Routing Conductors with the Conductor Routing Assistant

You can use the Conductor Routing Assistant to easily route conductors.

You can define a priorization when routing conductors. For more information, see About Conductor or Cable Routing Prioritization.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Launch the Conductor Routing Assistant.
See Also
About Conductor Routing Assistant

Route Selected Conductors Automatically

You can use the Conductor Routing Assistant to quickly and easily route a conductor/conductor group automatically.

  1. Select a conductor (Conductor04 in the example below) in the Conductor Routing Assistant panel.




  2. Click Route selected conductor(s) automatically .

    The command is available only if the Route selected conductors(s) automatically option is selected. See Conductor Routing.

    Conductor04 is routed. Its Route status is displayed in the spreadsheet view and the route is highlighted in the 3D area.



Route Selected Conductors Manually

You can use the Conductor Routing Assistant to quickly and easily route a conductor/conductor group manually. In the 3D area, you can select the segments to define the conductor's route.

  1. Select a conductor (Conductor03 in the example below) in the Conductor Routing Assistant panel.
  2. Click Route selected conductor(s) manually and select the segments one by one in the 3D area.


    When the command is launched, the Conductor Routing Assistant panel is reduced and placed at the bottom of the app. Route information about the current selected conductor for guide routing is displayed, with the Route selected conductor(s) manually command .

  3. Click the last segment for the route's building.
  4. Click in the reduced panel.
    The Conductor Routing Assistant panel appears. Conductor03 is routed, its Route status changes in the spreadsheet view and the route is highlighted in the 3D area.



    If you select a non-valid segment or if the route is incomplete and you click in the 3D area to validate, the conductor's Route status is shown as Broken in the Conductor Routing Assistant panel.

Copy Conductor Route

You can copy the existing route of a conductor (Route status: Routed) and paste it on another conductor in the spreadsheet view.

If a routing prioritization is active, a route can be copied even if the copied path doesn’t respect the prioritization rule.

  1. In the Conductor Routing Assistant panel, select a single conductor already routed (For example, Conductor02).
  2. Click Copy selected conductor route onto other conductor(s) .
    Notes:
    • The copy conductor route command can be launched only when a single source conductor, completely or partially routed, is selected.
    • The constraints and exceptions cannot be defined on conductor. Therefore, the copy of conductor route does not contain any options such as copying the route with\without constraints and exceptions.
  3. Select a non-routed conductor (Conductor01).
    Conductor01 is routed: its Route status changes in the spreadsheet view and the route is highlighted in the 3D area. It has the same route as the one of Conductor02.

Complete Partial Route

You can use the Conductor Routing Assistant to complete the path of conductors for which only a part of the route is defined. The assistant takes into account the segments already defined in a conductor's route and complete the route by computing automatically the shortest path.

Before you begin: Define a partial route using the Route selected conductor(s) manually command or the Manual Routing command.
  1. In the Conductor Routing Assistant panel, select one or several conductors.
  2. Click Complete route of selected conductor(s) automatically .

The partial route of the selected conductor(s) is complete. The route of your conductors is detailed in the Conductor Routing report.

Note: If no partial route is defined for a selected conductor, its entire route is computed.
Important:
  • Your business logic is called when using the command:
    • The opening ID Validate Segment Overloading for Input Conductor Considering Underlying Conductors checks if the segments used to complete the partial route are not overloaded. If the validation fails, the partial route is not completed.
    • The opening ID Validate the entire path of the conductor checks the whole conductor route. If the validation fails, the partial route is not completed.
  • The route cannot be completed if:
    • The extremity of a segment belonging to the partial route is not connected to a device.
    • The partial route has some inconsistencies.

Clear Route

You can delete a route in the spreadsheet view.

  1. Select a routed conductor in the Conductor Routing Assistant panel.
  2. Click Clear Route .
    The Route status of the selected conductor changes into: Not routed.