Preface

Electrical Cableway Routing (ECR) is a new generation product dedicated to managing cables defined in an Electrical Connectivity Diagram, and later routed in a 3-D cableway.

When designing a ship, power plant, or facility, cables must be routed from an equipment to another equipment. Cables are supported by hanging them on hangers, raceways, or conduits. Various products are used to create the cableways to reserve the space needed for the cables. Cableways are created using hangers and lofts, pathways, raceway runs, or conduit runs from one equipment to another equipment in the 3-D design. This creates a cableway network used for routing cables.

Using ENOVIA V5 as a central repository, the cableway network and Electrical Connectivity Diagram cable information is extracted and stored in ENOVIA V5 for the cable routing purposes. This allows an entire network to be accessed without opening the 3-D data models. 

When routing cables, the Manage Cables from Database command displays the cables stored in ENOVIA V5 along with a light display of the network. ENOVIA V5 rules are used to determine if you have the proper privileges to modify the cable route. The commands available from the Electrical Cable Database Cable Selection dialog box allow you to route the cable through the network using the shortest path. Though the cable route has no 3-D features saved in a model, the path can be visualized, and you can see the path routed in the light network. 

As cables are routed, the designer can see where paths are filling up in the light network. This helps the designer determine if the cableway needs to be increased in size to accommodate more cables.

Using This Guide