Tracing available path

One of the options in the Conduit Network Schema is tracing available (free) parh between manholes.

Ducts can be:

• Occupied
  (occupied with live cables (and/or ducts))
• Occupied
  (occupied to a certain degree with live and/or abandoned cables)
• Damaged
  (unusable for any reason)
• Free (vacant)
  (completely free and passable)

When searching for the available path between the manholes, the program only observes the free (unoccupied) ducts.

When searching for the available route, at each duct bank segment the program
takes the first duct with the smallest diameter which provides the passage for the cable (or duct) diameter assigned in Trace tab.

Also, bear in mind that the search includes only ducts that are visible in the schema in that given moment.
This manes that: if you’ve turned off some ducts using the Filter tab, they won’t be included in the trace.

Find the available route using the window Docker - Trace tab (Figure 1).

Tab: Trace

Figure 1

The tab contains the following items:

Buttons:

• - Adds points between which you trace available path.
  Select a manhole on the schema and than click the icon to add the manhole to the list.
  
• - Deleting defined points
  Remove the points by marking them in the list of selected points (below the icon) and then click on the icon .

List of points through which the cable (or duct) for which you seek free route should pass.

You can define multiple points. The program will trace the path in the order specified in the list.
This order can be changed using and  buttons.

Buttons:

•  - Moves the list item upwards
•  - Moves the list item downwards

Data entry fields:

• Cable diameter - The diameter of the cable (or duct) you’d like to pull between selected points

Button:

- By clicking on this button, the program traces available path through the assigned points (if the path exists).

Procedure

When you are in Conduit Network Schema,
click on icon Display Docker () icon to open Docker, and then open the Trace tab (Figure 2).

Figure 2

Click on the manhole from which you trace available route and than click on the  icon to add it to the search list (Figure 3).

Figure 3

Repeat the process until you define the manhole through which you want to pull the cable/duct (at least two manholes are required) (Figure 4).

Figure 4

Define the diameter of the cable (or duct) which you want to pull through
(if you leave "Cable diameter Ø = 0", the program will simply take the free ducts of smallest available diameter).

By clicking on button , the program traces available path (if it exists) and marks it in the schematic display.
The path is marked with two parallel pink lines which encompass the ducts (Figure 5).

Figure 5

If there isn’t a path that meets the set criteria, the program displays a message:
Route not found! (The route is not found!) (Figure 6):

Figure 6