Cable Catalogue

The Cable Catalogue is used to view all catalogue cables and allows definition of manufacturers cable properties such as catalogue number, manufacturer, cable type (cores, pairs, triads), number of cores, pairs or triads, core markings, core size, whether the cable has screens/shields, earth core, armoured etc., its outer diameter, weight, conductivity etc.

In AVEVA Electrical all project cables must be based on a catalogue cable. This ensures that project cable properties (size, number of cores, type etc.) consistent with a 'real' cable. User can reassign another catalogue cable to any project cable at any time. This changes the project cable to have the properties (size, number of cores, type, core markings etc.) of the newly assigned catalogue cable, keeping current terminations for the original cable.

To open the Cable Catalogue, click Select in the Grids and Schedules section of the Home tab.

Select Cables from under the Catalogue heading in the list of grids that is then displayed. The Cable Catalogue grid is then displayed:

Note:
Only those cables with their AllowUse checkbox checked will be available for use when working in the project Cable Schedule. Although the cable catalogue can hold thousands of standard cables from various manufacturers, 'Allow' filters only specific cables for use on the project.

For information on grid functionality refer to Working with the Data Grid topic.