

breakers

to

change

their

status;notehowflowsredistribute.

ThreeBus

System

Control


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ThreeBus

System

Oneline

Piecharts

indicate

thepercentage

MVAloading

Animated

flows

Generatorrotor

isvoltageangle

Clickon

circuit

breakersto

togglestatus

Slackbus

generatorlabeled

Slack


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Piechartsareusuallyautomaticallyinserted.

Formanually

inserting,

select

the

Drawribbon

tab,Pies/Gauges LineFlowPieChart. Then

clickonthelinemidpoint.

Thepie

charts

are

used

to

graphically

indicate

thepercentageloadingofeachline.

InsertingPie

Charts

Simulator Online Help Files:


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Moveyourcursoroveroneofthegeneratorobjectsontheoneline diagram.

PressF1key.

ThiswillbringuptheonlinehelpforSimulatorandtakeyoutothehelpregardingthatparticular

object Trythisforloads,lines,etc

Thiswillalsoworkfor

ObjectDialogs

Caseinformationdisplays

andeverywherethroughoutSimulator

SimulatorOnlineHelpFiles:

CaseSensitive

Drawing Defaults: Formatting FUTURE


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InEditMode,selecttheOptionsribbontabDefaultDrawing.

ChangesmadehereaffectonlyFUTUREonelinedisplayobjectinsertions,notEXISTINGobjects.

Clickthe

Field

Positions

tabchoose

how

fields

areautomaticallyinsertedaroundanobject.

Positioncolumnsappearingrid. Doubleclicka

positionfield

to

choose

the

type

of

field

to

display,orusetheFieldPositionsdiagramtosetdisplayedfields.

DrawingDefaults:FormattingFUTURE

OnelineDisplay

Objects


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Editor

ColorCoding

and

Drawing

Values

Objectdefaultdrawing

valuesforkVrange

kVRange

andColor

FieldPositionstabsetstextfieldsautomaticallyinserted(nextslide)

Setadefaultfontsizefor

allnewtextfields

AutoFieldInsertion


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Case

Editor

Clickthe

Field

Positions

Tab

Typeof

fieldsbeing

modified

Clickon

Positionsto

AddorChange

FieldType

Displayed

FormattingEXISTINGOnelineDisplay


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Case

Editor

DefaultDrawingValuesonlyallowyouto

change

the

default

appearance

of

FUTURE

displayobjects

TochangetheformatofEXISTINGdisplay

objects,make

use

of

the

following

to

features:

SelectingMultipleObjects

FormattingofSelectedObjects

g p y

Objects


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Simulator

Case

Editor

Multipleoneline objectscanbeselectedbydifferentmechanisms:

Individuallyby

left

clicking

on

objects

while

holding

down

Shiftkey

UsingtheSelectbuttonstoselectallobjectsinaregion,availableintheSelectribbongroupundertheDrawribbon

tab.

HoldShiftCtrlanddragwiththeleftmousebuttontoselectareathatencompassesdesiredobjects

HoldShiftCtrlanddragwiththerightmousebuttontoselectareathatencompassesdesiredobjectsandtoretaincurrentlyselected

objects UsingSelectbyCriteria,availableintheSelectribbongroupundertheDrawribbontab.

SelectingMultiple

Objects


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Simulator

Case

Editor

Selectby

Criteria

Dialog

Objectscaneither

be

selectedforentire

case,

orbyspecific

areas/zones/layers

andbyvoltagelevel

Checkthespecific

objecttypestoselect.

Objecttypeswith

multiplepossibilities

are

markedwith>,andwill

openanadditional

selectionwindowwhen

checked

ClickOKtoselectallobjectsononelinemeeting

specifiedcriteria.

Criteriasetsmaybe

savedforeasyreuse.

SelectbyCriteria:


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Simulator

Case

Editor

Clickinginanspecificobjectopensnewdialogs

with

more

detail.

Example:

Bus

Fields.

Choosingspecific

fields

ChoosespecificAreas,Zones,or


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Simulator

Case

Editor

ChoosetheTabsand

checkwhatyouwant

ScreenLayers

UseAdvancedFilteringinConjunction


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Case

Editor

ClickonthetypeofobjectyoureinterestedinandclickAdd/ModifyFilter(orjustdoubleclickontheFiltercolumn)

withSelect

By

Criteria

Doubleclick

Dialogappears


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Simulator

Case

Editor

AfterselectingobjectsinEditMode

Goto

the

Formattingribbon

group

under

the

Draw

ribbontab,andchooseFormat

Youcanalso

rightclick

on

aselection

andchoose

Format

Formatting

Selection

FormatSelectedObject:


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Editor

Line/Fill

Line

Information

BackgroundColor

Information

OnelineDiagramEnhancements:


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Case

Editor

Abilitytoresizeandrotateoneline objects

easily

with

your

mouse.

