Spot00033.pngInserting multicables

Mode

Tool

Tool set

Modes for the Polylijn

Multicable

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Lighting

Multi-circuit cables, also known as multicables, carry power from power distribution racks and dimmer racks to the lighting devices, projectors, and other consumer objects. Multicables include break in and break out parts, which attach to the cable and allow power to enter the multicable and to be distributed from the cable.

Some of the multicable parameters that are tedious to manually assign can be automatically assigned, as described in Assigning circuit information and Placing break out labels.

Multicable break outs have special labels; entering some of the multicable and break out information can be accomplished from the Object Info palette of the associated label. See Placing break out labels.

To insert a multicable:

1.      Click the tool and mode.

2.Click to place the start of the cable, and draw the cable polyline, clicking at each vertex. Double-click to finish drawing the cable.

The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default parameters. The parameters can be edited later from the Object Info palette.

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After placement, the cable path can be adjusted with the Reshape tool.

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Inserting jumper cables

Assigning multicable information

Marking cable measurements

Selecting, refreshing, and converting cables

Creating cable worksheets

Cable Settings

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Numbering light plot objects