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Thank you for selecting Paladin DesignBase, the best design and modeling software
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Recent releases of Paladin DesignBase incrementally addressed customer requirements in
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With Paladin DesignBase 5.0 Service Pack 2 we have continued this overall development
direction, while introducing new industry-leading capabilities in exciting areas, including:
A.
Short Circuit Program

3 Phase Short Circuit fault buses selection option, either from drawings or from
memory
Added output CSV file for IEC 61363 detail report
Added new DC Source for DC Classical SC calculations
Added new DC Source for the calculations and built the estimating method
based on IEC61660.
B.
Protection Device Coordination

New Solid State Breaker curve preview
Updated Relay program user interface
Improvements in usability of Digitizer
User adjustable Bus Curve in PDC TCC
Created Multiple Labels in PDC curves
Enhancement of the PDC Show/Restore View icon
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Created on/off icon for Opening/Closing the PDC tool-box

On/Off option for Designed Load Amp part of Bus Curve in PDC TCC
New PDC interpolate Function
Transformer Damage Curve Updates according to IEEE C57.12.59 2001
Shows coordinates when moving each PDC curve's arrow in PDC program
Added Delete and Append option for elements in PDC study
Added a searching feature for a specific element in multiple PDC studies
Added new G&W relays
Created Crosshair for PDC curves (including value representation on axis)
Enhanced Solid State Breaker curve preview
C. Arc Flash Study

Increase the Arc flash constraint limit on looking for upstream protection devices
Enhanced the Arc Flash calculation wizard based on selected bus
Arc flash labels always presents System Voltage rather than LF voltage when the
SC Calculated by LF pre-fault voltage
D. Harmonic Analysis
Applied the last slope factor to extrapolate resistance R for frequency scanning
Added On/Off option for Harmonics status
Applied scenarios to control On/Off for harmonic sources
E. AC/DC Power Flow
New 3P Inverter and DC Source Models
Enhanced the calculation for DC Current Control and voltage control for
Rectifiers
F.
Ground Grid Program

Added Undo/Redo commands
Added Lock/Unlock features
User Interface improvements
Increased the decimal numbers in the output report
G. Advanced Power Cable Ampacity

Feature to save units when changed from main window
H.
Advanced Transient Stability Analysis

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I.
Increased the limit of Variable shown in the results for generalmodels/AVR/Governor/PV models
Enhanced simulation window to show information about events occurring
Showed more decimal numbers for PU values in order to generate smoother
curves
On/Off status of General Models based on device status in different scenarios
Added Signal monitoring tab feature to General Models
And Much More

User interface improvements
Error Checker reports improvements
Text Editor spread-sheet view improvements
Added two new features (Adobe Reader and XPS Viewer) in Text Report
program
Added backup/restore options for project folder/library files
Unzip project without having WINZIP/WINRAR
Created a new DC Source symbol in DC catalogs
Created a new Inverter symbol in 3P Bus catalogs
Added a new shunt capacitor symbol in all the bus catalogs
Added new options in Import/Export Programs
Lists complete descriptions for installed DB license features
Added a port number field to Client License Manager
The evolution towards Paladin DesignBase 5.0 Service pack 2 represents millions of dollars
and many years of development effort, not only by our on-staff development team, but
by users like you who provide us with valuable guidance on new features and functions.
We thank you for your continued business, and for making Paladin DesignBase the most
effective and productive modeling platform in the mission-critical arena.
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Contents
A.
Short Circuit Program................................................................................................................................... 8

1)
Bus Selection New Features of 3 Phase Short Circuit Programs.............................................................. 8
2)
Save/Import Bus Selection in User Defined Text File ............................................................................ 10
3)
Report to CSV file in Detailed Report of IEC363 SC Program ................................................................. 14
4)
Add new DC Source for calculations and build the estimation method based on IEC61660. ............... 14
5)
New DC Source for Classical Methodology ............................................................................................ 16
B.
Protection Device Coordination................................................................................................................. 17

