Manual Route Cable

The Manual Route Cable window allows you to manually create or modify a cable route between its start and end references.

1. From the Tasks part of the Modify Cable window, select Manual Route Cable link to display the Manual Route Cable window. The current cable segments (if existing) are automatically displayed in the Existing Cable Segments part of the form.

   

Cableway Branch Entry/Exit

Select the cableway branch to create the segment of the cable route.

2. Select Pick Routing Branch and then select a cableway branch from the 3D view.

3. The Select Entry/Exit from select Cableway Branch list will populate and display the points along the cableway branch that can be used as entry and exit points. Select a point from the list and then click Add (either of them) next to Entry or Exit shown below the list. The selected entry and exit points for the segment must be on the same cableway branch.

   When the entry and exit points have been defined, you can create the segment.

4. Select Append and click Create Cable Segment to add it to the end of the cable route.

   

   Another option is to insert the segment in between existing segments.

5. Select Insert, and then choose After or Before. Select a segment from the Existing Cable Segments list before you click Create Cable Segment.

   

   Note: When you select different creation methods with entry and exit points already selected, you will be prompted with a Confirm window to clear the selected Entry/Exit points. Select Yes to accept, or No to cancel.

   

Existing Cable Segments

6. An existing cable segment can be modified.

7. Select Modify, and then select a segment from the Existing Cable Segments list. This will fill the Entry and Exit lines and can then be changed in a similar way to the creation method. When new entry and exit points have been selected, the changes can be made.

8. Select Modify Selected Segment.

   

9. Existing cable segments can be deleted, select the item in the Existing Cable Segments list and then click Delete Selected Segment.

10. You can hide any graphical aids from the 3D view by selecting Remove Aids to remove the graphical Aids.

    1. (Optional) Select Display Aids to restore the graphical aids to the 3D view.

Routing Tasks

11. If you want the head of the cable to be free-routed, select Head Free Route. This will route the cable outside of the cableway branches and create POINTR elements from the head of the cable to the start of the first cable segment.

12. If you want the tail of the cable to be free-routed, select Tail Free Route. This is similar to the head free route but free routes from the end of the last cable segment to the tail of the cable.

13. If you want to delete the free routing from the head and tail of the cable, select Delete Free Routes. This will remove any POINTR elements before the first cable segment and after the last cable segment.

14. Select Back to Modify Cable to discard any changes and return to the Modify Cable window.