A cable trace is used to manage cable sections, closures and terminators. The cable trace itself has no geometry. Any cable sections, closures and terminators can be assigned to a cable trace.
In NET Engineering, users have the option of defining cable traces themselves. The form is opened by double-clicking in the “Cable trace” field in the cable section, closure or terminator form, or in Industry Model Explorer > FO network > FO cable trace.
Tabs
| Attribute | Description |
| Name | Enter the name of the cable trace. (1) |
| Color | The color for displaying the cable trace in the illustration can be selected from a drop-down list with defined colors or a color palette. (2) |
| Length plan | A length plan can be assigned. (3) |
| Information | Information on the cable trace can be specified. (4) |
| Cable sections | The number of cable sections assigned to the current cable trace is displayed. Clicking on the  button opens the line form for the associated cable sections or, with  , for all cable traces in the filter. The highlight button  highlights all the cable sections assigned to the cable trace in the illustration. (5) |
| Terminators | The number of terminators assigned to the current cable trace is displayed. Clicking on the button opens the point form for the associated terminators or, with , for all cable traces in the filter. The highlight button highlights all the terminators assigned to the cable trace in the illustration. (6) |
| Closures | The number of closures assigned to the current cable trace is displayed. Clicking on the button opens the point form for the associated closures or, with , for all cable traces in the filter. The highlight button highlights all the closures assigned to the cable trace in the illustration. (7) |
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All objects assigned to the cable trace can be highlighted at the same time by clicking on the highlight button . (8) |
Menu items
The “Overviews/reports” menu can be used to open schematic plans in grouped and detailed form.
