Cabletray Volume

The Cable Tray Volumes window allows you to select an existing cabletray and create volumes with dimensions extracted from the tray members. Additionally, you can also select a zone to create new elements. You can also set some cableway branch attributes.

The software first checks for any changes in tray width and change in direction on a TEE or a CROSS, as this will require a new cableway branch to be created. For each cabletray, a new CWAY (Cableway) and CWBRAN (Cableway Branch) elements are created under CWAY. The populated list is then passed onto a method where, for each change in direction (BEND/ELBOW) on the cabletray, a new POINTR is added to the RPATH of the cableway branch. For each CROSS or TEE on a cabletray, a new RATTA is created under the CONSEQ element of the cableway branch. If a TEE or a CROSS has a leave point at an angle (that is, 3), then it automatically creates a new branch. The VWidth of the new Cableway Branch is extracted from the ABORE attribute of the first element of the segregated list.

1. Select Utilities > Cable Trays Volumes to display the Cable Tray Volumes window with the Cable Tray List tab displayed as default.

   Note: You must be at a level on or below a Zone.

   

   Refresh Grid and Track CE are common to both the Cable Tray List and Cableway Branch List tabs.

   Refresh Grid	Clicking Refresh Grid re-displays either grid to reflect any changes made that are not updated automatically.
   Track CE	Tracks the current element in the Design Explorer.

   The Cable Tray Volumes window lists the cabletrays from the current zone and also displays the Head Connection and Tail Connection of each branch.

2. Use Select Level to choose to switch between World, Site, or Zone levels in order to load trays for the selected level.

   Right-clicking within the grid displays a pop-up menu.

   Navigate	Navigate to the element in the Design Explorer.
   Highlight	Highlights the element in the graphical view.
   Unhighlight	Removes the highlight from the element in the graphical view.
   Export to Excel	Displays a Save As window which allows you to navigate to a location and name the exported Excel file.
   Print Preview	Displays the Print Preview utility.

3. Under Storage Areas, you can select the Zone where they want to create the CWAY/CWBRANCH elements. Selecting Load Zones will populate a list of the available zones for the current element in the hierarchy.

   Note: If you do not select a zone to create elements, the elements will be created in the same zone as the selected cabletray.

4. Using the Set Cableway Branch Attributes fields, you can set some attributes prior to creating the volumes.

   1. (Optional) Select Reset Fields to reset the values for attributes back to the default settings.

   2. (Optional) Bend Radius can be set to Auto or Manual. If set to Manual, a bend radius must be entered in the field.

5. To create the volumes, select the required elements from the list and click Create Volume.

   To create the volumes, an association group with the purpose set to TBAS dedicated to store associations between old cabletray elements and new cabletray elements must exist. If the association group does not exist, an error message is displayed informing you to create the required association group. Once you select OK, the organize Association Store window is displayed and allows you to create the required association group.

   When the association group exists a Confirm window is displayed requesting you to confirm cableway volumes for the selected cabletray branches are to be created.

   	Volumes for the tray have been created successfully.
   	Volumes for the tray are not present.

6. Select Show Association Manager to display the Association Manager window.

   Interference
   Allows you to input the interference class.
   Cable Route Rule	Specifies the rule to be used, to control the type of cable that can be routed along the cableway, such as IClass EQ POWER.
   Standard Iclass	Select from the dropdown menu the type of cable to be routed through the cableway. You can input its own values, or select Load to load interference values from a database.

Cableway Branch List

The Cableway Branch List tab displays all the volumes that have been created with their Associated-Cabletray, Head Connection & Tail Connection attributes.

Right-clicking within the grid displays a pop-up menu.

Branch Connection Tasks

Extend/Connect Branch Head

Allows you to connect the Head of the selected Cableway branch to another branch. When selected, you are prompted to pick on the branch segment where the branch head should connect to. Once picked, it moves the head position of the selected branch to the picked position on the picked branch. A RATTA will automatically be created where the branches meet.

Extend/Connect Branch Tail

Allows you to connect the Tail of the selected Cableway branch to another branch. When selected, you are prompted to pick on the branch segment where the branch tail should connect to. Once picked, it moves the tail position of the selected branch to the picked position on the picked branch. A RATTA will automatically be created where the branches meet.

Connect Branches

Allows you to connect two cableway branches. When selected, you are prompted to pick the first branch followed by the second branch. Selecting Yes on the confirm dialog form connects the two branches. A RATTA will automatically be created where the branches meet.

Disconnect Branches

Allows you to disconnect a cableway branch from its connection points. You are then asked to confirm the disconnection.

Show/Hide Unconnected

Allows you to display, in the graphical view, Unconnected labels on branch ends with unset connection references. When selected, the link changes to Hide Unconnected which, when clicked, removes the Unconnected labels from the graphical view.

Branch Modification Tasks

Modify Branch Attributes

Displays the CableWay Branch Modify Tasks window. See Modify Cableway Branch.

Create/Modify Route Points

Displays the Define Path/Route Tasks window with mode set to Creation as default. See Define the Path/Route.

Create/Modify Route Attachment Points

Displays the Route Attachment Points Create Tasks window with mode set to Creation as default. See Create Route Attachment Points.

Create/Modify Route Nodes

Displays the Route Node Create Tasks form with mode set to Creation as default. See Create Route Node.

Delete Elements

Delete Cableway Branch

Deletes the selected cableway branch.

Delete Owning Cableway

Deletes the owning cableway of selected branch and all its members.