Project Manager Changes
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The New
Project Manager grants
greater flexibility for managing projects by:
- Allowing users to
store projects in any location they desire.
- Users can now
associate multiple projects with the same WorkSet configuration if so desired.
When creating new projects you can select the WorkSpace and WorkSet
configuration you want to apply to the project.
The Project Manager now features an updated
Configuration Variables dialog that has separate tabs for updating both
WorkSpace and WorkSet variables.
The Project Manager now gives you access to a
Configure Database dialog which allows you to specify the default project
database for any new projects that you create.
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Configuration
Changes
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- The behavior of
the ELEC_CATALOG_PATH variable has been revised so that all catalogs found in
the specified path will be loaded by the software. If you have some catalogs on
a local drive and others shared on a network drive that you would like to load
simultaneously, you can delineate multiple paths with a semi-colon. It's no
longer necessary to specify individual paths to every catalog that you intend
to load.
- The following
Project Database configuration variables have been deprecated in Update 3 since
we now store the project database connection information with each project's
ect.fid file and the default project database settings are stored in the
DBSettings.xml file:
- ELEC_PRJ_DB_CONNECTIONSTRING
- ELEC_PRJ_DB_NAME
- ELEC_PRJ_DB_PER_PROJECT
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Migrating V8i Projects
to CONNECT Edition
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Migrating your projects from V8i
to the CONNECT Edition is a simple two step process of:
- Associating a
CONNECT configuration with your V8i projects.
- Updating your
project database schema to the CONNECT Edition.
A Configuration Assignment Utility has been
provided with the CONNECT Edition making it fast and easy to associate your
custom CONNECT configurations with your V8i projects. This tool is accessed
from the Project Manager by selecting the Configuration Assignment Utility
button.
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Managed WorkSpace
Enhancements
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ProjectWise integration has been extended to
support managed WorkSpaces that allow you to now fully store your symbol
catalogs inside of a
ProjectWise repository. This helps to
facilitate greater collaboration across your organization.
You have the added flexibility of being able to
store your workspace configuration in a separate area of the
ProjectWise repository from your projects
so that an administrator can lock down the configuration while allowing users
to create new projects as needed.
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2D Lightning
Protection Diagrams and Calculation Reports
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Quickly and easily group
lightning masts to create 2D protection diagrams with calculation reports to
ensure that substation equipment is properly protected from lightning strikes.
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New Context
Menus
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The third party context menus
that appear when you right click on any Substation object have been seamlessly
integrated with the native power platform context menus, which has the
following benefits:
- Eliminates menu
conflicts that previously arose between the native platform menu and the third
party substation menu.
- Allows for user
customization
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Easily Move Multiple
Symbol Text Attributes
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You can now window select or use
<CTRL> and left click to select multiple symbol text attributes across
multiple symbols and move all the text at once using the standard Move command.
As an example, this is a convenient way to realign PLC function text where you
want all the text across multiple symbols to align in a column.
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