Add Ons Ribbon Tab

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The Add Ons ribbon consists of buttons and menus that provide access to the various Simulator Add On Tools. The ribbon is shown below when configured for the OPF, SCOPF, PVQV, ATC, Transient Stability, GIC Calculations, Scheduled Actions, and Topology Processing add on tools.

 

 The Add Ons ribbon is broken into the following ribbon groups:

Mode Ribbon Group

Edit Mode

Switches the program to Edit Mode, which can be used to build a new case or to modify an existing one.

Run Mode

Switches the program to Run Mode, which can be used to perform a single Power Flow Solution or a timed simulation with animation.

Log Ribbon Group

Abort 

Terminates the current Power Flow Solution. If the application is performing a timed simulation, pressing the abort button will pause the simulation. See PowerWorld Simulation Control for more details.

Log

Toggles the display of the message log window. The log window shows what is going on with the Power Flow Solution process and may prove useful when you are trying to track down a problem with a non-converging model.

Script

Opens the Script dialog, which can be used to call script commands or open auxiliary files containing script commands and data modifications. Note that the drop-down next to the Script button give convenient access to the Quick Auxiliary Files.

 Optimal Power Flow (OPF) Ribbon Group

Primal LP 

Click this button to solve the OPF. A more detailed description of what this does is found in the topic OPF LP Primal.

Security Constrained OPF

Click this button to open the Security Constrained OPF Dialog.

OPF Options and Results

Click this button to open the OPF Options and Results Dialog.

OPF Case Info Menu

The OPF Case Info Menu provides direct access to several case information displays that show default columns related to input and output of the Optimal Power Flow. Instead of using this menu, PowerWorld encourages you leave the Model Explorer open and navigate using the Explore Pane on the Model Explorer. All of these options are available under the Optimal Power Flow folder on the Model Explorer.

 PV and QV Curve (PVQV) Ribbon Group 

PV Curves 

Click this button to open the PV Curves dialog.

QV Curves

Click this button to open the QV Curves dialog.

Refine Model

Click this button to open the Refine Model Dialog.

Available Transfer Capability Ribbon Group

Available Transfer Capability

Click this button to open the Available Transfer Capability Dialog.

Transient Stability (TS) Ribbon Group 

Transient Stability

Click this button to open the Transient Stability Analysis dialog.

Stability Case Info Menu

The Stability Case Info Menu provides direct access to several case information displays that show default columns related to input and output of the transient stability tool.

GIC Calculations Ribbon Group

GIC Calculations

Click this button to open the GIC Analysis Form. This dialog is used for performing GIC Analysis.

Schedule Ribbon Group

Scheduled Actions....

Click this button to open the Scheduled Actions Dialog. This dialog is used for looking at Scheduled Actions.

Topology Processing Ribbon Group 

Topology Processing

Click this button to open the Topology Processing Dialog.