Tutorial

SIMARIS project 6.0

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Software for determining the

space requirements and budget
for electric power distribution

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SIMARIS project Tutorial

Software for determining the

space requirements and budget
for electric power distribution

SIMARIS
Planning tools
SIMARIS project

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SIMARIS planning tools

The SIMARIS planning tools provide efficient support in dimensioning an electric power distribution
system and determining the equipment and distribution boards for it.

• SIMARIS design for network calculation and dimensioning

• SIMARIS project for determining the space requirements of distribution boards and the budget, and for
generating specifications (bills of quantities) as well as BIM data
• SIMARIS curves to display tripping characteristics, as well as cut-off current characteristics and
let-through energy curves
• SIMARIS Online Toolbox with small service tools for different purposes

The advantages of SIMARIS planning tools:

• Intuitive and easy handling with user-friendly documentation options for the planning results
• End-to-end planning for all devices and systems from the medium-voltage level to the power consumer
• Automatic selection of matching components and distribution board systems
• High degree of planning reliability plus flexibility in the planning and implementation process

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SIMARIS project

SIMARIS project allows to create a quick overview of the space requirements and budget for power
distribution inside buildings that covers medium-voltage switchgear, transformers, low-voltage switchboards
and busbar trunking systems, as well as distribution boards feeding final load circuits.

• Automatic system selection and placement based on the parameters that were entered
• Consideration of functional endurance for busbar systems for power transmission
• Convenient output options for project documentation, e.g. graphic views and specifications (bills of
quantities)
• Easy adaptation of the planning is possible, when things have been defined more precisely.
This is also true in cases where the building's use has been changed or systems were expanded.
• Complete plants can be saved as Favorites to be available for future, similar projects
• Import of a project created in SIMARIS design for further processing in SIMARIS project

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Software for determining the

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Start wizard

Workflow

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Start wizard

Learn here, how to create a project and get a quick overview of the workflow
from project definition to system planning and project output.
A well-structured start wizard, which is opened after every program start,
supports you in creating a project.
After program start you have the following options:
• Create a new project
• Import a transfer file from SIMARIS design
• Open an existing project
• Open the demo project

When you select "Create new project" and click "Next", you can then…

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Start wizard

… enter master data for the project …

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Start wizard

…decide on a file name and file location for the project…

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…and save the project by clicking "Finish".

This is how you complete the project creation step.

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Start wizard

You are then taken to the step "Project Definition

→ Create Project Structure",
where you can select items of equipment and now go right
into the planning stage (see section 3.1).

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Workflow

Clicking a program step on the navigation bar allows you to

go to another step and access associated substeps or see
different views of the system or switchgear cabinet you are
editing.

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Master data
As long as you haven't selected and specified any
switchgear, you can only view the project and
master data as well as the localisation settings
here you entered/selected by clicking
Customer data "A Project Data".

Please do check your country selection in the

localisation settings before you start editing a
project, since the selection made concerning the
country will effect a matching product portfolio to
be used for the creation of your switchgear and
Regional distribution systems.
settings

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Workflow

Besides the project data, you will also find an

interactive view of a building with schematic
representations of all product groups relevant for
electric power distribution in industrial buildings and
infrastructure projects in this program step.

A click on a product group you are interested in takes

you immediately to the associated web pages, where
you can access more detailed information about that
product group.

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Software for determining the

space requirements and budget
for electric power distribution
Creating the project structure
Transformer
Low-voltage switchboard
> Master data and system properties
> Device list (for distribution board)
> Front view
Busbar trunking system
Tips and tricks for system planning
> Copying a system
> Favorites library
> Project import from SIMARIS design

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Creating the project structure

As a rule, the project structure is created in

the Project Definition step.
• To do so, first select the system type you
need from the systems library (highlighted
Systems library Project tree in grey) and add it to the project tree on
the right with a double click or with
drag&drop.

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Creating the project structure

• Information about how to use the Favorites shown

at the bottom left below the systems library can be
found in section 3.5.2.

Favourites

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• As soon as you have selected a system/device in

the project tree, its system data are displayed
below the project tree.

system data

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Creating the project structure – example medium-voltage switchgear

• Depending on the selected system

type, windows are opened one by
one where you can specify this
system type. Here this is exemplified
for a medium-voltage switchgear
type.

