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    Draw Ladder

      Product(s): Promis.e, Bentley Substation
      Version(s): through 10.01.00.23
      Environment: N/A
      Area: Wiring Features
      Subarea: Draw Ladder

    Background

    The Draw Ladder tool is used to quickly draw ladders of wire, where multiple "rungs" are attached to common "rails" on each end of the rungs. The user specifies rung spacing then clicks on the page to specify opposite ends of the bounding box that will be filled by the ladder.

    Orientation

    The Electrical Standard determines the orientation of the ladder. The Electrical Standard is specified for the project in Options > Project Options > Standards.

    • ANSI-IEEE: rungs are horizontal, rails are vertical
    • IEC: rungs are vertical, rails are horizontal

    Spacing

    When the Draw Ladder tool is selected, a prompt will appear for entering the spacing between rungs.

    To start the Draw Ladder tool

    Bentley Substation CONNECT Edition

    • Select 2D Design ribbon tab > Wiring group > Draw Ladder
    • Function key shortcut: F2 > D > WS
      • If the 2D Design ribbon tab is already the active tab: F3 > WS
    • Space bar shortcut: SPACE > 7 (Wiring group) > S (Draw Ladder)

    V8i SELECTseries 5 through 8

    • From the Tasks or ribbon area, select Design > *Wiring  > Draw Ladder
    • Key-in:  ECAD EXEC INSERTLADDER
    • Key-in for promis.e for AutoCAD: ECAD_EXEC_INSERTLADDER

    V8i through SELECTseries 4

    • From the Tasks or ribbon area, select Schematic Design > *Wiring  > Draw Ladder
    • Key-in:  ECAD EXEC INSERTLADDER
    • Key-in for promis.e for AutoCAD: ECAD_EXEC_INSERTLADDER

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    • Select Wiring  > Draw Ladder

    For more information

    See the Draw Ladder section in Help.

    Alternatively, for Bentley Substation CONNECT Edition, see the Draw Ladder section of online Help for Bentley Substation available from Bentley Product Documentation.

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