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Site Map
Preface
Using This Guide
More Information
What's New?
Getting Started
Entering the Workbench
Creating a Bundle Segment Document
Creating Construction Points
Defining the Segment Parameters
Defining the Segment Route
Basic Tasks
Entering the Workbench
Creating a Geometrical Bundle
Creating a Bundle Segment Document
Creating Construction Constraints
Defining the Segment Parameters
Defining the Segment Route Constraints
From the construction points
Following a part
From an existing helix
Connecting/Disconnecting...
Connecting a Bundle Segment...
Disconnecting...
Routing Bundle Segments in Support
Add Support
Remove Support
Exiting the Installation Workbench
Advanced Tasks
Adding Local Slack
Mechanical Assembly Integration
Sleeve Creation Methodology
Workbench Description
Menu Bar
Toolbars
Customizing
Part Settings
Glossary
Index
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Preface
Preface
The CATIA Version 5 Electrical Harness is a new generation product which is dedicated to the
design of physical harnesses within the context of the 3D mock- up.
Users benefit from electrical designs totally integrated into the mechanical assembly.
This product provides a set of objects including both mechanical and electrical properties.
The CATIA - Electrical Harness product offers the following main functions:
the bundle segment creation in Product documents (Electrical Harness Assembly
workbench)
the geometrical bundle creation
the bundle segments properties definition
the creation of an electrical link between bundle segment and device
an algorithm simulating the bundle segment shape and offering realistic bundle segment
representations.
Thanks to the integration with mechanical assemblies, electrical harnesses can be connected
either to mechanical parts, or to electrical devices.
CATIA - Electrical Harness Installation enables users to reuse catalogs of electrical devices.
As a scalable product, CATIA Version 5 Electrical Harness Installation can be used in
cooperation with other current or future companion products of the next CATIA generation such
as CATIA - Electrical Wire Routing, CATIA - Electrical Library and CATIA - Electrical System
Functional Definition.
Using This Guide
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Conventions
Conventions
Certain conventions are used in CATIA, ENOVIA & DELMIA documentation to help you
recognize and understand important concepts and specifications. The following text
conventions may be used:
The titles of CATIA documents appear in this manner throughout the text.
File -> New identifies the commands to be used.
The use of the mouse differs according to the type of action you need to perform.
Use this
mouse button, whenever you read
Select (menus, commands, geometry in graphics area, ...)
Click (icons, dialog box buttons, tabs, selection of a location in the document window,
...)
Double-click
Shift-click
Ctrl-click
Check (check boxes)
Drag
Drag and drop (icons onto objects, objects onto objects)
Drag
Move
Right-click (to select contextual menu)
Conventions
indicates a warning.
indicates information.
indicates the end of a task.
indicates functionalities that are new or enhanced with this Release.
Enhancements can also be identified by a blue-colored background in the left-hand
margin.
What's New?
What's New?
This table identifies what new or improved capabilities have been documented in Version 5
Release 7 of the CATIA - Electrical Harness Installation User's Guide.
New:
Routing bundle segments in support
Creating bundle segment from an existing helix
Local slack management
Sleeve creation methodology.
Detailing the specification tree for an electrical product
Getting Started
Getting Started
Before getting into the detailed instructions for using CATIA - Electrical Harness
Installation Version 5, the following tutorial provides a step-by-step scenario
demonstrating how to use key functionalities.
Before starting this scenario, you should be familiar with the basic commands
common to all workbenches. These are described in the CATIA - Infrastructure
User's Guide.
The main tasks proposed in this section are:
Entering the Workbench
Creating a Bundle Segment Document
Creating Construction Points
Defining the Segment Parameters
Defining the Segment Route
All together, these tasks should take about 15 minutes to complete.
This points will be used to build the Flexible Curve geometrical representation.
5. Keep this dialog box open and see the next task.
The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box is still open from the previous task.
1. Click the Route Definition button.
The Spline Definition dialog box opens:
3. Click the Add Parameters>> button in the Spline Definition dialog box to add tangents onto
the connectors.
To do so:
. select Point3
b. click Tangent Dir. in the Points Specification frame
c. select the connector front face:
d. reverse the tangent using the Reverse Tgt. button
The tension and curvature options in the Points Specifications frame are not
integrated into the route definition.
e. Repeat these steps for the other connector (Point 4).
To sum up, the Spline Definition dialog box looks like this:
4. Click OK to validate.
Basic Tasks
Basic Tasks
The Basic Tasks section explains and illustrates how to create various kinds of features.
The table below lists the information you will find.
Entering the Workbench
Creating a Geometrical Bundle
Creating a Bundle Segment Document
Creating Construction Constraints
Defining the Segment Parameters
Defining the Segment Route Constraints
Connecting/Disconnecting...
Routing Bundle Segments in Support
Exiting the Installation Workbench
Using Related Objects
Electrical Workbenches Integration
The Tools -> Options menu lets you define if the bundle segments belong or not to a
geometrical bundle. Refer to the Electrical Harness Installation Options.
Can be selected to become a geometrical bundle only the following:
a product which is not already electrified
a product which doesn't result from the New Part command
a product which doesn't result from the New Component command (inline
product).
The bundle segment document is created with the Bundle Segment1 product
including:
the Bundle Segment1 part that becomes active
the Flexible Curve.1 belonging to the part, which at that time does not
have any geometrical representation
The construction constraints can be any structure elements (i.e. a plane structure).
2. Enter a value in the Diameter field, for example 3mm. The Section is
automatically computed.
As an alternative, you can enter the Section, the Diameter will be computed.
A message warns you that the bend radius must be at least equal to
the Diameter value to insure the correct bundle segment route
computation.
3. Enter a value for the Bend Radius, for example 7mm.
The Bend Radius is the minimum bend radius allowed for the bundle segment.
