6 Cable Tray Creation: 6.1 How It Works

CHAPTER 6
Cable Tray Creation
Once the Cableway branches have been routed, they can be dressed with material. The material can be
applied to the Cableway regardless of whether cables have been routed or not.
The default specification selected defines the cross section to be used for space reservation and therefore the
cable tray material. In the Model hierarchy the material is situated below the Cableway Branch element. This
material element will own the Cableway material components such as Straights, Bends, Risers, Tees, Crosses
and Reducers.
6.1
How It Works
There are two distinct parts to the Cable Tray side of the application. The first is the Preliminary Dressing.
These elements are always created first, whether using the manual or automatic dressing options.
In the Model Explorer these appear as CTSTRA (Straights), CTBEND (Bends), CTRISE (Risers), CTTEE
(Tees), CTCROS (Crosses) and CTREDU (Reducers) elements, beneath the administrative CTMTRL (Cable
Tray Material) element.
The Preliminary Dressing items define the size and
basic parameters of the components that will be used.
When using the automatic dressing options, the system
assesses the Cableway Branch that has been selected
and, based on defined criteria, creates a Preliminary
Dressing item for each component. It will, for example,
calculate the distance between two CTBEND
components, and fill it with the appropriate number of
CTSTRA elements.
The basic parameters for each of these vary slightly; for
example, a CTBEND has Bend Type (Left of Right),
Radius, Angle and Width, to name a few.
Preliminary Dressing items appear as simple blocks, as
shown on the right.
Once the Preliminary Dressing has been created, the material components can be applied. The automatic
dressing options use the information from the Preliminary Dressing elements to select the correct
component. If working manually, the components are selected individually.
The material components appear in the Model Explorer
as CTRAY elements beneath the corresponding
CTSTRA, CTBEND etc
Once the material component is added, the Preliminary
Dressing item will be automatically hidden from view.
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6.2
Creating Cableway Branch Material
From either the graphical view or the Model Explorer select the Cableway branch to be dressed with Cable
Tray Material.
The Create Material form can be accessed either by clicking the Create Cableway Material button located
in the Create group. Alternatively it can be accessed by invoking the PowerWheel and selecting the Material
tile in the Cable sub menu.
The Dressing link label on the Branch Tasks form also displays the Create Material form.
The Create Material form has a number of fields for
administrative functions e.g. Material Name, Description,
Function, and Purpose. There are also a number of
additional fields:
Specification the material specification can be
selected from the drop down list.
First Gap sets the size of the gap before every
material component except where there are two adjoining
straights.
Intermediate Gap sets the gap distance between all
adjoining straights.
Last Gap sets the size of the gap after every material
component except where there are two adjoining
straights.
Tier Heights this allows the user to key in single or
multiple values for the tier height(s).
Width this is the default Cableway width value; the
user can enter a new value if required.
Height this is the default Cableway height value; the
user can enter a new value if required.
Clicking the Create link label creates the CTMTRL (Cable
Tray Material) element under the CWBRAN element, and
also displays the Modify Material form which allows the
user to make modifications to the Cableway branch
material.
A Cableway branch material element (CTMTRL) must exist in the Design database for material elements
to be created.
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Attributes
Autoname Elements used to apply Autonaming to all
material elements below the CTMTRL element.
Apply Changes applies any changes made.
Discard Changes cancels any changes made.
Preliminary Dressing
Dimensions defined by user this displays the
Preliminary Dressing (User Defined Dimensions)
form allowing the user to add or remove cable tray
material from the Cableway branch.
Dimensions based on branch fill levels this
displays the Preliminary Dressing (Branch Fill
Level) form allowing the user to add or remove cable
tray material from the Cableway branch.
Other Dressing options
Dress using templates this displays the Dress
using Templates form and allows the user to add or
remove template cable tray material from the
Cableway branch.
Explicit Dressing This displays the Create
<element> form allowing the user to create straights/
bends/risers etc. as required.
Remove Dressing
From Branch this allows the user to remove the cable
tray material from the whole Cableway branch.
From Segment this allows the user to remove a
complete segment of cable tray material from the
Cableway branch by graphical selection.
From Point this allows the user to graphically pick a single segment of cable tray material to
remove from the Cableway branch, i.e. a single straight.
All Straights from Branch this allows the user to remove all cable tray straight material from the
Cableway branch and only leaves the tees, bends, etc.
All Straights from Segment this allows the user to remove all cable tray straight material from a
segment of the Cableway branch.
6.3
Preliminary Dressing Dimensions defined by user
Click the Dimensions defined by user link label from the Modify Material form to access the Preliminary
Dressing form. A message dialogue appears informing the user the catalogues for the Cableway Material
have been loaded.
Click the OK button to confirm this.
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Once the catalogues have been loaded, the Preliminary
Dressing (User defined Dimensions) form is displayed.
The attribute section can be opened by clicking the plus button.
Tier Height
A Tier Height can be entered from this form. To save the

changes click the Apply Changes link label.
If the Tier Height has been entered and is no longer required, right click on the down-arrow on the Tier
Heights field and click the Remove button from the pop-up menu. Click the Apply Changes link label again
to save this change.
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6.3.1
Dress Whole Branch

