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Add a cable

Cable management: New cable

Menu: Line diagram > Add a cable

Contextual menu of a line diagram cable: Add a cable

Cable reservation: New cable

Cabling details: Add a cable

 

This opens the cable reference search dialog box, letting you select the cable references you need to add to the electrical project.

Classification / Filter

In the Classification tab, the left side of the dialog shows the list of cable families. The right side shows the selected family cables.

In the Filters tab, several filters can be edited to find the reference you want.

 

Adds the selected reference.

Deletes the selected reference in the lower part of the dialog.

Quantity: Input the number of cables that you want to add.

 

After validation, the cables are automatically added to the electrical project. Each cable has a mark that is calculated automatically according to the marking formula defined in the electrical project configuration. If you wish to modify these marks, select them in the cable management and click on the Properties icon.



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