The estimation solution is a menu driven user friendly IT based intelligent software, which helps user to create accurate offers with minimum efforts in the most efficient manner. Simplifi-ED.LV comes with sample feeder configurations along with their compartment height, bus bar selection charts and user configurable panel executions & dimensions. Extensive switchgear database is provided with Simplifi-ED. Just provide the list of feeders, their configuration & feeder height as input tender purpose front view and costing in ready in few minutes.
Features / Advantages of Simplifi-ED™.LV Estimation Solution:
Database for Estimation
1. Estimation Solution is provided with almost all switchgear components available in India with updated price list.
2. On pricelist revision, updation of pricelist is done by Iconic.*
3. For price of non-listed item, user friendly interface for data entry is provided with solution for user.
4. In case of new ‘make’, if pricelist provided by client, same shall be incorporated by Iconic in a definite time period at no extra cost.
*Terms and condition apply
Feeder Configuration
1. Availability of a variety of feeder configurations as samples to choose from, resulting in time saving. Standard feeder library provided with solution, developed during training to users.
2. User friendly GUI’s with intelligence built-in for easy and guided configuration process, parallel and series filtering options.
Construction Details
1. IP protection, painting details and gasket calculation considered according to the selection. This makes sheet metal, painting, gasket calculation based on scientific method.
2. In-built Busbar selection chart for automatic bus bar selection. Bus bar size is automatically suggested based on selection criteria ‘Temperature rise wise’ or ‘Current Density’ wise
Tender purpose GA Drawing
1. Availability of a variety of panel executions (Almost all Possible Executions) defined in the solution database as samples to choose from. Requires selection of the ones that are applicable and defining the custom dimensions and their respective thicknesses.
2. Tender purpose General Arrangement Drawing generated automatically by the solution based on the feeder list defined for every switchboard taking into consideration the bus-wise distribution, the vertical dropper rating and the total vertical feeder area height available as per the operating height criterion.
Costing reports
1. Total Switchgear cost, cost for one make of components/cost for one family & Type of component for negotiation of a better discount from the manufacturer.
2. Single point modification of, say Discount, at any stage of the offer for a particular Make’s family (egg. ACB)
3. Single point modification of MRP, updating of MRP in case of change in particular offer on click of button.
4. Total quantity of Bus bar of Aluminium / Copper to be used for a particular board or project. Breakup for main Bus bar, Vertical BB, Bus links feeder wise.
5. Before generating GA diagram, the software prompts the user to add any additional panel for marshalling purpose or any other use, there-by reducing the chances for the user to miss out on costing of these.
6. Part wise weight breakup for each panel is available for data analysis.
7. Costing of Electrical material & Labour is maintained component-wise which does not get affected when a discount has to be passed on to the client during price negotiations.
8. More of such data for analysis and scope of cutting down of costs towards a more competitive quote increasing the chances of award of contract
9. Technical validations to the extent possible ensure that wrong data selections are not possible.
All Internal Reports
a. Project cost report in two different formats.
b. Switchgear breakup Report.
c. Feeder wise costing.
d. Feeder wise Wire Report.
e. Details Bus link and Vertical dropper Report.
f. Switchboard wise switchgear report.
g. And much more…..
Submission
a. Price-bid.
b. BOM with and without Catalog number.
c. One page offer.
d. Technical Specification sheet.
e. Tender purpose FV…
Report
1. Reporting can be had in the format for submission to the customer without need for any manual intervention
2. As required reports can be exported to the PDF, MS-Word and MS-Excel format.
Complete Solution for LV Switchboards Engineering
Preparing / drafting an engineering drawing manually in any CAD package can be tedious and a complicated task, requiring a lot of patience, accuracy & efforts.
Simplifi-ED™ .LV Engineering Solution simplifies this task tremendously! It is designed to process inputs as an independent solution or output from Estimation Solution. Circuit diagrams need to be created in the solution's CAD environment (samples available for editing) and the components mapped with their details, after which, all other required documents can be generated in CAD & Excel format as per the requirement.
