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This procedure explains how to add a power cable to an electrical item in parallel to an existing power cable in the Electrical Engineer.

  1. In the Electrical Engineer, expand the hierarchy to the load to which you want to add one or more cables.

  2. Right-click the cable associated with the load, and on the shortcut menu, select Add Cable.

  3. On the Find dialog, select Find Now to display the available power cables.

  4. From the list of power cables, while holding CTRL, highlight each cable that you want to add.

  5. Select OK.

  6. In the Electrical Engineer, right- select a cable that you added.

  7. On the shortcut menu, select Common Properties.

  8. Select the Design Data tab and note that the associated load and feeder path appear in the From and To sections, in the Tag boxes.

  • Cables that you associate in this way do not appear in the parallel cable list in the Cable Common Properties dialog of other cables connected to the same load.

  • If you dissociate a cable from the feeder, the software automatically dissociates that cable from the load and dissociates all the other parallel cables from the feeder; however, those cables remain associated with the load.

  • Changing the association of a terminated cable by dragging it to another equipment item in the Electrical Engineer, disconnects this cable from the terminal strip of that equipment. The software disconnects the cable without displaying a warning message.

  • When defining naming conventions for parallel cables, you can determine where in the cable tag name you want to include the parallel cable suffix. In Options Manager, on the Define Naming Conventions dialog (Options > Naming Conventions > Define), define the parallel cable suffix in the Segment definitions section. You can move the parallel cable suffix property up or down the list to set the position of this property in the segment definition. If you do not select this check box, the suffix for the parallel cables will appear at the end of the cable tag name.