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Creating the project structure – example medium-voltage switchgear

• When you fill in all data required, you are taken to

the System Planning step for this system type,
after you have completed its specification clicking
"Finish". There you can configure plants in detail.

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Creating the project structure – example medium-voltage switchgear

• At the System Planning step for this

sytem type you can configure plants in
detail.

Tip:

You can build panel blocks for the

system type 8DJH / 8DJH36 via the
symbol on the right above or via right-
click

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Creating the project structure

• In System Planning you will find the

system-specific library on the left, from
which you can select the required project
components from component templates.
System-dependent These components can then be dragged
configuration area as and dropped onto the configuration area on
• graphics
• list the right.
System-specific
library

Technical data

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• In the configuration area, the selected

components are displayed graphically or in
list form depending on the system type and
settings you selected. This is exemplified in
System-dependent the following sections for transformers,
configuration area as
• graphics low-voltage switchboards and busbar
• list trunking systems.
System-specific • Previously selected or default technical
library data for the system are shown below the
configuration area and can be changed
Technical data
there.

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Creating the project structure

If you click through the system specification windows

without having completed all data, which is indicated
by orange rhombuses next to the input boxes, you
remain in the Project Definition step and can create
more systems in the project tree, for example.
The incompletely specified system is then identified
by an orange rhombus in the Project Definition.
This symbol is used throughout the program to
indicate missing data.

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Creating the project structure

If you want to complete the system specification at a

later stage, you can always call up the specification
dialog again by double-clicking the system in the
Project Tree.

Project tree

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Transformer

Transformers can be added to the project

tree in the same way,
• either by double-clicking "Transformers" in
the systems library,
• or by dragging them from the systems
Systems library
library to the project tree (drag & drop).
Project tree

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This action opens the specification

dialog for transformers.

• At first, select the transformer type

required for your project,
• then enter system-specific master
data, e.g. the product name...

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Transformer

• and finally specify its technical data

(system properties).

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• Clicking "Finish" completes system creation and

you are taken to the System Planning step.

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Here you can select more transformers of the

same type from the Library on the left and
add them to the system with a double-click or
with drag & drop.
In case you should need several identical
System-dependent transformers, you could also enter the
System-specific
library configuration area as
• graphics required quantity
• list • right into the list at the top right,
• or select the respective transformer and
enter the required quantity under the
Properties Properties listed below.

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Transformer

In addition, you can enter project-specific

designations for individual systems in the
Properties section (bottom right)
• (Name field)
• and modify some technical data.
System-dependent
System-specific configuration area as This means that you can also modify
library graphics
list technical data as may be required in the
process of planning.

Properties

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Low-voltage switchboard – master data and system properties

Here, we will demonstrate how to create a configured low-voltage

switchboard with SIMARIS project, since this procedure is similar,
but less complex for distribution boards feeding final load circuits,
for example.

First, add a low-voltage switchboard to the project tree

(see "Project Definition" step)
• by double-clicking the "Low-voltage switchboard" in the
systems library,
• or by dragging it from the systems library onto the project tree.

A dialog is now displayed for system specification.

Here you can select the type of LV-switchgear required for your
project.

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Low-voltage switchboard – master data and system properties

In the following window you can enter the master data

for the system, e.g. its name.

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Then specify the system properties, such as

• rated current
• rated voltage
• arc resistance level
• etc.

If it turns out in the planning process that system

properties need to be changed owing to more detailed
planning decisions or changes in requirements, it is
easily possible to modify system properties during the
next planning stages.

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Low-voltage switchboard – master data and system properties

• If specifications are still missing (indicated by

orange rhombuses) you will stay in the
"Project Definition" step after clicking "Finish" and
can complete the specification at a later stage by
double-clicking the system to be specified in the
project tree.

The specification dialog is then displayed again.

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Low-voltage switchboard – master data and system properties

• Having completed specifying all system properties,

you will be taken to the "System Planning" step
→ "Device List" view,
as soon as you click "Finish".

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Low-voltage switchboard – device list (for distribution board)

Having the defined the system properties for the

distribution board, you can then create the
Device List in the next step, here exemplified for an
S8 low-voltage switchboard.

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Low-voltage switchboard – device list (for distribution board)

Quantity Infeed / Coupling Feeder

The Library provides devices matching

the specified system for selection.
• The first item to be added to the device
list must always be an infeed.
• Add more items by dragging them from
the library into the device list (keep left
mouse button pressed).
The selected devices are automatically
sorted into the corresponding
"Infeed/Coupling" or "Feeder" column.
Library
• Alternatively, you can also insert an
item into the right column by double-
clicking it.

