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Cable selector

The Cable selector allows you to select one or more cables to be used in the cable routing features.

 

Set Origin / Destination of Cables

Segregation: Select cables

Routes Cables: Select cables

 

The Cable selector groups all the cables of the electrical project. They appear in a list that can be filtered according to your needs.

Some features are available to manage them.

 

New cable: Opens the cable catalog where you can select the references you need to add to the electrical project.

Delete: Allows you to delete the selected cables. A cable cannot be deleted if its cores are already in use.

Properties: Shows the properties of the selected cables. If you select several cables, the Properties dialog box displays only the common properties.

Duplicate: Copies individual or multiple cables including all their associated properties such as reference or path. The mark are automatically incremented.

Replace: Lets you replace the selected cables with other cables from the catalog. The new cable must have at least as many cores as the cables being replaced.

Switch: Allows you to swap the Origin and Destination and vice versa of the selected cables.

Disassociate cable core: Allows you to disconnect the selected cables cores.

Undo: The Undo command cancels the last command used.

Redo: The Redo command cancels the result of the last Undo command used.

Tree mode: Manages the type of display for the cables list. The cables can be grouped by Function, by harness or by Origin/Destination.

 

Several filters allow you to show the cables filtered by name, reference or origin/destination locations.

 

According to the feature you open the Cable selector, select one or more cables and click Select to validate your selection.



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