See Electrical V8R1 IEC TUTORIAL electrical Ganoo 1EC Tutorial Contents Forward... Scope of the Tutorial... Creating the Workspace. Default Location and Auto Backups... New Workspace .... Workspace Descriptions... New Page .. Page 1 Schematic... Page 2 Schematic... Drawing Page 1 3 Phase Potentials and Neutral Incoming Power, Terminals, and Isolation Insert the INCOMING SUPPLY text Insert the Incoming Terminals. Draw the PE wiring Inserting the Incoming Isolation Switch Motor 1 Power Circuit... Inserting Multi-core Cables . Motor 2 Power Circuit... Drawing the Voltage Converter Circuit... Taking a Break... Drawing Page 2. Create Page 2 Draw the 24V and OV Rails. Main Contactor Coil and Control... Drawing the Forward & Reverse Contacts and Multi-position Switch... Drawing the Motor Status Indicators... Auto Assign Wire Numbers (Standard and Advanced)... Producing Manufacturing Reports Printing the Workspace Page 1 ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved 2 oe ee Yank RU 10 10 ca ca AD 1B wl 15 16 uw wv 18 19 20 21 22 2B 24see] electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Forward This document is intended to take new See Electrical users through the basics of creating electrical schematics to become familiar with the available tools and procedures to ensure the greatest benefit See Electrical is not just concerned with allowing the rapid development of clear schematic diagrams, it's designed to also create accurate documentation for purchasing, assembly and wiring at the click of a button, Making the most of the available functions ensures that you get the best possible experience to speed up schematic design and produce accurate accompanying documentation. Itis advisable to use a mouse with a scroll wheel with See Electrical to ensure quick and accurate navigation within the drawing area Page 2see] electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Scope of the Tutorial See Electrical is offered in 3 levels, "Basic, ‘Standard’ and ‘Advanced’, providing increasing levels of functionality and automation. When the demo version of See Electrical is installed the user has access to the complete range of commands from the ‘Advanced’ version for 30 days. This tutorial will only cover the functionality from the ‘Basic’ version but may provide information on features available from higher levels where appropriate, making sure to indicate that this is the case. Examples shown in this tutorial will be based on the most recent European standard for schematic representation using symbols from the EN 61346 catalogue. The symbol database is called ‘Electrical & Automation’. The older, and often more familiar, EN 60617 standard is also available and can of course be used if preferred. If See Electrical IEEE (used mostly in America and Canada) has been installed it is recommended that you use the tutorial provided in the folder ‘C:\Users|Public\DocumentsGE+XAO|SEE Electrical\V8R1\Documentation’ The topics that this tutorial aims to caver are as follows Create a new workspace ‘* Understand about workspace level text attributes © Create pages © Understand about page level text attributes ‘Draw potentials and wire connections Link associated potentials and wires using references ‘Inserting symbols * Defining component properties ‘Searching for symbols © Referencing between symbols ‘© Inserting terminals and cables Inserting and modifying text ‘© Modifying the schematic — copy/move/delete Assigning wire numbers ‘Producing component, wiring, and terminal lists ‘© Printing See Electrical provides functionality far beyond the scope of this tutorial and itis highly recommended to take proper training from an experienced trainer if you wish to make the most of the software. Training courses offered by IGE#XAO quickly provide a real depth of understanding and the ability to shape the learning by questioning to suit your requirements that can never be achieved with a static tutorial. This level of understanding can of course be self-taught but the speed of learning and the trial and error method of achieving it will take considerably longer and will certainly impact on your productivity with See Electrical Page 3see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Creating the Workspace A workspace (also often referred to as a project) isa single file within the Windows file system with a ‘sep’ extension. Default Location and Auto Backups The default location for creating projects after installing See Electrical is “CAUsers \Public\Documents\iGE+XAO\SEE Electrical V8R1\Projects’ however this can be changed when a workspace is created, and as a default, using the ‘File > System Settings’ (only available when no workspace is open) menu command and selecting