Treesoft CAD Distribution Plan Wizard

In Treesoft CAD, you work on a project-by-project basis. After selecting an existing project or creating a new one, the software automatically saves all related drawing files—such as electrical installation plans, distribution panel diagrams, bills of materials, etc.—in the corresponding project directory.

• Open the project and switch to the CAD tab in the document window. If you have just created the project, double-click “Create CAD Document Directory.”
• To create a new distribution plan, double-click; the Distribution Plan Wizard will open and create a new distribution plan configuration.

After launching the Distribution Plan Wizard, you’ll see the Distribution Plan Editor at the bottom of the screen. It provides powerful features for creating and editing distribution plan configurations, such as creating new subprojects.

The distribution plan editor inserts current paths into the selected sub-distribution according to the settings you have specified and automatically increments the circuit and position numbers for the individual outputs.

Use the selection to define the configuration and connection of the individual outputs. The settings you specify always apply to the output selected in the list.

The Distribution Plan Wizard allows you to save the configuration you have set up in the Distribution Plan Editor so that you can reload it at a later time. The software saves the configuration in the corresponding project directory.

Based on the configuration created in the distribution plan editor, the distribution plan wizard generates the corresponding distribution plan in either a single-pole or all-pole representation. The creation of distribution plans can be customized to meet your specific operational requirements using a wide range of settings.

To create the distribution plan, click the “Generate” button in the distribution plan editor. The software will switch from the distribution plan wizard to the schematic wizard and create the distribution plan based on the configuration you previously set up. In the Schematic Wizard, you can also manually edit and/or supplement the automatically generated distribution plan as needed.

You can reopen the Distribution Plan Wizard either directly from the wizard selection ([F3] key) or via the “Main Circuits” menu using the “Edit Distribution Plans” command.

Open the Distribution Plan Wizard and launch the Distribution Plan Editor. In the Options dialog, click the “Displays” button. Here, you can customize the display of the current paths and switch between single-pole and all-pole (i.e., resolved) views.

If you have changed the display, you’ll need to regenerate the distribution plan. To create a new file, select the “New File” option and enter a brief descriptive text in the “Comment” field.

When creating a distribution plan manually by drawing it out, making changes—such as adding another outlet—can be quite time-consuming. However, with the Distribution Plan Wizard, this can be done easily.

Because the distribution plan is edited in list form, it’s very easy and quick to insert an outbound shipment, for example. The subsequent outbound shipments are automatically “shifted” accordingly, and the distribution plan is adjusted as needed. When the distribution plan is subsequently regenerated, the Distribution Plan Wizard automatically applies the changes made. It really doesn’t get any easier than this!

Of course, you can also manually edit, supplement, and analyze the distribution plan generated automatically by the Distribution Plan Wizard. This is done in the Schematic Wizard. Please note, however, that any manual changes or additions made to a distribution plan would be lost if you overwrite the existing file when subsequently regenerating the plan using the Distribution Plan Wizard. By default, however, the software always creates a new file—for example, vtpa1002.zng—when generating a distribution plan.