MeteorCalc SL

MeteorCalc SL

Win32 und 64 Bit, Deutsch

Meteorowl OÜ
Powerful application for designing electrical parts of street lighting installations. It fully automates all electrotechnical calculations, computations of specifications and drawings of schemes.

Allgemeine Anweisungen zur Verwendung

There are two different ways to use MeteorCalc SL:

  • The street lighting model is located directly in the street lighting project file. This method can be applied to small projects.
  • The street lighting model is located in a separate file, and the street lighting project file is attached as an external reference. It is the basic method of using the program.

 

Basic steps of using MeteorCalc SL

To start with, you must be sure that all MeteorCalc SL work layers and all street lighting model blocks exist in the drawing.

Step 1. Creation of the street lighting model. Cable spans of street lighting network are simulated with lightweight polylines on the layer "mtr-calc-sl-model". Street lighting units are simulated with blocks inserted on the layer "mtr-calc-sl-units". Transformers and distribution panelboards are simulated with blocks inserted on the layer "mtr-calc-sl-model".

Step 2. Assigning data to model objects using the commands Object Data or Feeder Object Data.

Step 3. Numbering of objects in a feeder and distribution on phases using the command Numbering and Distribution by Phases.

Step 4. Electrotechnical calculations in any endpoint of a feeder, reviewing and outputting the results via the window End Point Calculation. A calculation of a short circuit current and a calculation of a voltage loss will be performed in each selected endpoint.

Step 5. Electrotechnical calculations in any feeder, reviewing and outputting the results via the window Feeder Calculation. A calculation of the power sum and working currents of a feeder will be performed for each phase separately.

Step 6. Electrotechnical calculations in a distribution panel board, reviewing and outputting the results via the window DPB Calculation. A calculation of power sum and working currents of a distribution panel board. A calculation of a short circuit current and a calculation of a voltage loss in a distribution panel board.

Step 7. Drawing of a scheme of feeders via the window Feeder Scheme. A calculation of a short circuit current and a calculation of a voltage loss in each endpoint of the scheme.

Step 8. Calculations of specifications of the model objects, reviewing and outputting the results via the window Total Specification or DPB Specification or Feeder Specification.

 

When assigning data, during Step 1 and Step 2, adding new data types may be necessary to describe the model objects. In this case, Data Library Editor should be run to add necessary characteristics. Those become available immediately when the data window displayed. 

For details, please refer to the chapter “Getting started with MeteorCalc SL” in the MeteorCalc SL Help.

There are several video tutorials with different drawing examples: 

-MeteorCalc SL features overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qN6aVMzKe8

-Creation of a street lighting model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jThjPSh53w 

-Audit a street lighting model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIn6IzBFH2M

Bildschirmfotos

Befehle

Symbol in der Multifunktionsleiste/im Werkzeugkasten Befehl Beschreibung des Befehls

MTR-SL-COPY-DATA

Copy data from the source object to destination objects.

MTR-SL-DBEDIT

Data for street lighting units are stored in Data Library. The Data Library is the main storage of street lighting unit data.

MTR-SL-DATA

Opens "Object Data" window for viewing and assigning data to a single object.

MTR-SL-SCHEME

Runs the calculation of SC-currents and voltage losses in the selected endpoint of the feeder, opens the "Draw Scheme" window.

MTR-SL-RECALC-FED

Runs the recalculation of feeder power sum, currents, and calculations at end points.

Installation/Deinstallation

Installation 

1. Check that you are in the system with the same user name that you will work with the program in the future. Close all Autodesk® AutoCAD® sessions;

2. Start the installation setup file you received;

3. Select your location from a list;

4. Begin your work with the plugin using the MeteorCalc SL template fails. Type in the command line: MTR-SL-GET-TEMPLATE

Trusted Locations 

MeteorCalc SL loads digitally signed executable modules only. At first start, a path to the program folder will be added in the Trusted Locations list automatically. Please, allow the program to do this if such a request occurs. 

 

Check your regional calculation settings

We strongly recommend you check and set the settings of calculations. Temperatures of conductors directly affect the results of calculations. 

 

Uninstallation 

To uninstall this plug-in, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

Weitere Informationen

The easiest way to evaluate the effectiveness of MeteorCalc SL, is to watch the video with the overview of the main features of MeteorCalc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qN6aVMzKe8&t and the MeteorCalc presentation in video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMfw-dPfL2c&t=35s

Also, we recommend you watch the video tutorials on our website https://meteorcalc.com/videos. All videos have English narrations.

The final result of the program work is a set of drawings, including a plan of street lighting installation, a planning scheme, single-line feeder diagrams, specifications and tables with information sheets for ordering equipment. The examples of drawings are located on our website. 

