Simulator provides a convenient method of adding display fields to a variety of oneline display objects and placing them in default positions relative to the display object. Unlike the field placement implemented by selecting Field from the Individual Insert ribbon group on the Draw ribbon tab, the method described here allows you to place multiple fields around a display object in a single operation. This option is available for several different types of objects, including buses, generators, lines and transformers, shunts, and loads. The option can always be accessed by right clicking the display object of interest and selecting the Add New Fields Around … option from the resulting local menu. This brings up the Insert New Fields around Selected Objects Dialog. This dialog is divided into several tabs by object type. Only tabs that correspond to the type of objects you have selected will be available.
The tabs for inserting and placing multiple display fields for the various display objects (buses, generators, lines/transformers, shunts, and loads) are virtually identical in content. The tab illustrates the possible locations of the display fields for the various orientations of the display object. For example, since buses may be oriented either horizontally or vertically, the dialog shows how each of the eight possible bus fields would be positioned for each of the two orientations. Generators, loads, and shunts each have four possible orientations, so the dialog identifies the locations for the possible fields for each of the four orientations. Transmission lines and transformers can assume only one orientation, and the dialog will thus show the possible field locations for that single orientation.
Each field location is identified on the illustrations with a label of the form Pos #. In order to modify the settings, move your mouse over the position on the dialog you want to change and click. This will bring up the appropriate Field Options Dialog such as the Bus Field Options, Generator Field Options, Load Field Options, Switched Shunt Field Options, or the Line Field Options. Simply select the field you want and choose OK. If you would like to set a default field to "none", click Remove Field instead of OK.
Click OK to implement your choices for field additions and placement, or click Cancel to discard the changes.
This help topic has gone over how to add new fields to existing display objects. It should be noted from this discussion that all objects have an associated set of default fields that will be added to the oneline when the objects are originally inserted. You may redefine the default fields selecting Default Drawing Values from the Quick Insert ribbon group on the Draw ribbon tab and modifying the Default Drawing Options Dialog.
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