CYMDIST 4.

7
Tutorial
2-1. Display Options

The Display Options dialog box is the main interface for controlling and customizing the network display in
CYMDIST. Use this command to customize the equipment symbols, their color, the size of the text, the line
thickness and its type; and to display the feeders in different colors and modes, with or without analysis results, etc.
You open the Display Options dialog box by clicking the Display Options button located in the Display
toolbar, or by using the View > Display Options menu item. The Display Option button opens the dialog
box at the Show tab. Other buttons in other toolbars allow the quick access to the same dialog box, but
in different tabs.
In any of the windows of the dialog box, clicking Save, saves the changes permanently, while clicking
OK makes the changes applicable for the current study only.
Basic functions for the display of layers and devices are accessed
via the Display tab of the Explorer bar. When you click on the
Settings… hyperlinks, the Display Options dialog box is displayed
at either the Show, the Layers, the Tags or the Tooltips tabs.

n The Show Tab

The first tab, Show, is the tab where

various device types and their attributes
can be selected to be displayed or not
on the one-line diagram of the network.
It is also the tab where you can set
other display options, and adjust their
appearance.
All the elements are grouped in an
expandable tree list. A few examples:
• Selection (includes: Circuit tracing,
etc.)
• View (includes: grid lines/points,
mouse coordinates, conductor
length, etc.)
• Abnormal Conditions (includes:
overload, over-voltage, under-
voltage, etc.)
For each element, you can customize any value located at the top right-
hand corner of the dialog box; the content of which changes dynamically
depending on the item selected in the tree list. The representation of the
symbols, the color, the line style and the size/width can also be modified
for any item selected.
Finally, the Find field and button below the tree list is used to locate the
desired item to be modified. To do so, type in the name (or part of the
name) of the item wanted in the field and click on Find.

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o The Layers Tab

Layers are sorted into different categories that are listed in the Category drop-down menu of the dialog
box. Layers that correspond to the category selected will be shown in the Selected Layers drop-down list.
Each of the layers selected can be customized in the Properties group box. It is possible to add a new
layer by pressing on the Add button.
Below is an example of the network color coded in accordance with the size of the conductor.

p The Tags Tab

Tags are boxes that appear on the one-line diagram at specific locations to display information or
results. The list of tag layers available can be found in the Configuration drop-down menu. Click on the
Add button to create new tag layers. For each tag layer available, you can specify for which devices a
tag should be displayed, and what information are to be displayed in the tag.
You can type in
the information
to be displayed
in the tag via the
functions
located in the
right-hand
portion of the
dialog box.
CYMDIST
keywords can
be used in
conjunction with
the information
typed in the
Format field.

Click on the Keywords button in the dialog box to access the list of keywords available and insert the
keyword needed in the Format field. Text, border and background of the tags can also be customized,
and you can select among a few options as to how you want your tag to be displayed.

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q The Tooltips Tab

Tooltips display information or results when the mouse cursor is kept idle on a device for a few
seconds. Layers can be created for tooltips in CYMDIST 4.7. The list of tooltips available is found in the
Configuration drop-down list of the dialog box. Click on Add to create new tooltip layers.
Select the device in the list appearing on the left-hand side of the dialog box, and define the contents of
the tooltip for the device type selected in the right-hand side of the dialog box. Clicking on Keyword will
display the Keyword Selection dialog box where you can select and automatically insert the necessary
keyword(s).

CYMDIST comes
with two layers
already configured
for the two most
common analyses
performed –
Voltage Drop and
Short-Circuit –
where tooltips for
devices display
the corresponding
analysis results.
Note that you can
create a new
tooltip layer for
any analysis.

r The Equipment Symbol Tab

In the Equipment Symbol tab, you can define the

symbol to be used for each individual Id of the
equipment of the same type.
Select the device from the Equipment type drop-
down list. Once the device is selected, the list of
equipment Ids of the devices of this type available
in the equipment database will be displayed.
Clicking on the Symbol next to the name of the
symbol to be used on the one-line diagram for a
particular Equipment ID displays the Symbol
Selection dialog box where you can choose
among the symbols available in CYMDIST. See
the example for transformers.
Additional symbols can be created using the
Symbol Editor functionality provided with
CYMDIST. To open, select the Tools > Symbol
Editor menu option. Information about how to use
this tool is provided at section 10.1 in the
CYMDIST Reference Manual.

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