OUTPUT from Engineering solution
1. Record of Drawings – Automatic
2. Technical Details – Semi-automatic
3. Front View along with Panel Fixing Plan – Automatic
4. Wiring / Scheme Drawings with Terminal Diagram – Semi-automatic
5. Single line diagram – Automatic
6. Bill of materials and Master Bill of materials – Automatic
7. Door layout drawings - Semi-automatic
8. Name plate list – Semi-automatic
9. List of changes in BOM (due to amendment in drawings) - Automatic
Front view feature list
Engineering solution has many features which makes it easy to generate output with accuracy in less time. The best part is that without making a single line complete Front view is generated in all respect.
1. Based on the requirement, user can easily change the board category as Compartmentalized or non- Compartmentalized.
2. It is possible to make board as single front or double front.
3. It is possible to select depth of panel as uniform or vertical wise.
4. Based on Fixed or Draw-out execution selection of board, dimension and representation of Chambers are selected automatically.
5. It is optional to select the cable entry for panel as TOP or BOTTOM.
6. It is optional to show feeder numbering style as 1F1.1F2..2F1..or 1FA.1FB..2FA in FRONT VIEW.
7. In FRONT VIEW, option to represent the feeder numbering from Top to bottom or Bottom to top is available.
8. User can easily increase or decrease number of Boards in Project at any point of time.
9. Number of buses can be defined to avoid number mismatch in feeder quantity.
10. Solution suggests the Main and control Bus-bars automatically for FRONT VIEW based on the In-panel rating and ambient temperature is defined.
11. Solution allows changing feeder height of specific feeder at FRONT VIEW interface on right click button.
12. It is optional to add Empty feeder manually at FRONT VIEW interface to accommodate or segregate the empty space available.
13. During execution selection of FRONT VIEW, solution allows changing of dimension to draw FRONT VIEW.
14. It is also possible to change dimension of specific verticals on right click once FRONT VIEW is ready.
15. Shipping marking is automatically done based on Shipping length, Number of panels in shipping, depth change case set at input screen.
16. It is also possible to change shipping marking manually at FRONT VIEW interface.
17. In FRONT VIEW it is optional to show earth bus-bar extension out of board.
18. User can decide the length of panel to be shown on one page at panel setting tab.
19. Provision is available to show locks & screws for Door/VCA/VBBC in FRONT VIEW.
20. User can select the lifting arrangements representation like eye-bolt; lifting channel vertical wise/shipping wise in FRONT VIEW.
21. Default FRONT VIEW report is generated with Feeder code details available at side table in FRONT VIEW, which is optional to show/Hide.
22. It is optional to add Adaptor or dummy of various widths in FRONT VIEW in between any 2 verticals, depth of adaptor will be considered as LHS vertical.
23. Solution has provision to add additional base frame in FRONT VIEW based on requirement.
24. It is optional in FRONT VIEW to set maximum usable area to arrange feeders on click of auto arrange.
25. User can set the maximum and minimum operating height condition in FRONT VIEW, empty/dummy of set height gets added in Vertical wherever it is meeting the operating height condition.
26. User can set the vertical dropper rating to arrange feeders automatically in FRONT VIEW up to set rating; additional verticals get added automatically if the set rating is crossed, whereas feeders can be arranged manually also by dragging to minimize the number of verticals in FRONT VIEW.
27. Executions and dimension are automatically selected based on MBB set /Cable alley/Vertical dropper position selected during Panel execution selection.
28. Solution has provision to select the ACB execution as Multi-breaker (2 tier or 3 tier selection) in one vertical.
29. User can segregate the number of chambers required in ACB vertical like ACB/Metering/Relay or control chamber.
30. User can set the locations of panels in FRONT VIEW by swapping the verticals with each other.
31. It is optional in FRONT VIEW to show/hide the Main Bus-bar/control bus-bar details in FRONT VIEW.
32. Addition/subtraction/change in feeder height can be done easily on click of auto correct button without affecting the arranged/reshuffled feeders in FRONT VIEW.
33. Generated FRONT VIEW can be easily exported to CAD on single click.
34. It is also possible to make extension board in FRONT VIEW, where user can set the starting panel number to start with in FRONT VIEW.
35. While making the extension board, user can even hide the side covers in FRONT VIEW to represent it as Extension of supplied board.
36. Sharing (common vertical bus-bar or Cable alley) execution is selected automatically whereas user can easily make it single panel at FRONT VIEW interface.