1)
Adjust Bus curve length in PDC TCC ....................................................................................................... 17
2)
Show/Hide coordinate symbol .............................................................................................................. 18
3)
Add device curve text in PDC program .................................................................................................. 20
4)
Enhancement for the PDC "Restore View" icon in PDC toolbar ............................................................ 20
5)
Creating on/off icon for Opening/Closing the PDC tool-box ................................................................. 21
6)
On/Off for Designed Load Amp part of Bus Curve in PDC TCC .............................................................. 21
7)
Transformer Damage Curve Updates according to IEEE C57.12.59-2001 ............................................. 23
8)
Show coordinates when moving each PDC curve's arrow in PDC program .......................................... 24
9)
Add "delete" option for elements in PDC study to prevent Appending to wrong Study ...................... 24
10)
Append new component into existing PDC studies .......................................................................... 25
11)
Add options for deleting one or more PDC studies ........................................................................... 26
12)
Add a searching feature for equipment name in multiple PDC studies ............................................ 27
13)
Creating Crosshair for PDC curves (including value representation on axis)..................................... 28
14)
Digitizer usability improvements. ...................................................................................................... 29
15)
Enhanced Solid State Breaker curve preview .................................................................................... 30
C.
AC & DC Arc Flash Evaluation..................................................................................................................... 32

1)
Increase the Arc flash limitation limit on looking for upstream protection devices ............................. 32
2)
Enhancing the Arc flash calculation wizard based on selected bus ....................................................... 33
3) Arc flash labels should always present System Voltage rather than Load Flow voltage when the SC
Calculated by LF pre-fault voltage ................................................................................................................. 33
D.
E.
Harmonic Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 35

1)
Added on/off option for harmonic sources ........................................................................................... 35
2)
Apply scenarios to control on/off for harmonic sources ....................................................................... 35

AC/DC Power Flow ..................................................................................................................................... 36
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1)
Enhanced the Calculation of DC Current Control in Rectifiers .............................................................. 36
2)
Sample to simulate AC-DC network for both SC and Load Flow............................................................ 37
F.
Ground Grid Program................................................................................................................................. 44

1)
Undo/Redo functions ............................................................................................................................. 44
2)
Lock and Unlock functions ..................................................................................................................... 44
3)
Spreadsheet view of grid elements ....................................................................................................... 45
G.
Advanced Power Cable Ampacity .............................................................................................................. 46
H.
Advanced Transient Stability ..................................................................................................................... 47

1)
New features for results of general-models/AVR/Governor/PV models .............................................. 47
2)
Relating General Models on/off based on device status in different scenarios.................................... 48
3)
New features for simulation windows ................................................................................................... 49
I.
Miscellaneous Features ............................................................................................................................. 50

1)
Client License Manager .......................................................................................................................... 50
2)
Add two new Text Report browser for Adobe Reader and XPS Viewer ................................................ 52
3)
Add Backup/Restore options for project folder/library files and both together................................... 53
4)
Unzip project without having WINZIP/WINRAR .................................................................................... 55
5)
Create a Upgrade all the PA sample files icon after installing DB5 SP2 ............................................. 55
6)
Editor and Text Editor Usability improvements. .................................................................................... 56
7)
Error Checker Enhancements: ............................................................................................................... 57
8)
Add Case Study list box, Add icon and Delete icon in Short Circuit toolbar .......................................... 58
9)
Other Miscellaneous Enhancements: .................................................................................................... 59
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A. Short Circuit Program
1) Bus Selection New Features of 3 Phase Short Circuit Programs
This feature gives the user an option to select buses either from drawings or from the
buses saved in the short circuit program:
Open the sample file IEC-YY project file. (ie: C:\DesignBase5\Samples\3PhaseSC)

Choose one of AC 3ph SC methods:
- AC ANSI/IEEE
- AC Classical
- AC IEC 60909
- AC IEC 61363
In this example we selected AC Classical:
Select number of buses from the drawings (In this example BUS 1, PPC3, G1)
Open SC Option dialog box and see which buses were selected (In this example
BUS 1, PPC3, G1) from the drawings in the list, since the default option From
Current Page is selected.
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Switch to option From Saved to ensure saved buses are showing in the list (In this
example BUS 1, PPC3, G1).
Switch back to From current Page and the buses selected from the drawings will
be displayed (In this example buses A4P, A7P, A8P, BUS 1, ).
Add buses from All Filtered Buses list (In this example A3CP, A4P, BUS 1, PPC3, G1)
and click Save button.
Switch to option From Saved and notice the buses in the list stay the same.
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Switch back to From current Page and the buses selected from the drawings
are back on the list (In this example BUS 1, PPC3, G1).
Switch to option From Saved again, click OK to go back to the drawing and you
will see the nodes A3CP, A4P are selected besides BUS 1, PPC3, G1.
2) Save/Import Bus Selection in User Defined Text File

