Account for the Installed Length of a Cable - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

This feature allows you to take into account the actual length of a cable that has been installed in the field. You can enter appropriate values for marked length on side one and side 2 of the cable and the software calculates the actual installed length of the cable. Alternatively, if you know the actual installed length of a cable, you can type in the installed length value yourself.

After the actual installed length has been entered or calculated, you set the cable definition as installed. This action instructs the software to copy the actual installed cable length to the Actual design/installed length on the Design Data tab of the Cable Common Properties dialog.

If you change the installed length of a cable and increase the previous value of an installed cable, the software makes sure that the new installed length does not exceed the capacity of the drum to which the cable is assigned.

1. On the Cable Common Properties, dialog, select the Design Data tab.

2. In the Installed data group box, enter the required Marked length values for one or both sides.

   The software will automatically calculate the Installed length value if you enter values for both sides.

   OR

   Under Installed length, enter the required value.

3. Select the Cable installed check box to instruct the software to define the cable as installed in the field and to overwrite the Actual design/installed length value with the value in the Installed length field.

• The software uses the Actual design/installed length value to calculate the cable sizing and to optimize the cable drum.

• The software overwrites the Actual design/installed length value with the Installed length value after selecting the Cable installed check box. If the new Actual design/installed length value exceeds the capacity of the drum to which the cable is assigned, the software displays an appropriate message and prompts you to free some space on the drum by dissociating some of the cables from the drum.

• The installed length is the absolute delta between the Marked length — side 1 and Marked length — side 2 values. You do not have to enter Marked length — side 1 and Marked length — side 2 values consistently. The software keeps the installed length as a positive value at all times.