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A frame is a rectangle, a polygon or an ellipse in the one-line diagram, indicating that some components belong to each other, for example components of a sub-station. Nodes and texts which are placed entirely in a frame, are kept together when dragging that frame if the Container checkbox is on.

The frame has no influence on calculations.

 

Defining a frame

A frame is defined in the one-line diagram using Insert | Illustrations | Frame or by clicking with the right mouse button in the one-line diagram and choosing Frame. On the General tab the name of the frame is filled in.

The upper left corner of a frame comes on the place of the last mouse click in the one-line diagram. The initial size of the frame is fixed. By moving one of the corners with the left mouse button pressed the frame can be enlarged or reduced. The whole frame can be moved by moving the edges with the left mouse button pressed.

 

Frame as polygon, ellipse of picture

The frame is a rectangle, a polygon or an ellipse. A polygon corner can be added by clicking a line segment and choosing Bend from the right-mouse pop-up menu. A corner can be moved with the pressed left mouse button. A corner will be removed automatically if the line segments are (almost) in the same direction.

A frame can also have an elliptical shape. An elliptical frame can be changed by left-mouse dragging the ellipse part that touches the virtual horizontal and vertical axes.

The frame may contain a picture. In that case the frame size is determined by the picture size. At Presentation a picture scaling factor can be defined.

 

Placing components into a frame

Nodes, texts, frames and legends can be placed into a frame by dragging them into the frame. A node must fit in its whole within the frame. Of a text only its upper left corner must be within the frame. A node or a text can also be placed into a frame by moving the frame over these components. Also smaller frames can be placed into a larger frame.

 

Removing components from a frame

A node, text or smaller frame can be removed from a frame by dragging them. Components can also be removed from a frame by reducing the size of the frame. If a frame is deleted, the placed components will not be deleted.

 

Dragging a frame with components

When a frame is dragged, its nodes, texts and smaller frames will be dragged along, in case the Container checkbox is checked. The elements will be dragged along with the nodes. A branch will be dragged along entirely if both connected nodes are within the frame.

 

PARAMETERS

 

 

By default the frame keeps all objects together. If the checkbox Container is unchecked, all objects will be released and the frame can be moved independently of the objects inside the frame.

 

On the tab Presentation the graphical presentation of the frame can be defined: the shape, the colour, de thickness and style of the line and the size of the text displaying the name of the frame..

The frame has been enhanced with a number of user text lines.

The frame can be filled with a background colour.