Open the IEC-YY project file. (ie: C:\DesignBase5\Samples\3PhaseSC)
Choose one of the AC 3ph SC methods:
- AC ANSI/IEEE
- AC Classical
- AC IEC 60909
- AC IEC 61363
In this example we selected AC Classical:
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Select Selected Buses option and select some buses (In this example BUS 1, Bus
2, G1, G2)
Select the Export button and export the list to the text file (SCBusList.txt)
This file will keep the selected bus list which you may import anytime to do SC
study.
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Continue with SC study and generate the results (V4Results.txt)

Close the software
Launch DesignBase
Run the SC program (AC Classical)
Use the selected Buses and the Import option to open from the selected bus list
(SCBUSLIST.txt)
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3) Report to CSV file in Detailed Report of IEC363 SC Program
Now users can export the Detailed Report as a CSV file in SC IEC363:
4) Add new DC Source for calculations and build the estimation method based on
IEC61660.
This new feature includes a new model for DC sources according to IEC61660:
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The Short Circuit page should be set by considering the following items:
SC Rating could be either Rated Amps or rated kW.

DC Smoothing Reactor Data is the same as Rectifier in IEC61660 standard
AC Impedance data is the equivalent impedance converted to AC low voltage
side. The values can be entered manually or calculated from Maximum SC current
at the terminal bus to match IEC 61660 standards as follows
=
6 1000
(. 13 660 1)
Iscmax can be entered directly or calculated from Rated Amps and SC factor Ksc.
Estimate Rac button is used to estimate AC Impedance with Rac/Xac fixed

Running the DC IEC61660 SC program will result to the following report:
----------------------Rectifier(s) Data
----------------------AC Circuit Side
DC Circuit
System Actual
Rated -------------------- ------------Bus Name
V
V
Cd
A
Z-mOhm R-mOhm L-mH R-mOhm L-mH
------------------------ ------ ------ -- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -----DCS
250
250 DS
2000 4.0760 2.3541 0.0106 98.68 0.0300
Which means : Rac = 2.354 mOhms
The Analyze button will generate Output Branch Results Reports:

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--------------Bus Results
--------------Sustain Peak
Peak
Rising Decline
Ik
Ip
Tp
T1
T2
Rate of Rise
Bus Name
Cd R(Ohm) L (mH)
A
A
mSec
mSec
mSec
A/mSec
------------------------ -- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -----------DCS
DS 0.0833 0.3389
3000
3000
12.20
4.07 100.00
738
F1
0.0833 0.3389
3000
3000
12.20
4.07 100.00
738
Thevenin
The contribution of dc Source DCS Ik= 3000 A ,which will match the value in the editor as
expected.
5) New DC Source for Classical Methodology
A new DC source which has discussed before is also verified to cover DC Classical Short
Circuit method.
The editor of this new DC source model includes the same data as the rectifier.
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B.
Protection Device Coordination
1) Adjust Bus curve length in PDC TCC

The length of a Bus curve can be adjusted by dragging the handle at the bottom of the
Bus curve.
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2) Show/Hide coordinate symbol
The coordinate symbols can be shown by right-clicking "Show/Hide Coordinate" menu
item on the TCC window and then selecting Yes in the following dialog box.
Right Click
The coordinate
symbol will be
shown
The coordinate symbol can be hidden again by right-clicking "Show/Hide Coordinate"

menu item on the TCC window and then confirming in the appeared dialog box.
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Create multiple coordinate symbols in PDC curves
The new multiple coordinate symbols can be created by right-clicking the Insert
Coordinate menu item on TCC window and then selecting Yes in the following dialog
box.
Right Click
Multiple
coordinate
symbols
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3) Add device curve text in PDC program
The multiple annotation symbols can be dragged from the Annotation catalog into TCC
view.
4) Enhancement for the PDC "Restore View" icon in PDC toolbar

