About Conductor Routing Assistant

When the Conductor Routing Assistant is launched, any element, which meets the selection criteria mentioned below, can be selected (whereas when the command is launched, only single selection is allowed).

Conductors related to the selection will be populated into the Conductor Routing Assistant dialog box based on the criteria mentioned below.

You can select multiple elements, that meet the selection criteria mentioned below, prior to the command launching (individual selection or selection of all the elements meeting selection criteria is allowed).

Conductors related to selection will be populated into the dialog box based on the criteria, once you click the command after completing your selections. If none of the selections follows the criteria, then the command will await for further selection before populating the panel with the conductors.

You can select individual or multiple elements that will be displayed in the Conductor Routing Assistant according to the following rules:

• Device: All conductors and conductor groups having either end set to the selected device/device cavity will be displayed in the Conductor Routing Assistant.
• Equipment: All conductor and conductor groups having either end set to the selected equipment/cavity on the equipment.
• Electrical Physical System: All conductors and conductor groups within it.
• Conductors: Individual conductors can be selected/multi-selected. Conductors across the electrical physical systems can also be selected.
• Conductor Groups: Individual/multiple conductor groups can be selected. All the child conductors or conductor groups within the selected conductor group(s) will be displayed.
• Electrical Geometry: All the conductors of the electrical physical system linked to this electrical geometry. If the electrical geometry is not linked to any electrical physical system, all the conductors which are linked to any device/equipment aggregated under this electrical geometry will be populated.
• Electrical Branch Geometry: All the routed conductors passing through all the segments within the selected electrical branch geometry will be displayed.
• Branch: the routed conductors passing through all the segments of the branch will be displayed.
• Segments: All the routed conductors passing through the selected segment will be displayed.
• Non-Electrical Product: All conductors aggregated at any child level underneath the selected non-electrical product will be populated (conductors and conductor groups from all electrical physical systems aggregated under the selected non-electrical product).

When you route your conductors with the assistant, you can use the Validate Segment Overloading for Input Conductor Considering Underlying Conductors opening ID. Several preferences are available to allow you to manage the validation.

For more information, see Validate Segment Overloading for Input Conductor Considering Underlying Conductors (EWR_ValidateSegmentInConductorRoute).

The validation defined in your business logic is based on the filling ratio of your segments. In the preferences, you can select the maximum filling ratio to be taken into account in your business logic:

• Project Filling Ratio: selecting this option allows to take into account the filling ratio defined in the Maximum filling ratio percentage option. For more information, see Conductor Routing.
• User Filling Ratio: selecting this option allows to enter another filling ratio value and to take it into account.
  Notes:

  • This value is taken into account only while using the Conductor Routing Assistant. It is not used while routing conductors with the Automatic Routing and Manual Routing commands.
  • When the specified User Filling Ratio is higher than the Project Filling Ratio, the value is displayed in red.

You can set multiple business logics and write several business rules for the opening ID. In the preferences, you can select the business logics to be taken into account during the routing.

Selecting business logics is available when at least two business rules are defined for the opening ID. By default, every defined logics are selected and appear under the Selected Rules area in your preferences. You can use the arrow to select the business logics to be taken into account for the validation. If you edit your resources in Data Setup, the Business Rule Selection section is updated accordingly.

During the routing, each selected rule are run one by one. The conductor route is valid only if every selected logic validates it.

The filling ratio of your segments is computed every time you activate the filling ratio visualization.

The option Save filling ratio in cache allows to store in the cache of your session the filling ratio computed during your first visualization. When the option is selected, the filling ratio of your segments is updated only when you use the routing commands available in the Conductor Routing Assistant.

To update the filling ratio after manipulations performed outside the Conductor Routing Assistant, you can click Refresh filling ratio cache.