Create a Plant Cable - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

This procedure explains how to create a new cable in the Electrical Index based on existing reference cable data.

1. In the Electrical Index, expand the folder hierarchy Wiring Equipment > Cables.

2. Right-click the required cable folder: Power Cables, Control Cables, Grounding Cables, or Instrumentation Cables, and then select New.

3. Accept the default item tag that is based on the naming convention for the cable or type your own item tag according to the naming convention.

   

   • For more details of naming convention settings, see Using Naming Conventions.

   • If the cable naming convention includes the tag of an associated item and you rename the associated item tag, you must select Refresh on the toolbar of the Electrical Index or the Electrical Engineer to update the cable tag.

   • If you are creating a number of cables at one time, you may want to stop at this point and edit the cable properties at a later stage.

4. On the Cable Common Properties dialog, General tab, select a cable specification.

5. For the selected specification, do one of the following:

   • If you know the reference cable that you want to use to define your plant cable, select that reference cable from the Reference cable list. The software populates the properties with data from the reference cable.

   • If you want to calculate the cross-section size for a power cable by determining the most suitable reference cable, select an option from the Conductor arrangement list.

   In addition to sizing a non- sized power cable, you can perform cable sizing when you select a specific reference cable also.

6. Enter other values for the cable properties as required. You must enter values for those properties marked with an asterisk.

7. Select the Design Data tab and enter routing and cable length data as required.

• You must associate each power cable in the Electrical Index with a reference (catalog) cable. You must therefore first define appropriate reference cables in the Reference Data Explorer.

• You access the Cable Common Properties Dialog by selecting the Common Properties command on the shortcut menu or you can specify in the preferences to open the dialog directly when you create the cable.

• You cannot delete a cable that has been assigned to a cable drum.

• You cannot assign a plant cable to a different cable drum if this cable has been locked to a drum.