In the PDC toolbar, the Restore View icon is only shown when showing the PDC study
and the Show Study icon is only shown when not showing the PDC study. The zoom of
the main drawing is kept as the same as before anything was changed after clicking
Show Study icon and then clicking Restore View icon.
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5) Creating on/off icon for Opening/Closing the PDC tool-box
After clicking the Show/Hide Symbol Catalogs icon, the catalog window will appear.
Show/Hide
Symbols
Catalogs
After clicking the Show/Hide Symbol Catalogs icon again, the catalog window will
disappear.
6) On/Off for Designed Load Amp part of Bus Curve in PDC TCC
When unchecking the Hide Design Load Amps check box in the following Bus Curve
dialog box, the Bus design load amps will be shown in TCC view below. This option is
designed to show or hide the Bus design load amps in TCC view.
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Design
Load Amp
Curve
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7) Transformer Damage Curve Updates according to IEEE C57.12.59-2001
When the cooling type is a Dry-Type and the transformer belongs to categories I or II, IEEE
CS7.12.59-2001 standard can be selected in the following dialog box.
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8) Show coordinates when moving each PDC curve's arrow in PDC program
When holding down each PDC curves arrow and moving it, the coordinate values will
be shown in the Toolbar.
Watch
coordinate
values
Hold down PDC

Curves arrow
and move it
9) Add "delete" option for elements in PDC study to prevent Appending to wrong Study
In a PDC single line page, after selecting the elements in a PDC study then pressing
Delete button, the following dialog box will be shown to ask whether or not to delete the
study.
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10) Append new component into existing PDC studies
Add new elements into existing PDC by appending them into a corresponding PDC
study:
Existing PDC Study
Select new elements and then

Append to the existing PDC study
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After selecting elements in the single line drawing above and clicking the Append the
Current Study icon in PDC toolbar, the selected elements are appended in the PDC
study below:
Note: If selecting a branch symbol to append, two buses related to the branch will
automatically be selected to append to a PDC study.
11) Add options for deleting one or more PDC studies
After clicking the Delete the Current Study icon in the PDC toolbar, the following dialog
box will be shown from which the user can select one or more PDC studies to delete.
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12) Add a searching feature for equipment name in multiple PDC studies
After clicking Edit/Search Equipment in PDC Studies menu item in PDC toolbar, the
following dialog box will be shown. All the selected equipment on the left side is
included in the selected PDC study on the right side.
When searching for one or more equipment name in multiple PDC studies in the above
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dialog box, the equipment found in each PDC study will be shown below:
13) Creating Crosshair for PDC curves (including value representation on axis)
By holding down the arrow handle of the coordinate symbol and moving it, the following
crosshair will automatically be shown. By releasing the arrow handle of the coordinate
symbol, the crosshair will automatically disappear.
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The coordinate values will be shown in Toolbar and TCC view below.
14) Digitizer usability improvements.

The Digitizer program has been enhanced to return to the build program by pressing the
new Return to Build Program button in the Digitizer. The Digitizer minimizes and returns you
to the build program. From there the user can continue editing the same curve or edit a
different curve.
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15) Enhanced Solid State Breaker curve preview

A new curve preview has been created for enhancing the usability of Solid State Breakers
which now includes Long and Short Time Pickup and Instantaneous Pickup all in the same
diagram:
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Other features included in PDC Program are:

