Window Ribbon Tab

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The Window ribbon consists of buttons and menus that provide access to customizing the windows in the user interface. It also provides access to help topics and topics regarding the Auxiliary File Format. The ribbon is shown below.

 

The Case Information 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.

Window Ribbon Group

Open Windows Menu 

The Open Windows Menu provides a convenient method of switching between open windows. This includes User Interface Dialogs, Case Information Displays, and Oneline diagrams.

Switch to Free-Floating Windows (Switch to Standard Container Window)

Choosing this option toggles the program from between two different window environments

1. All diagrams and dialogs are contained within the Simulator program shell

2. All diagrams and dialogs are free-floating on your monitor

For more information see the Window Basics.

Reset to Defaults

The program keeps track of dialog Free-Floating/Contained Style, Size, and Position. Clicking this button will reset all these to the factory default settings. Nearly all dialogs will then be reset back to Contained with a default size and position as well. For more information on Style, Size and Position, see Window Basics.

Refresh Displays

Redraws (refreshes) each of the open windows. Simulator usually automatically refreshes the open windows as necessary. However, this action allows you to trigger the refresh when you want it.

Ribbon Settings Menu

This menu contains options for customizing your ribbon. Change the color scheme of Simulator's dialogs to either Black, Blue, Carmel, Green, Pink, or Silver.

Arrange Windows

The options under Arrange Windows are Tile Horizontally, Tile Vertically, and Cascade. Tile rearranges the open oneline diagrams such that the total window area is divided equally among all of them and each is completely visible. Cascade rearranges all open windows such that all they appear on top of each other while leaving the title bars visible.

Toggle Full Screen

Toggle full screen makes the currently selected diagram window switch to full screen mode. Full screen mode will dedicate the screen to the window, with all other windows, including the Simulator menus and toolbars, hidden. To get back to normal mode, right-click on the diagram in full screen mode and select Toggle Full Screen from the popup menu.

Help Ribbon Group

Contents

Opens the Simulator help file.

Set Help File

When Simulator is installed it will be set to point to a help file location on the PowerWorld website. This is located at http://www.powerworld.com/WebHelp. The help may also be installed locally on a user's computer. Use this option to point to the directory location of the help file. Only the location needs to be specified as Simulator will automatically determine the name of the help file. If specifying the location on the website, the address will need to be typed in.

Help files are automatically installed locally with the Simulator installation file. They are placed in a Help subfolder under the folder that is selected as the PowerWorld installation folder.

About

Click this to open the About dialog. The About dialog contains information about the software as well as showing you the Build Date of your version of Simulator. PowerWorld releases patch versions of Simulator on our website. These patch versions are named by date as shown on the About dialog.

There is also an option on the About dialog to Change License Key. This allows selection of a new license key file. Add ons are controlled through the license key. If you are using different versions of Simulator with different add ons, this option provides the mechanism for switching between the different versions of Simulator. You will need a different license key file if you are using different licenses for Simulator that have different add ons.

PowerWorld Website

Click this to open your default web browser to the PowerWorld Corporation Website.

Check for Updates

This button will check the PowerWorld website to determine if there is a new patch available by comparing the latest patch date with the date of your current patch. You will be informed if there is a newer patch available. If so, you can have Simulator take you to the PowerWorld patch download website.

Auxiliary File Ribbon Group

Load Auxiliary 

Choose this option to load an Auxiliary File.

Load Display Auxiliary File

Choose this option to load a Display Auxiliary File to append to the active oneline.

Auxiliary File Format

Opens the PDF document that describes the auxiliary file Data and Script sections.

Export Display Object Fields Menu

Export Case Object Fields Menu

Choose these options to export a list of fields for each type of object in a case (or a Oneline Display). The list also indicates which fields are key fields and required fields for each object. You can output this list of fields as either a text file or into Excel.