CHAPTER 7

7 Copying and Deleting Branches/Components

7.1 Copy an Inline Component

As with equipment and piping components, inline cable tray

components can be copied using the offset, mirror and rotate
functions. Select Copy Element from within the Common group
located on both the Cable Tray and Home tabs.

This will display a drop down menu which will enable the user to
select either With Offset, With Rotation or With Mirror

The user must ensure that they have selected the correct component, either from the Model Explorer hierarchy
or via a graphical selection, then select the appropriate option from the Copy Element menu.

In the example below, the copy offset function is applied to the reducer. As the screen shots demonstrate, the
steps involved in creating the inline component is the same as that in other standard AVEVA E3D applications.

Copy Offset Form Activated Confirmation Message Retained Copy

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7.2 Copy a Branch – A Worked Example

Many cable tray networks make use of components being regularly repeated in standard configurations. As
such, it is desirable for designers to be able to copy parts of the cable tray network and position them
elsewhere in the model. This can be achieved by copying a complete branch and moving it to another position.

Navigate to branch CTRAY-AREA03-POWER/B2 in the Model Explorer. This branch will be copied and
placed at the southernmost Tee on the B1 branch as shown below.

Select Copy Offset from within the Create group located on the HOME tab to display the Copy with Offset
form.

From the form menu on the form click Offset > from
Element > to Element.

A prompt is displayed ‘Identify Element’.

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Graphically select TEE to which the Head of branch

CTRAY-AREA03-POWER/B2 is connected.

Then select TEE 3 of the branch as selected above.

Once complete, the Copy with Offset form will be

populated with the correct offset values.

Click the Apply button. A confirmation message is

displayed. Click Yes.

From the Model Explorer, right click the mouse on the new
branch (BRAN 4 ) and select Rename to display the Name
form.

Set the name of the newly copied branch to CTRAY-

AREA03-POWER/B5 and click the Apply button.

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The result should look as shown below.

 The Head and Tail positions of the branch also need to be connected to appropriate points in the model
once the copying process is complete.

With the new branch selected select Branch from the

Connect group located within the Cable Tray tab to display
the Connect Cable Tray Branch form.

The Head of the branch will be connected to the

corresponding Tee in the model. Set the fields on the form as
shown on the left and click the Apply button.

A prompt is displayed ‘Identify TEE’.

Graphically pick the Tee from the 3D view to set the

connection references.

Click the Cancel button on the Connect Cable Tray Branch

form to close the form.

A segment of this Cabletray will now be modified using the

model editor to achieve the final result.

Select Remove Straights from the Tools group within the

Cable Tray tab to display the Unfill Cable Tray Branch form.
Then select OK

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Drag a window to include the component and branch tail then

select Model Editor from the Common group located on both
the Cable Tray and Home tabs

Using the Model Editor handle, move the selected Cable Tray
segment in the West direction by 800.00mm.

Select Fill With Straights from the Tools group within the
Cable Tray tab to open the Fill Cable Tray Branch form.

Add all straights to the branch.

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7.3 Deleting a Cable Tray/Branch

It is often necessary to delete entire cable trays or

selected cable tray branches. The user can delete cable
trays/branches by selecting them from the Model Explorer
hierarchy, clicking the right mouse button and then
selecting Delete from the pop up menu.

Items can also be deleted by selecting them within Model Explorer and selecting Delete from the Common
group located within both the Cable Tray and Home tabs.

When the delete command is selected, a confirmation message box will be displayed. Selecting Yes will
delete the cable tray/branch and the graphical view will update.

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7.4 Deleting individual components

Individual cable tray components can also be deleted. The work flow
is the same as that outlined for branches above.

Components may be selected from the Model Explorer hierarchy or

the graphical view.

Items can also be deleted by selecting them within Model Explorer then selecting CE from the delete drop
down menu located in the Common group within both the Cable Tray and Home tabs.

7.5 Deleting a Range of Cable Tray Components

It is possible to delete a number of components in

the same cable tray or branch. Components must
first be selected, either by picking the components in
the graphical view whilst holding down the Ctrl key,
or by selecting the required components using a
graphical selection window.

Selecting Selection from the delete drop down

menu located in the Common group within both the
Cable Tray and Home tabs will delete the
components and the graphical display will
immediately update.

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Exercise 5- Create and Copy Branch CTRAY-AREA03-CONTROL/B4 – B5

1. Create a new Cabletray branch CTRAY-AREA03-CONTROL/B4. The branch head will be connected to
TEE 2 of branch CTRAY-AREA03-CONTROL/B1 as shown below and tail positioned explicitly at West
286657mm North 305725mm Up 102445mm.

2. Create a 90 degree Outside Riser 300 mm radius and position it through the Tail.

3. Fill the branch with straights.

4. Create a copy of this branch and set the name to CTRAY-AREA03-CONTROL/B5. The branch should
be positioned and connected to TEE 3 of branch CTRAY-AREA03-CONTROL/B1 as shown below. Once
copied, modify the branch by moving the tail segment of the branch into the West direction by 800mm.

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