2 Getting Started
2.5. Working with Menu Commands
Following is a summary of the PTW menu commands.
Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help New... Open... Close Copy As... Backup Statistics... Delete... Export... Merge... Database Utility... Compress Library… Options... Ctrl+O Login... 1 C:\PTW32\...\PLANT\PLANT.PRJ Exit
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New... Creates a new Project.
Open... Opens an existing Project. Close Closes the active Project. Copy As... Creates a backup of the Project.
Backup... Makes a copy of all project and library files necessary for you or someone else to use the project files in the future.
Statistics... Lists the Project statistics. Delete... Deletes a Project.
Export... Exports a Project to an ASCII text file.
Merge... Merges data from another project into the open project.
Database Utility... Re-indexes and may recover corrupted project files. This feature is only available when no projects are open in PTW.
Compress Library… Options...
Removes empty space from library database. This feature is only available when no project or library is open in PTW.
Changes PTW’s global options.
Login... Logs in or out of a Study. Applicable only when using the network version of PTW.
1, 2, 3, 4... Opens any of the last eight most recently accessed projects.
Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help Component Editor One-Line... Report... Library... CAPTOR TCC... Crystal Report Close Save Ctrl+S Save As... Export... Print Setup... Print Layout... Print... Ctrl+P Print Preview Form Print Form Preview Ctrl+S Form Layout 1 C:\PTW32\...\MAINDRAW.DRW
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Component Editor Opens the Component Editor.
One-Line... Opens an existing One-Line Diagram or creates a new One-Line Diagram.
Report... Opens an existing Report or creates a new Report. Library... Opens an existing Library or creates a new Library. CAPTOR TCC... Opens or creates a Coordination Drawing.
Crystal Report Opens a Crystal Report template and displays selected project data. Close Closes the active document window.
Save Saves the active document window.
Save As... Copies the active document window; renames the document; and/or saves it to a new location.
Print Setup... Sets printing options.
Print Layout... Sets printing layout. Active only when a One-Line Diagram is open. Reports use preset formatting.
Print... Prints the active window. Active only when a One-Line Diagram, TCC, or Report is open.
Print Preview Displays the window as it will actually appear when printed. Active only when a One-Line Diagram, TCC, or Report is open.
Form Print Prints single or multiple documents in custom formats. An example would be to print a TCC drawing with a small one-line, titleblock and Company logo.
Form Preview Displays the selected documents in the selected form on the screen prior to printing.
Form Layout Allows you to create and edit custom output formats used by the Form Print command.
1, 2, 3, 4... Opens any of the last eight most recently accessed One-Line Diagrams, Reports, TCCs, or Libraries).
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Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help Cut Ctrl+X
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V Delete Text Del
Select All
Find... F5 Find Next Shift+F3
Replace... F6 Go to Line...
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Cut Cuts the selected data to the clipboard. Active only when a Report, Library, or the Component Editor is open.
Copy Copies the selected data to the clipboard. Active only when a Report, Library, or the Component Editor is open..
Paste Copies clipboard text to the selected location. Active only when a Report, Library, or the Component Editor is open.
Delete Text Deletes the selected text. Available only when a Report is open. Select All Selects all items. Available only when a Report or a One-Line Diagram
is open.
Find... Finds specified text in a report and finds a specific component on a one- line.
Find Next Finds the next instance of the specified text. Available only when a Report is open.
Replace... Replaces text. Available only when a Report is open.
Go to Line... Moves to a specific numbered line. Available only when a Report is open.
Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help Toolbars...
√ Status Bar
Next Component Ctrl+Shift+N Previous Component Ctrl+Shift+P Next Subview Ctrl+Shift+X Previous Subview Ctrl+Shift+V
√ TCC Device List √ Fixed Aspect Ratio √ Datablocks √ Probe √ Textblocks
√ Protection Components Zoom In Ctrl+Z Zoom Out Ctrl+Shift+Z Zoom All
Zoom Area Ctrl+Y
Zoom Page
Aerial Ctrl+Shift+A
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Toolbars... Displays or hides specific toolbars. √ Status Bar Displays or hides the Status Bar.
Next Component Moves forward through the components in the Components box one at a time. Available only when a Library or the Component Editor is open. Previous Component Moves backward through the components in the Components box one at
a time. Available only when a Library or the Component Editor is open.
Next Subview Switches to the next subview. Available only when a Library or the Component Editor is open.
Previous Subview Switches to the previous subview. Available only when a Library or the Component Editor is open.
TCC Device List Displays or hides device list box on TCC setting page. The window size is smaller without the device list box. Available only when TCC drawing is active.
Fixed Aspect Ratio Forces the TCC drawing area to use square decades on log-log grid. Available only when TCC drawing is active.
√ Datablocks Displays or hides datablocks. Available only when a One-Line Diagram or TCC Drawing is open.
√ Probe Toggles the Probe mode on or off. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
√ Textblocks Displays or hides textblocks. Available only when a One-Line Diagram or TCC Drawing is open.
√ Protection Components Displays or hides protective device symbols on the active one-line diagram. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open. Zoom In Enlarges the size of the One-Line Diagram. Available only when a One-
Line Diagram is open.
Zoom Out Reduces the size of the One-Line Diagram. Available only when a One- Line Diagram is open.
