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The document discusses how to attach and display shapefiles, autoCAD files, and other geographical map files as background layers in CYME power engineering software. Key steps include opening a sample study file, selecting the background map tab, choosing a map file type like shapefiles, and loading specific layers. The document also covers importing autoCAD files into the database for automatic loading of maps covering the modeled area.

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Tutorial: Background Map

The document discusses how to attach and display shapefiles, autoCAD files, and other geographical map files as background layers in CYME power engineering software. Key steps include opening a sample study file, selecting the background map tab, choosing a map file type like shapefiles, and loading specific layers. The document also covers importing autoCAD files into the database for automatic loading of maps covering the modeled area.

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Tutorial

Background Map
CYME 7.0 Power Engineering Software
A self-contained study file (.sxst)and map files to use with this tutorial are provided. The explanations below are based on
the use of those files.
The user can display raster or vector map images (geographical land-base such as DWG, DXF, SHP, etc) as layers
directly underneath the electrical model.
With this option, you will be able to perform your simulation and visualize the results just as if you were in a view of your
CAD or AM/FM/GIS system.

 Attach a Shapefile Map

1. Along with this tutorial are the background map files used for this exercise, which are located inside the
installation folder CYME\Tutorial\How-to\BackgroundMap.
2. Next, open the self contained study file BackgroundMap.sxst. (File > Open Study)
3. Select the Background Map tab from the Multi-explorer pane. If the tab is
not visible, right-click on the Multi-explorer pane on a free space in the tab
area and choose to add the Background Map tab from the pop-up menu.

You can also click on the Background map icon to display the tab in
the Multi-explorer pane.
4. In the Background Map tab under the field Type, you can select to display three types of file: MapServer
Files (*.gds), AutoCAD Files (*.DWG and *.DXF) or Shape Files (*.shp). The Map Server program
supports numerous formats for Geographical Map information, such as Windows bitmap (.bmp), Atlas GIS
(.bna), AutoCAD (.dxf), Tagged Image File Format (.tiff), etc.
• Select the file type Shapefiles (*.shp).
• Click on the Select button to open the Dataset Selection dialog box in which the files can be selected.
• Browse for the Background Map folder as mentioned in step 1, and select all the files listed. Click on
Open.
• Under the field Datasets, a list of the available layers is displayed. To show or hide specific layers, click
to place or remove check marks next the file names.

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• To customize the map layers, right-click on the layer and select Properties from the pop-up menu. The
Layer Properties dialog box allows users to change the color and the thickness of the lines used for
the area.

 Importing AutoCAD Maps into a Database

1. Importing a map into the database enables the automatic map loading when selected feeders are loaded.
Files of type AutoCAD can be imported when a database is connected
2. In the Background Map tab of the Multi-explorer pane, click on the Advanced button.

3. Select the Browse button and choose


the directory where the AutoCAD files are
stored. Once the selection is done, click on
the Import button.
4. Once the file is imported, check the
Automatically load the map(s) from the
database checkbox to enable the automatic
loading of the map layers covering the area
shown in the main display.

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