To Create a Wire or Cable Spool
1. Click > > .
The SPOOL TYPE menu appears with the following options:
◦ Wire—Create a wire spool.
◦ Cable—Create a multi-conductor cable spool.
Click the type of spool you want to create. You are prompted to specify a name for the spool.
2. At the prompt, type a name for the spool. The Electrical Parameters dialog box opens.
3. Click > and use the Model Tree Columns dialog box to add more parameters to the spool, if required.
4. Select the NUM_CONDUCTORS parameter in the Electrical Parameters dialog box and specify an appropriate integer value in the Value box. This parameter decides the maximum number of conductors that a cable can have.
Using the Electrical Parameters dialog box, you can add parameters to wires or cables of a connector or to the conductors of a cable spool.
5. When finished, if you want to save the spool data, click > and then OK to close the Electrical Parameters dialog box.