CADWorx® Raceway
What is CADWorx Raceway?
CADWorx Raceway is the 3D CAD design module of CADWorx Electrical & Instrumentation Design Suite used for the creation of plant raceway models. CADWorx software performs cable routing, cable filling and cable length calculations, as well as interference analysis and materials reporting.
CADWorx Raceway is a powerful software tool for the design of plant and substation raceway systems. It is a 3D CAD application that contains parametric construction, design and analysis tools which accelerates the design process and increases efficiency and accuracy.
CADWorx Raceway is also the world’s first fully functional PC based cable and wire routing software.
For 3D modeling CADWorx Raceway provides fast, easy to use tools for creating cable tray, conduit runs and duct bank, including polyline trace and links to supplier parts libraries. The designer can also extract/select components (motors, instruments, electrical enclosures) from a Bill of Materials list generated in a CADWorx Electrical or CADWorx Instrumentation. This 3D raceway system provides the model used to route the project’s cables.
After completion of the raceway design, new cables can be automatically (or manually), routed through the raceway network, based on the termination information generated in CADWorx Electrical / CADWorx Instrumentation and the raceway system topology in the CADWorx model. Querying of components and routes in the 3D model within the CAD session with data displayed via list boxes and graphics is possible.
When optimising cable routes, CADWorx Raceway considers raceway fill, power compatibility, cable pulling schedules and bend radius. Where there are potential bottlenecks, CADWorx Raceway will also provide diagnostics information to assist in finding the best route solution and can easily provide alternative routes.
CADWorx Raceway produces cross section reports and drawings and will also create drumming reports informing the user on where to cut and splice cables, optimally reducing cable wastage.
CADWorx Raceway software can produce significant cost savings, particularly in the design of large projects where spreadsheet data becomes unmanageable. Historically, without CADWorx Raceway, cabling project costs can be over or underestimated by up to 30% because of the inaccuracy of manual routing methods (including spreadsheet use). Historically raceway filling has been governed by guesswork and approximation.
With smart electrical design automation and enhanced accuracy, CADWorx Raceway can help achieve significant savings on design, installation, and material costs. It is common for trained CADWorx Raceway users to recover the cost of the software and training on their first project.
CADWorx Raceway integrates with CADWorx Instrumentation and CADWorx Electrical, which are providers of upstream cable schedule data for routing. CADWorx Raceway also integrates with the EDS Cable Scheduler module which provides a “database centric” cable management interface for all CADWorx Raceway cabling processes.
Why use CADWorx Raceway?
CADWorx Raceway, adds the 3rd dimension to electrical layout, allowing accurate interference checking and visual arrangement of models, and accurate cable length reporting. Working in 2D only results in approximation, hence costing and material errors occur.
Who uses CADWorx Raceway?
CADWorx Raceway is for construction engineers with electro-mechanical design and cable management requirements, such as those designing plant cable raceway, duct bank, cable tray and cable ladder layout, and cable routing.
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