If you manually draw cables or otherwise put them where you want them and them move a device, the auto-router will be invoked and re-route all your changes.

Item

Description

Draw Cable Toolbar

One-to-One Cable

Cable Text Height

The Cable# text entity height in DU.

Replace Cable with Pointers checkbox

Automatically draw Pointers instead of cables.

Manual Draw checkbox

Draw every point in the cable.

Avoid Other Cables checkbox

Allows cables to overlay each other. True =

False =

Aux Text Enable

Enable the placement of Aux Text.

Aux Text Height

The height in DU of the Aux Text.

Location

The position of the Aux Text relative to the cable polyline.

Over - positioned over the cable polyline.

Under - positioned under the cable polyline.

Bubble - Not yet supported.

Variable

You may choose to populate the Aux Text with the following variables:

CircuitNumber - The Circuit Number as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog.

IPAddreess - Not yet implemented.

Length - The Length field as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog.

User1 - The User1 as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog.

User2 - The User2 as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog.

User3 - The User3 as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog.

User4 - The User4 as entered in the Cable Edit Dialog.

Format

{0} represents the data from the selected variable.

Example: the incoming data from the selected variable is 300 and you want to format it to represent meters to the reader. Your format field would be {0}m. The output would be formatted as 300m.

X Offset

Horizontal auto-router offset. When drawing cables, WireCAD uses an auto-routine algorithm. The X Offset determines how far away horizontally from other equipment and cables a new cable will rout.

Y Offset

Vertical auto-router offset. When drawing cables, WireCAD uses an auto-routine algorithm. The Y Offset determines how far away Vertically from other equipment and cables a new cable will rout.

Default Pointer

Select the pointer to use when replacing cable with pointers

One-to-Many Cable

Explanation

Used to indicate one output to many inputs

Feeder selection

Count

Destination count

Count=3

Y offset, Y Spacing, Hor Extension

Feeder distances

One Cable Database Entry

Adds a single entry in the cables database and one Cable# text entity at the Y point.

Many Cable Database Entries

Adds a many entries in the cables database and many Cable# text entity at the connection points.

Note: One-to-Many and Many-to-One cables set to Many Cable Database Entries will assign the connection point closest to the cursor when the cable is double-clicked. The first assignment on the cable will enter the database as expected, subsequent assignments will display the Existing Ports dialog prompting you to decide how to number the cables.

Many-to-One Cable

Explanation

Multiple outputs to one input

Count

Source count

count=3

More information

See above for a description of other settings

Many-to-Many Cable

Explanation

Many-to-Many cables behave like a buss. They are a collection of one-to-one cable drawn as a single polyline. When assigning cable numbers the connection point closest to the cursor is used.

See the above descriptions for more information about settings.

Count

Source and destination count

Count = 2
Y feeder

Terminal as Source Window

Displays the available Terminals sorted by Terminal style (Jack,Terminal, Pointer).

Note: Terminal file suffixes determine whether the file will be displayed in this window. Files having a _SD.DWG, or _S.DWG suffix will appear in this view.

Terminal Offset

Sets the distance between the connection point and the terminal basepoint

Terminal as Destination Window

Displays the available Terminals sorted by Terminal style (Jack,Terminal, Pointer).

Note: Terminal file suffixes determine whether the file will be displayed in this window. Files having a _SD.DWG, or _D.DWG suffix will appear in this view.

Terminal Offset

see above