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February 13th 2014

NEWS ON VERSION 2014

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INDEX

OPENING A CABLING 4D DRAWING

KEEP TEXTS POSITION OF BUNDLE INDICATIONS DURING CHANGES

BUNDLES DESIGN

INSERT MULTIPLE GROUPS

SETTINGS OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE SCHEME

NEW OPTIONS MENU

BUNDLE DIMENSIONS

DRAWING SETTINGS

NAVIGATE THROUGH MATERIALS

INSERT ACCESSORIES

WIRING DIAGRAMS GRAPHICS

BALLOONS

SPEEDHARNESS

HARNESS LAYOUT GRAPHICS

UTILITY CONNECTIONS DELETE ALL CONNECTIONS

GROUPS LIST

MOULDED CABLES

ASSEMBLIES

COMPLEX BLOCKS

OUTPUT

COMPONENTS ON THE WIRING DIAGRAM

COMPONENTS MATERIALS ARCHIVE

INSERT GROUPS ON THE WIRING DIAGRAM

GROUPS UTILITY ON THE WIRING DIAGRAM

IMPORT GROUPS FROM DATABASE

IMPORT CONNECTIONS FROM DATABASE

MATERIALS NOT FOUND ON WIRING DIAGRAM

SETTING OF FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIONS

JACKET STRIP FOR MULTIPOLAR CABLES

ADVANCES OF SOME OF THE FEATURES OF VERSION 2015

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OPENING A CABLING 4D DRAWING

A drawing or multi-sheet of CABLING could be opened in several ways:

Launching CABLING from the Desktop icon or from Start button on Windows and using the Job

Order Management that is visualized automatically.

With a CABLING session opened, using the command Job Order Management (on “File” menu) to

open another drawing.

With a CABLING session opened, using the standard AutoCAD command “OPEN” to open a new

drawing: the CABLING design environment is enabled only if a drawing belongs to a CABLING Job

Order.

With a CABLING session opened, with a double click on a DWG file: the CABLING design

environment is enabled only if a drawing belongs to a CABLING Job Order.

In all the other cases the drawing is opened without the CABLING design environment enabled.

KEEP TEXTS POSITION OF BUNDLE INDICATIONS DURING CHANGES

A new flag was added on the CABLING Edit bundle window. This flag allows to keep the texts positions.

Previously, selecting one of the texts of the Bundle Indications, the position remained unaltered and

selecting directly the Bundle the texts were moved automatically. The flag keeps the texts in the same

position on both cases.

BUNDLES DESIGN

Improvements of the pop-up menu displayed when pressing Enter or the mouse right button.

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The option ‘End’ of the Bundle drawing was inserted on the list (it was a button before) and the option

“Cancel” (to delete the last segment of the Bundle drawn) is now called ‘Back’.

The “Cancel” button is used to interrupt the command (before it was open a dialog of specialization Bundle

in which press the Cancel button). The eventual Bundle already designed is eliminated.

Even with the arc mode if you intercept a group node or another Bundle, the request of the points is

interrupted and window opens automatically for the definition of materials.

There are three new options: Create multiple aligned Bundles 1, 2 and 3. These options allow the design of

several Bundles with an improved graphical quality. For all three types a window is opened where the most

interesting news is the value of the initial diameter. If it is inserted a value greater than 0 the graphical

quality will improve as illustrated bellow (the wires are designed separated from the adjacent Bundle with

the covering material).

Type 1

Type 2

Type 3

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The window for the Bundles definitions was improved allowing the user more options for the

representation of the Bundles lines.

While allowing you to work as before (just leave the parameters set by default), you can now change the line type for the Bundles with a material associated. The same applies for the Bundles that represent Multipolar Cables. The option line-type scale allows to change the spacing of a dotted line on a Bundle. These changes allow a series of extremely important benefits:

Using different line-types makes easier to identify the different types of Bundles without being

forced to use the command “Create Bundle graphics”.

