{"id":25101,"date":"2016-07-25T07:27:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T07:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/?p=14051"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:53:53","slug":"solidworks-2016-whats-new-routing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/solidworks-2016-whats-new-routing\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Electrical Routing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/\"><strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;2016 Routing has had a couple updates, some are new items and others are modifications to previous additions.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-position: inside !important; font-weight: bold; color: #000; margin-bottom: 22px; font-size: 15px;\">\n<li>Command Manager and Menu Updates for Rectangular Ducting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can access functionality from the User Defined tab in the Command Manager or from&nbsp;<strong>Tools&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Routing&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;User Defined<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14055\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/21.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"600\" data-id=\"14055\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center !Important;\">3D CAD Command Manager<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-position: inside !important; font-weight: bold; color: #000; margin-bottom: 22px; font-size: 15px;\">\n<li>Auto Route for Rectangular Section Routing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use the Auto Route tool for creating Rectangular sections to create:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-position: inside !important; color: #000; margin-bottom: 22px; font-size: 15px;\">\n<li>Cable Trays<\/li>\n<li>Electrical Ducting<\/li>\n<li>HVAC<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>*Auto Route only works for orthogonal routes and does not support flexible routes for rectangular sections at this time.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-position: inside !important; font-weight: bold; color: #000; margin-bottom: 22px; font-size: 15px;\">\n<li>Flex Cables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tools&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Routing&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Electrical&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Start at Point<\/strong>&nbsp;and selecting&nbsp;<strong>Flex Cable<\/strong>&nbsp;as the sub route type. Drop a flex cable component into a route assembly to define with connects to single flex cables. This is a built off of the existing ribbon cable functionality.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14071 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/51.jpg\" alt=\"SOLIDWORKS Electrical Routing\" width=\"1310\" height=\"333\" data-id=\"14071\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-position: inside !important; font-weight: bold; color: #000; margin-bottom: 22px; font-size: 15px;\">\n<li>Route Wires through Electrical Ducts and Cable Tray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is based on the existing cable tray parts, only now they include \u2018c\u2019points for routing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14061 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/41.jpg\" alt=\"Solidworks Electrical overings for Rectangular Section Routes and Ducts\" width=\"736\" height=\"1104\" data-id=\"14061\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center !Important;\">Design Library-3D CAD<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-position: inside !important; font-weight: bold; color: #000; margin-bottom: 22px; font-size: 15px;\">\n<li>Coverings for Rectangular Section Routes and Ducts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tools&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Routing&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Routing Tools&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Covering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can create coverings for rectangular cross section route types including HVAC round ducting and electrical ducting. This is based off the original covering functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Please note&nbsp;that the design library has changed and some of the parts inside as well.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to update your design library or point to the new default location at: C:\\Program Data\\SOLIDWORKS\\SOLIDWORKS 2016\\Design Library<\/p>\n<p>Also update your routing file locations using the Routing Library Manager to reflect your changes to the design library if you changed your path.<\/p>\n<p>We hope this part of what\u2019s new series gives you a better understanding of the new features and functions of routing in SOLIDWORKS 2016.    \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLIDWORKS&nbsp;2016 Routing has had a couple updates, some are new items and others are modifications to previous additions. Command Manager and Menu Updates for Rectangular Ducting. 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