Routing means generating routing connections of the "3D mounting layout" representation type. These connections can be routed in the layout space. A routing connection has all the properties that a multi-line connection also has, but it also additionally contains information about its routing track.
It is generally multi-line connections being routed for whose targets there is a placed 3D part placement. The routing generates a routing connection if only an existing multi-line connection is routed. For connections of a single-line representation type, routing is not possible, and the menu item is deactivated.
Routing connections are displayed in the layout space in their connection color and with their external diameter. If neither is defined, a default representation will be displayed.
Routing yields the following information:
- Tracks for wiring
- Length of wires
- Termination processing of wires
- Fill capacity of wire ducts.
The following reports can be generated on the basis of the calculated routing connections:
- Wires parts list as mounting instruction for the wiring of the enclosure
- Control files for wire fabrication machines that manufacture the wires of the length determined, print them, and equip them with the appropriate wire terminations.
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