You can use the following wire-related features in Project Editor to work with the wires used in the project.
Split Bulk Wire - used to add wires to the project and split them into drops and runs.
View Wire Connections - used to view the wire connections of the wires.
Split Bulk Wire
You can use the Split Bulk Wire feature to add "boxes of wire" to a project when bidding and then later split the wire into separate wire drops and runs for drawing purposes in SI's Visio and AutoCAD interfaces.
We recommend adding wire by the drop per foot or meter, but this feature is handy if you decide to sell by the box.
In this example, a wire was selected and added to the project with a wire length of 500 feet, contained in a box of this wire.
Enter a length and choose the location and system you want to associate with the first wire split.
You can also change the phase if desired and choose the head end, start terminal, and end terminal for the wire.
You can either click the New (Ctrl + N) button to add another split or the Clone (Ctrl + D) button to clone the wire you just created.
The running total of your wire splits and remaining length is displayed at the bottom of the form.
The Discard Remaining Length option will discard any leftover wire after you have made your splits.
This WILL affect the price of your project, so use this only if you are not concerned with the price changing; otherwise, leave the leftover wire in the project and do not use it on your drawings.
Use the Mass Update feature if you need to change any fields for any wire splits.
Splitting More Than You Have
If you split your initial wire into more wire runs and drops than you have available, you will be shown the following warning, e.g., if you have 500 feet of wire and split it into eleven 50-foot runs and drops.
Remember that this WILL affect the price of your project as the "extra" wires will be added to the project.
Revisions and Change Orders
Because of how our data tags work for reporting, splitting the wire will affect the items that show up when you compare revisions.
You should use a Product Custom Field to designate these wire splits and filter them out when comparing revisions.
View Wire Connections
You can use the View Wire Connections feature to view the wire connections for a selected wire in Project Editor.
There is a similar feature for viewing multiple wire connections simultaneously vs. a single wire.
Check out this article for more details.
You can choose to disconnect wires here vs. on the drawing pages. You can click the Disconnect link for either the From (Output) or To (Input) end of the wire.
You should know that disconnecting wires here will not automatically disconnect the wires on existing drawings in Visio or AutoCAD unless you have changed the following Project setting to Yes.
This setting is set to No by default, as it can cause delays when opening Visio and AutoCAD drawings while it scans for disconnected wires.
You can also manually run this function in Visio and AutoCAD via a right-click if you do not wish to change the setting above to Yes.