CIMDraw
These are the source files for CIMDraw.
What is this?
CIMDraw is a WebApp to view IEC CIM files (ENTSO-E CGMES profile, node-breaker representation). Editing is also possible, with some limitations (see below). The code uses many ES6 features, so you will need a modern browser to run it (Firefox >= 44, Chrome >= 49).
Acknowledgement
This work has been financed by the Research Fund for the Italian Electrical System under the Contract Agreement between RSE S.p.A. and the Ministry of Economic Development - General Directorate for Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in compliance with the Decree of March 8, 2006.
Resources
Installing
In order to use the application, just serve it with your favorite web server and view it with your browser.
Using
The app starts by asking for a CIM file: you can load one RDF/XML file, or a split representation with many files (e.g. EQ, DL, SV etc) according to the ENTSO-E CGMES profile. In the second case, you just load the whole zip file, no need to uncompress it. Alternatively, it is possible to create a new file from scratch. In any case (new file or editing of an existing file), it is possible to choose the preferred output format. At the moment only node-breaker network representations are fully supported but experimental support for bus-branch representations is already present and can be tested.
Once loaded, the app shows a dropdown list of diagrams: choose a diagram and it will be loaded. Alternatively, you can create a new diagram.
Once loaded, you will get a tree view of all the objects in the diagram and a single line diagram. You can move and zoom on the diagram by holding down the CTRL key or by selecting the 'pan' button. If you click on an element in the tree, the diagram will focus on that element. If you CTRL+click an element in the diagram, you will see it also in the tree. The attributes in the tree can be edited. Also, the links between objects can be changed, just click the 'change' button and then click on the target element.
By default the tree only shows the elements of the current diagram: you can check the 'Show all objects' flag in order to see all the elements in the file. You can drag and drop from the tree to the diagram in order to add elements to the diagram; if you drag+drop an element which is already in the diagram, the diagram will focus on that element.
By default, the 'select' control is selected for the diagram, which allows you to drag elements. The 'pan' control can be used to navigate the diagram. The 'edit connections' control allows you to change connections between elements: first click on a terminal and then click on another terminal (or on a busbar).
The 'Insert element' controls allows you to add elements to the diagram. You can right-click on an element in the diagram in order to rotate, delete or add measurements to it. Measurements and other status information are shown by right-clicking on the element and selecting the "Show element info" option.
You can save the modified file ('Save as...') and also save the current diagram only ('Export current diagram'). Experimental support for exporting to Matpower and for loading boundary sets is also available.
Data model
The attributes shown in the tree are taken from the schema file located inside the 'rdf-schema' folder, and it is the ENTSO-E CGMES equipment schema.
Known bugs/limitations
- At the moment there is no auto-save functionality. This will surely be implemented in the future, probably by using IndexedDB.
- Not all of the CGMES elements are supported, only the most needed ones. You are welcome to contribute by supporting more elements, or by adding issues for discussing the addition of elements.
- Only node-breaker network representations are fully supported. Contributions are welcome for improving bus-branch support.
- CGMES files containing multiple EQ or DL files are only experimentally supported right now.
License
See the COPYING file.