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In the Electrical Index, expand the folder hierarchy Wiring Equipment > Cables.
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Expand the required cable folder: Power Cables, Control Cables, Grounding Cables, or Instrumentation Cables.
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Right-click the required cable and on the shortcut menu, select Common Properties.
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On the Cable Common Properties dialog, General tab, select a cable specification.
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For the selected specification, do one of the following:
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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 (for further details, see Notes at the end of this procedure).
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If you want to select a reference cable by performing and applying sizing for a power cable, enter the necessary data (for details of the properties that are mandatory, see Required Data for Cable Sizing.
In addition to sizing a non- sized power cable, you can perform cable sizing when
you select a specific reference cable also.
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Enter other values for the cable properties as required. You must enter values for those properties marked with an asterisk.
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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.
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Select the Design Data tab and enter routing and cable length data as required.
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When applying sizing for a power cable, suitable reference cables that the software can select from must be defined in the Reference Data Explorer.
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When changing the reference cable manually or by applying cable sizing, the software copies all properties relating to cable construction and electrical properties such as ampacity and resistance. The software does not copy plant cable data such as cable tag and description, nor data used for sizing such as estimated and design lengths. The software copies other data such as manufacturer and model only if the value for the plant cable is initially empty.
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Whenever the data of the reference cable that a plant cable is associated with is changed, the Synchronize With Reference command button becomes enabled. This button opens the Synchronize Plant and Reference Cable Data dialog, where you can see all the differences between selected plant cable data and the associated reference cable data. You can then copy the reference data to the plant cable so that the plant and reference cable data is fully synchronized.
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For full details of the most commonly used properties, see the Cable Common Properties Dialog. You can also edit the most commonly used properties and additional properties in the Properties window or in the EDE.
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You cannot delete a cable that has been assigned to a cable drum.
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You cannot assign a plant cable to a different cable drum if this cable has been locked to a drum.
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When defining naming conventions for parallel cables, you can determine where in the cable tag name you want to include the parallel cable suffix. In Options Manager, on the Define Naming Conventions dialog (Options > Naming Conventions > Define), define the parallel cable suffix in the Segment definitions section. You can move the parallel cable suffix property up or down the list to set the position of this property in the segment definition. If you do not select this check box, the suffix for the parallel cables will appear at the end of the cable tag name.