It is much easier the Bundles’ selection (they can be selected only on the edges, so the hatch helps).

The association between a material code and the related line type is maintained.

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INSERT MULTIPLE GROUPS

If a percentage character (%) is inserted on the Name field on the groups insertion window, the multi-input

insertion mode is automatically enabled.

The input mode is different depending by the Group category.

For Wire Terminal the following additional dialog box is displayed:

In this window it is possible to define how many terminals to be inserted, the insertion mode and the

possibility to insert also accessories Labels on the connections.

Insertion Mode:

Insert Terminals with Bundles and Labels

This is the most complete modality, it allows to choose the label material and the possibly to assign

a code. The button [...] allows the Label selection on the Accessories archive.

Insert Terminals with Bundles

Same as above but without the labels insertion

Insert Terminal manually

Requires the insertion of terminals in sequence.

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The following dialog box is opened for Unplugged Groups that have a single pole attribute with a "-"

(minus) value:

In all other cases, such as splices and branches, the groups must be entered in sequence with the Name

that increase numerically on the prefix. It can be also inserted directly the character %; in this case the

increase will be only numeric 1, 2, 3 ...

It is not possible to make multiple insertion of Connectors, Moulded Cables, Components and Terminals.

Finally, the window for the design of Free Groups has been simplified: it is now possible to choose only one

pole (the default) or to define multiple poles as before.

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SETTINGS OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE SCHEME

The settings of the indications also provide the ability to update the drawing, a prerogative that before was reserved only to the same settings activated with the right button of the command ‘Harness Layout Indications’. In the Settings were added the settings for the graphic symbol of the strip, used in the insertion of the unplugged groups as free endings of wires.

NEW OPTIONS MENU

New menu options on CABLING 2014 to improve the use of the program. In fact, the window that opens

has the following improvements:

• Fully customizable (on request) such as size, font, colors, etc.

• Auto-dimensioning according to the number of options

• Maintain the last position in which it was opened

• The key is highlighted only with the passage of the mouse and displays a context-sensitive help

that describes the option

• One click is enough to choose

• This mode can be turned off (on request) to return to the previous window.

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BUNDLES DIMENSIONS

After the creation of a linear dimension with the traditional tools of AutoCAD, it is possible to match it to a

Bundle. Any text that represents the length is automatically deleted since it is replaced by the extended

size. In the event of a change in the length of the Bundle the dimension is automatically updated with the

new value.

DRAWING SETTINGS

It is possible to insert and update a template on sheet 0 (default) or on the current sheet with the data of the Job Order (associations can be created or edited with “Associate Data to Job Order” button). The command has now a new feature: if a title block is deleted CABLING inserts the block directly from the folder in which reside the blocks Master, i.e. from path Libraries/Symbols. In this way, any changes made to the Master block compared to the current drawing are automatically updated, avoiding the use of the Delete command to delete the definition of the block from the current drawing. Finally, the parameter STEP is now stored and is the same as in the wiring diagram. This parameter determines the distance between the poles during their insertion in “strip” mode.

NAVIGATE THROUGH MATERIALS

CABLING allows, under the Bill of Materials command, to navigate through the entities on the harness

layout by means of the assigned material.

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The list of materials covers all the current multi-sheet, but the bottom of the window displays only the

materials found on the current sheet. It is also possible to show one of the materials found.

The visualization allows to highlight the drawing entities containing materials, even those not directly

visible. For example, if a material of a wire terminal is searched it could be found directly on a group “Wire

Terminals” which has the code or on all the groups that include it as a wire terminal on the extreme of a

connection.

Even if they are listed, the connections materials cannot be shown on the drawing.

On the bottom of the window a message indicates the total number of materials found in the Cabling Materials Database (CMD).

This new utility consents to search in an easy way the materials used in CABLING drawings, facilitating the reading of the harness layout.

