Simulator 16 User Guide - PowerWorld

Substation View Display
The Substation View Display feature is analogous to the Bus View Display.
Along the top of the substation view display resides a panel of controls. The buttons labeled Back and
Ahead allow you to step through the history of substations you have viewed thus far. Substation View
options are available from the Options menu. To find a substation using search tools, click on the
Search For button. The next two controls following the Substation label allow to specify a substation
name (in the first text box) or a number (in the second text box). If you type a number or name that
does not exist, the substation display will continue displaying the current substation.
Below this top panel sits the actual substation view display.
Just as with the bus view, it is useful to think of the substation view displays as nothing more than a
oneline diagram. In other words, you interact with the objects drawn on the substation view display in
the same way you work with objects on a more conventional Simulator oneline. Right-clicking on any
power system object will bring up that objects local menu, which includes a link to the object’s
associated information dialog. As on a conventional oneline diagram, flows on a substation view
display can be animated. Right-clicking on the substation view display’s background will generate the
same local menu as other oneline diagrams. The substation view can be generated using any of the
following methods:
Go to the Case Information ribbon tab, and click on the Substation View from the Views Ribbon
Group
Go to the Onelines ribbon tab,and click on the Substation View from the Views ribbon group.
Right click on the substation of interest on the oneline diagram to display the substation’s local
menu, and choose Substation View. The substation view display will open with the selected
substation already displayed.
From any of the case information displays that convey substation information, right click on a
record to bring up its local menu, and choose Substation View Oneline from the Substation
Records menu. The substation view display will open with the corresponding substation already
displayed.
Click the Substation View Button under the Records menu on the Case Information Toolbar.
To switch between the substation view and the main oneline, use the Window menu tree on the main
menu. To close the substation view display, simply close the form using the X button in the top right
corner of the substation view display.
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