The cable routing feature provides the ability to set up a flexible, modular model of the cable routing in your <plant>. Cable routing sections are divided into several categories that enable you to set up a complete cable routing sequence. These categories match the different <plant> regions as follows:
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Category |
Category Description and Location in the <Plant> |
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Trunk |
Standard sections that include all the cable routing that does not pass through a built area. These sections are actually legs passing through the <plant> junction points that function as ports, where cables enter and exit the routing. Trunks contain trays conveying the positions through which the cables pass. |
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Building |
Sections that pass through a built area. Building sections do not contain trays or positions. |
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Panel – Routing Distance |
This in fact, is not a section category but a variable distance added to the total cable routing length. It is the distance between an instrument and the routing starting point. |
In an Owner Operator domain (As-Built), it is possible to claim cables and their cable routing data to a project. After being claimed to a project, the routing data is no longer available to work within As-Built, until the data is merged back. You can only work on cable routing in one project at a time. Reports and validations are carried out on the plant and projects as if they were one. To work with cable routing in another project, you must first merge the project with the routing data back to the plant, this removes the routing data from the project and replaces the data in the As-Built. Then reclaim making sure that the first project you claim to is the project that you want to work with cable routing.
In an Owner Operator plant you can create Cable Routing Reports that contain all the cable routing data from the As-Built and all projects.