Cloudis Interfaces AutoCAD to CMPIC for Cable Management

By DE Editors

Cloudis  has released an enhanced version of the standard interface between AutoCAD and its CMPIC Cable Management and Routing application. The interface was developed using the .NET framework.

The interface consists of a series of macros which work within AutoCAD, one of which extracts cableway data from the model. The cableways can be defined as AutoCAD blocks and 3D polylines as an overlay on top of existing ladder and hanger drawings, or if the cableways have already been modeled in AutoCAD as space allocations, ladders, hangers, penetrations, etc., then the macros will extract this data to use as the basis of the cableways in CMPIC.

In addition to being used in conjunction with AutoCAD, the same interface can be applied to .dwg , .csv or .xml files generated by other CAD systems.

Once cables have been routed in CMPIC, the cable routes can be viewed in the AutoCAD model. The status of cables is also reflected in the model by dedicating a layer color to represent the cable status. Cables can also be routed from within the AutoCAD model itself, using CMPIC in the background.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.