Bundle Width Report

If the WireCSA attribute exists on wires within Capital Systems Integrator, you can create a bundle width report to view the number of wires in a bundle section and the estimated diameter of that bundle section.

The following project preferences are used when calculating a bundle diameter for this report:

• Wire Gap Coefficient Specifies the coefficient that is used to represent the air gap between adjacent wires when calculating a bundle diameter. The value must be a float (decimal number) of 1 or higher. By default, this is 1.154. A value of 1 indicates that there is no air gap. Note A multicore is treated as one wire by these calculations.

Bundle diameter (DBundle) is calculated in the following ways (given a number of wires of diameter DWire): If the bundle contains one wire: DBundle = DWire

If the bundle contains two wires: DBundle =

If the bundle contains three or more wires: DBundle = where is calculated from DWire

The cross-sectional area of a wire () is calculated in a variety of ways (depending on what data exists): If the OutsideDiameter attribute exists on a wire, this is used as-is. This also applies if a multicore has an OutsideDiameter attribute. In this case, the content of the multicore is ignored.

If the OutsideDiameter attribute does not exist on a wire, the WireCSA attribute is used to calculate the copper diameter and the value specified for the Default Insulation Thickness project preference is added to calculate DWire.

If a wire has no OutsideDiameter attribute but has both a WireMaterial attribute and a WireCSA attribute defined, the WireCSA attribute is used to calculate the copper diameter and an insulation thickness determined from Capital Component Manager (from the Wire Insulation Thickness table is added to calculate DWire. Note In all these cases, this value of DWire is used to calculate the overall CSA of copper plus insulation.

• Default Insulation Thickness Specifies the insulation thickness that is used by default when calculating the bundle diameter. The value must be a float (decimal number). By default, this is 0.0. Note For details of how to specify project preferences, see Project Preferences.

• Creating a Bundle Width Report for a Bundle Section

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Reports

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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