Route Cable Ladder Lines
Model a cable ladder line by drafting the route.
- Add a line by defining the route of the ladder's center line by clicking specific points.
- A cable ladder component is automatically added to locations where the direction changes.
- Model the line close to the actual dimensions. Modify the dimensions with the dimension table. Refine the lengths of the straight sections and their relative positions using geometric constraints.
Add a cable ladder line.
- Select either of the following:
- On the tab, in the Cable Ladder group, select Add Cable Ladder Line.
- Select the context-sensitive function Add> Cable Ladder Line.
- On the tab, in the Properties group, select Class, Nominal size, Item and Curve Item.
- On the tab, in the Tools group, select Set Line Position. Line Position
- Click the start point of the cable ladder line's center line.
- Define the sweep plane in one of the following ways:
- Select the sweep plane with a context-sensitive function, for example Horizontal(XY) Plane.
- Sweep Plane Based on a Line
- Sweep Plane Based on a Planar Face
- Sweep Plane Based on Three Points
- Define the sweep direction in one of the following ways:
- Constrain the cursor into a ruler.
- Planar Face Normal as a Sweep Direction
- Line as a Sweep Direction
- Do either of the following:
- Use the keyboard to enter the position for the next corner point.
- Before clicking a point you can snap the cursor into a Point, Line or Face on the model if the Snap function is active.
To a Point, Line or Face when the Snap function is active.
- Indicate the corner or end point. Continue modeling the line by clicking the next point.
- You can undo the line to the previous point by pressing Ctrl+Z and then click a different point.
You can undo the added points of the same line all the way back to the starting point.
- When routing the line you can add a component by pressing the B key. Continue routing and accept the component position by selecting Confirm.
- Select Confirm.
Note:
- Pressing the K key shows the directions of the coordinate axes at the cursor.