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TUTORIAL
Your first steps with SEE Electrical Expert
The specialist of electrical software
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A
OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................... 3
A.1.
A.2.
DRAWING A SHEET..................................................................................................................... 5
B.1.
B.2.
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL......................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 4
CREATING A PROJECT............................................................................................................... 5
DRAWING A SHEET...................................................................................................................8
B.2.1.a.
Open The Sheet.......................................................................................................8
B.2.1.b.
Inserting The Power Connections..........................................................................12
B.2.1.c.
Inserting The Power Symbols................................................................................19
B.2.1.d.
Drawing The Transformer For The Control.............................................................27
B.2.1.e.
Inserting The Terminals Of The Motor Starters......................................................34
PRINT THE PROJECT SHEETS................................................................................................38
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C. Print The Project Sheets
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OVERVIEW
A.1. CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL
To assure a correct automatic processing, the following information must be strictly

followed.
Note:
The current note allows you to obtain important information and useful suggestions.
Tip:
The current annotation shows practical usage tips.
Action:
Exercise to be executed by the user.
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A.2. INTRODUCTION
SEE Electrical Expert is a software that allows you to draw circuit diagrams (power, control and
distribution), and also pneumatic, hydraulic, instrumentation and grafcet diagrams.
This tutorial aims, through an exercise, to show you the basics of the software.
For this, the installation of the software was performed in Standard mode.
The exercise duration is approximately 5 hours.
Attention:
1- The printer must be turned on and connected to the computer (its drivers installed), before
launching the software.
2- The dongle must be present on the parallel or usb port on the computer.
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DRAWING A SHEET
This part will allow you to discover the basic functions of the software.
You are going to:
create a project named Tutorial

make a sheet: one for circuit diagram (number 03).
print the sheet
save your project
B.1. CREATING A PROJECT
Click Start All Programs IGE+XAO See Electrical Expert to launch the
software
Click the
icon to open the Projects Explorer.
The Projects Explorer appears:
Right-click on "Projects".
Note
By means of two separate commands you have the possibility to create two kinds of projects,
based on different templates. These different templates, predefine the insertion mode and
management of connections or of wires.
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Select New Project pop up command

Or
Click the File New project command
The New Project dialogue is displayed. It allows you to specify the project name and
location as well as to select a project template.
Enter the name of the project in the "Name" entry field (Example: TUTORIAL).
In the "Location" field the default path to the Projects folder in which the new project
is going to be created is proposed.
or
Click the
button inside the "Location" field
The Browse for location dialogue appears.
Browse and specify another location for your project.
Note
The button is not available if the command is run from the pop-up menu or the corresponding
icon and the default folder Projects is not modifiable.
Click the tab corresponding to the environment you wish to associate with the new
project, for example Elec_IEC.
Click the
icon to associate a template with the new project.
At the end of the project creation a message informs you about the successful
implementation of the process.
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Click OK within the message dialogue.

Double click the project to open it.
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The full project path and name appear at the bottom of the window. The entire project is
constituted by only one file - "Project_Name.seeprj", "TUTORIAL.seeprj" in our example.
Note:
A project is a file on the hard disk of your computer in which the different sheets of your project
will be stored.
The project template "IEC Tagging" allows you to create and manipulate the projects according
the IEC standard (example of IEC tagging: -KM1)
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B.2. DRAWING A SHEET

At its creation, the project TUTORIAL contains 3 sheets: the sheet 01, the sheet 02 and the
sheet 03 which are respectively reserved for the cover page, the List of the sheets and a
first blank sheet.
You will rename the first empty sheet (the sheet 03): POWER.
The drawing of the sheet is executed in the diagram editor.
The diagram editor allows you to draw all types of electrical and fluid diagrams.
A library of symbols and predefined conductors is available.
Note:
The term "sheet" is used for indicating a page of the project.
The number of sheets in a folder is unlimited.
B.2.1.A.
OPEN THE SHEET
Click the
icon to open the Sheets Explorer.
The list of the 3 sheets defined by default appears:
Tips:
You can, in the right window, enter the information related to the project: the title and the project
number, customer name etc.
These will appear in the title block.
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Click the last sheet.
Click, in the right pane of the window, in the "Title" field.
Enter the title of the sheet: Power.