-
Updated G&W relays

Shows bus name in PDC single line
Does not show PDC drawings in the page drop down menu
Sort PDC study name in the PDC toolbar
Addition of two new features to change pen thickness and order of the user defined
SC arrows
Automatic addition of buses to PDC Studies when a branch is selected
Enhanced Relay Program user interface
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C. AC & DC Arc Flash Evaluation
1) Increase the Arc flash limitation limit on looking for upstream protection devices
The maximum fault contribution levels will be available for users to set. Its default value is 10
and can be increased up to 20 branches in upstream circuit. The user can set this value
based on his protection strategy and size of the network and the calculation speed on the
computer. This will update short circuit and PDC studies for contribution levels
automatically. This setting means every bus/equipment should be protected by a device in
at most 20 levels up branches.
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2) Enhancing the Arc flash calculation wizard based on selected bus
This feature will automatically recalculate and show the results of the selected bus. The
user can change the selected bus in Show Bus and arc flash engine will automatically
calculate and show the results in this window.
3) Arc flash labels should always present System Voltage rather than Load Flow voltage
when the SC Calculated by LF pre-fault voltage
When the Short Circuit Calculation uses Power Flow Voltage as pre-fault voltage, then
all calculations will be based on Load flow voltage as a pre-fault and the Arc-Flash
Engine would also use this voltage which might be different from system voltage. To keep
the system data consistent, Arc-Flash labels should present System Voltage rather than
what the user considered in SC calculations. Labels are always present in System Voltage
but Arc-Flash report still will show LF voltage as a pre-fault voltage.
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D. Harmonic Analysis
1) Added on/off option for harmonic sources
This feature creates new option for the user to be able turn on/off harmonic sources in a
study.
2) Apply scenarios to control on/off for harmonic sources
In addition we applied this option to control harmonic sources on/off feature by
Scenarios.
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E. AC/DC Power Flow
1) Enhanced the Calculation of DC Current Control in Rectifiers
The DC load flow now includes the DC current control order with Zero Amp for the Rated
Current.
In addition, a Warnings message will be generated if Rectifier DC Voltage Control Order

Is set to Zero after running DC Load Flow Report Manager\Log File:
Bus Source < REC1>:

System Voltage is applied for DC Control Voltage Order due to it <=0 !
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2) Sample to simulate AC-DC network for both SC and Load Flow
Service Pack 2 also includes new symbols and settings to ease the modelling of
integrated AC-DC networks. This section will present how to model this kind of network
with a simple example as shown below for a typical AC/DC configuration.
The sample file can be accessed from: C:\DesignBase5\Sampels\ACDCLF\AC_DC_Converter.epr
Modelling in DesignBase:
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-
DC-AC Device ( Inverter)
As shown in the drawing OCC-4WI is an inverter with two components connected to the
DC and AC networks separately. The inverters DC Component which is connected to
the DC side should be dragged and dropped from the DC catalog.
This component can be controlled as DC Current Control or DC Voltage Control

which can be set in its Load Flow tab page. It works as a bus for Short Circuit studies.
The AC Component works as a Source on the AC Side and it should be dragged from
AC catalog by looking for Inverter symbol. The AC component should have the same
name as the DC component:
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For Short Circuit studies this should be set as a Current Limitation Source which can be
calculated from Rated Parameters. For load flow the PG should be set to zero and PL
should be non-zero in order to pass the DC control from DC component. (PG=0, PL0)
- AC-DC Bi-Directional Converter

As shown in the main drawing OCC-GTI is a bidirectional converter:
The bi-directional model includes two different modes: a rectifier mode and an inverter
mode. Each mode is modeled by different components for AC and DC sides separately
and should be activated individually by defining the two different scenarios.
The inverter mode includes the same components which are described above by using
the same name for both components. (in this example the AC Source and it is
deactivated in the current scenario were used)
In the rectifier mode the DC side is modeled with a DC Source (rectifier) and the AC side
is modeled with an AC load which can be dragged from AC catalog by looking for
Rectifier Symbol. Both components should have the same name. ( This example used DC
Source).
The AC component is a Bus for Short Circuit Studies. For load flow study its kvar should be
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set at Zero in order to accept the current control results from DC side.
The DC component is also set as a DC Source on the DC Side and can be dragged from
the DC catalog by looking for the DC source.
For Short Circuit Studies, its SC Current can be limited and is estimated by AC impedance
from the Rated Parameters per IEC61660 standard. For load flow standards the DC
Control should be set either to Current Control or Voltage Control and by using the
same name as the AC side Rectifier Load it can pass the control parameters to the AC
side.
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- DC-DC Converter
As shown in the drawing OCC-DCDC is a DC converter with two components connected
with LV=120 V and HV=240V sides.
A DC-DC converter can be dragged from the DC catalog. There is no meaningful data
for the branch since the two voltage networks are isolated from each other in the real
world.
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The HV Source can be dragged just by selecting a DC Source from the DC catalog. Its
Short Circuit Current can be limited by using an estimation of AC impedance from the
Rated Parameters per IEC61660 standard. For the load flow it should be set to DC
Current Control with zero Amps in order to pass the control from LV to HV
Select Current Control and set Order =0 to transfer the power from LV side.
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-
Scenarios need to be defined:
Scenarios can be used to switch the status of the bidirectional converter.

