#12. Cabinet layout

The layout page is the mounting view of the cabinet plate: DIN rails, cable ducts and devices to scale, with dimensions. It is used to check that everything fits, for drilling and to estimate the length of the wires.

A layout created with automatic placement: two rows of rails with cable ducts and the devices of the example project.

#Creating the layout

1. + Layout under the tree creates a layout page with the plate at a standard scale (1:5, 1:10…), dimensioned.
2. In the panel on the right set width and height of the plate in mm and the wire spare per end.
3. Assign the page to a location to see only the devices of that cabinet.

#DIN rails and cable ducts

With DIN rail and Cable duct in the view bar, drag on the plate to draw them. Each rail shows the free millimetres.

#Placing the devices

• The To place list shows the devices and terminal strips not yet placed: drag them onto the plate.
• Devices near a rail are centred on the rail.
• The dimensions come from the part (width and height of the EDZ), otherwise they are typical values; a terminal strip is as wide as its terminals (a multi-level terminal takes one pitch).
• Automatic placement creates rows of cable ducts and rails if missing and places on the rails all the devices not yet placed.

#Checks

The check reports devices outside the plate, overlapping devices and full rails.

#Drilling

1:1 drilling DXF exports plate, rails, cable ducts, device outlines and Ø 5.5 fixing holes at real scale, ready for machining.

#Bill of materials and wire lengths

• Rails and cable ducts with a part go into the bill of materials in metres.
• The wire list (wiring) gives for each wire cross-section, colour, ferrules (DIN 46228) and the length estimated from the layout: route between the devices plus the spare at the ends.
• The purchase list sums the loose wire by cross-section and colour with 10% extra (chapter 14).

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