Press ENTER.
The result is:
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In the right pane, click the Revision Indexes tab.

Right click the "Index" field and select "New".
The Validation Index Creation window appears.

Enter the index (Example: A) in the "New" entry field
Click OK.
The result is:
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Double click the "Power" sheet in the left pane of the Explorer
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You get the following sheet:
Note:
If the window does not occupy the entire screen, execute the following procedure:
Click the
icon at the top right, to resize the window.
Tips:
1 - The number and the name of the sheet appear at the top of the window.
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2 - At the bottom of the screen, the status bar displays general information: the full path to the
current project, the active function, the instructions given by the software and the coordinates of
the cursor.
B.2.1.B.
INSERTING THE POWER CONNECTIONS
Before inserting the connections in your sheet, please consult the grid settings:
Click Options Editor Settings.
The Editor Settings dialogue is displayed.
Click the
depictive icon
In the Ruler/Grid tab, tick the "Display" checkbox.
The two options in the Ruler area become active.
Activate the "Use Sheet Steps as units" radio button.
Two icons in the Standard toolbar will make your job easier:
If this icon is activated, it fix the mouse movement on the
grid
If this icon is activated, it allows you to use custom defined
values for the cursor displacement.
If both icons are disabled the cursor displacement is free.
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Click the Coordinates/Cursor tab and activate the "In Sheet Steps" radio button.
Click OK to confirm your choice.

Now you can proceed with the insertion of the power connections:
In our example the connection is a logical wire connecting symbols or symbols and
derivation points. This mode of connections insertion is pre-set during the project creation
choosing the type of project and the project template in use.
Click Insert Connection or the
The following toolbar appears:
icon.
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Select the type of wires POWER LV L[F]
Action:
DRAWING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE POWER SUPPLY
Move the mouse cursor on the coordinates [6.00 50.00].
The coordinates appear at the right bottom of the screen.
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Left click to confirm the first point of the connection.

Place the cursor on the coordinates [70.00 50.00].
Left click to confirm the second point of the connection (1st phase).
Right click to close the connection. The Signal Type dialogue appears:
Click OK.
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The result is:
Click the ESC button to leave the mode of connections insertion.
Action:
DRAW THE OTHER TWO PHASES OF THE POWER SUPPLY
You will duplicate this connection.
Click the Selection mode icon

Right-click the connection.
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The result is:
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Click Copy pop-up command.

Click anywhere in the sheet to deselect the connection.
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Right-click on the sheet.
Click Paste.
The result is:
Place the cursor of the mouse on the coordinates [70.00 48.00].

Left click to confirm the second connection (2nd phase).
The result is:

Left click to confirm the third connection (3rd phase).
Right click to cancel the copy
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The result is:
Action:
DRAW THE THREE PHASES OF THE 1ST MOTOR STARTER

icon
Draw a first connection by clicking the coordinates of the first point [18.00 - 50.00]
and the second point on [18.00 - 9.00].
Draw a second connection by clicking the coordinates of the first point in [20.00 48.00] and the second point on [20.00 - 9.00].
Draw a third connection by clicking the coordinates of the first point on [22.00 - 46.00]
and the second point on [22.00 - 9.00].
The result is:
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Tips:
Deleting a connection
Click the Selection Mode icon:
Right-click the connection.
The following pop-up menu appears:
Click Delete.
B.2.1.C.
INSERTING THE POWER SYMBOLS
You will insert a main switch on the 3-phase horizontal and vertical phases of the starting motor,
a motor circuit breaker, contactor and motor.
Before starting to insert symbols in your portfolio, please set the insertion parameters of the
symbols:
Click Options Insertion Settings.
The Insertion Settings dialogue is displayed.
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Check if the "Do not display at insertion time" option is unticked.
Click OK to confirm your choice.

