Administrating cable router

The cable router requires the project and library databases to be set up as described below.

• Administrating cable router
• User permissions for the cable router
• Requirements for cable ways and penetrations
• Cable tray parts
• Penetration objects
• Cable router network components
• Cables as catalog parts
• Cable tray systems and lines

User permissions for the cable router

The permission to modify objects of type "Cable" can be enabled or disabled per user profile.

• If the user profile allows the user to create cables, then the user can create and import cables and modify the nodal network.

• If the user profile allows the user to modify cables, then all other actions are available in the cable router.

• If the user profile does not allow the user to create or modify cables, then the user can only browse cables.

Requirements for cable ways and penetrations

There can be different types of cable ways:

• Cable trays

• Cable ladders

• Cable pipes

Cable tray parts

The dimension tables of the cable tray parts must contain the attributes that define the space that cables can use: "CableWidth" and "CableHeight".

Penetration objects

The cable router recognizes a specific type of equipment to be penetration objects, as shown below. The penetration object must contain two cable tray type nodes and one hole node. The cable tray nodes must be before the hole node. The direction of the nodes does not matter.

Example drawing of the penetration object for cable router:

Cable router network components

Two catalog parts are required to define the visualization of the network segments and nodes:

• Cable router network segment

• Cable router network node

  

These are generated automatically if they do not exist; there is no need to create or import them. Identified by the "Component type" and "Cable tray part" attributes.

Cables as catalog parts

Materials must be defined for cables as for any other components. There are no cable specifications.

Dimension table for cables

We recommend that you copy–paste an existing cable to create new cables.

• Geometry and shape:

  • Geometry type DM_GT_PIPE
  • Geometric shape PIPE

• Dimension attributes:

  • External diameter, Quant type = Diameter
  • Number of cores, Quant type = Pieces
  • Core area, Quant type = NS
  • Mass / meter, Quant type = Mass / Length
  • Routing price / meter, Quant type = Pieces

Note: Define, for example, diameter and number of cores as Key dimensions, and do not change the quantity types or the names of parameters.

Catalog parts and part sizes

Connection Faces must be auxiliary points, no any real cables and connection between them.

Dimension format e.g. Number of cores x Core area.

Cable tray systems and lines

Enable the use of Cable Way Systems:

• Cables will be routed to that cable way ONLY if this has been enabled.
• Allows using cable ways also for other purposes than cable routing as penetrations.

"Use in Piping Isometrics" should be enabled if there are cable pipes.

Default interference class for all cables can be set.

Specify the allowed interference classes in the cable ways:

• None is default.
• Selected interference class will inherit to cable way lines.
• Interference class in cable way line can be modified.