Copy Cable

Cable Design User Guide

Cable : Copy Cable

To copy a cable, on the Cabling System tab, in the Tools group, click Copy, select Copy Cable from the list to display the Copy Cable window.


Cable To Copy	Enter the name of the cable to be copied or navigate to the cable in the Model Explorer and click CE.
New Cable	Enter a name for the new cable or select the Autonaming icon to the right of the field.
Number of Copies	Enter the number of copies required. If the user enters the number of copies greater than one, the New Cable name and the autoname icon will not be displayed. For example the user would not want to copy 20 cables with the same name set for each created element.


Spec Ref	If the cable to be copied has a specification set, then checking this check box will copy the specification reference of the cable.
Start Ref	If the cable to be copied is connected to an element at its start point, checking this check box will copy the start reference of the cable.
End Ref	If the cable to be copied is connected to an element at its end point, checking this check box will copy the end reference of the cable.


Copy Route Path	Checking this check box copies only the external geometry (EXTGEO's) of the cable. If the cable contains no external geometry, then this becomes the default toggle for choosing whether to copy the RPATH or not. The same applies to if the RPATH contains all EXTGEO's.
Head Free Route	The Head Free Route check box is only activated when the Copy Route Path check box has been checked. Checking this option will copy the first POINTR's up to the first and including all the EXTGEO's excluding the tail POINTR's so the user can free route the tail as they want.
Tail Free Route	The Tail Free Route check box is only activated when the Copy Route Path check box has been checked. Checking option will copy all the EXTGEO's and the remaining POINTR's which come after the geometry members in the sequence. Leaving the head POINTR's so the user can free route the head as they want.

To copy the cable, click Copy Cable. When the copy process has completed a message window is displayed stating that the copy has completed.