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- In version 3.0 the names of the components in the standard library were actual
ly reserved names. After version 3.0 this is improved so that the user can creat
e components (USP, MOD) with the same name as standard components. This change r
esulted in some intermediate problems with ATPDraw reporting support-file not fo
und. In v3.3 the problems related to direct use of mod-files (an internal transl
ation to sup-files) is fixed. The type 94 components are now again available.
- A demo version of BCTRAN support is included. External nonlinearities are not
supported. The module is not debugged nor documented.
Updates in version 3.4 are:
- A bug related to back-to-back connected (via a connection) Splitters is fixed.
The bug was probably introduced in v3.1 (where two other errors related to Spli
tters were fixed).
- The User Specified library component lib.sup is available.
- The automatic error detection of the lis-file is optional (set under ATP|Setti
ngs/Output)
- The standard component libray atpdraw.scl is updated so that the demo version
of BCTRAN is available. External nonlinearities are not supported. The BCTRAN mo
dule is not fully debugged nor documented.
Updates in version 3.5 are:
- Support of BCTRAN 2-3 windings, 1/3 phases, external or linear saturation. Pat
ch 11 needed (or version 3.6p5). Several bugs corrected during development.
- Bug in universal machine node naming corrected. D-connection corrected.
- Bug in group copy/paste between circuits is fixed.
- Standler and Cigre sourced introduced.
- Initial UM conditions for rotor currents fixed.
- The UM help files are updated to give information on the inductance units.
- The ATPDraw help file is slightly updated.
- An erased ground symbol is no longer drawn when editing nodes.
- The node naming warnings Same name on different nodes and Duplicate name of no
de appear once for each event.
- Drag icon on/off works in View|Options
- Circuit fonts user selectable in View|Set circuit font
- Buttons for sorting line constants cards are added to the LCC dialog box.
- The Delete button in the Characteristic page is fixed to avoid the never endin
g "Illegal numeric specification!" message when the first data point is deleted.
- The Mutual Seq. button under Line Model Frequency Scan is removed when the lin
e/cable has less than 6 phases. This resulted in a new bug fixed in version 3.7.
- ATP now runs much faster under the LCC and BCTRAN windows. Instead of checking
the process status continuously this is done only every second.
- Two new type 15 sources, STANDLER and CIGRE are added to the standard library.
- It is possible to customize the icon for the LCC components (Edit icon at the
bottom of the LCC dialog box).
- The node handling in LCC objects was wrong in patch 5 and 6. In some cases 5-c
haracter 3-phase names was written in the $Include call.
- Copying of group objects is fixed. When copying a group to another circuit and
closing down the original circuit, the support file for the objects was uninten
tionally removed.
- The delete temporary file option, awkwardly introduced in patch 2-3 and availa
ble as optional later is completely removed. The option is anyway dangerous when
sevral instances of ATPDraw is launched. It is now up to the user to tidy up th
e directories. Still, all required files are stored in the projects, so deletion
should be safe.
- the format error (missing period) when ATPDraw created to ATP-file is fixed. T
his error has been present for a long time. For example 12345.678 was written as
12345 instead as 12345.
- Pocket Calculator placed after the /REQUEST card at the end of the ATP-file.
- Transposition error corrected. Circular transpositions allowed if the phase se
quence is correct.
- GIFU switches (Valve and TACS switch) supported and a new example file Exa_13.
adp included.
- The View module for nonlinear characteristics is improved. The values are scal
ed to ensure a sufficient resolution.
Updates in version 3.8 are:
- Small values (for example 4.97E-5) in the new TACS transfer functions written
to the ATP-file as 0.0000.
- Small values (typical 3.23E-5) for all objects written with too little precisi
on (.00003 instead of 3.2E-5).
- The voltage for single phase BCTRAN transformers devided by sqrt(3).
- The number of phases editable in the LCC dialog box (the user do not have to s
elect the number of phases first).
- The file extension *.dat for ATP-files is supported in the built-in text edito
r.
- Initial version of Line Check module. Select a line/cable group in the circuit
window (several objects allowed). Then click ATP|Line Check.
- Possible to edit node names, labels and free text directly on the screen. Sele
ct Edit|Edit label to place a free text in open space.
- ATPDraw draw gives a warning when creating the node names (Run ATP, Make names
) when components overlap.
Completely overlapping connections are automatically deleted. After this proce
ss overlapping components can be selected as a group in Edit|Select|Overlap obj.
Updates in ATPDraw 3.9 are:
- The grid snap feature was wrong for some group operations causing the connecti
ons to be out of position.
- The /INITIAL card is written to the ATP file only when required. An empty such
card (followed by /OUTPUT) resulted in problems in Harmonic Frequency Scan for
some ATP versions. Similarly, the BLANK INITIAL card is only written when requir
ed.
- A wrong column format was written to the ATP file for frequency dependent RLC
branches.