the ‘Folder’ tab. hee ert open tie ne [[DieoPeicbeamersiGE-TAOSEEERIPoRc| (=) |COsnPncoocmnas/OEAOSEEEwersatVaRH Temp) [a] [CideenPuntcOocmaae/GEOSEECwerciViRISymo| ) To relocate the Project, Templates, and Symbols folders copy them to @ new location and redirect the above settings to match It's also advisable to enable ‘Automatic backup of pages’ in the first tab whilst the system settings are open. Enabling this setting allows pages to be right-clicked to use ‘Load Backup’ to recover earlier copies of a schematic. Page 4see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved New Workspace Use the ‘File > New’ command to enter the name of the new project ‘IEC TUTORIAL’ rice Snes ns ae = men led Eacccemmemn:. operon ee Rom 230 Ses aoe ea BB ee Scare. eee a soso = Clicking ‘Save’ then asks the user to select which workspace template should be used. Bremegain Each workspace template isa previously created See Electrical workspace (.sep file) with different default settings already applied. The main difference between the ones provided by default is the method used for numbering components. Both templates for ‘Standard’ and 'Standard-CodeConsecutiveNumbers’ number components sequentially through the whole project ie. fuses Fl, 7 F2, F3 etc. Standard-PaaeCodeConsecutiveNumbers Standard-PaneCodePageCeordinates ‘Standard-PageCodeColumn’ would label a fuse on page 3 column 5 as ‘3F5 ‘Standard- PageCodeConsecutiveNumbers’ would label multiple fuses on page 3 as 3F1, 3F2, 3F3 ete. ‘Standard-PageCodePageCoordinates’ would label a fuse on page 3, column 5, row Bas ‘35-8. Select the 2” template for ‘Standard-CodeConsecutiveNumbers’ and click OK. Page 5see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved You should now see the workspace appear in the ‘Workspace’ panel, where the file name and sections of the project can be seen. iver eosice Previous| MB Wertpe | Meco = Bore tafcoe Ebner | abrice | pase sal menu section toggle the display of the avaliable panels this Is your workspace panel Wien allows eating properties and attributes and management of pags Bi commen Workspace Descriptions The workspace has a set of text attributes which can be filled in to describe what the schematics represent, who the designs are for, who created them and when. This information is typically displayed within the title block and will automatically appear on each page if that attribute is included in the title block design. Changes made to the text information will update automatically on every page where it’s shown, Either right-click on the workspace name in the ‘Workspace’ panel and select ‘Information’ or click on ‘the ‘Workspace’ information icon in the ‘Home’ ribbon menu to display the text attributes for this project Enter the information as shown here: Dssaeeessaen 4 Workspace Description-line 01: ar asr oon ES) Example IEC Project Workspace Description-ine 02: Created on See Electrical VBR Workspace descriptions 01 to 03 are displayed on the default title blocks together with description 04 for the “Drawing no.’ field. Itis very easy to modify the title blocks ‘to make use of any of the existing attributes if needed. Page 6see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved New Page Schematic pages must be created within the ‘Circuit Diagram IEC’ section of the workspace. Once this section is highlighted either right-click and select ‘New Page’ or use the icon in the ‘Home’ ribbon {shortcut Alt#N). This displays the new ‘Page Information’ dialogue. | ove BES [Gedeete Previous @iwortspace i Modute (Gireven) ERED ie ores See ee FS reas I coat linen ve SONVOSAD- OP oh Pak Commands [BF Worsouc [Poview The page number has already been set to I’ so all that remains is to enter a description for what is to be shown on this page: Supply & Motor Power The first page description is used within the ‘Workspace’ panel next to the page as well as within the default title block. These text attributes should always be modified via the information/property panels or via the ‘Database’ editors in Standard and Advanced versions. They should never be changed directly by just editing the text Page 7noo 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Page 1 Schematic wet come OY = — Fa I| =| " sf || re! : | | . an LK | | / F a op |= | cn i 1 BeSECS| Sw — pessee} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Drawing Page 1 The following sections detail the most common aspects of designing schematics in See Electrical. This consists of wires, symbols, and links between related symbols such as relays and coils and continuation of wires between pages. 