I've installed it and it is exactly the sort of thing I am looking for, except its for only a single cable at a time. Ultimately I am looking to cover the whole of large projects directly off single line diagrams, and to further consider the constraints of raceway fill over various cable...
I should add that if there isn't anything suitable out there, I will likely be writing some software to do it. I just don't want to completely reinvent the wheel. Here are a few applications that I have already reviewed and found lacking: PowerTools, E-Tap, PowerPac, TemCurve6, PowerCAD...
Recently I have read some papers indicating that it can be cost effective to upsize cables to minimise the cost of ongoing energy loss in the cable, rather than just the construction cost. However determining the optimum point from considering cable, labour, raceway and energy costs is...
