Cable Tray shapes can be used to show the cable tray layouts for locations on a Plan style page in Visio.
Because there are so many variations in sizes for cable trays, these shapes are not linked to products in your SI catalog. However, you can certainly link them to products once you've added them to a page via the Link to Product function on the right-click menu.
Shapes
The following are the Cable Tray shapes.
Shape Data Window
All user adjustments are available as shape data fields in the Shape Data window.
To see the Shape Data window, select the shape, click the View tab, then select Shape Data from the Task Panes dropdown.
These are the shape data fields for Cable Tray shapes.
Some of the Cable Tray shapes will have different fields.
The following are the shape data fields.
Field | Description |
Tray Style | There are three fill options: Tray Wire and Fill (default), Tray Wire Only, and Fill Only.
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Tray Width | The Tray Width property is a dropdown menu that allows you to adjust the width of the tray opening.
The width has been preset to all industry-standard sizes, ranging from 6” to 48”. |
Tray Length | The Tray Length property allows you to set the length of the tray in all the shapes except the Cable Tray Elbow and the Cable Tray Drop shapes.
The shapes are designed to adjust only in one dimension, but are calculated in both X and Y dimensions. The control handle of the shape allows for adjustment, or a number can be entered directly into this field. |
Tray Depth | The Tray Depth property is a dropdown menu that allows you to adjust the depth of the tray.
The depth list has been preset from 2” to 6”. |
Tray Radius | The Tray Radius property can be used to adjust the radius of the shape to match the manufacturer's specifications better and is interactive with the tray width and tray length.
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Tray Width Reduced | The Tray Width Reduced property is a dropdown menu and is only applicable to the Cable Tray Reducer shape.
This field allows you to set the tray width on one side as usual and then put the reduced size on the other. |
Tray Elbow Angle | The tray elbow angle is only on the Cable Tray Elbow shape. It is a dropdown menu that allows you to set the angle of the elbow to 30, 45, 60, or 90 degrees. |
Tray Drop | The Tray Drop property is only on the Cable Tray Drop shape.
This is a free-form number field (any number in inches) that allows you to set the angle of the drop from anywhere from 0 degrees (flat) to 90 degrees (right angle).
In the example below, the tray length is set to 48” and the tray drop is then set to 24”. This will result in a 30-degree angle, and the shape will automatically resize to maintain proper scale on a plan page. |
Tray Drop Note Visible | The Tray Drop Note Visible property allows you to turn ON or turn OFF the text shown in the example above.
Below is an example of these shapes being used on a Plan page.
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