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Low-voltage switchboard – device list (for distribution board)

• The symbol in the 3rd list column as well as the device's

assignment to the proper column indicates whether it is an infeed
(i.e. power source), coupling or a feeder.
• As soon as you have included a feeder in the device list, you can
enter/change the required feeder quantity in the left column.
• Cut, copy, paste or delete actions of individual components in the
device list can be easily and quickly performed using the right
mouse button
(context menu).

As your project requires, you can create any number of infeeds,

couplings and feeders.

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Low-voltage switchboard – device list (for distribution board)

Add frequency converters

• Drag one of the devices listed in section
01_Without fuses or 02_With fuses to the desired
position in the device list for distribution boards
(double click or left mouse button pressed).

• Select the frequency converter type by editing the

fields marked with .

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Low-voltage switchboard – front view

Clicking the step "Front View" on the navigation bar

automatically creates the front view of the distribution
board from the components contained in the device
list and the dimensions of the required cubicles are
automatically determined.

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Low-voltage switchboard – front view

At first, you must decide whether you want to keep

the front view that you may have created earlier on,
or whether you want to create a new front view.

Attention:
If you create a new front view, the previous
one, which you may have already edited,
will be irreversibly deleted.

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Low-voltage switchboard – front view

In another intermediate step, you may determine the

necessary space reserve per cubicle.

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As a result, you will see the automatically built

front view of your overall system based on your
specifications.

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Low-voltage switchboard – front view

In the front view, you have various editing options to

adapt the system to your project requirements.

Editing complete panels

• You can move entire panels around by selecting the
whole panel
(→ aquamarine coloured frame) and move it
around the graphics window keeping the left mouse
button pressed.

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• To cut, copy and delete panels, please use the

context menu (right mouse button).
Again, the desired panel must be selected.

• As a rule, panels are pasted (also click the right

mouse button) at the end of the cabinet row, so that
the final position of the added switchgear cabinet
can be determined by moving it around afterwards.

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Zoom function for clear and easy editing

• To edit withdrawable device units, and in particular to edit components, it is possible to zoom parts of the
graphics.
To do so, the corresponding function icon is enabled on the tool bar. Then, the area to be enlarged on the
graphics window is marked with the cursor (left mouse button pressed) by zooming up a suitably sized
rectangle. Immediately after you release the mouse button, this graphics area will be shown enlarged.

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• In order to be able to move around easily in the

entire graphics window, i.e. to view and edit other
areas in detail as well, you can enable an overview
icon on the tool bar at the top right.
• This overview is popped up at the top right part of
the graphics area in form of a little window and
shows a miniature view of the overall image and
the currently displayed cut-out by a transparent
grey-blue rectangle.
• This rectangle can now be moved over the
graphics miniature, keeping the left mouse button
pressed; the cut-out shown in the main graphics
window is adapted according to the rectangle
position.

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Low-voltage switchboard – front view

Editing withdrawable device units and components

Similar to the procedure of editing cubicles, entire withdrawable device units or components can be
moved around in the graphics window, or copied, cut out, pasted, or deleted to match panel
building to project requirements.
But this is only possible if additional space is left in the distribution board
• to accommodate withdrawable units or fixed-mounted devices elsewhere.
• This applies to the space inside the withdrawable unit required for placing devices, too.

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Low-voltage switchboard – front view

If you want to move a withdrawable or fixed-mounted

unit to another distribution board, this is only possible
if the two boards are of the same type. Panels must
be of the following design types, for example:
• in-line design
• universal mounting design
• fixed-mounted design with compartment door
• fixed-mounted design with front cover
• withdrawable unit design
It is also possible to move around devices inside the
mounting kit or into another mounting kit.

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Adding empty cubicles and corner cubicles

• Another editing option is adding empty cubicles and
corner cubicles to the graphics.

• Drag one of the cubicles listed in

section 05_Single Cubicle to the desired position
in the graphics window (left mouse button pressed).
As soon as you release the left mouse button, the
cubicle is automatically inserted into the graphics.

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Low-voltage switchboard – front view

Adding frequency converters

• Option 1:
• Drag one of the fields listed in section 01_Cubicles to the
desired position in the graphics window (double click or
left mouse button pressed).
• Drag one of the built-in units listed in section
02_Frequency converter to the desired position in the
field (double click or left mouse button pressed).

