OpenPlant Modeler Help

Raceway IDs

The Raceway IDs function enables you to assign IDs to raceways.

Accessed from:
  • Raceway Systems Ribbon > Cable Tray & Conduit Tool Group
SettingDescription
Node Defines the raceway segment. The parts contained within the segments are listed underneath each Segment node.
  • Segment
  • Raceway part
ID Internal ID for Segment or Raceway part.
Current name (model) Name applied in the design file.
Name Name created from Auto-Label settings.
Auto-Label Define values for the following:
  • Macro - Label specification.
  • Start value - Begin an automatic count.
  • Increment - Value addition or subtraction of next counts, e.g.: start value = 5; Increment = 3 ==> counting sequence: 5,8,11,14,17, etc.
Save The Save option can be used to save and reuse any commonly used macros and share them with all project participants. All ID Settings configurations are stored in the metadata folder in the CFG_RacewayLabels.xml file.
Insert Attribute This is used to insert any available UDA associated with the selected catalog. A list of all UDAs associated with the catalog can be viewed in the UDA section of the Create New Raceway Catalog tool.

Users can add different characters between attributes to display units or indicate separation between attributes.

For example the setting below:
Will result in the Raceway ID shown below:
Insert Serial Insert Serial is used to insert a unique serial number (Segment number) for each raceway section. After the raceway layout is placed, it is automatically adjusted to the first available number. User can manually overwrite the start value.

By using a macro ($,0,n), the serial number will be generated taking into account the start value and increment.

For example, using only the serial number in the macro as shown:
Will result in the following Raceway ID:
Routing Filter

Make a selection from the drop down list to control the display of raceways in the drawing, thus making it easier to select the correct raceway to apply IDs.

When you make a select and click Apply, any raceway sections the filter criteria does not apply to are hidden.

The ID Settings will be applied only to the selected Raceway(s) selected in the model. The ID Settings are applied to all of the selected raceway segments. When you right-click in the Segments grid there is a context menu prompting you with the following options for selecting raceways to be labled:
Note: Raceway IDs can be applied to Duct bank sections as well.
SettingDescription
Analyze model This function analyzes the existing raceways and might re-label them.
Add one segment (routing) Select a segment from the drawing and only that section will be displayed, along with its raceway parts.
Add multiple segment (routing) The beginning and the end of a line determine that each element is incremented separately, see below the last digit.
Add one segment (selection) Pick a single raceway part to display.
Add multiple segment (selection) Pick multiple raceway parts.
Add parts (routing) Pick multiple raceway parts to add to selected Segment.
Add parts (selection) Picking a raceway part to add to selected Segment.
View selected objects Visualize the selected objects in the design file.
Remove Picking a raceway part.
Key-in: RCMRWIDS