When assigning cables to cable drums, Smart Instrumentation creates cable drums automatically. You can perform this assignment and optimization in single or in batch mode. The optimization process matches cables and the cable drums that fit them with minimum waste of cable drum length, using the following algorithm:
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The highest priority is to utilize cable drums that are purchased but not yet locked. Optimization may assign new cables to these drums.
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The second priority is to optimize the drum cable length for drums whose status is design. The guiding parameters are minimum drum length and maximum drum length.
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The third priority is to create new cable drums of a given cable type.
The procedure below only works if you created a cable and assigned a pulling area.
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In the Wiring Module window, select Actions > Cable-Drum Assignment.
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On the Cable-Drum Assignment dialog, select the following filtering criteria:
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Cable type
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Pulling area
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Do one of the following:
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Select Include assigned cables to display cables that are already assigned to cable drums, in addition to those not yet assigned.
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Clear Include assigned cables not to display assigned cables.
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Select Find.
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Select the cables that you want to include in the cable drum assignment.
If you selected Include assigned cables in step 3 above, optimizing can change existing cable assignments.
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Select Optimize.