• Option 2:
• Drag one of the cubicle devices listed in
section 02_Cabinet units… to the desired position in the
graphics window (double click or left mouse button
pressed).

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Adapting technical cubicle data

Below the graphics window, the technical data
• of the whole system is displayed, as long as no cubicle or withdrawable unit is marked in the graphics.

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• of the cubicle, if a cubicle is marked in the graphics window,

• of the withdrawable unit, if a unit is marked in the graphics window,

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Low-voltage switchboard – front view

Here, you can change the specification of those data

input boxes highlighted in white. No changes can be
made in the input boxes that are greyed out.

Similar editing functions as demonstrated in this

section for
→ Low-voltage switchboards
are available in the front views of
→ Medium-voltage switchgear and
→ Distribution boards.

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Busbar trunking system

Busbar trunking systems can also be added to the

project tree,
• either by double-clicking "busbar trunking system"
in the systems library,
• or by dragging them from the systems library to the
project tree (drag & drop).

This action opens the specification dialog for busbar

trunking systems, where you can first select the
system type.

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Then you can enter the master data for the

busbar trunking system.

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Then you can select

• the conductor material
• the conductor configuration
• as well as the required functional endurance class.

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And afterwards, more busbar features can be

selected, i.e.
• degree of protection
• and the rated current.

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As long as you haven't completed specifying all missing features, you will stay in the
"Project Definition" step. You can open the specification dialog again at any time by double-
clicking the system.
Only after all of the required data have been specified, you are taken to the
"System Planning" step.
In the component list for the configured busbar trunking system, which is displayed there, you can
then specify the number of
• tap-off points
• cable feeders
• distribution board connection units
• 90° directional change components
and enter the quantities into the component list, as your project requires.

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The busbar length, which was initially set to a default

value of 100 m, can be modified as follows:
• in the specification dialog for the busbar,
• or later in the Component List
(top right) or in the Properties section (bottom).

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Additionally, you can add more items to the

Component List
• by double-clicking the item in the template tree
• or with drag & drop

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When adding tap-off units,

• their properties must be specified in the Properties
section displayed below the Component List
• and the required quantity must be entered in the
right column of the Component List complying to
the specification of identical tap-off units.

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When entire busbar lines are added, their properties

must be specified in a similar way.
But a maximum of one busbar line only, belonging to
the same system (here: LD) as the busbar line
specified before, can be added.

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Tip:
Inside the component list, you can also benefit from the
copy function integrated in the
context menu (right mouse button) to
duplicate components (e.g. tap-off units) or
entire busbar lines quickly and easily and edit them
afterwards, if required.
But always keep technical feasibility in mind!

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Tips and tricks for system planning

In the following, you will find some tips and tricks that ease the work with
SIMARIS project and make it even more efficient, such as
• copying entire systems/plants
• saving typicals as Favorites to reuse them in a new project
• importing a complete network designed in SIMARIS design 9 professional to configure the
switchgear cabinets and other components in SIMARIS project which are required for project
implementation.

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Tips and tricks for system planning – copying a system

You can easily duplicate systems in the project tree you edited in the "Project Definition" step:
• right mouse button → Copy
• right mouse button → Paste

The copied system can then be modified as required in the "System Planning“ step.
In many cases, this option saves a lot of time, since similar systems can be easily and quickly created without
entering basic data again and again.

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Tips and tricks for system planning – copying a system

According to the project structure, systems can be moved in the

project tree with drag & drop.
In the Subproject data displayed below the project tree, you can also
rename copied systems.

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Tips and tricks for system planning – favorites library

To make your work with SIMARIS project even more

effective, you can store completely planned systems
in the Favorites library for similar projects and reuse
them when editing new projects that require similar
systems.
Systems are saved as Favorites and integrated into
new projects with drag & drop, as shown by the red
arrows in the graphics.

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Tips and tricks for system planning – favorites library

The icon can be used to set the file path of the

Favorites library currently to be applied.
This means that you can create several Favorites
libraries to suit different planning purposes, which you
can save in different folders and reintegrate them into
SIMARIS project, as required.

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Tips and tricks for system planning – favorites library

• If you want to modify your filing structure, e.g.