3 Phase Potentials and Neutral With page 1 open click on the menu ribbon for ‘Electrical’ and use the ‘Top’ potential icon to insert a wire with arrows at each end referred to as a ‘potentiar’ se te Ehetial> Top pent 6on quek aess "oat bar en: Rejoord ‘honest FI to newt 3 poteta th op of he sage Repeat this for L2, L3, and N potentials at the top of the page. Each top potential appears Smm below the last one. To change any of the product names, double-click on the potential to bring back the ‘Component Home Great Ver Or fore | fren | Rt Properties’ dialogue, si Wg ak Lt 1 gone i dee Incoming Power, Terminals, and Isolation Draw the wires using the ‘Electrical > Wire Connections >3 Wires’ command, using a single click (not a click- and-drag) at the top followed by one at the bottom, use te 3 Wires command Brick al the op ofthe 3 phase’ L1" and lek the ee around row Add the neutral wire using the ‘1 Wire’ command with a single click either from top-to-bottom or vice versa. Page 9noo Insert the INCOMING SUPPLY text 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Use the quick access icon to create new text (shortcut Ctrl#T] and enter the text in the top section of the dialogue. The text should already have appeared on the cursor so click below the 3 phase wires to insert the text on the page. uy YF gpomie cr yotrey aes aneaine TONE ste roperas wstteazon, Mani fone eters insert the Incoming Terminals io Bom Gana] FE sever nee tome eka tom ot welt ntetemet ie tenant pees IR ee Page 10 node dimen 1 tet ren ae a ) Further formatting can be achieved by selecting the ‘Show advanced properties’ check box To edit the text after insertion use the next icon on the quick access toolbar {shortcut CtrH#E) and click on the text to edit. This edit text command should not be used to change active title block or symbol text since specific dialogues are provided for this purpose. Locate the ‘Symbols’ panel and extend the ‘Electrical & Automation’ symbol database and scroll down to find the ‘Terminals’ folder. In here select the 'S term. Incomming power’ group of terminals using a single click. Move your cursor to the end of the L1 wire and use a single-click to insert the macro. Set the terminal strip (Product) to be X1 in the ‘Component Properties’ dialogue.see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Draw the PE wiring Use the ‘Electrical > Potential > Cursor’ command to draw a wire with integral reference arrows from column 0 to 6 above the incoming terminals. Hone Gel ew Daw Fein | eorent [Retain ep | lores ove =] ttt opt pea 19 seuss Avie Tecan OT me, Acie Spence, etna fox M3 Wine [siren] secon foto erent ie psn] WreCnrcions Wor Gate) toe Rnctonvteaten WB BDA Q KEDIB—- 7ONORAD- Oth Fh KOBKX ANE Use the Cursor potential ‘command te defi a short ‘section for earth wiring, ending in column 6. aT Complete this section with a “1 Wire’ section from the potential to the ‘PE" terminal Inserting the Incoming Isolation Switch From the ‘Symbols’ panel extend the ‘Electrical & Automation > Switchgear, multi pole’ folder and click con the ‘3-pole + LINK’ symbol. As you move off the symbols panel the symbol should appear at your cursor ready to be inserted on the page. Segeckk i satel he ‘Sipale LING stan ‘sce e dtaul rane ant cennecton pont text Right-click to finish inserting the symbol once it’s placed on the page. Double-click on the symbol to show the ‘Component Properties’ dialogue to make any changes. Page 11noo 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Motor 1 Power Circuit In See Electrical the wires can be drawn through symbols, or the symbols can be placed and wires drawn across them, with the software correctly breaking the wires where necessary, Use the ‘3 Wires’ command from the ‘Electrical > Wire Connections’ remembering to always draw from the angled end to the flat end (top to bottom here} Use the ‘Symbols’ panel to locate the following symbols and ‘single- click’ to select and place each one. Set the contactor to Product KL. cg? Speenpnenannone FE Pen KK Mth soiccomion Fy Patapon ANE Ti sone nce seneno $48 pote NO contacto Set the terminal Product to XI’ then after placing double-click on the 4 terminal and change its terminal number to ‘PE’. After inserting the motor double-click on the symbol and set the ‘Description 00' to “MAIN PUMP” Page 12 a3 xd nr Use the ‘1 Wire’ command to connect the PE terminal of the motor to the PE potential.see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Inserting Multi-core Cables In See Electrical wires can be marked as being connected by multi-core cables either by placing individual ‘Cable’ symbols over a wire or by using the ‘Cable’ command and drawing a line across multiple wires that should be handled by multiple cores of a single cable. eek each se oe caer reer Once the position of the cables is defined the ‘Component Properties’ dialogue