To start, we recommend you refer to the Getting Started (Beginners Guide) brochure and use the MeteorCalc_SL_Example_1_Street_Lighting.dwg file. This step-by-step example is adapted for the trial version.

Bekannte Probleme

Street lighting feeders should have a tree-shaped structure and should not have closed contours.

Kontakt

Firmenname: Meteorowl OÜ
Kontakt für Support: support@meteorcalc.com

Informationen zum Autor/zur Firma

Meteorowl OÜ

Support-Informationen

We provide free online support for all our products, including trial and paid versions.

Support page: www.meteorcalc.com/support.

E-mail support: support@meteorcalc.com.

Versionsverlauf

Versionsnummer Versionsbeschreibung

3.3.0

3.3.0 Tested in AutoCAD® 2025. New 3D commands let you create 3D visualization models. New 3D block constructor allows to create 3D blocks of street lighting objects. New features and new dialog-window in the „Object Specifications“ command. The Help system has been expanded. 3.2.4 The Help system has been expanded. The section " Choice of protective devices for street lighting feeders" has been significantly updated. The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded. Updated program logo and installer. 3.2.2 Tested in AutoCAD 2023. New command "Find and show DPB" finds and shows the street lighting cabinet of the feeder by selecting any block of a street lighting unit. The Help system has been expanded. The new section "Choice of protective devices for street lighting feeders" have been added. 3.2.0 New command "Find and Show Links" detects valid and invalid secondary objects (cable labels and resulting blocks) of distribution network models. New command "Check Feeder" detects structure of street lighting feeders. New opportunities and new dialog-window in the „Used Units“ command. New opportunities and new dialog-window in the „Update Data“ command. New report windows of the calculation commands. Using the "Object Data" command and selecting a block of results, the user can view the history of calculations at the corresponding node or line. The Help system has been significantly expanded. The new sections "Model objects and their secondary objects" and "Support and troubleshooting" have been added. 3.1.4 Tested in AutoCAD 2022. The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded. New types of power cables added for Georgia 3.1.2 The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded significantly. New types of power cables added for Argentina, China, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey. 3.1.0 New brief Help system “Getting Started” and new starting window “Welcome to MeteorCalc SL”. New command MTR-SL-GET-EXAMPLE opens a dwg-example localized to the cable database installed for your location. New opportunities in the „Power Cable Data“dialog window. The user can automatically replace an unknown cable type with a similar cable type from the installed cable database. 3.0.8 Tested in the AutoCAD 2021 3.0.6 New command „Recalculate Feeder“. Now you can with one click recalculate all previously defined calculation points in a feeder. 3.0.2 Since version 3.0 a distribution panelboard may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a start point. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added AutoCAD 2020 support.

3.2.4

3.2.4 The Help system has been expanded. The section " Choice of protective devices for street lighting feeders" has been significantly updated. The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded. Updated program logo and installer. 3.2.2 Tested in AutoCAD 2023. New command "Find and show DPB" finds and shows the street lighting cabinet of the feeder by selecting any block of a street lighting unit. The Help system has been expanded. The new section "Choice of protective devices for street lighting feeders" have been added. 3.2.0 New command "Find and Show Links" detects valid and invalid secondary objects (cable labels and resulting blocks) of distribution network models. New command "Check Feeder" detects structure of street lighting feeders. New opportunities and new dialog-window in the „Used Units“ command. New opportunities and new dialog-window in the „Update Data“ command. New report windows of the calculation commands. Using the "Object Data" command and selecting a block of results, the user can view the history of calculations at the corresponding node or line. The Help system has been significantly expanded. The new sections "Model objects and their secondary objects" and "Support and troubleshooting" have been added. 3.1.4 Tested in AutoCAD 2022. The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded. New types of power cables added for Georgia 3.1.2 The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded significantly. New types of power cables added for Argentina, China, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey. 3.1.0 New brief Help system “Getting Started” and new starting window “Welcome to MeteorCalc SL”. New command MTR-SL-GET-EXAMPLE opens a dwg-example localized to the cable database installed for your location. New opportunities in the „Power Cable Data“dialog window. The user can automatically replace an unknown cable type with a similar cable type from the installed cable database. 3.0.8 Tested in the AutoCAD 2021 3.0.6 New command „Recalculate Feeder“. Now you can with one click recalculate all previously defined calculation points in a feeder. 3.0.2 Since version 3.0 a distribution panelboard may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a start point. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added AutoCAD 2020 support.

