Hello and welcome to the video tutorial on
Building switchboard with EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody.
EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody, is a perfect switchboard aid design software.
Discover how quick an optimum switchboard design is built with
EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody.
All you need to do is check if the list of devices are drawn for the switchboard,
electrical connections have been defined between them,
and then start building the switchboard design.
This video gives an insight on how to:
Install products using automatic design
The basics of Workbench
Install products using step by step design
Create and choose pre-saved configurations, and use drawing tools
The installation of devices in the switchboard can be done using:
Automatic guided design approach, and Step by step guided design approach.
Before we get into these details,
let’s take a quick view of design mode and front view sub-tabs.
When aided design mode is selected,
EcoStruxure Power Build - Rapsody offers a choice of wall-mounted and
floor-standing enclosures suitable to mount products.
From the design mode sub-tab, choose the solution as per the requirement
and software automatically mounts component.
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determines assembly and connection accessories,
installs them in the chosen enclosure,
and displays the result in the graphic area of the Front view sub-tab.
Complete the switchboard by installing additional products,
closing empty spaces by plain front plates or by adding panels,
legends and dimensions.
Automatic design is a quick approach to install products within the switchboard.
Just choose the current design mode as Aided design
and then click Validate design mode.
EcoStruxure Power Build - Rapsody generates the search results.
It offers a choice of enclosure suitable to mount the products.
To extend the search to other ranges,
select the box Switch to All ranges and then validate the design mode.
Here are the search results with multiple options for the enclosures,
suitable to mount the products from the product list.
The bottom section displays the Switchboard characteristics
and Proposal characteristics.
To view more details, click the More info button.
Choose the switchboard solution and then click Automatic switchboard design.
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determines assembly and connection accessories,
installs products in the chosen enclosure and
displays the result in the Front view sub - tab.
Let’s understand some basics of workbench.
The Workbench section presents the products that are not yet installed.
Products are divided into different sections and are represented by icons.
Let’s view an example.
The Devices section contains the devices and device groups
not mounted on installation systems.
The Terminals section contains the connection terminals.
The Mounted devices contains
devices or device groups mounted on these installation systems.
Accessories will not be mounted in this section.
The Enclosures section contains the wall-mounted and,
floor-standing enclosures and the ducts.
The Distribution blocks section contains bus bars and distribution blocks
not included in a device group or attached to an installation system.
The Accessories section contains the accessories,
which have no graphic representation and do not appear in the switchboard drawing.
Now that you are familiar with workbench basics,
let’s install products using step by step design approach.
Access the Design mode tab and click the Step by step design option.
EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody will show the Front view tab,
where the Step by step design tools floating menu appears.
Use this menu to carry out the various switchboard assembly steps.
Begin by selecting mount devices option. Next, Select Switchboard Architecture.
Choose the mounting support option.
It shows the Switchboard design possibilities window.
Here are the options to mount switchboard devices.
Note that these solutions are as
per the electrical characteristics of the switchboard and its devices.
Next, select the suitable solution.
Observe that the enclosure is added to the products list in the Workbench.
Now, choose Install Enclosures from the menu.
The enclosure appears in the graphic area.
Select Install Functional units and Terminals.
The software determines the assembly and connection accessories
and installs products in the enclosure.
The devices in the switchboard are placed
in the order defined in the Electrical organisation tab.
Devices are arranged based on the assembly parameters
and connection parameters that are chosen.
The graphic area shows the switchboard front face.
You can also revert back to the last set of changes
made in the Front view tab by the user.
The graphic area displays how various switchboard components are assembled
and in which view the front view drawing appear.
For instance, this shows the Doors view, front plates view, the devices view,
the mounting plates view, and enclosures view.
Note that only one page is displayed at a time,
however you can switch between the pages.
The Selection properties section lists the characteristics of products selected in the
Front view drawing or in the Workbench.
Let’s view how to create and choose pre-saved configurations.
A pre-saved configuration is a configuration that can be saved for future use,
either in the same project or in a different one.
One can import or export these pre-saved configurations and reuse in other projects.
A pre-saved configuration can be created from the Workbench
or from the graphic area of the Front view tab.
You can also select a pre-saved configuration that has been created earlier.
Here, we will select the pre-saved configuration.
Choose the assembly and then click Add.
The selected assembly appears in the graphic area.
Let’s view how to create and choose pre-saved configurations.
The graphic tool palette allows you to complete the front view drawing.
Use these tools to modify objects.
For instance, you can modify the door or device orientation.
This section of the graphic palette allows you to draw geometrical shapes such as
circles, rectangles, polygons.
Use these tools to annotate the drawing. You can add legend text and dimensions.
You can even change the object formatting and sheet model with these drawing tools.
This concludes the video on
Building switchboard with EcoStruxure Power Build – Rapsody.
In this video we saw how to: Install products using automatic design
The basics of Workbench, Install products using step by step design
Create and choose pre-saved configurations, and use drawing tools