Hull and Outfitting

Copy Cable

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As an aid to the design process, you can select an existing cable with or without its connections, which can then be copied and modified.

To copy a cable, select Create > Copy > Cable Elements from the main menu to display the Copy Cable window.

Cable To Copy	Enter the name of the cable to be copied or navigate to the cable in the Design Explorer and click CE.
New Cable	Enter a name for the new cable or select the Autonaming icon to the right of the field.
Number of Copies	Enter the number of copies required. If you enter the number of copies greater than one, the New Cable name and the autoname icon will not be displayed. For example, you would not want to copy 20 cables with the same name set for each created element.

Cable Attributes to Copy

Spec Ref	If the cable to be copied has a specification set, then checking this checkbox will copy the specification reference of the cable.
Start Ref	If the cable to be copied is connected to an element at its start point, checking this checkbox will copy the start reference of the cable.
End Ref	If the cable to be copied is connected to an element at its end point, checking this checkbox will copy the end reference of the cable.

Route Path

Copy Route Path	Checking this checkbox copies only the external geometry (EXTGEO's) of the cable. If the cable contains no external geometry, then this becomes the default toggle for choosing whether to copy the RPATH or not. The same applies to if the RPATH contains all EXTGEO's.
Head Free Route	The Head Free Route checkbox is only activated when the Copy Route Path checkbox has been checked. Checking this option will copy the first POINTR's up to the first and including all the EXTGEO's excluding the tail POINTR's so you can free route the tail as they want.
Tail Free Route	The Tail Free Route checkbox is only activated when the Copy Route Path checkbox has been checked. Checking option will copy all the EXTGEO's and the remaining POINTR's which come after the geometry members in the sequence. Leaving the head POINTR's so you can free route the head as they want.

To copy the cable, select Copy Cable.

When the copy process has completed a dialog is displayed confirming the copy has completed.

If the current fill level exceeds the maximum fill level of the cable branch, a warning message will be displayed.
After reading the warning click OK to continue.
(Optional) You can undo the actions of the copy cable by selecting Edit > Undo from the main menu.