The Electrical Attributes
PropertyManager appears when, while editing a cable route, you query the electrical
attributes of the selected route segment.
To
access
the
PropertyManager,
in the flattened route, right-click a route and
select
Electrical Attributes.
Select Route Segment / List All Wires
- Select Route
Segment
In
the graphics area, click a segment of the route to display its
electrical
attributesDisplays
the length and the diameter of the selected segment.
The
software calculates the diameter with this formula:
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D=2*sqrt(A*F/PI)
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D=Diameter
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sqrt=Square root
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A=Area (Sum of the
cross-section
area of each wire - Area of a circle = PI*r²)
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F=Correction factor depending on the number
of wires
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Table 1. Correction factor
| Number of wires |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6-7 |
8-10 |
>10 |
| Factor (F) |
1.55 |
1.45 |
1.4 |
1.35 |
1.3 |
1.28 |
|
PI=3.14
|
When
a cable is in the selected segment, the calculation
considers the diameter of the cable and not the diameter of the
individual cable cores.
Wire
List.
Displays
the list of
wires
or cable cores passing through the selected segment.
- List All
Wires.
Displays all the wires or cable cores.
Show Cross
Section.
Opens
a dialog box displaying the
cross-section
of the selected segment.
Wire List
Lists the name of each wire or cable core or those that pass through
the selected segment. The cut length of each wire appears in
brackets
after the wire
name.
You can filter the wire list using the search bar. As you type,
SOLIDWORKS Routing narrows the list to match your search based on property values.
The search functionality supports partial matches and is not
case-sensitive.
Properties and Additional Properties
Lists the property names and values for the selected item in Wire
List.