4.3.10.6. Routing Cables over Pathways

In IRM's Design World, aside from creating and inserting new Cables and Pathways, it is possible to manage relationship between those objects. This can be done either at the moment of creating/inserting, or by extending an existing Cable end. In both cases, a Cable can be either drawn / extended over the Pathway's route, meaning it is contained inside the Pathway object or in one of its child Pathways.

In terms of routing cables over Pathways, there are two scenarios to understand based on the two main varieties of Pathway objects:

routing a Cable over Duct Pathways
routing a Cable over Tray Pathways.

The main difference between the two cases is as follows:

a cable can only enter the duct at one of the ducts endpoints and it must be routed over the entire length of the duct, due to its physical properties,
a cable can enter a tray at or exit a tray at any point along the trays route and can either be fully or partially routed over the trays' defined route.

Overall, the following features will be covered in this and the following sub-topics:

routing a Cable over a Duct Pathway
routing a Cable over a Tray Pathway
with the exit point at the end of the Pathway's route
with an exit point specified somewhere along the Pathway's route
routing a Cable over multiple Pathways
canceling Cable routing

In order to show these features (and other details) in a real-world example, it is necessary for the objects used for this example to already exist in the Design World.

For more details about Cable and Pathway creation, click on the following topics:

Insert and Route Cables using Cableset

Insert and route Pathway in Design World.

TIP: When attempting to assign Cable(s) to a Pathway, make sure you reroute the Cable(s) over the Pathway first, before trying to assign.