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Creating a Route for Connectors through Cable Tray

To create routes for connectors through a cable tray:

  1. Click New > Assembly and click Save .
  2. To start route, insert the following into the main assembly by clicking Insert Component tool_Insert_Components_Assembly.gif (Assembly toolbar) or by dragging them from the Design Library, the File Explorer, an open part window, or Windows Explorer:
    1. Cable tray fittings to create cable tray assembly.
    2. Electrical connectors at openings of the cable tray.
  3. Set options in the Route Properties PropertyManager, then click PM_OK.gif.
    The new route subassembly appears in the FeatureManager design tree as [CableTray <n>-<assembly_name>].
    If the order of the steps is reversed in step 2 above, the name of the new route subassembly is [Harness <n>-<assembly_name>].

  4. Sketch the path between components on each side and the CPoint of the Cable Tray using any combination of the following methods:
    • Use Auto Route to generate splines.
    • Sketch lines Tool_Line_Sketch.gif, splines Tool_Spline_Sketch.gif and fillets Tool_Sketch_Fillet_Sketch.gif using 3D sketch tools.
    Electrical Routes are generated from the connector's endpoint and the cable tray's CPoint.
    To make the connection points visible, click View Routing Points (View toolbar) or View > Routing Points .
  5. Drag additional connectors and routing hardware into the route subassembly as needed.
    As each connector is added to the route, a short stub is added to the sketch (from the connector's CPoint.
  6. To assign electrical attributes to the route segments:
    1. Click Tools > Routing > Electrical > Edit Wires tool_EditWires_Electrical.gif.
    2. Specify the wires and cables to use.
    3. To specify the route path, do one of the following:
      • Select the route segments between connectors on both sides of the Cable Tray.
      • In Wire From-To List, click Select Path.
      The route path between connectors is automatically identified.
    4. Click PM_OK.gif.
  7. Exit the sketch.
    You can use the same procedure to create routes for connectors with HVAC ducts.


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