Bentley Raceway and Cable Management CONNECT Edition Help

Navigation Tool

The Navigation tool helps to speed up the analysis of a routing model and provide quick access to the raceway model to resolve any issues with raceway connections.

Accessed from:
  • Equipment & Cable Ribbon > Cables Tool Group

This tool is accessed when you have a Routing drawing open and lets you select specific Routes/Segments from the model, then navigate to the those components in the Raceway model.

SettingDescription
Select By There are two selection modes:
  • Segment: Select individual segments from the model.
  • Route: Select the start and end elements and the entire route will be selected.

You can also select components in the model before you launch this dialog. The selected components will be listed and the Select By mode will be set to Segment.

If you change the mode to Route, the selected components will remain in the list while you select a route to add.

Filter section In this section, you can use the following fields to filter the items included in the grid:
  • Type
  • Voltage Level
  • Name
  • Cable fill info

By selecting values for the filter fields, you can control the display of the Selection Items grid. The filters work on all components regardless of the selection method.

Selected items Lists the items selected in the drawing and includes the following information, if defined, in the following columns:
  • Element ID
  • Name
  • ID
  • Cable Name
  • Cable Type
  • Cable Method
  • Cable Fill Percent
To delete item(s) from the list use one of the following options from the right-click menu:
  • Delete selected item
  • Delete all items
Navigate When click this option, the routing model will be closed and the raceway model opened with the selected items highlighted in the drawing.

How To Use the Navigation Tool