Tracing Capabilities
To access the Designer HFC tracing tool in ArcMap, you must first install the ArcFM Tools for Designer HFC application. This installation includes a Designer HFC Trace Tool that provides you with several powerful tracing options available in ArcMap.
Perform a Trace
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Select a component(s) from which you want to start a trace.
In the following example, the node and power supply are selected.
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View the components available in Attribute Editor. These
are all the components in your selection set.
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To start a trace from the CoaxNode, access the trace
tools by right-clicking the component.
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Select Trace Coax Power Downstream to run a downstream
trace on the network from the component you selected. The map changes
to highlight the trace path.
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Based on the component from which you choose to trace,
the component displays in the Designer HFC Trace Tool window.
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Clicking on an item in the Results tab highlights the item
in the map, which can be seen in the following two examples:
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To highlight, zoom, or pan, right-click the component in
the trace tool window and select an option from the drop-down list.
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If you perform a downstream trace from a component with
one or more ports, a flag is placed at the origin of the trace.
