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Simulator can automatically insert substations 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
Insert by longitude, latitude
If you have stored latitude and longitude information with the Substation records in Simulator, you can use that information to automatically insert the substations on a oneline diagram. Select the option on the dialog for finding substation locations based on Longitude and Latitude stored with data records. When selected, the Map Projection option will become enabled. Choose what type of projection you would like to be used for placing the substations 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: Substation 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 substations on the oneline diagram at the X, Y locations. If you specified that the file contained longitude, latitude information, then select the Map Projection you would like to be used when converting the longitude, latitude values from the file. The substations will be drawn according to default substations object information defined in the Default Drawing Values for New Objects dialog.
Finally, if you would like Simulator to Auto insert transmission lines when finished with the auto insertion of your substations, check this 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 substation 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 substations according to the specified settings on the dialog. Click Cancel to exit the process without inserting the substations.