SP3D Electrical Training Labs

Placing Electrical Equipment

Objective:
By the end of this session, you will be able to:

Select electrical equipment from catalog for placement

Position and orient electrical equipment in a model by using PinPoint and other
positioning methods

Overview:
In this exercise you will be placing street lighting fixtures by using the Place Equipment
command in Unit U07. The workspace will resemble as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Plan View of Unit U07 - Street Lighting Fixtures

Before you start placing the equipments define your workspace to show Unit U07.
1.

If you are not in the Equipment task, select the Tasks > Equipment command.

2.

Make sure the Active Permission Group is set to Electrical.

3.

Activate the PinPoint ribbon and set the active coordinate system to U07 CS on the
PinPoint ribbon.

4.

Click the Set Target to Origin option on the PinPoint ribbon, to move the target to the

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origin of the current coordinate system.

5.

Click the Place Equipment button on the vertical toolbar.

6.

In the Select Equipment dialog box, expand the folder

\Equipment\Electrical\Lighting\Street Light Fixture until you see the part
StreetLight-E. Select the part and click OK.

7.

The Equipment Properties dialog box appears.

8.

Key-in SL-100 in the Name field.

9.

Click the System field and select the More.. option to specify the system to which the
equipment belongs.

10. Select CT System under A2->U07->Electrical->Low Voltage. Then, click OK.

11. To define the position of the object, select the Position and Orientation category in the
Category drop-down list.
12. Key in the followings properties:
East: -0 ft 0.78 in
North: -20 ft
Elevation: 0 ft
13. To change the height of the light pole, select the Equipment Dimensions category in the
Category drop-down list.
14. Key in a value of 26 ft 3 in for A - Pole Height.
15. Click OK on the Equipment Properties dialog to place the equipment SL-100 in the
model.

Figure 2: Equipment SL-100

16. Rotate the equipment to the indicated orientation (street light source pointing North)

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by using the left/right arrow keys.

Figure 3: Equipment SL-100

17. Click the Place Equipment button on the vertical toolbar.

18. In the Select Equipment dialog box, expand the folder
\Equipment\Electrical\Lighting\Street Light Fixture until you see the part
StreetLight-E. Select the part and click OK.
19. The Equipment Properties dialog box appears.
20. Key-in SL-101 in the Name field.
21. Click the System field and select the More.. option to specify the system to which the
equipment belongs.
22. Select CT System under A2->U07->Electrical->Low Voltage. Then, click OK.
23. To change the height of the light pole, select the Equipment Dimensions category in the
Category drop-down list.
24. Key in a value of 26 ft 3 in for A - Pole Height. Then click OK.
25. Key in the following coordinates on the PinPoint ribbon.
E: 24 ft
N: -20 ft
EL: 0 ft

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Figure 4: PinPoint Ribbon and Equipment SL-101

26. Equipment can be rotated while still in the dynamic mode by using the keyboard Left
& Right Arrow Keys. Rotate the equipment to the indicated orientation (street light
source pointing North) by using the left/right arrow keys.

Figure 5: Equipment SL-101

27. Click in the active view to place the street lighting fixture.
28. Select the two street lighting fixtures from the graphic view that you need to copy, as
shown in Figure 6.

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Figure 6: Selected Street Lighting Fixtures

29. Click the Copy button on the Common toolbar.

Figure 7: Copy Button on the Common Toolbar

30. Select the origin of the fist street lighting fixture from the graphic view to define the
position from where to copy the street lighting fixtures.
31. Click the Paste option on the Common toolbar.

Figure 8: Paste Option on the Common Toolbar

32. The Paste dialog box appears. Keep the default parent system for the new objects to be
pasted on the model, as shown in Figure 9. Clear the Paste in place check box in the
Paste dialog box and click OK.

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Figure 9: Paste Dialog

33. Key in the following coordinates on the PinPoint ribbon.

E: 48 ft
N: -20 ft
El: 0 ft

Figure 10: Pasted Objects at Placement Point

34. Click in the active view to place these street lighting fixtures.

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35. Name these street lighting fixtures as SL-102 and SL-103 respectively.

Figure 11: Four Street Lighting Fixtures

36. Select the four street lighting fixtures from the graphic view that you need to mirror
copy, as shown in Figure 12.

Figure 12: Plan View Selected Objects

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37. Click the Edit> Mirror Copy command to mirror copy the selected objects from the
graphic view.

Figure 13: Edit -> Mirror Copy Command

38. The Mirror Copy ribbon appears. In this ribbon define the mirror plane and the Point to
Mirror About in which the selected objects are mirrored. Select the East-West option in
the Direction drop-down list and Point to Mirror About as the Destination mode.

Figure 14: Point to Mirror About Destination Mode

39. Select the midpoint of the beam as the Point to Mirror About, as shown in Figure 15.

Figure 15: Point to Mirror About

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40. The Parent or Related Object dialog box appears. Keep the parent system for the
equipments from where they have been copied and click OK.

Figure 16: Parent or Related Object dialog

41. The mirrored objects appear in dynamic mode in the graphic view. Click the Finish
button on the Mirror Copy ribbon. The mirrored objects will appear in the graphic view,
as shown in Figure 17.

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Figure 17: Plan View Mirrored Objects

42. Name these street lighting fixtures as SL-104, SL-105, SL-106 and SL-107 respectively.
43. Click the Place Equipment button on the vertical toolbar.
44. In the Select Equipment dialog box, expand the folder
\Equipment\Electrical\Lighting\Street Light Fixture until you see the part
StreetLight-E. Select the part and click OK.
45. The Equipment Properties dialog box appears.
46. Key-in SL-108 in the Name field.
47. Click the System field and select the More.. option to specify the system to which the
equipment belongs.
48. Select CT System under A2->U07->Electrical->Low Voltage. Then, click OK.
49.

On the PinPoint ribbon, key-in 80 ft for East and 7 ft for North.

50. On the Equipment ribbon, make sure the positional relation is set to Mate.

Figure 18: Equipment ribbon

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51. In the Workspace Explorer, expand Coordinate System and select U07 CS -> EL Axis.
52. Click EL-0-0 to mate the street lighting fixture with elevation 0 ft.

Figure 19: Workspace Explorer Elevation Plane

53. Click in the graphic view to place the equipment.

54. Rotate the equipment to the indicated orientation (street light source pointing West) by
using the left/right arrow keys.

Figure 20: Isometric View Street Lighting Fixtures

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