INSERT ACCESSORIES

During the insertion of wiring accessories it is possible to scale them (same operation of command Scale Accessories). Here is the sequence of the requests made by CABLING:

Accessory Point of Insertion:

Specify the rotation angle <0>:

Current Scaling factor: 1

Enter the scale value / Increase + / Reduce - / Enter to finish:

This reduces the design time when it is required the change of an accessory scale.

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WIRING DIAGRAMS GRAPHICS

The option “Wiring Graphic Design” was inserted in the menu. It summarizes a number of utilities already present in CABLING under other menu, but has been collected together with two purposes:

Find them easily

Help new users to get a list of the available utilities to complete the construction of a scheme with Cabling.

The function “Force visualization in the foreground of the entities” was added to allow the change on the display order of the selected entities bringing in the front ground so that they are not hidden from the other in the drawing.

BALLOONS

Some news also for the Balloons. When the command is launched, the option “Generate Balloon” is

enabled if there are no Balloons designed. This option allows the combination of a number or a letter to the

materials code found in the current multi-sheet.

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Speedharness

SpeedHarness is the new free module of CABLING that consents the creation of a harness in a virtual way. By simply entering data in the SpeedHarness window the designer can get the same results of the CAD drawing. SpeedHarness is suitable for creating a wiring starting from an existing drawing or from a real prototype. Are guaranteed:

• A quick and easy estimation of a wiring • automatic generation of the outputs required for production • The knowledge of CAD environment is not required

SpeedHarness operates on the same CAD platform of CABLING and at startup you can decide whether to draw a wiring or define it virtually.

SpeedHarness meets the needs of companies that need to reduce the time of budgeting and production in the face of reduced production lots. Our estimates indicate that the time to define a complex cabling virtually with SpeedHarness is 5/10 times faster than the CAD drawing.

SpeedHarness operates on one of the tabs of the Multifunction bar and is divided into 5 topics:

Start to enable the environment SpeedHarness

Insert to conceive the wiring virtually

Modify to edit

Output to generate the main output CABLING

Utility for the management of the materials archive and for importing a connections file

HARNESS LAYOUT GRAPHICS

Introduced about 1000 graphic symbols that can be combined to a material for the design of the harness

layout in CABLING.

Considering the wide variety of types and manufacturers on the harnesses world, CABLING does not include

a list of specific materials. It has been inserted instead a powerful import function that is used to read a file

with your list of materials and include them in the Cabling materials archive.

The graphical symbols available on CABLING could be matched with your materials such as connectors,

terminals, accessories and connectorized cables in a simple and fast way.

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UTILITY CONNECTIONS DELETE ALL CONNECTIONS

In this release the command deletes the terminals and any rubber seal from the poles of the groups from which the connections were deleted. The harness layout will thus be cleaned for the installation of new connections with the automatic choice of terminals and rubber seals according to the wire or conductor section, one of the main characteristics of CABLING.

GROUPS LIST

In CABLING 2014, the list of groups has also been completed with the eventual branches included in the

harness layout. It is possible to activate or deactivate the visualization in the outputs window.

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MOULDED CABLES

In CABLING 2014 it is possible to handle the accessories for the Moulded cables.

ASSEMBLIES

There is now the button Assemblies on the CABLING materials Archive. They are made of a single harness or a wire with appropriate connectors and wire terminals and are stored in the CABLING materials archive with a code and other significant data for the research of the material. In particular, the revision of the assembly, a significant length, the raw material of which it is composed in the case of multicore cables. To save an assembly it is first necessary to have drawn the wiring or the cable and then save it as an assembly. Each Assembly is saved in the sub-folder Cabling_Assembly on the Libraries folder with three specific files: the DWG drawing of the assembly, an MDB file containing significant data and an SLD file that is displayed in the CABLING preview image.

The assemblies can be created and re-inserted later in the projects with all the information and details.

Therefore constitute a library of objects 'normalized' by the company.

