AVEVA Cable Design Data Interface

The design length of cables can be imported from AVEVA Cable Design (from AVEVA E3D Design projects), for comparison purposes with the lengths of cables as recorded in Wiring Manager. The design lengths can be used to update the estimate lengths of cables if required (see Update Estimated Cable Lengths with Design Lengths).

Route data is also transferred between AVEVA E3D Design and AVEVA Electrical: cable start and end data is exported to AVEVA E3D Design. From this the route of a cable can be established in AVEVA E3D Design. This route data, do that the cable way node points that a cable passes through is transferred back to AVEVA Electrical for information purposes.

As well as length and route data, cable status data is also passed between AVEVA E3D Design and AVEVA Electrical, in both directions. The status of a cable indicates whether or not a cable has been routed, drummed, drummed and locked, frozen, and whether the route needs to be checked.

• 0 - Un-routed

• 1 - Routed

• 2 - Routing Failed

• 3 - Partially Routed

• 4 - Partially Failed

• 5 - Manually Routed

• 6 - Drummed

• 7 - Drummed Locked

• 8 - Check Route

• 9 - Cable Frozen

Design data can either be transferred for individual cables, or in bulk for multiple cables.

Note:
Cables that are frozen or that are on a locked drum cannot be updated.