Terminations Tab

Use the functionality available from the Terminations tab to specify the settings for the termination diagrams.

In the fields provided, enter:

• The heights of terminals, terminal strip marking text, terminal marking text, and core/wire number text.

• The widths of terminals strips, devices, device terminals, I/O modules, I/O module terminals, cable numbers, OAS screens, and group screens.

• If additional device and I/O module terminal data is to be included on Termination Diagrams (e.g. terminal descriptions), the additional terminal width required for this.

• The lengths of cables and the minimum lengths of cores and wires.

Other Parameters

• If cable numbers are to be placed in cable number block symbols with rounded corners instead of right-angled ones, check the Cable No. Round Ends checkbox.

  Note:
  If cable number block symbols with rounded corners are to be used, the instructions stated in the message displayed when the Cable No. Round Ends checkbox is checked should be followed:

Note:
The Cable No Width value defines the width of the cable number block.

• In the Cable Spacing field enter the horizontal distance between cables when more than one cable is drawn to the same terminal strip when cables are being drawn vertically

• In the Cable No Offset field, enter the vertical distance from the center of the Cable No block to the cable. The default zero (0) places the Cable No within the cable.

• In the Caption for ‘TO’ field enter the text to be used as the caption before other "off-sheet" drawling numbers referred to on Termination diagrams, e.g. ‘TO’ (the default), or ‘REFER’.

• If ferrule numbers are to be included by default on Termination diagrams instead of signal numbers, ensure that the Show Ferrule Numbers on Termination Diagrams checkbox is checked (it is checked by default).

  Note that whether or not ferrule numbers are shown can be overridden for individual diagrams on the Options tab of the Drawing Information window (see Drawing Information Tabs).

• If ferrule numbers are to be shown (see the above settings), and are to be placed "inside" wires, check Draw Ferrule Nos 'Inside' Wire. If this is not checked then ferrule numbers are drawn above the wires.

• If core markings are to be placed outside of wire numbers, check Draw Core Marking on 'Outside'. If checked, core markings are drawn to the right side of wire numbers for wires drawn from the right side of a terminal, and to the left for wires drawn from the left side.

• If intermediate junction box connections are to be included on Termination diagrams, ensure that the Show Intermediate Junction Box Connections on Termination Diagrams checkbox is checked (two levels of marshalling on the left hand side of the primary junction box terminal strips may be displayed on Termination diagrams and Enhanced Termination Reports).

  Note that whether or not intermediate junction box connections are shown can be overridden for individual diagrams on the Options tab of the Drawing Information window (see Drawing Information Tabs).

• The Draw Looping Wire with Bend checkbox controls how looping wires are drawn on Termination diagrams. If the checkbox is checked, looping wires will be drawn like this, with an extra bend. For example:

  

  If the checkbox is unchecked, they will be drawn without the extra bend:

  

• In the Cable Connector Gap (prevent overlap) field, enter the horizontal distance between parallel cables that are drawn vertically on Termination diagrams.The default value is 3.

• If the markings of cable cores do not include group numbers (only their colours), they may instead be identified on Termination diagrams using their core group numbers. Ensure that the Show Core Group No’s on Termination Diagrams checkbox is checked if this is required.

  Group numbers will be displayed with a prefix that depends on the group type: Pr for Pairs, Tr for Triads and Qd for Quads. For the Cores (single wire) group type there will be no prefix.

  Note that whether or not core group numbers are shown can be overridden for individual diagrams on the Options tab of the Drawing Information window (see Drawing Information Tabs).

• If a cable is connected to an item that has a Loop diagram generated for it, the Loop diagram numbers may be displayed on Termination diagrams. If this is required, ensure the Show Loop Diagram Number checkbox (the default setting) is checked.

• If additional device and I/O module terminal data is to be included on Termination Diagrams (e.g. terminal descriptions), check the Show Additional Terminal Data checkbox.

  Note that whether or not additional terminal data is shown can be overridden for individual diagrams on the Options tab of the Drawing Information window (see Drawing Information Tabs).

The following example illustrates how the basic parameters are applied to a termination drawings:

Wire Destination References

Checking either the Use DwgNo. References for Wires or the Use Sheet References for Wires checkboxes activates the Prefix and Suffix text boxes which enables the user to enter their own prefix or suffix.

Checking the Use DwgNo. References for Wires checkbox also activates the Drawing No. text box. The drop-down list has the following two options:

Checking the Use Sheet References for Wires checkbox actives the Sheet No. Prefix text box allowing user to change the word used to prefix the Sheet No., for example Sheet, SHEET or SHT.

The user can check both the Use DwgNo. References for Wires and the Use Sheet References for Wires checkboxes enabling the user to add a Drawing No. and a Sheet No. Prefix.

Text Styles/Fonts Definition

AVEVA Electrical draws all Wire/Ferrule Nos and reference text in the Seed File Drawing's current text style. By setting the current text style in the Seed Drawing File(s) the final text style (font) can be user defined.

Line Weights/Line Colours Definition

AVEVA Electrical uses three predefined layers to draw the graphics. Layer colours to and line weights may be changed to client standards if required in the Seed Drawing File(s) used to generate termination diagrams.

Layers used are:

Cable Number Block Definition

AVEVA Electrical uses a Cable Number block named 'CableNo' which is inserted into the drawing for each cable number. The Cable Number block can be redefined to change its appearance (for example, change text height, use rounded ends or make longer etc.). The block should be defined with a single attribute and redefined within each Seed Drawing File used by AVEVA Electrical for the project.

If AVEVA Electrical does not find a block named 'CableNo' it is inserted from a file named: AVEVA Electrical TermDefaults (or AVEVA ElectricalTermDefaultsImperial if using non-metric settings) located in the 'DwgExamples\Seeds' folder in the AVEVA Electrical program files folder. Opening AVEVA ElectricalTermDefaults (or AVEVA ElectricalTermDefaultsImperial) and redefining the Block 'CableNo' will affect all termination drawings where the Seed file does not contain any 'CableNo' block reference.

Device and I/O Module Description Text

In the Device and I/O Module Catalogues in Electrical Wiring Manager, the Description on Drawing field can be used to change the default drawing description to the value entered in that textbox. Using the <Enter> key will add a line-break in the drawing to create multiple lines of text. Up to three lines will be created for the description in both AutoCAD termination diagrams created in Designer and Termination PDF reports created in Electrical Wiring Manager. If the Catalogue Definition Description on Drawing field is left empty the default description will be used which is a concatenation of the Manufacturer and Model No., separated by a space.