Rectifier Mode
AC Source is switched off and DC Source is activated to pass the power from AC to DC.
Inverter Mode
DC Source is switched off and AC Source is activated to pass the power from DC to AC.
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F. Ground Grid Program
1) Undo/Redo functions
A user can apply the Undo/Redo function anytime by selecting it via the Edit menu or
simply by using key buttons to step forward and back all changes; Ctrl + Z for Undo, and
Ctrl + Shift +Z for Redo.
2) Lock and Unlock functions

In addition, the user can select single or multiple rods and lock them in order to keep them
in place and not be able to move or edit afterwards. The user cannot reselect the locked
elements. User can also use the unlock feature in the same way or can use it from the
menu Edit/Unlock All to unlock all grid elements and adjust their position and properties
as normal.
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3) Spreadsheet view of grid elements

New buttons for adding new elements and also a selection option either from spreadsheet
selection or from diagram have also been added.
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G. Advanced Power Cable Ampacity
Cable Ampacity Program is enhanced to show diagram units now and it can be changed
through the main windows rather than the project setting dialog.
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H. Advanced Transient Stability
1) New features for results of general-models/AVR/Governor/PV models
In the new version of the advanced transient software, the limit of the variable shown in
the results for general-models/AVR/Governor/PV models has been increased by up to
44 signals.
User can select View Graphical Results and under the UDM tab (new feature to show user
defined model variables) he/she will be able to select desired number of signals to be
plotted.
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2) Relating General Models on/off based on device status in different scenarios

To prevent the software from creating an error message when its associated bus/branch is
out of service in the single line (in current scenario), an automatic updatable on/off status
has been added:
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3) New features for simulation windows
In order to enhance the transient simulation windows, an Event Log window has been
added to the main windows to show a list of events that happen during simulation based
on View Text Results. In addition, the main windows curves have been generated by
more decimal values to show a smoother curve for voltage PU and frequency values:
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I.
Miscellaneous Features
1) Client License Manager

The serial number will be shown in the Client License Manager page if there is a serial
number in the license file. The new four CORE, SUPER, POWER and PE license packages will
be shown if one of those license packages exists in the license file.
The port number can be changed and can be changed back after clicking the Default
button in the following dialog box. The default port number is 27002 when using the license
server.
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By clicking the Show License Information button in the client license manager dialog box,
the complete descriptions for the installed DB license features and package name will be
shown as follows:
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2) Add two new Text Report browser for Adobe Reader and XPS Viewer
Launch the Text Report program by selecting Tools/Global Edits/Change the settings for
the Text Report as follows:
Two new formats including Adobe Reader and XPS Viewer have been added. The current
settings such as font size, font color, watermark, and so on for Adobe Reader and XPS
Viewer can be changed when clicking the Change Current Settings button.
For example, when changing the font color to blue and watermark to DRAFT, saving the
settings and then selecting Adobe Reader as a browser, the PF report will be created as
follows:
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In the same way, when changing the font color to red and watermark to SAMPLE, saving
the settings and then selecting XPS Viewer as a browser, the PF report will be created as
follows:
3) Add Backup/Restore options for project folder/library files and both together
When selecting File/Backup Library Files in DB5 SP2, the following dialog box will be
shown. All the selected library files can be zipped to a backup file. The default path to the
backup files is C:\DesignBase5\BackUp. All the selected options from the Data folder and
can also be browsed from different locations.
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When selecting File/ Restore Library Files in DB5 SP2, the following dialog box will appear.
All the files in the selected zip file will be unzipped to the selected folder when clicking
Restore button in the following dialog box.
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4) Unzip project without having WINZIP/WINRAR
By Selecting File/Unzip Project the user can select any packed folder including the
project files into the current folder. Following dialog box will be shown which show the path
of packed folder.
5) Create a Upgrade all the PA sample files icon after installing DB5 SP2
After installing DB5 SP2, a Upgrade all the PA sample files icon is created. By clicking this
icon, all the sample files under c:\designbase5\samples folder will be upgraded:
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6) Editor and Text Editor Usability improvements.
All Text Editor equipment filters can be edited.
The user can select and copy/paste in the Text Editor Spreadsheet:
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Periodic field entry as spreadsheet for AC Voltage Profile:
7) Error Checker Enhancements:

