Routing Cable Content

You can route a cable content during the creation of the cable.

This scenario is based on the creation and the routing of a cable content. During the creation of a cable, some options may differ from one type of cable to another according to the type of cable you want to create. For more information about the creation of cables, see Creating Cable References.

Before you begin:
  • In Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Electrical Sys. Design > Schematic, select Cable content option. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: Schematic.
  • Create a cable with a number of conductors by group superior to 0.
  • Create components with connection points.
  • Open an existing diagram view and place the components ready to be connected.
  1. In the tree, right-click the cable reference and select Route in View.
    The cable content is created in the tree. The wires are linked to the cables. The Modify Entities after Creating Links between Cable/Wires and between Net Group/Nets (ELE_ModifyGroupConductor) business rule is called every time a link is performed.
    Note: For all shielded and coax cables, a wire shield is also created.
  2. In the Route Cable Options dialog box, define the minimum distance between wires in the Wire distance box.
  3. Choose and organize the elements to be routed:
    1. In the To Route column, clear the elements not to be routed.

      Note: To route only the cable, clear the Route cable content option.

    2. To order the content to be routed, drag the elements to the desired location.


  4. In the Port selection option box, choose the way the ports are selected:
    OptionDescription
    The ports are selected in the clockwise direction.
    The ports are selected in the counterclockwise direction.
    The ports are selected manually.
  5. According to the selection mode, do one of the following actions:

    Note: Once you have selected the first pin, you can no longer change the mode of selection.

    • and : Click the first pin then the second pin of the first wire.
      Tip: When you pause your pointer over the first pin, all the pins involved in the routing process are highlighted.
    • :
      1. On the first component, click all the pins to be connected.
      2. On the second component, click all the pins to be connected.

All the selected wires of the cable are routed. Note that in this scenario, a symbol representation of the cable ends is inserted. You can display the symbol representation even if the cable is not fully routed by selecting the Allows partial cable end placement option in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Electrical Sys. Design > Schematic, select Cable content option. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: Schematic.