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Simulator can automatically insert buses on your oneline diagram if you have data regarding their spatial or geographic location. To achieve this, go to the Draw ribbon tab and choose
Note: Auto-insert buses is only for inserting bus objects on the diagram representing existing data. In other words, you cannot use the auto-insert buses routine to add new buses to the load flow model. See topics on loading data from auxiliary files or from Excel for creating new buses (or other objects) in an existing load flow case.
Insert by longitude, latitude
If you have stored latitude and longitude information with the Bus records in Simulator, you can use that information to automatically insert the buses on a oneline diagram. Select the option on the dialog for finding bus locations based on Longitude and Latitude stored with data records. When selected, the Map Projection option will become enabled. Choose the type of projection you would like to be used for placing the buses on the diagram.
Insert by locations specified in a file
You must first specify the file which contains the location data. You must also specify whether the file contains x,y coordinates or longitude, latitude coordinates. The format of the location data text file is as follows:
The first line of this text file is ignored by Simulator. The following lines consist of three numbers: Bus Number, X location, and Y location. If you are reading longitude, latitude, then X signifies longitude and Y signifies latitude.
Num, X Location, Y Location
1, 24001.46, 19715.15
3, 24001.46, 19715.15
16, 24130.91, 19638.99
17, 24007.31, 19093.09
21, 23649.27, 18439.07
22, 23649.27, 18439.07
etc...
Simulator will place the buses on the oneline diagram at the X, Y locations given. If you specified that the file contained longitude, latitude information, then select the Map Projection to use when converting the longitude, latitude values from the file. The buses will be drawn according to default bus object information defined in the Default Drawing Values for New Objects dialog.
If you would like Simulator to Autoinsert transmission lineswhen finished with the auto insertion of your buses, check the box. Transmission lines and transformers will be automatically drawn based on the Line/XFMR default options defined in the Default Drawing Values for New Objects dialog.
Check the Insert bus only if not already shown on the oneline to ensure that multiple display objects are not inserted for the same element.
Clicking the OK button will instruct Simulator to continue by placing the buses according to the specified settings on the dialog. Click Cancel to exit the process without inserting the buses.