37. Feeder dragging with respect to Bus/execution/width/available free area in vertical is validated.
38. It is optional to represent the various chamber names as per client requirements like VBB or Bus-bar chamber etc.
39. It is optional to set the multiple factor in FRONT VIEW like 1M=80 mm or 1M=50 mm as per client standard.
40. Ventilation boxes/louvers are selected automatically in FRONT VIEW with respect to the vertical rating/Feeder type like VFD/Capacitor/Starter/adjacent feeder
combination etc.
41. FRONT VIEW is arranged automatically on click of auto arrange button, where the number of verticals are calculated with respect to VD rating allowed in one
vertical and usable area available.
42. It is optional to show the board height (for feeders) shipping wise or out of the FRONT VIEW based on requirement.
43. Multiples can be selected as intervals of 100 mm or 200 mm to represent the Board height (for feeders).
44. User can select the MBB/CC/Usable area height manually at panel setting tab, based on the values board height is automatically selected.
45. Top/Bottom bus-duct entries can be represented in FRONT VIEW as star/flange view with panel number detail at side table.
46. Along with ACB, Non-ACB panels are also possible to make as Full height of various widths in FRONT VIEW.
47. It is optional to show board nameplate at multiple location like start & end of board or on specific interval of panels.
48. Approximate weight of TU/shipping can be shown on click of show weight in FRONT VIEW.
49. It is optional to add additional depth (as AOC) at rear for rear cable entry in FRONT VIEW as on requirement.
50. Front view report can be generated automatically with all its template/footer and drawing details, where revision is automatically marked with cloud and drawing
number update during revision.
51. Newly added feeder types and quantities are automatically accommodated on click of auto correct button in FRONT VIEW.
52. Affected verticals are marked with revision to highlight the changes during revision.
53. User can also customize the possible executions and dimension at FRONT VIEW interface.
Wiring feature list
Engineering solution has many features which makes it easy to create wiring with accuracy in less time.
1. The drawing number for schemes is automatically allocated by the solution.
2. User can change the auto generated drawing numbers at any point of time.
3. Solution provides the provision to copy the scheme from same/other projects.
4. On copy command, solution automatically copies the BOQ of the destination feeder.
5. In such cases, solution has option to change the mapping of copied component.
6. User can copy the scheme form library project and then change the mapping of components used in scheme as per desired rating/requirement.
7. After copying the scheme, a small modification in BOQ mapping can save a lot of time as at the same time, Scheme, BOQ and SLD are being generated by the
Solution.
8. Like Scheme copy, solution allows to give a common drawing reference to multiple feeders, which helps user to get a common scheme against multiple feeders.
9. Referencing of multiple feeders to common feeder also give provision to copy the BOQ of source feeder, which can be modified/changed as per requirement.
10. Solution has provision to import the Wiring blocks from CAD package.
11. User can re-configure the Block and Equipment data along with its SLD blocks.
12. Solution takes the same configuration reference to generate the SLD automatically.
13. Configured components are shown at mapping screens against block placed in the scheme.
14. Auto designation feature is available to suggest designation in scheme.
16. Reminders to add accessories can be used against block while mapping.
17. Auto generation of wire numbers as per Configuration done at Ferrule configuration screen.
18. Blocks creation can be done with all the intelligence to auto connect to control line, to suggest the aux contacts, coils, auto cross reference details, auto CLT
generation.
19. Terminals are possible to place on consecutive clicks at desired location with auto terminal numbering.
20. Auto CLT generation is possible in scheme with from/Source and to/Destination detail.
21. Options are available to Show auto joints in scheme on single click.
22. User can even create the scheme on manual mode( solution will not connects blocks automatically)
23. Contacts and equipment area is segregated at wiring interface, where all used details will be hidden automatically.
24. Inter-panel between multiple feeders can be created at Inter-panel interface screen by clicking the source and destination terminals of 2 different feeders.
25. Whenever the components are deleted at wiring, the same gets deleted/ removed automatically at all other pages like- BOQ/SLD/DOOR.
