• Hevacomp Electrical systems - Twin and earth cable for 3phase

    Hi, I am working on a project where a contractor has used 2No 4mm twin and earth cables to feed a 32A TP&N 5pin socket. I need to run a cable calc to reflect his installtion. Is it possible, using Hevacomp Connect, to run a cable calc based on the…

  • Changes for the 18th Edition

    Product(s): Electrical designer - Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Information The 18th Edition of BS:7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations comes…

  • Hevacomp Connect, Changing the print order of reports

    Morning All, Apologies if this is an obvious question, or a question that has been asked many times. I'm looking to print off a series of reports for multiple distribution boards I have in a project. Unfortunately I can only seem to get them to print…

  • Large loss of PSCC across first leg of circuit from Transformer to Main switchboard

    Afternoon all I hope someone can shed some light on what i think is a problem with hevacomp connect, i am currently working on a large project and at the transformer, we have a fault current of 24kA but 10m upstream we have a fault current of 7.9kA…

  • Short circuit fault current and current limiting devices

    Product(s): Hevacomp Electrical Designer - Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem As part of the cable sizing calculation, short circuit fault currents…

  • Run Time Error 6 when placing notes

    Product(s): Electrical Design - Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem When attempting to place annotation on a Connect schematic, a Run Time Error 6…

  • 4-core cable unavailable for single phase way

    Product(s): Electrical Designer - Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem In some instances, you may wish to select a 3 or 4-core cable for a single phase…

  • Calculation Progress dialog vanishes after calculation is run

    Product(s): Connect Electrical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem When calculating, the calculation progress dialog vanishes when calculation is…

  • The I²t is not what I expected

    Product(s): Hevacomp Electrical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem During the Connect calculation, I²t is derived for checking short circuit faults…

  • RE: Connect - poorly aligned text on plots

    Hi Andreas, I can confirm that the original issue was resolved in Hevacomp v26 , however there is a slight misalignment of Board names in some instances. This only applies to PDF's, so a workaround is to export to DXF (File>Export DXF), in which all…

  • Defining a customised supply point

    Product(s): Hevacomp Electrical Designer Version(s): V8i (version number) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview Bentley Hevacomp Connect provides a number of standard settings for…

  • Multiple conductors in parallel

    I am drawing an installation which has several cable runs where multiple cables are connected in parallel. e.g. 2 x 185mm single core AWA per pole, or 2 x 95mm 4 core SWA. Please can you advise the recommended way to represent these in Connect?

  • How to implement power factors

    Product(s): Bentley Hevacomp Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview Power factor calculations are very complicated and have an effect on all other aspects…

  • Runtime Error 76 after editing Cable Data

    Product(s): Hevacomp Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem A Runtime Error 76 initially occurs when attempting to add a new cable type ( 17th Edition…

  • Hevacomp General Information

    We recommend bookmarking this page for easy access Hevacomp final version is V8i SS1 SP10 (V8i SS1 CP3 (06/16)) Should you require assistance installing, please post any queries in the forum

  • Connect Reports only show headers and footers

    Product(s): Hevacomp Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview When viewing or printing reports in the Connect program, the main body of the report appears…

  • Connect - Hevacomp Electrical Designer

    17th Edition Electrical Design

  • RE: cable calcs

    Hello Ian Further to my colleagues reply, there are a number of standard LSF cables in the software (highlighted in red), both for single and three phase application - The characteristics of these cables are taken directly from BS 7671. There are also…

  • Setting the project title in Connect

    Product(s): Hevacomp Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem The project title is not being set correctly. Solution The reports won't reflect a new…

  • How do I set up Spare Capacity for a board?

    Product(s): <Product name to go in here> Version(s): V8i (version number) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem The Spare Capacity fields are greyed out when board data is edited…

  • Underground cables appear to be undersized

    Product(s): Hevacomp Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem Underground cables appear to be undersized when the calculation is run Solution You should…

  • Excessive Volt drops are not being reported

    Product(s): Hevacomp Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem When the system is calculated, expected large volt drops are not being reported Solution…

  • Fault Current values for Special Supply type

    Product(s): Hevacomp Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview When specifying a special Supply type, you are required to enter a fault current. Method…

  • How to rename a board or busbar

    Product(s): Hevacomp Connect Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview You may wish to rename a board or busbar in your schematic. Method Right click on the…

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