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1 CableMatic Plus User Guide For Electrical Designer June 9, 2014

10 4.2.2 Making a Release and Effect on The Construction Database This function applies only when the Live Database on the Project Data form is

11 database and will have the suffix ‘0’. When making the next issue, make sure that your revision rules data is correct and then press the issue co

12 4.3. Live Database and the consequences for Construction When the Live Database is checked, Design and Construction share the Designer’s database.

13 • 4.4.2 Voltage Classes Voltage Classes are restricted to: <=2KV POWER, >2KV POWER, ANY MIXTURE and CONTR/SIGNAL. 4.5 Service Leve

14 appropriate value. You will find corresponding data in Cable Types where you will enter the number of current carrying conductors. 4.6 Racew

15 4.7 Cable Type Catalog Data Cable type data is critical of tray and conduit sizing. The cable OD is always used for tray sizing. The override cab

16 4.8 Raceway Catalog Data This data is crucial for tray and conduit sizing. The raceway catalog number is either input to each raceway or CableMa

17 4.9 Design Control / Revision Rules When an issue is made that succeeds a previous issue, CableMatic compares the previous issue with the current

18 4.10 Cable Wire Colors This data facilitates the data preparation for cable wire terminations. The Chart Name indicated here is also input for eac

19 5.0 Plant System Descriptions Wintab will store descriptions for the plant systems. Plant system code is input for cables and equipment and repo

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Abstract 2.0 Operational Overview 2.1 Catalogs and Rules 2.2 Cable Data 2.2 Raceway Matrix 2.3 Cable Routing Rules 2

20 7.0 Work Package Descriptions Wintab will store descriptions for the work packages. Work package is input for cables and conduits and reports can

21 8.0 Equipment Data Equipment descriptions are important data that helps in the construction activity. Data such as Bldg, Area, Sub Area Xloc, Ylo

22 9.0 Electrical Raceway Input When TrayMatic is not being used, data is input using a spreadsheet. This form lists the data entries that appears i

23 9.1 Trays A tray is an electrical raceway that has at a minimum service level, raceway type, length and from and to nodes. The From Offset field s

24 value should be consistent with the raceway type. To ensure that the data is consistent, select a value using the F3 key pull down. When From an

25 The NEC RULE OVERRIDE will override the related conductor size of the cable type to be used for Tray fill calculations.

26 11.0 Wire Terminations The purpose for preparing wire termination data is to offer the field a cable termination installation ticket that recor

27 11.2 Cable Terminations Spreadsheet In th example below, data was pasted from Excel, however the number/color fields were empty in the Excel sprea

28 12.0 Logistical Checks It is very important to check data before attempting to route cables. The reports in this section are designed to identify

29 12.3 Report A3 - Missing or Invalid Routing Data in Cable Data This report will only check cables that are routed in raceway or have a route note.

3 9.4 Drop- Outs 9.5 Air Ways 10.0 Cable Data 11.0 Wire Terminations 11.1 Cable Terminations and Jumpers Input Form 11.2 CableTerminations Spreadshe

30 12.5 Report A5 – Raceway Connection Warnings This report identifies nodes that share the connections of trays (not conduits) that have differe

31 13.0 Batch Routing When the main menu command for Batch Routing is selected,a variety of options will be displayed. Only unlocked cables will be

32 13.4 Resize/Set Fill for Raceway When Finished CM+ will automatically size trays and conduits that are not ‘size locked’. In order to perfor

33 14.0 Single Automatic and Manual Cable Routes CM+ provides the ability to route one cable at a time so that it is easier to diagnose problems with

34 14.2 Commited Vias Tab Use this tab to review and existing cable route. In some cases you will want to change an existing cable route using manua

35 14.3 Design Vias Tab Use this tab to input an entire route or partial route. Edit functions are provided using the right click of the mouse. Inpu

36 14.4 Routing With Design Vias You do not have to enter all the raceways in the route, however please enter the raceways in the correct routing s

37 route, CM+ will offer to lock the route. The check options are self explanatory and provide for diagnostic capability. For example, if you unchec

38 15.0 Audits, Calcs and Tools Audits are reports (usually in spreadsheet format) that report problems such as: A1) Creates a Tray End Connectivit

39 C5) This will correct the cable route lengths that may be incorrect based upon the changes in raceway length. This is automatic when an issue is m

4 1.0 Abstract Cable routing plus the planning/tracking of cable installations are the fundamental functions of CableMatic Plus. The Design Funct

40 16.0 Reporting Select one of the report types and different constraints, options and sorts will be presented. The New, Revised and Deleted reports

41 16.2 Conduit Report Request Form

42 16.3 Cable Report Request Form This cable report may be a cable schedule with the cable route or a termination report which lists the termination

43 16.4 Equipment Report Request Form

44 16.5 Material Report Request Form Cable conduit and tray bill of material reports list quantities for the cable, conduit and tray types and sizes

45 17.0 Advanced Tools 18.0 Interfaces For 3D TrayMatic is a GSN Technology software product that supports the design of all cable raceway in a

5 2.0 Operational Overview 2.1 Catalogs and Rules When starting a new project, use the latest CableMatic Plus database template that is provided by

6 found in the document ‘NECRules.xls’ which will be provided by GSN Technologies, LLC upon request. • When raceway utilization checking is in effec

7 3.0 Project Log-In and the Main Menu Log-In Form 3.1 When making a new project or if you need to register an exsiting project, use the program

8 5. You may manually change the employeeId. This ID is used to identify your Wintab spreadsheet file (ex: c:\CMP-ProjectId-Jerry.tbl).

9 4.0 Administrative Functions 4.1 Scope of Administrative Functions The administrator is responsible for maintaining project data that includes cat