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At this time the use is limited to create a new drawing that contains one or more assemblies that can be

modified in terms of Groups Name, Multicore cables Name and connections Name. With SPAC Automation

integration it will be possible to define in SPAC an assembly by creating a new code or selecting it from the

list of those present in CABLING with as illustrated on the window below. In the case of new code CABLING

will allow to draw the constructive representation of the assembly as declared by SPAC, in the case of code

chosen from the archive, it will insert directly the assembly stored and allow to change the Names to

“adapt” it to the functional diagram of the SPAC.

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COMPLEX BLOCKS

In version 2014 CABLING added the possibility to store and insert a special block for the accessories and

clamps: when inserting the graphical symbol, it is exploded in the basic block and one or more Bundles with

a message.

This possibility allows you to define the boxes as in the example where Bundles within are used as passage

of connections and anchor points for the design of the paths to the outside of the boxes.

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OUTPUT

New button added to the Groups list that allows the creation the wiring output in the current Multi-Sheet.

Those who create several harnesses in the same Multi-Sheet can use this output to list the number of

wirings, the sheet where it was designed and the content of the title sheet (blocks _TITOLO *).

A new column was inserted in the output “Wires and Cables Cut” allowing the identification of the cable

associated to each wire. If several harnesses are designed in the same Multi-Sheet and it is required to

design a single cutting table, the list is sorted by material code. Using the Wiring field it is possible to sub-

divide the same codes.

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COMPONENTS ON THE WIRING DIAGRAM

Components management was improved in CABLING 2014 by managing two design levels: the standard

and the EVO (the new add-on module of CABLING 4D). In the EVO module each component can have one or

more graphical symbols to represent it.

The insertion of components in both cases is done now by a specific item on the menu: [Insert

Components]. The window that appears in the standard mode is now dedicated only to the insertion of

components while the “Component” item was removed from the list of categories in the window [Insert

Group].

It should be noted that the insertion of the components can also be done from the menu IEC / Switches / BLK. If the symbol chosen is present on the material database, the same dialog box with a list of part numbers to which the symbol was matched is opened.

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COMPONENTS MATERIALS ARCHIVE

The [Functional Graphical Symbols] button was added on the components material archive for the definition of the symbol to be inserted on the wiring diagram, leaving separated the definition of the component symbol on the harness layout.

This new button opens the following dialog box.

This window is presented in two ways:

Partially frozen in standard mode

Fully unlocked with the EVO module.

In particular, with the module EVO it is possible to associate a subset of poles a prefix and a symbol: a

component code can then be associated with one symbol and one prefix or to several prefix and symbols.

An example could be the relay / fuses box in the automotive industry: with the EVO module you can define

for each relay / fuse a graphic symbol and a prefix (which contributes to the automatic generation of the

Names) so it is possible to insert on the wiring diagram all the symbols matched to the parent component,

each one with its own graphic and Name.

Even complex device can be divided into several parts to be inserted separately in the wiring diagram.

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INSERT GROUPS ON THE WIRING DIAGRAM

The dialog box has been simplified and the option “on saved position” has been added for the Poles

insertion. Added the button [Save Poles Position].

In the wiring diagram it is possible to memorize the position of the connector pins related to the graphic

symbol of a connector or a terminal with the button [Save Poles Position]. If the position of the poles is

stored and the “on saved position” option is selected the graphical symbol will be inserted and then the

pins will be placed. The pins are the symbols _MORS which can then be connected to the rest of the

scheme.

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GROUPS UTILITY ON THE WIRING DIAGRAM

A new entry was added on the Groups Utilities of the wiring diagram to select one of the poles of a group and then move all the poles with the same Name in the current sheet to a new location and with a new orientation in the strip mode, without being obliged to delete and re-insert them. The command opens a dialog box to change the orientation of the block before the indication of the new location.

IMPORT GROUPS FROM DATABASE

The GROUPS IMPORT command allows to import the groups inserted on a harness layout or imported from

a file. In both cases, a database which lists the groups is created to be used by this command (see the

following window).

A number of innovations have been introduced to facilitate the design of harness layouts:

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Order by Name or by the number of connections that start from a Group.