- The Line/Cable object (LCC) had an error for Cable Constant when calculating t
he NGRND parameter for JMarti models and enclosing pipe cables.
- The comments for LCC components are written to the ATP-file. Labels and the Hi
de features are also included for lines and cables.
- The Group No input for all objects have changed name to Order to become more i
n line with the actual meaning (criterion for ATP file sorting). Order also adde
d to LCC objects.
- Semlyen models supported in Cable Constants.
- An overwrite file warning added.
- The Hi and Lo limits visualized in the Transfer Function dialog box.
- Lock circuit option added in View|Options. When checked, objects can not be se
lected and connections not drawn Useful for computer exercise situations.
- Open project warning. When opening a project ATPDraw extract the content to th
e disk (sup, lib, alc, bct). If files with equal name but different dates are al
ready stored on the disk, ATPDraw gives a warning message and lets the user choo
se which file to keep. Earlier versions gave priority to the newer of the two fi
les. Version 3.9, on the other hand, gives priority to the files stored in the p
roject. If the user replies YesToAll the project files will always overwrite the
files on disk. This is normally fine, but the user should be aware of the situa
tion when working on two projects simultaneously both using the same files.
- KIZILCAY F-DEPENDENT and HYSTERESIS HEVIA components added which originators b
oth were elected as honorary members at the EEUG meeting in Graz, Dec. 2003.
- Nonlinear resistance type 91 and 92 added
- Find Node name option added. ATP|Find Node
- Grid snap problem in copied groups corrected. The problem appeared when compon
ents in sub-groups where moved. All circuits are grid snap corrected when loadin
g.
xcluding blanks and comments) is removed. ATPDraw can now better handle usage og
Tabulators in mod-files.
- A new button (Ext. neutral connections) is added to the BCTRAN and XFMR compon
ents, and this allows the user to manually connect the neutral points.
Updates in version 5.0:
Version 5 is substantially updated. A new project file format is introduced to a
llow larger components and update to the pkzip 2 standard.
Multi-phase nodes and Models inputs/outputs (1..26) is implemented and Vector Gr
aphics is for the first time introduced.
- New handling of Connections. Connection between n-phase and single phase. Phas
e, color, and label properties. This can replace the usage of Splitters. Transpo
sition will only take place through a 3-phase connection. Possible to click on a
connection's midpoint to draw a new connection with inherted properties. Click
and hold required to select a connection.
- Vector graphics. Better zooming capabilities, larger icons, dynamic icons (RLC
, LCC, transformers, sources etc.), flipping. A vector icon can have the size of
255x255 pixels (compared to the 41x41 for bitmaps). Combination of bitmaps and
vector graphics supported and backward compatibility is ensured. An icon can con
sist of maximum 93 elements (lines, rectangles, ellipses, polylines, polygons, c
ircle arcs, bezier curves and text in 256 colors in all pen and brush stiles). M
ultiple layers are supported that can be turned on/off dependent on user selecti
on of data.
- New file handling concept. A Sup-file is used only when a component is created
and it does not follow the project any more (all their properties are inherited
). Components with "external data" (Models, User specified, LCC, BCTRAN, XFMR, e
tc.) are no longer associated with a file on disk. All data are individual (comp
onents do not share data any more) and stored in memory. The message "File on di
sk is older than file stored in project. Replace?" will not appear any more. The
idea is to make a clear distinction between files in an external, user managed
library (the user is allowed to export to and import from this library) and data
used in the project and to avoid any conflicts between two simultaneously open
projects. All results from a project (ATP-file, $Include files) are supposed to
be stored in a Result Directory that the user must specify for each project. The
project file format is updated and now follows the pkzip 2 standard using the i
nflate compression method (old ATPDraw versions can not read the new project fil
e).
- Increased component size: Up to 26 phases (Model variables X[1..26]), 64 data
and 32 nodes. 21 phases in the LCC module.
- Models more integrated in ATPDraw. Models are handled completely in memory wit
hout using external files (except for original mod/sup-file in the external libr
ary). The user can edit the Model description (mod-file) directly inside each Mo
del component. Changes done in the Model's header; input, output, and data are i
mmediately reflected in the component dialog and the icon. Vector graphics used
as default for Models.
- New support and project file formats, backward compatibility ensured (but not
farward).
- Variable names (useful for Models) and labels increased to 12 characters.
- A Unit string added to data parameters with special support of XOPT/COPT.
- CompileCircuit is rewritten to remove the Splitter back-to-back problem and to
support the enhanced connection.
- MakeATPFile rewritten for better handling of $Parameters (also for MODELS).
- The probes are enhanced to support more than 3 phases and an (preliminary) opt
ion to read the lis-file and display steady state values is added. A Models prob
e added to monitor global MODELS variables.
- The node dialog changed and combo boxes added for selection of TACS node signs
(the color of the connection changed), Models input types and machine control s
etting.
- The vector icons are individually scalable (select the icon and move the mouse