Cable core size

[bristolnz]

Hi All,
Have had a query from a potential customer, how do you expose the size of the cable cores on a cable marker, and is this possible?

TIA

[pmccutcheon]

?by core you mean the diameter of each conductor
or
you mean the overall OD of the cable?

Do you want to say actual OD (eg mm) or "gauge size" (eg mm^2)

Idea 1
-modify the cable markers blocks to have a RATINGx attribute (if they don't already)
-if the RATING is set correctly, you can display it on the drawing
-(there is a way to have the RATINGS fill automatically when you pikc the catalog number for the aprt)

Idea 2:
-assuming you mean conductor size
-there is a standard way to show wire size for any wire
-wire has to be on the current layer (eg BLU 18 AWG)

Idea 3:
-this is from one of the other posters, I remember seeing awhile back
-I'm paraphrasing quite a bit
-put all the wires belonging to cables in a special layer "CABLES"
-for each cable marker enter the color and size

[bristolnz]

I need the core size, as it is normally the same size for all cores. I have found in the database the Gauge column. Is there any way of exposing this in the cable marker without rebuilding the cable marker symbol?