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WireCAD provides a series of tools to draw cables.

Normally we draw from one WireCAD device to another.

If you need to draw spare cables see the Spare Cables tool.

WireCAD provides a cable auto-routing tool that automatically routes the cable around other devices and, if selected, avoids other cables. The auto-router will always find a path for the cable, even if it means that the cable is drawn through another device or must overlay another cable.

 

If you do not like the way a cable is routed, you have two choices:

1.Manually draw the cable by selecting Manual Draw and place every point from source to destination.

2.Select the cable as drawn and grab a grip on the cable and move it around. You can use Ctrl+Shft+Click to add vertexes and Ctrl+Click to remove vertexes.

 

WireCAD Cable Terminology

Devices have inputs and outputs, Cables have sources and destinations.

For purposes of this manual we will refer to Jacks, Junction Boxes, Router Crosspoints, Bulkhead connectors, and On-Sheet/Off-Sheet Pointers, Adapters and Splice Points collectively as terminals Terminals:

Draw Cable Toolbar

Common Controls

These controls effect the behavior of all of the available options.

•Start Cable button - Starts the cable drawing function based on the current setting (one-to-one, one-to-many, etc.). The Start Cable function is disabled when you are drawing Source to Terminal or Terminal as Source.

•Avoid Other Cables - Determines whether cables will avoid other cables. Toggling this button will not affect any existing cable but will from that point forward determine the behavior of cable drawing and device moving.

•Tidy Cables - After moving a grip on a cable the cable is forced ortho.

•Repeat - Repeat drawing cables until esc is pressed.