Material

Use to set the administrative attributes and dimensions which will create cable tray material along the entire selected cableway branch. The material main element must be created first.

Note:
Make sure that the required cableway branch element is selected as the CE in the design hierarchy.

Note:
Only one material main element (CTMRL) can be created for a cableway branch element (CWBRAN).

Cableway

The currently selected cableway element in the model explorer is displayed.

Current Branch

The owning cableway branch element is displayed.

Material Name

Enter a name for the Material Name element or the name can be automatically generated using the Autonaming icon to the right of the text box.

Attributes

Use to define the description, function and purpose attributes for the new material element.

Description

Enter a description attribute for the material element.

Function

Enter a function attribute for the material element.

Purpose

Enter a purpose attribute for the material element.

First Gap

Define the size of the gap before every material component, except where there are two adjoining straights.

Intermediate Gap

Defines the gap distance between all adjoining straights.

Last Gap

Defines the size of the gap after every material component except where there are two adjoining straights.

Tier Heights

Define the tier height(s).

Width/Height

By default the Width and Height are populated with the default cableway width and height. Different width and height dimensions can be entered if required.

List Associated Cables

Use to display associated cables, click List Associated Cables to display the List of Cables window, listing all the associated cables.

Once created the material element is displayed in the 3D view and the Modify Material window is displayed.