Cable Hole Management Definition
- Last UpdatedNov 14, 2025
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The Cable Hole Management Definition window will display different input criteria depending on the Hole Shape Selection Class.
If the Class is set to Standard Types then the Cable Hole Management Definition window will display as follows:
Hole Shape Selection
There are two main types of hole that can be selected from the Class drop-down option.
Depending on what data has been set up by an administrator in the catalogue database the list of selections available in the Class drop-down will change.
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Standard Types |
These are pre-defined hole shapes provided by the system |
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Selection Tables |
Hole selection tables appear in the list only if the catalogue has been configured to provide one or more hole selection tables |
After selecting the Class the user must select the hole shape Type. If the Standard Types Class has been selected then a list of pre-defined types can be selected. Otherwise the Type drop-down list will change depending on the data configured by an administrator in the catalogue database.
Hole Shape Parameters
Depending on the hole shape Type selected, the input criteria under Hole shape parameters will change. For example if Rectangular Hole has been selected as the hole type then you will be prompted to enter numeric values for the Width, Height and Radius of the hole.
Positioning
Specify values in following fields to adjust the position of the hole.
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Open Offset |
Position the hole relative to the open side of the cable tray. |
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Width Offset |
Offset the hole across the width of the cable tray. |
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Rotation |
Rotate the hole shape fitting around its axis. Specify this value as a numeric value in degrees. |
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Gap |
Specify a gap between the cable tray and the penetrated item. |
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Orientate Hole |
Appears only for penetrated items that are not planar (that means, a curved or knuckled surface). This is used to set the direction of the penetration normal to a point selected on the non-planar surface. |
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Panel side |
Appears only for penetration components that may be attached to either side of the penetrated item. |
Add Penetrating
Allows another penetrating cable way to be selected and added to the item(s) already being managed by the Cable Hole Management Definition window.
Note:
Add Penetrating is only available when modifying a penetration.
Information
The penetration purpose for the element is displayed below Information for example CABLINGSYSTEM. Any messages will also display in the Information area.
Clicking OK on this window creates an entry in the Hole Management system.
Cable Hole Management Definition: Selection Table Hole Types
When a Selection Table has been selected in the Class drop-down then the window will change to display as follows:
In this example the Class has been set to MCT Cable Transit which is a Selection Table that has been configured in the catalogue database.
Each Selection Table contains one or more penetration sub-classes which are selected from the Type drop-down option list.
The Hole Shape Parameters section of the Cable Hole Management Definition window previously visible when the Class was set to Standard Type is now replaced by the Hole shape selection section. The drop-down lists represent penetration selection criteria defined in the catalogue database.
As the selections are made in the drop-down lists, the number of penetrations available for selection in the Penetration drop-down is filtered to those penetration components that match the current selection criteria. If the Penetration drop-down contains no entries then there are no items in the catalogue that match the current selection criteria.
The Properties option shows the standard catalogue component parameters window where any user defined dimensions of the penetration piece are defined.
Clicking OK on this window creates an entry in the Hole Management system.
The next step is to change the status of each new penetration to Requested using the Hole Management window described previously.