Resize/RotateObjects

GreenCircle:

RotationPoint

BlackSquare:

ResizeHandle

GraySquare:

Forlooksonly


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Case

Editor

Addoneline objectstolayersforcustomizedviews.SelecttheOnelines ribbontab Layerstocreateor

modify

screen

layers AssignobjectstolayersusingtheLevels/Layersbutton

ontheFormattingribbongroupontheDrawribbontab

Screen

Layers


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Simulator

Case

Editor

Objectsareshownononelineusingfourdifferentstacklevels,base,background,middleandtop.

Bydefault,

different

types

of

objects

can

have

differentlevels. Forexample,transmissionlinesarelevelmiddle,whilecircuitbreakersareleveltop.

Stacklevel

can

be

changed

by

first

selecting

an

object,

thenusingtheLevels/LayersbuttonontheFormattingribbongroupundertheDrawribbontab.

Object

Oneline

Display

Levels



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Case

Editor

Level/Layers

Setthesevaluestoforceadisplay

objecttonotmoveorresize

ChangeStackLevel

Layers

FontsandPieChartscanbesetso

thattheyonlyresizebetween

particularzoomlevels


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Case

Editor

Whatisshownontopisfirstgovernedbythe

stack

level Objectswithinthesamestacklevelcanbe

movedrelativetooneanother.GototheDraw

ribbontab

and

choose

the

Bring

to

Frontor

SendtoBackbuttonsfromtheFormatting

ribbongroup.

Bring

To

Front

/

Send

To

Back



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Case

Editor

Display/SizeSizeofanobjectcan

bechanged

Settinganobjectasimmobile

willpreventyoufrommoving

theobject

by

dragging

it

with

themouse.

Objectssuch

as

generators

have

an

orientationwhichmaybechanged



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Case

Editor

Font

Font

Information

ColorandRotation

Angle



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Case

Editor

Field

Field

Information

Changehowthe

fieldlooks:digits,

decimalandsuffix


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Simulator

Case

Editor

OpenB7FLAT.pwbcase

Select

Yes

when

asked

to

save

current

oneline

and

case.

UseSelectbyCriteriaontheFormattingribbon

groupon

the

Draw

ribbon

tab

to:

changethesizeofallthelineflowpiecharts

makealltheMWflowlinefieldsgreen

Multiple

Object

Selection

Examples


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Simulator

Case

Editor

Anotherwaytoquicklychangea

largenumberofobjectsistodo

thefollowing

Selecttheobjectsyouwanttoform

usingShiftclicksorSelectby

Criteria RightClickontheSelection

ChooseApplyDefaultDrawValues

Dialogat

the

right

comes

up

Apply

Default

Draw

Values

to

Selection

Applyingtheformatofoneobjectto


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Case

Editor

Selectagroupofoneline objectsandthenclick

thebuttonCopyFormat

Thiswillcopyalltheattributesthatarethesame

acrosstheselectedobjects

For

example:

If

all

objects

have

a

fill

color

(suppose

they

areRED),thenitwillcopythis. Butifsomeobjectsare

REDwhileothersareBLUE,itwillnotcopythisattribute.

another:

Copy

Format


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Case

Editor

AfteryouhavechosentoCopyFormat,thenthePaste

Formatbuttonwillbeenabled.

NowselectanothergroupofobjectstoapplythecopiedformattingtoandclickthePasteFormat

button

Onlyattributesthatwerethesameacrossthecopied

selectionwillbeenabled.

Checkthe

attributes

you

wouldliketopasteand

clickOK

Paste

Format


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Case

Editor

Createalinktoanotheroneline byselecting

theDrawribbontab,Backgroundbutton

Oneline Link

Clickingonthiswordwillopenuptheotheroneline

Anyfile

can

be

linked

and

its

associated

applicationwillautomaticallyopen.

Thismeansthatpowerpointfilesorword

documentsor

spreadsheets

can

all

be

linked

Oneline

and

Document

Links


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Case

Editor

Toincludepictures,suchasbitmaps,JPEGs,or

metafiles,ontheoneline,selecttheDrawribbontab,

Backgroundbutton Picture.

UseOpenPictureDialogtofinddesiredpicture

Dialogprovidesapreviewwindow

Youcan

also

use

the

Windows

Clipboard

to

copy

objectsfromotherprograms,suchasagraphfroma

spreadsheetorimagefromweb.

Adding

Pictures

to

the

Oneline


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Simulator

Case

Editor

Example:

Company

Logos


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