Multiple insertion that consents to insert in sequence more than one group without the opening

the window again. The command line displays the name of the group to be entered.

In general, this and other commands have been speeded up to reduce the drawing time, especially

on large size patterns.

Added the [VIEW] button to highlight the group poles of a wiring diagram.

Added the [FOCUS ON SELECTION] button to select a group pole on the design and make it the

command dialog box.

Added the [MOVE] button to allow the movement of a set of poles already inserted in the drawing:

It opens a dialog box to change the block and orientation and asks for the new position.

IMPORT CONNECTIONS FROM DATABASE

The IMPORT CONNECTIONS command is used to import the connections inserted in a harness layout or imported from a file. In both cases, a database which lists the connections order by group is created to be used by this command (see the following window).

In CABLING 2014 this command has been enhanced to allow users to build complex wiring diagrams, even if distributed across multiple sheets. In fact, it is possible to draw the wiring diagrams according to the wiring, the function and all the components to which they refer. Here's an example.

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In particular were added or improved a number of function keys:

Several keys functions improved:

Focus on selection: selecting a group on the design it will be on the current dialog box when its

reopened.

Look: unlike the previous one, this button highlights one of the poles on the design of the

connector selected.

Move: allows to move the poles of a group.

Shield: ability to draw a shield within the same import command.

Options: allows to change the distance between the poles.

Delete: allows to delete a link designed previously.

Check: this command performs a check between what is drawn on the wiring diagram and what is

contained in the database. It ' a very powerful command that allows to report connections to be

updated, missing connections, or wrong additional connections. If the message “The design is

aligned with the Database” is displayed, it means that everything has been properly designed and

there are no differences.

MATERIALS NOT FOUND ON WIRING DIAGRAM

As for the harness layout, even while editing or changing the wiring diagram, a new window has been added to alert for materials not found in the Cabling materials archive.

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SETTING OF FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIONS

With the “Connections settings” window it is possible to set CABLING to create automatically the incremental Name (wire number) of the connections: 1, 2, 3 ... n It was also added the button I.E.S. to import and export settings. The “Settings” window, can be called using the mouse right button with the connections command and from “Settings” menu.

It is now possible to update only the graphics of the functional connections indications while keeping the

composition of the original text via a checkbox in the settings window.

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JACKET STRIP FOR MULTIPOLAR CABLES

Some modifications has been done for automatic calcolus of the jacket strip for Multipolar Cables.

Case 1

No jacket strip are calculate except if the connectors have an internal add-on length, that is used like jacket

strip.

Case 2

On left the jacket strip is 20 plus the eventual internal add-on length of the Connector, on right only the

eventual internal add-on length of the Connector.

Case 3

On left the jacket strip is 20 plus the eventual internal add-on length of the Connector, on right 15 plus the

eventual internal add-on length of the Connector.

Case 4

On left the jacket strip is is only the eventual internal add-on length of the Connector, on right 50.

Case 5

On left the jacket strip is 20 plus the eventual internal add-on length of the Connector, on right 60.

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ADVANCES OF SOME OF THE FEATURES OF VERSION 2015

In the optics to provide you some new features to secure interest that have been developed for version

2015 of Cabling 4D without having to wait for the release of the version, you can enable them in this way:

Create in the folder Cabling_Utente\Settaggi (or Cabling_User\Settings) of CABLING 2014 the file

Custom-built.ini (if not already present)

Insert inside the file the 2 following rows

[2015_PREVIEW]

Able=1

The operation is not certified and are missing the help relating

Not all of the features may be available on the version in your possession.

At the moment these two news has been included:

1. Scale or regenerate an harness layout in Cabling Harness Layout Bundles Utility.

2. Indication of the internal add-on length for source and/or destination groups in the window to

define or edit the Bundles.

_______________________________________________________________________________________ The specifications on this document are provided for indication purposes only. CAD.Able could modify at any the characteristics

described in this document for technical and/or commercial reasons.

The examples of this document are provided for illustration purposes.