Now you can proceed with the installation of the symbols in your power sheet.
Click Insert Symbol or the
The following toolbar appears:
icon.
This menu allows you to select a family of symbols.

Each family will give you the list of available symbols.
Another possibility is to use the symbol explorer that remains active on the screen.
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If the Palette dialogue is not displayed, click the
icon in the Standard toolbar.
Or
Click the View Symbol Palette command.
Click the
dialogue.
icon to switch the visibility of the user families in the two tabs of the
To create the power sheet, the
family in the explorer should be active.
Tips:
Creating a user family
Click the Symbol Explorer tab
Right click on the Symbols library level and select Manage user families pop-up
command
The Virtual Families dialogue appears.

Click the Create button.
The Create dialogue appears.
Enter a family name (maximum 3 characters) and its label (Example: AT1,
Power+control).
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Select a family in the right window (for example: KA - Relay Coils).
Select a symbol from this family.
Click Add button.

Repeat the same operation for all the symbols of your choice.
Click OK.
Your new user family appears in the list
Click OK.
Action:
INSERTING THE MOTOR
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In the symbol explorer select the Motor

symbol.
Left click.
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The following window is displayed:
The motor is tagged automatically M1.

Click OK.
The motor is inserted.
Click the ESC button to leave the mode of symbols insertion.
Action:
INSERTING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER
In the symbol explorer select the Thermal Magnetic Motor Circuit Breaker symbol

Right click.
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The circuit breaker closes the connections and is tagged automatically to Q1.
Click OK.
The circuit breaker is inserted.
Action:
INSERTING THE CONTACTOR
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Select the Power contactor

in the symbol explorer
Place the cursor of the mouse on the coordinates [18.00 24.00]
Left click.
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The following window appears:
Click OK.
Note:
A power switch is a device consisting of a coil with power contacts and auxiliary contacts.
In the wiring diagrams, these symbols are split over several sheets and must bear the same tag,
here KM1.
The coil (Master) controls, once it is powered, the contacts (Slave).
In the software, only the tag of the Master symbols is automatically incremented by the software.
For the slaves symbols the user must choose which master link each slave.
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Action:
INSERTING THE GENERAL CIRCUIT BREAKER
Select the Fuse Disconnector symbol

in the symbol explorer.
Left click.
The circuit breaker closes the connections and is tagged automatically to Q2.
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Enter the tag QG instead of Q2.
Click OK.
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The result is:
B.2.1.D.
DRAWING THE TRANSFORMER FOR THE CONTROL
You are going to draw connections, implement the transformer and the fuses.
Action:
INSERTING THE TWO PHASES
Click the Y-->X
Click on the Polarity
Check whether the wire type is well POWER LV L[F]

Left click to confirm the first point of the connection.
Left click to confirm the second point of the connection.
Right click to close the connection.
. icon
to activate the orthogonal mode.

icon to insert automatically the OPR symbols.
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The Signal Type window is displayed.

Click OK.
Left click to confirm the first point of the second connection.
Left click to confirm the second point of the second connection.
Right click to close the connection.
The result is:
Click the ESC button to leave the mode of connections insertion.
Action:
INSERTING THE SYMBOL TRANSFORMER
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Select the Transformer symbol

Left click to place the symbol.
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The circuit breaker closes the connections and is tagged automatically to T1.
Action:
INSERTING THE FUSE SYMBOLS
Select the Fuse 2P

Left click.
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The circuit breaker closes the connections and is tagged automatically to F1.
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Select the Fuse 1P+N

