Projects

Create a new project

Delete a project

Copy a project

Activate a project

Project settings

Project settings AutoCAD

Create a new project

• Click New.

• Enter a unique name and project number.

• Press Enter.

A new project has been added to the list.

The name of the project and project number are obligatory and must be unique.

The first created project will be activated automatically.

Delete a project

• Select a project.

• Click Delete.

• Click OK in the message dialog.

The selected project has been deleted permanently.

Only one project can be deleted at the same time.

If a project is in use by other users, you can still delete the project but Typical Manager will show you a extra warning. A project can also be in use by users who have not Typical Manager opened.

Copy a project

Instead of creating a new project from scratch, an existing project can also be copied.

• Select a project

• Press Copy.

• Give the project with a new unique name and project number.

• Press Enter.

The selected project has been copied.

Only one project can be copied at the same time

Activate a project

• Select a project

• Click Activate.

Only one project can be active at the same time.

Project settings

For each project you have to set Project settings. You can access the settings by right clicking a project and select ‘Settings’ or by clicking the button ‘Settings’. A new window will pop up. On the left hand of the new window you see a little tree. For each item in the three you can set some settings.

• General:

• language:
  Set the selected language for the project. The available languages are defined in the library under Language.

• Automatically generate tag id
  When selected a tag id is automatically generated when the Tag code is changed.

• Tag code format
  Set the selected tag code format that will be used to create tag code descriptions based on the tag code.
  When the selected tag code format is changed the tag code descriptions will be recreated.

• Tag structure formats
  Activate the tag structure format that will be used to create and or split the tag id based on the tag structure format

• Electrical:

Here you can choose which electrical location format you want to use for the selected project.

1. • AutoCAD:

See: Project Settings AutoCAD

1. • Eplan:

Here you have to specify a Project excel template. This file is needed for generating the Excel file. You can find this Excel template in your installation folder like: C:\Program Files (x86)\Yellax\Typical Manager 2.x\Templates. For Eplan, choose the ‘Typical.xlsm’ file in the EEC One folder corresponding to your version of EEC One.

• SEE Electrical:
  Here you have to specify a Project excel template. This file is needed for generating the Excel file. You can find this Excel template in your installation folder like: C:\Program Files (x86)\Yellax\Typical Manager 2.x\Templates. For SEE Electrical, choose the ‘SEE.xlsm’ file.

• Logical:
  Here you can choose which logical location format you want to use for the selected project.

• Scada:
  Here you can choose which scada location format you want to use for the selected project.

Notes:

1. The project language and library language can be set independent of each other.

See also:

Electrical Location Format

Organizing Electrical

Project settings AutoCAD

Project settings for AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical

1. • AutoCAD:

Here  it is possible to fill in directory’s and file’s when generating for AutoCAD (electrical).

• Project excel template: An Excel template file. This file is needed for generating the Excel file. You can find this Excel template in your installation folder like: C:\Program Files (x86)\Yellax\Typical Manager 2.x\Templates. For AutoCAD, choose the ‘Yellax.xlsm’ file.

• AutoCAD Electrical check box: If you don't check this check box, you are not able to select a project file and a template file. This is because you don't need this files if you generate to normal AutoCAD. For AutoCAD Electrical, you do need this files.

• Normal AutoCAD

• Project directory: The directory of you AutoCAD project. (Only used for normal AutoCAD)

• AutoCAD Electrical

• Project file: An AutoCAD electrical project file (.wdp). The directory of the project file is used as project directory.

• Template file: An AutoCAD electrical drawing template file (.dwt).

• Drawing properties

• Description 1

• Description 2

• Description 3

• Project code

• Installation code

• Location code

• Section

• Sub section.

Drawing properties can be used to fill the drawing properties of an AutoCAD electrical Drawing. these can be static, by inserting a text in the field, or these can be variable

by using the AutoCAD variable syntax (<%{VarName}> by default) a field will be fild with a system variable or if an attribute variable is given a attribute value.

Note:

• The System variable work best if a Template Typical is used. Attribute value will only work for attributes added to the Electrical Template.

The example above will/can result in the drawing properties shown below.