In step 3504, the selected one of the plurality of power system components is positioned relative to an existing power system component in a framework. That is, a component control engine can be utilized by the user to “drag” and “drop” the power system component anywhere within the framework.
In step 3506, the selected one of the plurality of power system components can be interfaced with the existing power system component in the framework. As discussed above, the power system topology modeling engine can be configured enforce one or more rules that govern how the pieces interact with one another. These rules may include, but are not limited to, allowing only a female piece to be attached to a male piece (or vice versa), providing recommendations as to what the next network component piece in the design of the power system network should be, etc. For example, if a power source piece (node type object) is dragged and dropped on to the framework, the power system topology modeling engine can be configured to first show a set of valid and/or recommended branch puzzle pieces that are relevant to how the power source piece is typically connected to a power system network.
In step 3508, the interfaced power system components are rendered as the electrical power system topology.