Error Checker reports Harmonic devices which are not connected to network and
harmonic devices which are connected to an unpowered island.
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Error Checker can now correct certain errors automatically. The user can Right-Click on the
highlighted entries to open the menu, and choose to correct the single error or all similar
errors.
8) Add Case Study list box, Add icon and Delete icon in Short Circuit toolbar
If the Case Study for the Options with @ in the SC option dialog box checked, the Case
Study list box, Add icon, and Delete icon will be created in the Short Circuit toolbar as
follows:
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The case study name is listed in Case Study list box. Different case study names can be
selected. When clicking Add icon (or +), a case study can be added. When clicking
Delete icon (or X), a case study can be deleted.
By unchecking Case Study for the Options with @ in the SC option dialog box, the Case
Study list box, Add icon, and Delete icon will disappear in Short Circuit toolbar as follows:
9) Other Miscellaneous Enhancements:

- User interface improvements
- Created a new DC Source symbol in DC catalogs
- Created a new Inverter symbol in 3P Bus catalogs
- Added a new shunt capacitor symbol in all the bus catalogs
- Added new options in Import/Export Programs
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Created on/off icon for Opening/Closing the PDC tool-box

C. Arc Flash Study

Ground Grid Program

G. Advanced Power Cable Ampacity

Advanced Transient Stability Analysis

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Short Circuit Program................................................................................................................................... 8

Bus Selection New Features of 3 Phase Short Circuit Programs.............................................................. 8

Save/Import Bus Selection in User Defined Text File ............................................................................ 10

Report to CSV file in Detailed Report of IEC363 SC Program ................................................................. 14

New DC Source for Classical Methodology ............................................................................................ 16

Protection Device Coordination................................................................................................................. 17

Adjust Bus curve length in PDC TCC ....................................................................................................... 17

Show/Hide coordinate symbol .............................................................................................................. 18

Add device curve text in PDC program .................................................................................................. 20

Creating on/off icon for Opening/Closing the PDC tool-box ................................................................. 21

Transformer Damage Curve Updates according to IEEE C57.12.59-2001 ............................................. 23

Append new component into existing PDC studies .......................................................................... 25

Add options for deleting one or more PDC studies ........................................................................... 26

Creating Crosshair for PDC curves (including value representation on axis)..................................... 28

Digitizer usability improvements. ...................................................................................................... 29

Enhanced Solid State Breaker curve preview .................................................................................... 30

AC & DC Arc Flash Evaluation..................................................................................................................... 32

Harmonic Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 35

Added on/off option for harmonic sources ........................................................................................... 35

Apply scenarios to control on/off for harmonic sources ....................................................................... 35

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Enhanced the Calculation of DC Current Control in Rectifiers .............................................................. 36

Sample to simulate AC-DC network for both SC and Load Flow............................................................ 37

Ground Grid Program................................................................................................................................. 44

Undo/Redo functions ............................................................................................................................. 44

Lock and Unlock functions ..................................................................................................................... 44

Spreadsheet view of grid elements ....................................................................................................... 45

Advanced Power Cable Ampacity .............................................................................................................. 46

Advanced Transient Stability ..................................................................................................................... 47

New features for results of general-models/AVR/Governor/PV models .............................................. 47

Relating General Models on/off based on device status in different scenarios.................................... 48

New features for simulation windows ................................................................................................... 49

Miscellaneous Features ............................................................................................................................. 50

Client License Manager .......................................................................................................................... 50

Unzip project without having WINZIP/WINRAR .................................................................................... 55

Editor and Text Editor Usability improvements. .................................................................................... 56

Error Checker Enhancements: ............................................................................................................... 57

Other Miscellaneous Enhancements: .................................................................................................... 59

What is New in Paladin DesignBase 5.0 SP2

Open the sample file IEC-YY project file. (ie: C:\DesignBase5\Samples\3PhaseSC)

In this example we selected AC Classical:

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