Project Tab

Context

There are four actions that set the active project associated with your design:

• Create a New Design.

• Import a Node from GIS (without a new design open).

• Open a Design File.

• Upgrade a Node.

Further, when you import a design or open a file that contains multiple nodes with different project files, the application chooses the first project file it encounters and sets it as your active project.

With all these scenarios in mind, Override Active Project gives you the ability to change the project associated with your design.

The purpose of the active project is to provide information to the application that enables auto-layout and validation. For example, when you sketch new components, the active project ensures that a design adheres to the specific standards defined in the project file. Thus, when you override the active project, you change the specs available for use.

Steps

To override the active project, follow these steps:

1. On the Project tab, click the down arrow icon near Override Active Project to expand this area, if necessary.

2. From the drop-down, choose your desired project.

3. Click the Set Active Project button.

   

4. Notice the active project file name changes.

   

Good to Know

When you override the active project, keep the following points in mind:

• Auto-optimize is disabled after you override. You can re-enable it, if required.

• The following tools always use the active project (for example, when providing a list of specs or choosing a component for auto-layout):

  • Insert

  • Replace

  • Auto-layout when using Place RF Network

  • Place Powering

  • Swap Internal Plugin

  • Replace

• The following tools always perform an upstream trace to the node and use the node’s project (falling back to the active project if no node is found):

  • Optimize

  • Amp and Power Supply Tombstones

  • Component Signal Measures (which checks if there is “No Signal”)

  • All Validation Rules

A chart under Homes Passed updates as network elements are placed. The number of homes passed is provided and broken down by each leg of the node. At the bottom of the graph, Designer HFC calculates the percentage of the current design's coverage against the homes passed target. If your design gets to 80% of the total homes passed target, the bars of the graph turn yellow. If your design reaches 95% of homes passed, Designer HFC tints the bar graph and warning icon red.

If using a Segmentable Node, the graph also displays the Home Passed on Nodes.

For example, here is a four-way segmentable node:

And, here is a two-way segmentable node:

Power supplies in the network are also listed. Designer HFC displays each power supply in the network with the following details:

• Name of the component

• Voltage

• Total current available in amps

• Ideal current drawn in amps

• Percentage of the ideal drawn versus total current

• Total current drawn in amps

• Percentage of the ideal current being drawn in amps

• Wattage consumed at power supply