Zoom All Shows the entire One-Line Diagram in the viewport. Available only h
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when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Zoom Area Magnifies a selected portion of the One-Line Diagram. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Zoom Page Magnifies the One-Line Diagram so that a single printer page fits within the viewport. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open. Aerial Shows a thumbnail representation of the One-Line Diagram. Available
only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help Balanced System Studies... Ctrl+A
Transient Motor Starting (TMS) Industrial Simulation (ISIM) Harmonic Analysis (HIWAVE)
Unbalanced/Single-Phase Studies…Ctrl+U Reliability Analysis
Equipment Evaluation Failed Input Evaluation Failed Equipment Evaluation Reset Color
Query... Ctrl+Q Datablock Format... Ctrl+D
Datablock Report...
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Balanced System Studies... Runs the standard suite of DAPPER balanced 3-phase study modules Transient Motor Starting (TMS) Runs the transient motor starting simulation
Industrial Simulation (ISIM) Runs the ISIM transient stability simulation Harmonic Analysis (HIWAVE) Runs the HIWAVE harmonic analysis calculations Unbalanced/Single-Phase Studies
Reliability Analysis Equipment Evaluation Failed Input Evaluation
Failed Equipment Evaluation
Runs the Unbalanced 3-phase and Single-Phase Fault, load flow, sizing, load analysis and load schedule studies.
Runs the Reliability Analysis
Runs the System Evaluation comparing equipment ratings to study results
Performs a variety of input data checks including component connections, voltage continuity, and missing data and highlights failed devices on the one-lines and component editor.
Failed System Evaluation highlights components that failed the equipment evaluation study. The failed components are displayed in a different color on the one-line.
Reset Color Query...
Resets the component colors after running the Failed Input or Equipment Evaluation.
Runs a Query.
Datablock Format Sets and applies a Datablock Format.
Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help New Clone Copy Data Paste Data Destroy Remove Save As Default Select... Existing... Ctrl+I Expand Ctrl+E Collapse Ctrl+L Rename... Disconnect Ctrl+B In Service Out of Service
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New Adds a new component. Active only when a One-Line Diagram, Library, or the Component Editor is open.
Clone Clones a component. Active only when a One-Line Diagram, Library, or the Component Editor is open.
Copy Data Copies data from a selected component to a temporary clipboard. Available only when a One-Line Diagram, TCC, or the Component Editor is open.
Paste Data Pastes data from the temporary clipboard to the selected components of the same type. Available only when a One-Line Diagram, TCC, or the Component Editor is open.
Destroy Destroys a component. Available only when a One-Line Diagram, Library, or the Component Editor is open.
Remove Removes a symbol from the One-Line Diagram. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Save As Default Select...
Saves the data from the selected component as the default data for new components.
Selects a specific component in the Library. Available only when a Library is open.
Existing... Adds a symbol for an existing component to the One-Line Diagram. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Expand Expands a component to display its connections. Available only when a One-Line Diagram or the Component Editor is open.
Collapse Collapses a component to hide its connections. Available only when a One-Line Diagram or the Component Editor is open.
Rename... Renames a component. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Disconnect Disconnects a component. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
In Service Places a component in service. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Out of Service Takes a component out of service. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help New Textblock... Textblock Attributes... Component Color Datablock Nametags Connection Points Annotation
Annotation Line Style Symbol Rotation Convert to Bus Node Convert to Bus Symbol Selection
Refresh Symbols from Library
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New Textblock... Creates a new textblock. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Textblock Attributes... Edits a textblock. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open. Component Color Changes the color of selected components. Available only when a One-
Line Diagram is open.
Datablock Turns the datablock display on and off for selected components. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Nametags Hides or displays the nametags for selected components. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Connection Points Hides or displays the connection point markers for selected components.. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open. Symbol Rotation Rotates selected symbols around connection point centroid. Available
only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Convert to Bus Node Converts selected Bus Symbols to Bus Node Symbols (a dot instead of a baar). The Bus Node also defaults to no nametag or datablock displayed.
Convert to Bus Converts selected Bus Node Symbols to Bus Symbols (bar instead of a dot).
Symbol Selection Replaces selected symbol with new symbol from the symbol library. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Refresh Symbols from Library Reads the symbol library and updates the symbols displayed on the one- line. Available only when a One-Line Diagram is open.
Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help New Window Close Cascade Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically Arrange Icons Close All Size Go To Component Editor Go To One-Line Go To TCC Drawing Go To TMS Go To ISIM Go To HIWAVE √ 1 Component Editor 2 INPUT.RPT
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New Window Opens a test copy of the Report or Library. Available only when a Report or Library is open.
Close Closes the report window. Available only when a Report is open. Cascade Arranges windows so they overlap.
Tile Horizontally Arranges windows horizontally so they do not overlap. Tile Vertically Arranges windows vertically so they do not overlap.
Arrange Icons Arranges the minimized windows’ icons evenly across the bottom left of the workspace.
Close All Closes all windows.
Size Restores the Component Editor window to its standard dimensions. Available only when the Component Editor is open.
Go to Component Editor Opens the Component Editor and displays only the selected components. Active from One-Line Diagrams, TCC drawings, TMS, HI_WAVE and I*SIM study modules.
Go to One-Line Opens the one-line associated with an open TCC drawing. Also returns to the one-line used to "go to Component Editor".
Go to I*SIM Transfers selected components to the I*SIM study interface. Used to graphically select machines, motors, cables and other components for dynamic representation, event specification or reporting in I*SIM. Go to HIWAVE Transfers selected components to the HIWAVE study interface. Used
to graphically select buses and branches for current and voltage distortion plots.
1, 2, 3, 4... Brings any of the open windows to the front; the check mark indicates which window is active.
Project Document Edit View Run Component One-Line Window Help
Contents Using Help About PTW...
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Index Opens PTW’s Help Index. Under development.
Using Help Opens PTW’s How to Use Help Index. Under development. About PTW... Displays version and copyright information about PTW.