Power Tool SKM 7.0.4.0 Component Referencing...

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pas1lus

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Hi guys,

I make a project in SKM Power Tool and I made a lot of one-line schematics and I want to know if there are a way to do report, or something like that, to know in which page every components are used or drawn?

The reason of my question is because, when you make a project for a client and the client see something about a component, he would like to know where this component is drawn or used

Do you thing that SKM can do that?

Pascal!!
 
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You can produce a datablock report from each oneline that indicates the associated attributes (depending on the datablock chosen) from the components used on that oneline.
 
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ron said:
You can produce a datablock report from each oneline that indicates the associated attributes (depending on the datablock chosen) from the components used on that oneline.
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Possibly, if the format is importable, you could then run that report through a spreadsheet or database engine to form an index which takes you from the component type to the list of one lines on which it occurs.
If not, the report would still be easier to scan than the one lines themselves.
 
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I have an issue with my version of SKM, and it makes it hard for me to do reports. So I cannot help you there. But here is a bit of advice I would give anybody who uses this program.

When you add a new panel to the model, what you are adding is a bus, and SKM automatically gives it a name along the lines of “BUS0001.” When you add a breaker, it is given a name along the lines of “PD0001.” When you add a conductor, it is given a name along the lines of “CBL0001.” Then, when you create a report, you will have no way to easily relate which SKM name is connected to which component from the one-line.

My solution is as follows:

  • Let’s say I just added a breaker to a distribution panel, a downstream panel (bus), and the conductor between them.
  • I immediately change the SKM assigned name of the new panel (bus) to exactly match the name that appears on the one-line.
  • Then I double click that same name, copy the text, and hit “OK.”
  • I double click on the breaker, and change its name by first typing “FB-” and then hitting “Control V.” What this does is give the breaker the name that clearly identifies it as being the “Feeder Breaker to Panel XXX,” and it does it without risking my typing the name of the panel incorrectly (thus the copy and paste actions).
  • I do the same for the conductor, by first typing “F-” and then hitting “Control V.” This identifies this conductor as being the “Feeder to Panel XXX.”
  • Other names I use include,
    • “PF” for the primary feeder to a transformer,
    • “SF” for the secondary feeder from a transformer,
    • “MB” for a panel’s main breaker,
    • “NF” for the normal feeder to a transfer switch,
    • “BF” (or “EF,” if you prefer) for the backup (or emergency) feeder to a transfer switch,
    • “NFB” for the normal feeder breaker to a transfer switch, and
    • “BFB” for the backup feeder breaker to a transfer switch.

Creating the SKM model using a naming convention of this nature (feel free to invent your own) will make it possible, even easy, to understand what the reports and printouts are telling you.
 
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