Schematic Editor menus and toolbar

This section describes the menus and toolbar commands available in Schematic Editor

This panel contains the most commonly used commands:

  • Create a new schematic diagram using the New schematic diagram wizard (Figure 1, Figure 2). The wizard allows you to easily create a new schematic diagram with hardware properties that match the HIL device in use. Hardware properties can be set either manually or can be directly obtained from the connected HIL device (by clicking on the Detect hardware settings button, Figure 1).
  • If you click on the Device Table button you can get more detailed information about features available in different firmware configurations.
Figure 1. Schematic diagram settings wizard
Figure 2. Summary
  • Open an existing schematic diagram
  • Save the schematic diagram
  • Save the schematic diagram as …
    Note: Schematic Editor automatically backs up all opened and modified schematic diagrams periodically. The backup file (with the .bak extension) is saved in the same location as the original file.
  • Undo an executed command
  • Redo an executed command
  • Cut the selected item(s)
  • Copy the selected item(s)
  • Paste items
  • Zoom In scene
  • Zoom Out scene
  • Zoom 1:1 (original zoom level)
  • Fit to view
  • Rotate 90’ CW selected component
  • Rotate 90’ CCW selected component
  • Flip the selected component horizontally
  • Flip the selected component vertically
  • Model initialization script, initialize model namespace
  • Model settings, opens model settings
  • Compile the schematic diagram
  • Compile and load the model into HIL SCADA
  • Start TyphoonSim
  • Stop TyphoonSim
  • TyphoonSim simulation time
  • Change perspective

    For more detailed explanation of available simulation perspectives, please read Simulation context definitions

The whole command set can be found in the relevant drop-down menus:

File menu
  • New - Create new model or library file
  • Open - Open schematic or library file
  • Open example model - Open schematic file, folder is going to be set to examples folder
  • Open recent - Open recently used models and libraries
  • Save - Save file
  • Save as - Save file with different name
  • Close – Close the currently active schematic diagram
  • Export library - Export a library as locked library file
  • Modify library paths – Edit libraries search paths
  • Reload libraries – Refresh Library Explorer, reload all libraries
  • Import PSIM Schematic – Import PSIM Schematic files
  • Export to PDF – Export the schematic diagram as a PDF file
  • Export to image – Export the schematic diagram as an image in various formats
  • Print – Print the schematic diagram
  • Quit - Exit Schematic Editor
Edit menu
  • Undo – Undo action
  • Redo – Redo action
  • Cut – Cut action
  • Copy – Copy action
  • Paste – Paste action
  • Select all items – Select all items in the scene
  • Delete – Delete the selected item(s)
  • Rotate 90° CW – Rotate selected items in clockwise direction.
  • Rotate 90° CCW – Rotate selected items in counter clockwise direction.
  • Horizontal flip – Flip selected items horizontally.
  • Horizontal flip with smart rewiring – Flip selected items horizontally while automatically adjusting the wiring connections.
  • Vertical flip – Flip selected items vertically.
  • Vertical flip with smart rewiring – Flip selected items vertically while automatically adjusting the wiring connections.
  • Remove connection/s routing points – Remove all explicitly created wire routing points for all wires in the schematic diagram. To remove wire routing points for a single wire, right-click on that wire and then remove wire/s routing points from the context menu.
  • Replace wires with connection tags – Removes selected wires and replaces them with connection tags.
  • Create subsystem from selection – Create a subsystem from the currently selected schematic elements.
  • Generate script from selection – Allows users to create an API script based on selected components within Schematic. The software generates a script that replicates the configuration and connections of those components.
  • Automatically connect selected items (step) – Allows users to select items in the Schematic and have them automatically connected.
  • Enable selected model items – Allows users to enable select items in the Schematic.
  • Disable selected model items – Allows users to disable select items in the Schematic.
  • Bypass component – Allows users to temporarily remove series-connected components from Schematic without deleting them. When a component is bypassed, it is effectively removed from the compilation, and a short-circuit is created between its terminals.
View menu
  • Zoom in - Zoom in action.
  • Zoom out - Zoom out action.
  • Zoom original - Allows users to reset the view of the Schematic to its original scale and position.
  • Best fit zoom - Allows users to automatically adjust the zoom level to fit the entire Schematic within the visible area of the window.
  • Toggle full screen/normal mode - Toggle between the full screen and the normal view mode, which is available only when Schematic Editor is started as standalone application.
  • Show/Hide docks – Enable or disable the selected dock.
  • Change perspective – Allows users to switch to different perspectives(Real-time, TyphoonSim or Integrated). For more information about perspectives, please refer to Simulation context definitions
Model menu
  • Model initialization – Shows a dialog where model level variables can be defined. These variables are visible throughout the model, so they can be used as values of properties. For example, a Resistor resistance value can be set to R_init (where R_init is defined at the model level using this dialog). In addition to variables, you can also add any valid Python code.
  • Mask Editor – When selecting a component, opens the Mask Editor dialog box.
  • Compile model – Compile the current schematic model.
  • Compile and (re)load model in HIL SCADA – Compile the current schematic model and load it into HIL SCADA.
  • C code export- Generate C code from a subset of a model.
  • Visualize model by – Provides additional information on model components based on the selected criteria.
  • Display Terminal Dimensions – Displays the number of dimensions corresponding to signal processing component input/output terminals.
  • Model information – Displays simulation-perspective-dependent information about the component. For more information, see Model information (F10) - Component level.
  • Model settings – Shows a dialog for changing schematic settings.
Windows menu
Windows menu – Contains a list of all schematic diagrams.
Help menu
About schematic editor - Shows the About dialog.