Build AV equipment, cable and conduit schedules

An equipment list and a cable schedule answer different questions

The equipment list counts the devices in the plan. The cable schedule identifies the cables associated with those devices, with Cable IDs, destinations, lengths and notes. Use both when preparing an installation or transferring quantities into proposal software.

Start with a scaled floor plan and check the devices’ rack or panel assignments. The cable export options appear once the project has a rack or panel.

1. Reconcile the equipment counts

Open Equipment to inspect the project totals, or filter by sheet. Check types, variants and device product details before exporting. Counts do not establish a complete purchase order: review specifications and the other materials required for the job.

Counts visible in this product example

System	Devices
Speakers	20
Surround Sound	10
Video	3
Lighting	2
Window treatments	6
Control & Voice	2
Cameras	11
Infrastructure	4
Total	58

Download these example counts as CSV

This small summary transcribes the screenshot. It is not the application’s native export format or a list of materials for your project.

2. Inspect the cables on the devices

Select a device and open its cabling details in Properties. Review the cable type, destination and route before exporting. Cable IDs help connect the schedule to physical cable labels.

The recording shows two speakers becoming a pair with a shared 16/4 cable. It illustrates why counting devices alone does not tell you the number or type of cable runs: the actual connection arrangement matters.

3. Keep estimated and measured lengths distinct

The app can estimate a cable length from the scaled drawing and its route settings. A missing scale, rack assignment, floor or riser can leave the length unknown; fix the missing information instead of assuming a zero-length run.

For a cable you have measured, enter the installed length in its length field. The current help describes this as the whole installed length, including loops at both ends. Clearing the measured value restores the estimate. Check the applicable correction and totals before ordering.

Drawing estimates still need an on-site check. Conduit plan lengths also need review for rises, drops and slack. A number in a schedule is not proof that a route meets installation or engineering requirements.

Enter measured lengths and understand the estimate

4. Include the conduit schedule

A conduit schedule describes the drawn pipes, separately from the cables they may carry. Projects with conduits offer a Conduit schedule page in Share. It includes totals by size and type, then each conduit’s endpoints, drawn bends and plan length, grouped by sheet.

Each visible conduit appears once across the included views. Hiding an end device does not hide its conduit; hiding Conduit in the view does. The page’s eye control leaves the schedule out of the PDF and shared presentation.

Plan lengths are measured on the drawing, not installed lengths. Missing or disagreeing scales show Unknown, and totals distinguish known lengths from unknown ones. Add rises, drops and slack. Drawn bends over 360° are flagged; on-site offsets and turns into boxes also count between pull points. No warning does not establish code compliance. The schedule’s Notes fields remain blank in this version.

See the conduit schedule update or read the current conduit instructions.

5. Export the selected sheets and schedules

1. Choose Share and check the pages, views and sheets to include.
2. For the drawing package, keep Cable schedule in the page list and choose PDF. The schedule follows the included drawing pages unless you reorder it.
3. For spreadsheets, open the arrow beside PDF → CSV, choose the sheets, then select Download equipment CSV or Download cable CSV.

The equipment export includes project totals and sheet details. The cable CSV includes Cable IDs, device information, floors/buildings, cable types, lengths and whether those lengths are estimated or measured, plus destinations, groups, notes and warnings.

The schedule follows the included pages and their views. A cable can still name a far-end device on a sheet that was left out. Check the exported scope rather than assuming every export contains the entire project.

• Equipment CSV instructions
• Cable CSV fields and instructions
• Printed cable schedule and export limits

Continue the workflow

• Create a low voltage plan from a PDF floor plan
• Keep field notes and AV as-built drawings together

Watch the full demonstration or open the sample presentation to explore an existing plan.