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Menu: PlanView and Layout Tools > Draw Prewire Cable
Default Commandline shortcut: pw
Related Project Settings:
Automatically Consume Prewire Cables
Product Level: ALL
This tool allows you to draw geometry in the drawing that represents cables that have not yet had their functions assigned. The only thing we know about these cables is the locations from which they start and end and the Cable Type. A record will be added to the Cables table based on the count defined. The record is marked Available and PreWIRE. Prewire cables can be automatically consumed later if the
Prerequisites
1.Source and destination Location Boundaries placed in the Plan View space.
Related Topics
•Cable Type, Signal Type
•How Many - How many wires of this type take this path. A record will be created for each.
•Length Divisor - We will divide the length of the polyline by this value and place that info in the Length field of the record. For example, say your Drawing Unit = 1 inch and you want the length in the Length field to be displayed in feet. Your Length Divisor would be 12.
•Create Named Path - Create an entry in the Named Paths table with the name provided and length of the polyline.