• move systems from one library to another
• or rename Favorites,
you can do this directly in the directory structure of the storage medium (e.g. hard disk).
However, you must then update the file path of the currently linked Favorites library in
SIMARIS project using the icon.
• This way, you can gradually build up your own Favorites while editing various projects, which you
can rely on when you start editing new projects.
• Of course, it is always possible to edit systems copied from the Favorites library in
SIMARIS project to adapt these systems to specific project requirements.

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Tips and tricks for system planning – project import from SIMARIS design

You can export a network diagram designed in

SIMARIS design in the .sx file format, thus create a
transfer file.

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This file can then be imported into SIMARIS project using the
Project menu
→ "Import from SIMARIS design".

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To do so, you must first choose the file location. Then, components are imported.

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During import you may be prompted to perform some

adjustments, so that you should compare results
displayed in SIMARIS project with the data compiled
in SIMARIS design to rule out unexpected alterations.

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The import result is an automatically built project

structure, i.e. all systems are automatically
configured.
The often time-consuming selection of components
and busbar trunking systems in SIMARIS project can
be omitted, since devices/systems are directly taken
over from the network design process in
SIMARIS design.
Of course, you can always post-edit every system in
SIMARIS project afterwards.

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Attention:
• Depending on spatial conditions, you may still have to add such geometrical elements as
directional change components for busbar trunking systems.
• If components were manually edited in SIMARIS design, it may happen occasionally that they are
not identified in SIMARIS project. Those components are automatically sorted into the
"Unidentified components" folder in the Project Tree so that you can substitute them manually
with appropriate devices.

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Software for determining the

space requirements and budget
for electric power distribution

Budget
> Budget on Demand
> Budget Summary

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• In order to obtain a specific budget outline for the project you are planning ‒ up-to-date and focused on a
specific region ‒ and for further project support please contact your Siemens Consultant Support expert.

• You can transmit project data by first saving the project and then sending the exported project file in .sp
format per e-mail.

• Your Siemens contact will set up a budget outline for all components in your power distribution project for
you. You will find the contact data for the Consultant Support expert responsible for your region at
www.siemens.com/simaris/contact.

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This information will be displayed, as soon as you

access the "Budget" step in SIMARIS project.

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You also have the option to estimate the budget

yourself by accessing step "B Summary" in the
"Budget" step.
In this program step, SIMARIS project provides you
with a list of all systems configured in this project.

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• You can enter budgeted prices for each

systems, as you calculated them yourself
Budgeted prices
and factor in additions and reductions.
• The sum total is displayed at the bottom
right.
• In addition, you can identify certain items as
alternatives (tick off check boxes in the left
Identification of column), whose costs are not included in
Additions/Reductions
alternative items
factored in
the sum total.

Sum total

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Software for determining the

space requirements and budget
for electric power distribution

Overview
Project documentation (complete)
Views
Creation of technical specification
Creation of BIM data

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Overview

In the "Project Output" step, you can

easily and quickly create the project
documentation.

Project tree for

Selection of the desired
component/product
output variants
selection

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The Project Tree on the left lists all configured systems. Select the systems to be output by ticking off the
corresponding check boxes.

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• Then select the desired output variant(s) from the

options offered on the right:
• Complete Document
• Views
• Automatic creation of technical specification
• Output IFC
• Then start document output by clicking the
"Start Output" button on the right.

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Please note that not all of the output options are available for every system or plant.
The output options of "Cover sheet per plant" and "Front view per plant" are only available for
• medium-voltage switchgear
• transformers
• low-voltage switchboards
• distribution boards

A "Single Line" diagram and "System Drawing" are only available for
• medium-voltage switchgear
• low-voltage switchboards
The output option "System Drawing" is only available within the regionalization for China.

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This output variant can be created for the entire project or individual systems depending on your selections in
the Project Tree (on the left).

When you select the desired output variant (in the screen section on the right) and click "Start Output",
document output is started.

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If you wish to integrate your own company logo

into the documentation, click “Output options"
and then open the corresponding graphics file.

Furthermore you can select here, which

documents the output shall include.

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This document output variant can only be created for

• medium-voltage switchgear
• low-voltage switchboards
• distribution boards
So please select only suitable systems/components from the Project Tree (on the left).

Attention:
Transformers, busbar trunking systems, distribution boards and charging units for electric vehicles
cannot be output as "Single Line" diagrams.

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At first, select the relevant systems in the Project Tree

(on the left).

