Assign Multiple Cables to a Cable Drum - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

This procedure explains how to assign one or more cables to a cable drum that you created in the Electrical Index, and for which you set a reference cable.

1. Open the Cable Drum Common Properties dialog for the cable drum to which you want to assign cables, and edit the values as needed. For details, see Edit Cable Drum Properties.

2. To set the required drum reference cable, beside Reference cable select to open the Select Reference Cable dialog.

3. On the Select Reference Cable dialog , select an appropriate reference cable. Make sure that there are appropriate plant cables based on the selected reference cable and that each of these cables has been assigned to at least one pulling area.

4. In the Drum sizes group box choose Select to open the Drum types per cable length dialog.

5. Select an appropriate set of cable lengths and then select OK.

   

   • The sets of cable lengths that are available on the Drum Sizes dialog are taken from the Design Data tab of the reference cable that has been set for the current drum. The Minimum and Maximum values pertain to the Minimum cable length to order and Maximum drum capacity values that are on the Cable Drum Common Properties dialog.

   • You can add new Minimum and Maximum values and change the existing Minimum and Maximum values even after assigning plant cables to a drum.

   • Note that the drums that have the procurement status set to Ordered or Delivered are not affected by the change that you make.

   • When changing the Minimum and Maximum values, the software validates that the new values that you enter are within the range of the cable length definitions according to the following:

     • If the Total cable length to order/delivered has been set, the Minimum cable length to order cannot be greater than the Total cable length to order/delivered value.

     • If the Total cable length to order/delivered has not been set, the Minimum cable length to order can be greater than the Total cable length on the drum value.

6. Define at least one pulling area by doing one of the following:

   1. To set a single pulling area, select a value from the Pulling area list.

   

   • When selecting Add in the Assigned cables group box, the software will look only for those cables that are associated with the pulling area that you select from this list.

   • Make sure that the Allow multiple pulling areas check box is not selected.

   1. To set multiple pulling area, select the Allow multiple pulling areas check box.

   When selecting Add in the Assigned cables group box, this option instructs the software to look for all the cables and cable cuts that are associated with the current reference cable.

7. Select Add in the Assigned cables data window.

8. On the Find dialog, select Find Now.

9. In the Results data window, select the cables and/or cable cuts that you want to assign to the current drum, and select OK.

• You can assign to a particular drum only those cables that are associated with a designated reference cable and only those cables that belong to one or more pulling areas assigned to the drum.

• For calculation details, see Rules Governing Cable Drum Calculations.