Left click.
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Click OK.
The circuit breaker closes the connections and is tagged automatically to F2.
Action:
ASSOCIATING A NAME (TAG) TO THE OPR SYMBOLS
Click the Selection Mode

icon.
Double click the first OPR symbol.
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In the OPR Name field, type in: C-0V
Click OK.
Double click the second OPR symbol.
In the OPR Name field, type in: C-24V
Click OK.
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The result is:
Note:
An off page reference (OPR) is a symbol of the Source and Destination family.
A tag is given by the user during the insertion of the OPR.
Subsequently, the OPR will automatically perform:
the cross referencing between 2 OPRs having the same tag.
On each OPR symbol associated with a source and a destination, you will find the position
Sheet/Path in the other OPR.
the propagation of the signal number.
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B.2.1.E.
INSERTING THE TERMINALS OF THE MOTOR STARTERS
You will insert the terminals of the power terminal strip XP.
Action:
INSERTING THE POWER TERMINALS
Click on Insert Symbol or on the
icon.
Select Terminal type 1

in the symbol explorer
Left click.
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Type in the name XP in the "Label" field.

Type in 1 in the "Tag" field
or alternatively
Click the
The result is:
adjacent button.
Click OK.
The terminal is inserted.

Left click.
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Type in 2 in the "Tag" field
or alternatively
Click the
adjacent button.
Click OK.
The second terminal is inserted.
Perform the same steps to implement the 3 terminal by clicking the following position:
[22.00 16.00].
Note:
Do not forget to click the
you are inserting.
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button to execute the correct numbering to the terminals which
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The result is:
Click File Save Project to save the project.
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PRINT THE PROJECT SHEETS

Click File Print or the
icon.
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Click
in the Printer field.
Select your printer.
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Activate the Orientation mode to "Portrait".

Click OK.
Activate "Fit to Page" in the "Scaling" frame.
Activate "Custom" in the "Selection" frame in order to select the sheets to print.
The field becomes active.

Click the
button.
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The Sheet Selection dialogue is displayed:
Select the "Power" sheet.
Click the
icon to validate the selection.
The number of the selected sheet (3) is displayed.
Click OK.
The sheet is printed.
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Click File Close Project to close the project.

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The specialist of electrical software

CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL......................................................................................3

PRINT THE PROJECT SHEETS................................................................................................38

C. Print The Project Sheets

A.1. CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL

To assure a correct automatic processing, the following information must be strictly

C. Print The Project Sheets

C. Print The Project Sheets

create a project named Tutorial

B.1. CREATING A PROJECT

C. Print The Project Sheets

Select New Project pop up command

icon to associate a template with the new project.

Click OK within the message dialogue.

C. Print The Project Sheets

C. Print The Project Sheets

B.2. DRAWING A SHEET

OPEN THE SHEET

C. Print The Project Sheets

Click the last sheet.

Click, in the right pane of the window, in the "Title" field.

Enter the title of the sheet: Power.

C. Print The Project Sheets

In the right pane, click the Revision Indexes tab.

The Validation Index Creation window appears.

C. Print The Project Sheets

You get the following sheet:

icon at the top right, to resize the window.

C. Print The Project Sheets

INSERTING THE POWER CONNECTIONS

C. Print The Project Sheets

Click OK to confirm your choice.

C. Print The Project Sheets

Select the type of wires POWER LV L[F]

Move the mouse cursor on the coordinates [6.00 50.00].

The coordinates appear at the right bottom of the screen.

Left click to confirm the first point of the connection.

C. Print The Project Sheets

The result is:

Click the ESC button to leave the mode of connections insertion.

You will duplicate this connection.

Click the Selection mode icon

C. Print The Project Sheets

The result is:

Click Copy pop-up command.

C. Print The Project Sheets

Right-click on the sheet.

Place the cursor of the mouse on the coordinates [70.00 48.00].

Place the cursor of the mouse on the coordinates [70.00 46.00].

C. Print The Project Sheets

The result is:

Click Insert Connection or the

C. Print The Project Sheets

The following pop-up menu appears:

INSERTING THE POWER SYMBOLS

C. Print The Project Sheets

Check if the "Do not display at insertion time" option is unticked.

Click OK to confirm your choice.

This menu allows you to select a family of symbols.

C. Print The Project Sheets

If the Palette dialogue is not displayed, click the