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Calculation method packs grouped by cable class. Each pack encodes the rules of its standard once and reuses them in every design.

Building wire & conductors

StandardWhat you can design
IEC 60227-3PVC single-core wiring cables, 300/500 and 450/750 V, 0.5–400 mm²
IEC 60227-4PVC sheathed cables for fixed wiring, 1–5 cores, 1.5–35 mm²
IEC 60227-5PVC flexible cords
EN 50525-2 (parts 2-11, 2-12, 2-21, 2-22, 2-31, 2-41, 2-42, 2-51, 2-72, 2-81, 2-82, 2-83)General-purpose cables up to 450/750 V: PVC, rubber, silicone, EPR/EVA cords, oil-resistant control cables up to 60 cores, arc-welding cables
BS 6004Flat PVC twin and twin & earth, 1–16 mm²
BS 6231PVC switchgear and control wiring, 0.5–240 mm²
BS 7211Low-smoke halogen-free single-core wiring, 0.5–630 mm²
UL 83THHN building wire
IEC 60317 (0-1, 0-2, 0-3 and particular sheets)Enamelled winding wire: round copper and aluminium 0.018–5 mm, rectangular copper
IEC 60228Bare copper and aluminium conductors, class 1/2/5/6, 0.5–1200 mm²
IEC 61089Overhead conductors AAC, AAAC, ACSR

Low voltage

StandardWhat you can design
IEC 60502-1Power cables 0.6/1, 1.8/3 and 1.9/3.3 kV, 1.5–1000 mm², Cu/Al, 1–61 cores, PVC/XLPE/EPR, unarmoured, SWA, AWA, STA
BS 5467Armoured XLPE power cables, 600/1000 and 1900/3300 V
BS 6724Armoured low-smoke halogen-free power cables
BS 6346Armoured PVC power cables
BS 7889Single-core unarmoured XLPE cables
BS 7870-3 (3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.40, 3.50)Utility distribution and service cables, CNE, split-concentric, waveform, 4–300 mm²
HD 603 (parts 3-G, 5-G)Unarmoured distribution cables NYY, NAYY, N2XY, 4–500 mm²
EN 50618Solar PV cables H1Z2Z2-K, 1.5 kV DC
IEC 62930Solar PV cables, 1.5 kV DC, class 5 and class 2
IS 17293Solar PV cables, 1.5 kV DC

Special

StandardWhat you can design
BS 7846Fire-resistant armoured power cables (fire rating recorded as a declared design property)
EN 50264 (2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2)Railway rolling-stock cables, 0.6/1 to 3.6/6 kV, single-core and multicore up to 40 cores
EN 50382-2Railway high-temperature cables
EN 50306 (-2, -3, -4)Railway thin-wall cables, 300 V, 0.5–2.5 mm²
IEC 60092-353, -354, -376Shipboard and offshore power and control cables, 0.6/1 to 18/30 kV
IEC 60092-374, -375Shipboard telephone and communication cables
BS 6883Shipboard power cables, LV and HV
EN 50288-7Instrumentation and control cables, pairs/triads/quads, screened, armoured
PAS 5308-1, -2Instrumentation cables, PE and PVC insulated

Telecom & data

StandardWhat you can design
IEC 60794 (3-10, 3-11, 3-20, 4-20, 5-10, 2-20, 2-50)Optical fibre cables up to 3456 fibres: multi loose tube, central tube, micromodule, ribbon; G.652.D, G.657.A1/A2 fibres
ANSI/SCTE 7475 Ω coaxial drop cables, Series 59/6/11
IEC 60189-2PVC telephone cables for indoor installation

Medium voltage

StandardWhat you can design
IEC 60502-2Power cables 3.6/6 to 18/30 kV, 25–1600 mm², 1 or 3 cores, wire, tape, lead or laminate screens, armoured
BS 6622Armoured XLPE cables 3.8/6.6 to 19/33 kV
BS 7835Armoured low-smoke halogen-free MV cables
BS 7870-4 (4.10, 4.11, 4.20)Utility MV distribution cables, 6.35/11 to 19/33 kV
IS 7098-2XLPE cables 3.3 to 33 kV

High & extra-high voltage

StandardWhat you can design
IEC 60840Single-core XLPE cables 36/66 to 76/132 kV, 240–2500 mm²
IEC 62067Single-core XLPE cables 127/220 to 290/500 kV, 800–3500 mm²
IEC 63026Submarine power cables 7.2–72.5 kV Um, 1 and 3 cores, wire armoured

On request

Standards customers have asked for. Not in the library yet; we add them on request.

IS 694IS 1554IS 7098-1IS 7098-3EN 50182IEC 61196BS 7629BS 8436EN 50149

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