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Take Offs

Show the Take Offs tool. This tool assists in counting items in the drawing.

Add Boundaries from Text

Add Location Boundaries using a text entity to derive the location name. Once you select a text entity the Boundaries form is displayed allowing you to set the remainder of the properties.

Add Boundaries from Insert

Add Location Boundaries using an insert to derive the location name. Once you select an insert the Boundaries form is displayed allowing you to set the remainder of the properties.

Add Boundaries Manually

Add Location Boundaries manually typing the location name. The Boundaries form is displayed immediately allowing you to set the properties.

Draw Backbone

Draw a polyline representing the backbone in the plan view space. Then assign a number, cable type, source and destination ports and add that to the database.

Draw Cable

Drawing a polyline representing a cable from a location boundary to another location boundary or from placed equipment to placed equipment. Cable information is then created in the Cables table.

Populate Cables

Automatically places arched cables from location to location as defined in the Cables table.

Draw Prewire Cables

Draw a polyline representing prewire cables and add the data to the Cables table marking the IO as PREWIRE. Later, you can assign cables to those PREWIRE entries.

Populate Equipment

Automatically place SysNamed equipment in the drawing in the Location Boundaries if found.

Place Equipment

Place unnamed plan view equipment in the drawing. Preferably after Location Boundaries have been defined.