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DeepEdit Utilities
There are several tools in DeepEdit with which the user should be familiar in order to facilitate the GUI usage. Among them are: Zoom tool (Magnification), Search and the General View tool. These tools will be reviewed in this section.
Zoom
This tool can be displayed selecting from the View menu.
Figure 37. Zoom tool window control
When the user selects the zoom tool, the Zoom Control window that has a sliding bar appears. This bar allows user to decrease or increase the level of zoom, moving the slider left or right, respectively. This tool is useful to avoid connection errors between the end of a line and a pin of a bar.
The zoom tool can be used, alternatively, without the need to open the Zoom Control window, using the "wheel" of the mouse (scroll button). To increase the level of magnification simply turn the mouse wheel forward in the sector of the schematic where you need to see a higher level of detail. To decrease the level of zoom, user can turn the mouse wheel in the opposite direction in the sector of the schematic that requires a lower level of detail.
Finally, the latest version of the Deep-Editor incorporates a "Slider" type zoom control in the editor's status bar.
Overview
The Overview tool can be used at its minimum level to obtain a “farther” view of the entire schematic diagram (if it is small enough). This tool can be displayed by accessing the “Overview Display” selection in the View menu. This makes the DeepEdit Overview System window appear, like the one shown in Figure 38, with a total view of the schematic diagram. The rectangle of red edges, which appears in the figure, represents the portion of the schematic diagram that the Network Editor is showing in the DeepEdit window. Any modification to the schematic diagram in the Network Editor will be reflected in the General View after clicking on the Refresh button, or the Redraw function in the View menu is chosen, or the Ctrl + R keys are pressed simultaneously. The latest version of DeepEdit has a special section with the overview in the Object viewer section under the Overview tab. A minimalistic version of the overview can be constantly be displayed while working on the schematic. |
Figure 38. Overview window. |
Time Horizon Control
Another useful tool is the control of the horizon time. This tool can be displayed using the “Time Control” selection in the “Analysis Tools” menu.
Figure 39. Time Horizon Control tool
The Time Control window allows users to control the instant (photo) in which the schematic diagram is displayed and the period for which the electrical network will be considered for static simulation tools. The current time can be identified in the upper right corner of the Deep-Editor window, as shown in Figure 39. The Time Control window has two sliding bars. The upper bar allows user to control the current year, and the lower bar allows user to control the current month.
This tool is useful for showing in the schematic diagram the elements that are in the expansion plan (or resource panning). Projects will automatically appear in schematic window when the selected date is greater or equal to the entry date of components.
Name Search
This is a useful tool to find an element in the current schematic. Specially for those components that is not well known in which network sector they are located. However, if the name is known, the search Name tool will “navigate” the current view to focus on the first most close match.
| User must write the name in the box and press the OK button. If the element exists, the program “moves” the view of the Network Editor until the desired element is positioned in the upper left corner. If the element does not exist, the program will show an error message |
Figure 40. Search by name tool |
Show Connections
User can use the View Connections function from the View menu in order to verify that the schematic diagram has no connection errors. The program changes the colors of the schematic components according to the condition of its connection, following the color code shown in Figure 41.
Figure 41. Connection color code |
Figure 42. Connection Visualization Window |
The correctly connected elements are shown in dark gray. The open-end elements (one side opened) are highlighted in yellow, and the non-connected (isolated) elements are displayed in red. The orange highlights elements with more than 1 component connected to the same busbar pin (which can create conflicts in some simulation tools). Figure 43 shows an example of a schematic diagram with connection errors.
Figure 43. Schematic with connection warnings
It is highly recommended to always verify connections before running the simulation tools!
The Statistics report is automatically executed with the View Connections tool. This report provides information of the current schematic diagram, which displays most basic information, summary system information and even elements with repeated names.
Figure 44. Static summary report
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