A telecommunications cable section for connection with telecommunications or signaling equipment or other outside plant equipment, wherein the cable section comprises a plurality of conductors surrounded by an intermediate layer of corrugated material. Intermediate calculations are generated for variations in a hypothetical profile of the structure in a first dimension and a second dimension, where each intermediate calculation corresponds to a portion of the hypothetical profile of the structure. The first patterned metallic layer and the second patterned metallic layer are formed as a whole.