Define Route

Cables can be routed by the selection of an entry and exit point on valid cableway branches. If a route has not been defined for the cable then suitable points will automatically be selected in the Cable Branch Entry and Cable Branch Exit parts of the Route Cable window. If a route has been defined then the corresponding entry and exit points will be selected.

Cableway Branch Entry

The entry point for the cable on a suitable cableway branch must be specified, from the Cableway Branch Entry part of the Route Cable window:

If Pick Routing Branch is selected, a prompt to Identify Cableway Branch in the 3D view is displayed. When selected, the name of the cableway branch is displayed on the window and its valid entry points are displayed in the Select Entry Points list. The required entry point must then be selected from the Select Entry Points list.

Right clicking on any item in the Select Entry Points or Select Exit Points lists displays the option to open the List of Associated Cables. Other cables that have been routed through the same point are displayed in the List of Cables window.

Cableway Branch Exit

Specify the exit point for the cable on a suitable cableway branch, from the Cableway Branch Exit part of the Route Cable window.

Routing Options

The Auto Head/Tail Free Route checkbox must be selected if the head and tail of the cable is to be automatically free-routed. This routes the cable outside of the cableway by creating POINTR elements from the cable’s head/tail to the selected entry/exit point.

After clicking the Define Specific Cableway Zones expand arrow, select which cableway zones can be used to route the cable. If no zones are defined, then cableways from all zones found in WORLD will be used to route the cable. For large projects this will take a long time. Right click on a zone in the list to give the option to navigate to the zone in the Model Explorer.

Note:
The minimum end radius is determined by the selected specification and the radius is added to the cable RPATH. This functionality is only available for free cable routing.

Note:
The MAXCAB (maximum quantity of cables on the cableway) and MAXLAY (maximum layers of cables on the cableway) attributes are also dependent upon the selected specification).

Routing Tasks

Note:
If the Define Specific Cableway Zones list was not used, a prompt will be displayed with a message, to proceed with routing through any cableways found in WORLD.