is displayed where the product name, description, type of cable, length and core details can be entered Mt MAIN PUMP \ @ ~ In the standard and advanced versions of See Electrical the cable core information can be stored in the type database so that the details automatically fill n when the cable type is selected, Page 13see] electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Motor 2 Power Circuit The second motor circuit is basically the same as the first except it has a reversing circuit and contactor added. . Select the first motor circuit using a left-to-right selection box (hold Ctrl to select and add anything, you missed}, right-click and select ‘Copy’ then right-click and select ‘Paste’ to insert the 2"! motor circuit, selecting tT to-right includes just ‘complete’ elements PL L whe 7 ap we REVERSNG WOTOR wt ON After pasting, keep the terminal product as X1, set the cable as W2, and change the contactor to K2 as you are prompted for each. Once copied (right-click to finish pasting), double-click on the motor and update its description to ‘REVERSING MOTOR’ To complete this motor use the ‘1 Wire’ command to draw the reversing wires and copy the contactor from K2 to the right and label it as K3. Hint: Copying anything selected can be done using Ctrl+C and Ctrl4V to paste, or dragging the selected elements whilst holding Ctrl (keep holding Ctrl until after you've ‘dropped’ the copy) Page 14noo 1EC Tutorial Drawing the Voltage Converter Circuit ‘The last section of page 1 shows a voltage converter protected by ‘a2 pole circuit breaker which then continues onto the next page supplying 24V and OV wires. WE Gow men con 37 comooaeropeacomacors To comenese TRE Trpaberycom. TFT or smboT Ceca ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved tt oc Fa 20y ov The final wires below the converter are drawn with the “1 Wire’ command, double-clicking at the bottom to add the reference arrows: Page 15noo Taking a Break At any point in this tutorial it may be necessary to stop what you're doing and come back later to finish, 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Closing See Electrical V8R1 will prompt you to save changes to the workspace. It’s essential to select "Yes’ to save the changes made to the ‘IEC TUTORIAL’ workspace since selecting ‘No’ will lose everything added/changed since the last time the workspace was saved. SEE Electrical = © seve canges to 18C THTORIALSep? The project can also be closed, leaving See Electrical open by right-clicking over the workspace name in the ‘Workspace Explorer’ and selecting ‘Close Workspace’ — again selecting ‘Yes’ to save the changes, Genera) Eat "Top WJorthegonst Wirng Detsut (right-click over the vs tetom 4 1 Wee auf project file name ‘shcusor I] 2 Wes and select ‘Close 9 Cit Dar Kj 5) 0001 Supply & MotrPewer (ny 84 Reorder Booknumbers 2 isateene Cine documents 2 Deana 1 Graphical tats + Database On opening See Electrical, the list of most recent workspaces can be seen when hovering over the ‘File > New’ menu item, Moving across to the list allows any of the last 10 projects to be accessed. Once the workspace is open, extend the ‘Circuit Diagrams IEC’ section and double-click on a page to open it. Page 16see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Drawing Page 2 The second page shows control wiring with references to the contactors and wires from page 1. Hint: Common symbols used in a workspace can be made easier to locate in future by right-clicking over them in the symbols panel and selecting ‘Add to Favorites’. They then appear at the top of the Symbols panel in the star group. oh py Rann 2 Rewercesnon a =O mien a r Se ee | CBee paesmee TR an epee ea W318 oe Ete Pia as Create Page 2 Right-click over the ‘Cireuit Diagrams IEC’ node in the Workspace panel and select ‘New Page’ Enter ‘Motor Controls & Indication’ into the ‘Page Description-line 01’ rightclick onthe | Cult iagram EC Hint: right-clicking on an existing page and selecting ‘New Page’ maintains all of that pages text information, and in Standard and Advanced versions will also match the original Function and Location folder information. Page 17see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Draw the 24V and OV Rails Use the ‘Electrical > Potentials > Top’ (shortcut F11) command to insert a potential atthe top of the new page. Use the ‘Db’ button to search for already existing references and pick the ‘24V’ one from the previous page. When you click on OK the reference should display page and column text. Repeat this using the ‘Bottom’ potential (shortcut F12) and selecting ‘OV’ Hint: Potentials always have references at both ends and will link up with the next reference with the same name Using the ‘1 Wire’ command and