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While in Edit Mode, Simulator allows certain objects to be attached, or anchored, to another object, called the anchor. When an object that functions as an anchor is moved, all objects that are anchored to it will move with it. This feature can be very useful when you move objects around the oneline diagram in Edit Mode.
Anchoring has the property of "stacking" in Simulator. In other words, one object is anchored to another, which is in turn anchored to yet another. The best way to describe this is by example. A generator text field can be anchored to a generator. The generator, in turn, can be anchored to its terminal bus. If you move the terminal bus, both the generator and its anchored fields also move with the bus. However, if you just move the generator itself, only the generator fields will move with it. The bus and all other objects anchored directly to the bus remain in their original location.
There are several types of anchored objects:
Loads, generators, switched shunts, bus fields, interfaces, transformers, transmission lines and pie chart/gauges may be anchored to their associated bus. When the anchor bus is moved, these anchored objects will move with it.
Similar to buses, any loads, generators, switched shunts, bus fields, interfaces, transformers, transmission lines, and pie chart/gauges may be anchored to their associated substations. When the anchor substation is moved, these anchored objects will move with it.
Generator fields and pie chart/gauges may be anchored to their associated generator. When the anchor generator is moved, these anchored fields will move with it.
Load fields may be anchored to their associated load. When the anchor load is moved, these anchored fields will move with it.
Switched shunt fields and pie chart/gauges may be anchored to their associated switched shunt. When the anchor switched shunt is moved, these anchored fields will move with it.
Interfaces and pie chart/gauges can be anchored to area/zone/super area objects.
Circuit breakers, line flow pie charts, line fields, and pie chart/gauges may be anchored to their associated line/transformer. When the line/transformer is moved, these anchored objects will move with it.
Interface fields, interface pie charts, and pie chart/gauges can be anchored to their associated interface.