Create a Single-Core Cable Assembly in the Electrical Index - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

This procedure shows you how to create a single-core cable assembly in the Electrical Index.

1. In the Electrical Index, expand Wiring Equipment > Cables > Single-Core Cable Assemblies.

2. Right-click the Single-Core Cable Assemblies folder and then select New Single-Core Cable Assembly.

3. In the Electrical Index tree view, right-click the new cable assembly and select Common Properties.

4. On the Single-Core Cable Assembly Common Properties dialog, In the Cable arrangement field, select the required cable arrangement (optional).

5. In the Phase arrangement field, select the required phase arrangement.

   

   • To create a single-core cable assembly for a DC connection, select the DC option from the Phase arrangement list.

   • To create a single-core cable assembly for an AC single-phase circuit, select either the 1 PH or 1 PH +G option.

   • If you set your cables in the single-core cable assembly to have phase labels, you can define the phase separator for single-core cable names in the General Settings window of Options Manager.

6. Type in a description, height, and width in their respective fields (optional).

7. At the side of the Reference cable field, select the ellipsis button to open the Select Reference Cable dialog.

8. On the Select Reference Cable dialog, select the required reference power cable and select OK.

9. In the Current carrying cores group box, in the Phase label fields, select the label for each power cable. The software does not allow you to select the same label for two different power cables in the cable assembly.

10. In the Neutral cables group box, select Add to open the Select Reference Cable dialog.

11. On the Select Reference Cable dialog, select the required cable and select OK.

    The values for the selected neutral cable are added automatically to the fields in the Neutral cables group box.

12. In the Grounding cables group box, select Add to open the Select Reference Cable dialog.

13. On the Select Reference Cable dialog, select the required cable and select OK.

    The values for the selected grounding cable are added automatically to the fields in the Neutral cables group box.

14. Select OK.

• When defining a neutral or grounding cable, on the Select Reference Cable dialog, you can select a power or grounding cable from the Cable category list. Power cables used as grounding or neutral cables are automatically connected as phase cables and they appear in the Electrical Engineer. In cable block diagrams and SLDs, the software displays them as phase power cables belonging to single-core cable assemblies.

• After selecting OK on the Common Properties dialog, the software automatically displays an expanded view of the cable assembly and adds the assembly's cables to their relevant folders in the Electrical Index.

• When connecting the power connectors (S, T, R) of a single-core cable assembly to an electrical equipment item, the software automatically completes the connection of the power connectors after the first connection has been made to that item. For example, after connecting the S cable to a motor the software automatically connects the remaining two power cables (T and R) to the motor. The grounding and neutral cables are not connected automatically and are connected by the user.

• Changing the tag sequence of one of the cables in an assembly affects the tag sequence of all of the other cables in that assembly.

• Making any other change (for example, changing the sizing, routing, and so forth) in the properties of one of the cables in an assembly that is connected to bus phases affects only those cables in the assembly that are connected to the phases of the cable assembly.

• Changing the properties of a grounding or neutral cable in an assembly affects only that particular cable.