3.2.2

3.2.2 Tested in AutoCAD 2023. New command "Find and show DPB" finds and shows the street lighting cabinet of the feeder by selecting any block of a street lighting unit. The Help system has been expanded. The new section "Choice of protective devices for street lighting feeders" have been added. 3.2.0 New command "Find and Show Links" detects valid and invalid secondary objects (cable labels and resulting blocks) of distribution network models. New command "Check Feeder" detects structure of street lighting feeders. New opportunities and new dialog-window in the „Used Units“ command. New opportunities and new dialog-window in the „Update Data“ command. New report windows of the calculation commands. Using the "Object Data" command and selecting a block of results, the user can view the history of calculations at the corresponding node or line. The Help system has been significantly expanded. The new sections "Model objects and their secondary objects" and "Support and troubleshooting" have been added. 3.1.4 Tested in AutoCAD 2022. The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded. New types of power cables added for Georgia 3.1.2 The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded significantly. New types of power cables added for Argentina, China, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey. 3.1.0 New brief Help system “Getting Started” and new starting window “Welcome to MeteorCalc SL”. New command MTR-SL-GET-EXAMPLE opens a dwg-example localized to the cable database installed for your location. New opportunities in the „Power Cable Data“dialog window. The user can automatically replace an unknown cable type with a similar cable type from the installed cable database. 3.0.8 Tested in the AutoCAD 2021 3.0.6 New command „Recalculate Feeder“. Now you can with one click recalculate all previously defined calculation points in a feeder. 3.0.2 Since version 3.0 a distribution panelboard may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a start point. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added AutoCAD 2020 support.

3.1.4

3.1.4 Tested in AutoCAD 2022. The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded. New types of power cables added for Georgia 3.1.2 The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded significantly. New types of power cables added for Argentina, China, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey. 3.1.0 New brief Help system “Getting Started” and new starting window “Welcome to MeteorCalc SL”. New command MTR-SL-GET-EXAMPLE opens a dwg-example localized to the cable database installed for your location. New opportunities in the „Power Cable Data“dialog window. The user can automatically replace an unknown cable type with a similar cable type from the installed cable database. 3.0.8 Tested in the AutoCAD 2021 3.0.6 New command „Recalculate Feeder“. Now you can with one click recalculate all previously defined calculation points in a feeder. 3.0.2 Since version 3.0 a distribution panelboard may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a start point. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added AutoCAD 2020 support.

3.1.2

3.1.2 The list of supported power cable databases has been expanded significantly. New types of power cables added for Argentina, China, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey. 3.1.0 New brief Help system “Getting Started” and new starting window “Welcome to MeteorCalc SL”. New command MTR-SL-GET-EXAMPLE opens a dwg-example localized to the cable database installed for your location. New opportunities in the „Power Cable Data“ dialog-window. The user can automatically replace an unknown cable type with a similar cable type from the installed cable database. 3.0.8 Tested in the Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2021 3.0.6 New command „Recalculate Feeder“. Now you can with one click recalculate all previously defined calculation points in a feeder. 3.0.2 Since the version 3.0 a distribution panel board may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a startpoint. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2020 support.

3.1.0

3.1.0 New brief Help system “Getting Started” and new starting window “Welcome to MeteorCalc SL”. New command MTR-SL-GET-EXAMPLE opens a dwg-example localized to the cable database installed for your location. New opportunities in the „Power Cable Data“ dialog-window. The user can automatically replace an unknown cable type with a similar cable type from the installed cable database. 3.0.8 Tested in the Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2021 3.0.6 New command „Recalculate Feeder“. Now you can with one click recalculate all previously defined calculation points in a feeder. 3.0.2 Since the version 3.0 a distribution panel board may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a startpoint. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2020 support.

3.0.8

3.0.8 Tested in the Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2021 3.0.6 New command „Recalculate Feeder“. Now you can with one click recalculate all previously defined calculation points in a feeder. 3.0.2 Since the version 3.0 a distribution panel board may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a startpoint. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2020 support.

3.0.6

3.0.6 New command „Recalculate Feeder“. Now you can with one click recalculate all previously defined calculation points in a feeder. 3.0.2 Since the version 3.0 a distribution panel board may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a startpoint. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2020 support.

3.0.2

Since the version 3.0 a distribution panel board may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a startpoint. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2020 support.

3.0.0

Since the version 3.0 a distribution panel board may have two variants of a power supply source: a transformer or a startpoint. Any junction of low-voltage distribution network simulated by the MeteorSpec-NETWORK software can be used as a power supply point of a street lighting cabinet designed by the MeteorCalc SL. The MeteorCalc SL 3.0 and the partner software MeteorSpec-NETWORK can work as combined complex. Added Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2020 support.

2.1.4

Added Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2019 support. Added Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2020 support.

2.1.0

Initial release
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