The Bus | Split Bus command in the Main Window lets you split a bus into two buses. You can split a bus only if it is shown as either a horizontal bar or a vertical bar. You cannot split a bus that is shown as a dot.
TO SPLIT A BUS INTO TWO:
1. Rearrange equipment on the bus.
The bus will be split at the point where you click on it in Step 2. Before issuing this command, use the mouse to rearrange the attached equipment, including generators, shunts, loads and branches. All equipment that is to remain attached to the old bus should be moved to the upper portion of the bus symbol if the bus is a vertical bar, or to the left portion if the bus is a horizontal bar. All equipment that is to remain attached to the new bus should be moved to the remaining portion of the bus symbol.
2. Specify where to split the bus.
Click the left mouse button once on a point on the bus symbol between the two groups of attached equipment.
The split will be made where you click on the bus. The bus symbol will turn dotted red when selected.
3. Select the Network | Bus | Split Bus command.
The program will automatically assign an unused name to the new bus and hide the name from displaying on the diagram. To change new bus attributes double click on its symbol and follow direction in the command Network | New Bus.
4. Press OK.
After the command is executed successfully, the bus symbol will appear to have both solid and dotted portions. Actually, you are seeing two bus symbols with the new highlighted bus next to the old bus. Use the mouse to drag one of the symbols away from the other.
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