When you select the desired output variant (in the

screen section on the right) and click "Start Output",
document output is started.

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As a result, you will obtain a project documentation in .dxf format, which is immediately displayed in a
DXF viewer. It provides, besides a mere view of the drawings, export and print options.

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To view individual drawings in greater detail, there are

zooming options.

You can export all drawings or selected drawings from the

DXF viewer for further editing in a CAD tool.

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To select drawings for export, select all of the

required drawings form the overview on the left
• with a left mouse click and the Shift key to select
drawing series
• or with CTRL + left mouse button to select individual
drawings.
The selected drawings are marked by a blue frame.

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Clicking the desired option on the tool bar below the

menu opens the dialog for defining the file location.
Drawings are saved there in a .zip file.

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To create a technical specification, you must also select the relevant systems from the project tree first.

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You can export the technical specification as

GAEB XML file or as RTF document.
• The GAEB XML file can be saved (select file
location from the displayed dialog), so that it can be
further edited with an appropriate tool.
This output option is not available within the regionalization for China.

• The RTF file can be saved as well. But it can also

Tip: be opened directly with a suitable software installed
on your computer (e.g. WORD) and further edited in
„RTF document description + list of this software.
components according to selection“ is the
usual format for international tender
specifications

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The dialog for creating an RTF document allows to

integrate your
• own company logo
• the print date
• and the option to output short texts only.

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In the next step, you are prompted for the desired file
location of the RTF document.

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Finally, the document is created and the

viewer program is started.

This way you have created a technical

systems specification with a few mouse
clicks.

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To create BIM data, you must also select the

relevant systems from the project tree first.
All systems, except charging units for
electric-vehicles, can be outputted as IFC.

Click „Start Output“ in the „Output IFC“

section.

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Save the IFC file at the desired file location on your

computer.

Tip:

For using the exported IFC file in its entirety with

all 3D and technical data from SIMARIS project,
we recommend to download the SIMARIS BIM
Plug-In at www.siemens.com/simarisproject/bim

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Software for determining the

space requirements and budget
for electric power distribution

SIMARIS Planning Tools

Totally Integrated Power
Disclaimer
Contact

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More about SIMARIS

In the SIMARIS project software, you will find more useful information about how to familiarize with the
program and how to handle it efficiently. Click the menu item "Help" to access
• the Help file
• the Technical Manual for SIMARIS design and SIMARIS project.

More info about the SIMARIS project and the other tools of the SIMARIS family,
• SIMARIS design for network calculation and dimensioning,
• SIMARIS curves for the representation of characteristic device curves and the visualisation of parameter
settings
• SIMARIS Online Toolbox with small service tools for different purposes
can be obtained at www.siemens.com/simaris.

On this website, you will find a whole lot of other interesting information about the SIMARIS planning tools.

The contact site where you can find all local contact partners for the SIMARIS planning tools you can reach at
the short link www.siemens.com/simaris/contact.
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Integrated Power distribution with Totally Integrated Power

Using SIMARIS planning tools you always rely on the

Consultant Support for Totally Integrated Power, which
offers an intelligent concept for integrated power distribution
in commercial, institutional and industrial buildings, ranging
from the medium voltage level to the socket outlet.

This offer comprises tools and support for planning and

configuring power distribution systems, a well-matched,
comprehensive product and systems portfolio and the
communications option to link power distribution to higher-
level HMI, monitoring / control and management systems.
This way, you can attain noticeable saving potentials
throughout the entire project cycle ‒ from investment and
planning to building installation and operation.
• www.siemens.com/tip-cs

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Disclaimer

Subject to changes and errors. The information given in this document only
contains general descriptions and/or performance features which may not
always specifically reflect those described, or which may undergo
modification in the course of further development of the products. The
requested performance features are binding only when they are expressly
agreed upon in the concluded contract.

All product designations, product names, etc. may contain trademarks or

other rights of Siemens AG, its affiliated companies or third parties. Their
unauthorized use may infringe the rights of the respective owner.

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Contact page

Published by Siemens AG For the U.S. published by

Siemens AG
SIMARIS Planning Tools
SI DS S TIP CTT Siemens Industry Inc.
100 Technology Drive
Mozartstraße 31c
Alpharetta, GA 30005
91052 Erlangen
United States
Germany
E-mail:
[email protected]
Regional SIMARIS contact partners:
www.siemens.com/simaris/contact

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siemens.com/simarisproject

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