26. Revision marking and update at various reports are fully automated.
27. Auto marshalling or looping chart generation in wiring.
28. Generated drawings can be exported to CAD.
29. Marshalling drawings can be exported to EXCEL to do the additional modification if required.
Benefits of Engineering solution
1. Engineering process becomes system dependent and not totally person dependent.
2. To a greater extent, the quality is controlled by system.
3. Drawing quality improvement due to negligible drafting errors, ease of drawing reading, standardized formats.
4. Creation of knowledge bank as the database gets built.
5. Automation of time consuming manual activities.
6. Database of frequently used switchgear components and their symbols gets created
7. Built-in intelligence helps avoid illogical errors.
8. Apart from the above intangible benefits, there are tangible benefits in the form of lead time reduction, resulting in reduction in amendments due to engineering errors
Q. What is 'Simplifi-ED™.LV Estimation Solution'?
A. As per conventional method, most switchboard manufacturers use ‘MS-Excel’ for doing estimation for switchboards. However, in using ‘MS-Excel’ for this purpose, the user must have extensive knowledge about switchboards so as to arrive at the correct costs for switchgear, busbar, sheet steel, wiring and labour and, last but not the least, not to rule off a chance of ‘Human-Error’ in doing so.
Iconic Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd. introduces an ‘MS-Excel’ independent, error-free person-independent accurate intelligent tool to help estimate switchboard costs, assisted by a vast in-built database and knowledge bank.
Q. What do I require to install the software?
A. As it is a web based application, it will be installed in Server System. From server system, users can access the software through LAN. Also if you have Static IP, it can be accessed from anywhere outside your office.
For individual user systems, only ‘Mozilla Firefox’ browser is required to access the software. For detail information about ‘System requirement’ please refer to our ‘System requirement for Simplifi-ED LV Solution’.
Q. What are the different switchgear makes that are provided in the database?
A. We provide all well known makes like Siemens, L&T, ABB, Schneider, GE and many other latest pricelists in our database, which can be directly used by the user during Estimation.
Q. What if those pricelist gets updated? Should I update all pricelist by myself?
A. No. Whenever any pricelist will get updated, Iconic will update the pricelist and upload it to Iconic Server. You will receive an E-mail on your registered ‘E-mail id’. All you have to do is to download them to update your database.
Q. What type of switchboard costing can I make using ‘Simplifi-ED LV Estimation’ solution?
A. By using ‘Simplifi-ED LV Estimation Solution’ you can make offer for PCC, MCC, PDB, wall mounting DB, Non- Compartmentalized panel, Mixed type panel, Feeder pillar and Busduct.
Q. What about the discount and taxes applicable on switchgear costing? Can I use my own discount and taxes in database?
A. Yes. The default database comes with standard discount and tax structures. If you need to incorporate your discount and tax structure, first time during installation, Iconic representative will help you to incorporate the same. Later on you can do it by yourself.
Q. What about the busbar details? I want to use my own busbar sizes in ‘Simplifi-ED.LV Estimation Solution’?
A. Apart from switchgear pricelists, Iconic provides a standard busbar selection chart. During installation, Iconic will provide you a ‘Technical data book’, where you have to fill up your organization’s standard details of busbar, sheet metal, painting, labour, wiring etc. During database customization, Iconic representative will help you to customize the database as per your organization’s standards.
Q. Does it calculates weight of busbar and sheet metal automatically?
A. Yes. With all criteria like ambient temperature, temperature rise, fault level etc. and standard formulas, ‘Simplifi-ED LV Estimation Solution’ gives you the accurate calculation of all type of bus bars such as Phase and Neutral busbar, earth, control busbar and feeder wise busbar links. For sheet metal calculation, it provides you the accurate weight of entire switchboard as well as each parts such as Top sheet, side cover, doors, mounting plate, feeder partition etc.
Q. Does it provides Front view at estimation stage?
A. Yes. In ‘Simplifi-ED.LV Estimation’ database, we provide above 110 types of different switchboard executions. Tender purpose General Arrangement Drawing is generated automatically by the software based on the feeder list defined for every switchboard, taking into consideration the bus-wise distribution, the vertical dropper rating and the total vertical feeder area height available as per the operating height criterion.
Q. How does it calculates Wiring and Labour?
A. Costing of Electrical material (Wiring) & Electrical Labour is maintained component-wise which does not get affected when a discount has to be passed on to the client during price negotiations.
Q. Does it generates all reports for submission to customer?
A. Yes. Not only the submission reports, but all internal and submission Reports can be had in the format for submission to the customer without need of any manual intervention. All Reports can be Exported to Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Format), MS-Excel and MS-Word format.