double-clicking inserts a wire reference (arrow) which also displays @ ‘Product Index’. If more that 2 of these wire references with the same ‘Product’ are used in the same workspace then its recommended to link pairs together by manually entering a ‘Product Index’ to match each pair (2 only). This text can be hidden on the schematic by de-selecting the ‘Show’ option for the ‘Product Index’ Page 18see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Main Contactor Coil and Control This first column of schematic shows the wiring to the manual start button and contactor coil Remember to right-click over commonly used symbols and select ‘Add to Favorites’ to make it easier to find them in future. Ses “8 fm ey mom a (8 G anon ie G cae & Brom iE) Telecomm = Tay NOemagery eh “= Teal orm! “Rp Osea awe falco sn Tp m0 © cote Y commence apm OY vamsanece Mf No INC References should now appear below the relay coil (for the 3P contacts) and next to the NC thermal auxiliary contact. Page 19noo 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Drawing the Forward & Reverse Contacts and Multi-position Switch The next section uses many of the same symbols as the first column, using the same terminals, cables, thermal contacts and coils. Use the prompts on the previous page to locate and insert these symbols again (hopefully from the Favorites as well) Nou he st eect te se, rae ay « ete s ef 2 s veouté GA sell ‘T-pole NC contactor = 3 2} pole delay Don’t forget to double-click on the symbols with descriptions such as ‘FORWARD’ and ‘REVERSE’ and add this text to the ‘Description 00’ field Page 20see] electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Drawing the Motor Status Indicators The final section of the schematic shows indicator lamps used to display the status of the 2 motors. Again, use the standard terminals, cables, and wire commands to draw this section of the circuit. Try drawing one column and copying the wire and symbols across to speed up the process. 1 Ratorcoect. MA Relay corse. NC Ttpaeeasrenen pote com au ip Sa BY wows © aeator @ Lane #9 Lamp pushoton 4b Lamp wt tanatomar a) Net ana Page 21,see} electrica: 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Auto Assign Wire Numbers (Standard and Advanced) In the basic version of See Electrical wire numbers can be assigned by double-clicking on a wire and entering a wire number. In the standard and advanced versions the numbers can be assigned automatically using the following command ‘Electrical > Wires > Numbers’. dee 70708 SNe sewoweom "6 sewon wn eh ‘Salone ea soc 7 j=) Groups of wires can still be selected after numbering to control the display of the wire number on each segment of wire. 7 7 Bh set the display to off if oe you dont want to see > ‘rag a selection box these wire numbers e F2 1] from right-o4et to select a group of wires ue Steet or mow Page 22see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Producing Manufacturing Reports Since See Electrical is based around a database for each workspace it is now very quick and easy to provide a full lst of devices, terminals, and cables which have been used in the project. Extend the ‘Graphical lists’ section of the ‘Workspace’ panel and right-click over the Product list to ‘Generate’ a graphical report. ‘and rgtclick over he Tet to select Generate List of Products Product (-) Type Description a uw Al symbo's placed in the. (MAIN PUMP rroeet cous have pat A riers signee (ype) ‘ Deserptone 2 clay the Prot it EVERSNG UOTOR List of Terminals: Tennal [Semen Te Seer List of Cable Cores A fra cst = Sea en PPP PFET FEFE | Also be aware that all report templates can be customized to control the page template, columns displayed and the format of the text to achieve clear and accurate documentation from the schematics, There are many more reports available and most offer @ Database Viewer section where information can be copied and pasted into Microsoft Excel for additional handling and formatting, Page 23see} electrical 1EC Tutorial ‘COPYRIGHT © 2015 IGEXAO, Allnghts reserved Printing the Workspace The circuit diagrams and graphical lists can now be printed, either individually, in selected groups, or as a whole document. Use ‘File > Print’ command to display the printing options, Prints in black & white if colours or grayscale are not ‘select from ‘Active page’, ‘All pages or a "Selection’ of pages. ‘Use the page properties’ to force orientation of prints to landscape Select where to print (which printer, toa file or picture), select which pages to print, and then select the options to decide page orientation and output colour. Hint: The options selected and used here will also be applied to outputting PDF documents using the PDF Publisher module. Page 24