On the Dress whole branch section of the
Preliminary Dressing (User defined Dimensions)
form, there are a range of options for how the
branch should be dressed. Examples of the different
options are given below.
With Cable try components
With Straights
With Straights (Do not cut)
With only Bends and Risers
With only Tees and Crosses
Fill Gaps with Straights this option will insert straight sections into any gaps that remain between existing
tray components.
Sort trays components this option will reorder the elements in the Model Explorer to ensure they are in the
correct order.
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6.3.2
Dress part of Branch Picked Point
From the Dress part of branch section of the Preliminary Dressing (User defined Dimensions) form click, the
Picked Point link label. This option will dress an individual component at or near a selected point. The user
is prompted in the top left hand corner of the 3D view to Pick near point to be dressed. Using the cursor pick
the Cableway at the point for dressing. The preliminary material will be applied.
Repeat the process to add additional material.
6.3.3
This option cannot be used for creating Straights. If a straight section is selected, then the nearest nonstraight component to the point of selection will be added.
Dress part of Branch Picked Attachment Point
From the Dress part of branch section of the Preliminary Dressing (User defined Dimensions) form, click the
Picked Attachment Point link label. The user is prompted in the top left hand corner of 3D view to Pick
RATTA to dress. Using the cursor pick a RATTA within the Cableway segment to add the preliminary
cross/tee.
6.3.4
Dress part of Branch Straights between Picked Components
Straight between Picked Components link label.
The user is prompted in the top left hand corner of the 3D view to Pick First Component. Select any existing
material component from the graphical display.
The user is then prompted to Pick Second Component. After picking the second material component, a
preliminary material straight will be applied between the two picked components.
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6.3.5
Dress part of Branch Segment with Straights
Segment with Straights link label. The user is prompted in the top left hand corner of the 3D view to Pick
near the start of the segment to be dressed. Using the cursor pick any undressed straight segment. The
preliminary material straight will now appear.
6.3.6
Dress part of Branch Segment with all Components
Segment with all components link label. The user is prompted in the top left hand corner of the 3D view
to Pick near the start of the segment to be dressed. Using the cursor, select part of the branch to add
preliminary material to that segment.
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6.3.7
Dress part of Branch Multiple Segments in Line
This option allows user to create preliminary dressing for multiple segments in a straight line i.e. if a straight
in a Cableway has POINTR elements between the two bends/risers. Once clicked, the user is prompted to
pick near the POINTR elements on the straight. Once finished, the preliminary material straight appears on
the Cableway.
6.4
Preliminary Dressing Dimensions based on branch fill levels
The Dimensions based on branch fill levels, work in the same way
as the Dimensions defined by user except that the cables inside the
cable tray are taken into account and a suitable sized cable tray material
will be applied.
6.5
Applying the Material
Once the user has dressed the branch with the preliminary Cableway material, this can be applied by clicking
the Apply link label from the Material section of the Preliminary Dressing (User defined Dimensions) form.
To remove the material from the cable tray click the Remove link label from the Material section on the
Preliminary Dressing (User defined Dimensions) form.
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Exercise 7 Cable Tray Material
1.
Apply the Material ST/VANTRUNK-SW5-SS to the Cableways created earlier in the course using
combinations of the various options discussed in this section. The CWAYS can be found in the
ZONE-CWAY-AREA03, ZONE-CWAY-AREA02 and ZONE-CWAY-AREA01.
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CHAPTER 6

Cable Tray Creation

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Creating Cableway Branch Material

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Preliminary Dressing Dimensions defined by user

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A Tier Height can be entered from this form. To save the

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Dress Whole Branch

With Cable try components

With Straights (Do not cut)

With only Bends and Risers

With only Tees and Crosses

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Dress part of Branch Picked Point

Repeat the process to add additional material.

Dress part of Branch Picked Attachment Point

Dress part of Branch Straights between Picked Components

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Dress part of Branch Segment with Straights

Dress part of Branch Segment with all Components

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Dress part of Branch Multiple Segments in Line

Preliminary Dressing Dimensions based on branch fill levels

Applying the Material

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Exercise 7 Cable Tray Material

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