Topic: Introduction: Cable Component Type

Hi all

Under the conductor properties, there’s already a placeholder for a cable. How did you envision this? My idea would be to create a new component category for cables. That way, you’d have a component for the cable and could integrate it directly into the drawing. If the terminals are named with the wire designation, the terminal block plugin for terminal diagrams could check directly: Am I connected to a cable? Which wire is there? Then this could be nicely automated.

If this point is accepted by you, a function could be built to create a cable list from all cables, including start and end points.

What do you think? If that's okay, I'll get to work on creating it.

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Re: Introduction: Cable Component Type

An Joshua idea for cable in diagram, but never finishe to coding, I'm think?

https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/j … able2.webm

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3 Reply by Kellermorph (edited by Kellermorph 2026-04-09 16:44:21)

Re: Introduction: Cable Component Type

Okay, that’s cool and better than what I’m currently doing and had planned to program. The only thing is, there’s no wire labeling here.
The way I’m doing it now—and the way I had planned to do it—is to use a dedicated component for this. I’ve attached an example image.

So should I not go ahead with it if Joshua already has an idea and has partially implemented it?

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Kellermorph wrote:

The way I’m doing it now—and the way I had planned to do it—is to use a dedicated component for this. I’ve attached an example image.

Yes I use the same workaround in my project read the entire topic.
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 141#p17141
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 158#p17158

scorpio810 wrote:

C'est juste un symbole ...

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Re: Introduction: Cable Component Type

So should we wait for Joshua to continue working on this, or should I go ahead and implement this as a component?
If we wait, I would work on integrating a macro explorer into QET.

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a macro explorer into QET?
Why, you can explain?

BTW I use a lot of ctrl + F for quickly searching conductors name, element, etc in my projets and of course you could change many things, maybe you don't know it?

https://youtu.be/eOuN7lGf5xQ

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Re: Introduction: Cable Component Type

Yes, a macro explorer. That way, you can save entire pages. All components within these pages should also be directly imported so that you can insert complete, finished pages right away without having to add components first.
This is also a standard feature found in WSCAD or Eplan and would save a lot of work.

This has nothing to do with search and replace, but rather with being able to insert complete pages.

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Ok, like Ai QET ?
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 717#p22717

https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/f … aticAI.mp4

BTW, you can save a lot of work now:

https://youtu.be/mkfUvRd55iE

https://youtu.be/_GmCzycHOm0

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9 Reply by Kellermorph (edited by Kellermorph 2026-04-09 19:02:08)

Re: Introduction: Cable Component Type

more like this

https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2990

but fully integrated in QET

yeah i know this features. They are nice