Simulator 16 User Guide - PowerWorld

Determine Path Distances to Buses: Opens the Determine Patch Distances from Buses or Group
Dialog.
Determine Shortest Path Between: Opens the Determine Shortest Path Between Dialog.
Find Circulating MW or Mvar Flows: Opens the Mvar and MW Flow Cycle Dialog.
Facility Analysis: Open the Facility Analysis Dialog.
Branches that Create Islands: Opens the Branches that Create Islands Dialog.
Other Menu
The Other Menu contains other miscellaneous features.
Governor Power Flow: Opens the Governor Power Flow Dialog.
Set Generator Part. Factors: Opens the Set Generator Participation Factors Dialog
Set Selected Field for Network Cut: Opens the Set Selected Field for Network Cut Dialog
Set Selected From Selection: When a selection is chosen in Edit Mode, click this to set the
Selected? field to YES for that selection.
Create new Areas from Islands: When selected, Simulator will replace existing Area designations
of the buses in the case with new areas defined by the electrical islands existing in the case.
Charts Menu: The Charts menu is only available in Run Mode. It provides access to various charts
including the Area ACE Chart, Area Load and Generation Chart, Area Losses Chart, Area MW
Transactions Chart, and Area Average Cost Chart.
Browse PWB Header Files: When selected, Simulator will prompt you to specify a directory
containing PWB files for which you wish to preview the header (case description) text. Once the
directory has been specified, Simulator will obtain the case description for each PWB file in the
directory, and write them all into the Simulator message log.
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