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Support nodes


On the Node page of the Support file dialog box you specify the support file node attributes; one line for each component node.

The following tables describes available node options:

Option Description
Name The name of the node. Used to identify the node in the Open Node and Open Component dialog boxes. From ATPDraw v. 5 up to 12 characters are supported.
Circuit 3-phase circuit number for standard and user specified objects.
1: 1st to 3rd phase
2: 4th to 6th phase
etc..
The number is used to handle transposition of 3-phase nodes correctly for objects having more than 3 phases. Single phase objects could have Circuit=1 for all nodes. 3-phase nodes with the same Circuit get the same phase sequence. 
Kind Type of input/output to MODELS or TACS component node.
MODELS node values:
   0: Output node.
1: Current input node.
2: Voltage input node.
3: Switch status input node.
4: Machine variable input node.
5: TACS variable (tacs)
6: Imaginary part of steady-state node voltage (imssv)
7: Imaginary part of steady-state switch current (imssi)
8: Output from other model. Note that the model that produces this output must be USEd before the current model. This is  done by specifying a lower group number for the model and then select the Sorting by group number option under ATP|Settings/Misc.
9: Input from Global ATP variable. For instance MNT=pocked calculator simulation number.
TACS node values:
0: Output node.
1: Positive sum input node.
2: Negative sum input node.
3: Disconnected input node.

Phase Number of phases (1..26) for Standard, Models, or User Specified Object nodes.
Pos Node position (x, y) relative to the icon. New from version 5. The figure on the right hand side of the page shows the coordinate system orientation. Only positions rounded to 10 (grid) and within +-120 are accepted (-120,-110,...,-10,0,10,...,110,120). The position should correspond with icon drawing (positions indicated with dark red colored lines in the Bitmap Icon Editor). In the Vector Graphic Editor the node positions can be set graphically. Shortcut commands for the old standard border positions 1-12 are ALT+F1..F12 following the icon symbol to the right.