As an alternative, you can select the Bend Radius Ratio option and set the
ratio: the Bend Radius is automatically computed.
4. Select the Mode: for example Slack with 12% of slack.
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Make sure the following option is checked to take advantage of the associativity between the construction points or
part body and the bundle segment.
Open the Tools -> Options menu.
Choose the Mechanical Design -> Part Design item.
In the External References frame of the General tab, check the Keep link with selected object option.
Connecting/Disconnecting...
These functionalities are only available in the Electrical Harness Assembly workbench.
Connecting: Click this icon and select the bundle segment you want to link to another
bundle segment or a device.
Disconnecting: Click this icon and select a bundle segment extremity to unlink all the
elements.
You are prompted to select the bundle segment you want to connect.
CATIA finds the closest bundle segment extremity according to the selection point.
2. Select Bundle Segment1 close to the extremity to be connected.
CATIA finds the closest bundle connection point according to the selection point.
A message is displayed asking you to confirm the selection.
4. When you are satisfied, click OK validate your choice.
The bundle segment is computed.
The result looks like this:
To make the connection possible, a bundle connection point must be defined on the device.
Connecting a Bundle Segment Following a Part
1. Click the Link icon
You are prompted to select the bundle segment you want to connect.
You must choose first the bundle segment which is not following the part.
Otherwise the construction is not possible.
2. Select Bundle Segment1 close to the extremity to be connected.
>>
2. Select the bundle segment you have just disconnected: Bundle Segment1
You see that the connector is linked to the bundle segment.
in Tree view:
in 3D view:
Disconnecting...
Disconnecting...
This task shows how to delete a connection between bundle segments or between a
connector and a bundle segment.
The Link.CATProduct document is open.
You are prompted to select the bundle segment extremity you want to disconnect.
CATIA finds the closest bundle segment extremity according to the
selection point.
2. Select Bundle Segment1.
Disconnecting...
2. Select the bundle segment you have just disconnected: Bundle Segment1
You can see that the connector is no longer connected.
in Tree view:
in 3D view:
Disconnecting...
Add Support
Adding a Support
This task shows how to route a bundle segment into a support.
Open the InSupport.CATProduct document.
You are prompted to select the bundle segment you want to drive into the support.
CATIA finds the closest bundle segment construction point according to the selection point.
2. Select Bundle Segment1 close to the location of interest.
The extremity or construction point is highlighted:
>>
Add Support
>>
Add Support
It looks like this in case you selected Point.1 and Beyond the bundle segment extremity.
Remove Support
Removing Support
This task shows how to remove the bundle segment from the support, therefore
modifying its route.
The InSupport.CATProduct document is still open.
You are prompted to select the bundle segment you want to remove from the
support.
2. Select Bundle Segment1.
The way through the support is highlighted:
Remove Support
You are back in Electrical Harness Assembly workbench or the lastly used Product
workbench.
freezes the contents the Related objects window. You can still navigate
in the main window: the Related objects view will not be updated.
the Related objects selection corresponds the main window selection.
View related objects: displays the parent, any children or connected objects.
View related objects: only displays the selected objects.
Functional:
Functional:
Wire:
Wire:
hides the wires contained in the bundle segment, shows the bundle
segments and signals.
Harness:
Harness:
hides the children bundle segments, only shows the signals and wires.
Sub objects:
Sub objects:
On a complex electrical system, the 3D view allows you to limit display to a specific area and though to
enlighten the information regarding this area.
Open the RelatedObjectsSession.CATProduct document.
1. Select an object: Geometrical Bundle1.1 for example.
2. Click the Related Objects icon
The Related Objects dialog box appears. The geometry area and the specification tree are
reframed on the object selected.
Wire box is unchecked, you only see the bundle segments and signals.
4. Map the functional connectors to the physical ones using the contextual menu:
(connector_M: extension cable connectors to be plugged onto the batteries)
This action makes it possible to predefine for each functional connector what device reference
to be used for the 3D placement. This will simplify the 3D Designer work: he's driven by the
functional data, reusing the Electrical System engineer knowledge to achieve the 3D
implantation.
This action makes it possible to define the signal extremities corresponding to the power
supply and the hair dryer systems.
Successively:
Choose the catalog: ElecIntegration.catalog
(if necessary, use the Browse button
)
Drag and drop the hair-dryer equipment onto Hair-DryerProd.
This action places the component from the catalog at the default location.
It's a first standard mode of placement.
4. Click the Add Functional Link icon
dryer).
This action generates the link between the component and its corresponding functional
element.
You can see if a component is connected or not: the equipment icon sign changes and
turns from red to green, meaning that the hair dryer is now electrically linked.
>>
The automatic signal routing will be possible since the signal extremities defined in the
functional system can be transposed in the 3D world using the physical/functional
relations.
Physical harness creation
again.
The power cable is part of the hair dryer: that's why you create it in the hair
dryer product (Hair-DryerProd).
The extension cable is an independent assembly: that's why you create it
under the root product assembly.
4. Double-click to activate the Geometrical Bundle2 (the extension cable) in the specification tree.
5. Switch to ELB workbench.
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An alternative to steps 5 and 6 is to use the contextual menu, by clicking the right-mouse
button on the Geometrical Bundle2 and choose Place Physical Device.
7. Select the first connector in the PowerSupply system. The catalog pops up.
Select the connector in the catalog an click OK to validate. The connector is added to the
specification tree and appears in the geometry at the origin (0, 0). You change its location using
the compass.
Repeat these steps for the second connector.
The physical connector pre-selection previously performed with EFD is used to automatically
get the correct part reference.
The 3D connector is automatically placed in the active product (Geometrical Bundle2) at the
product origin.
8. Use the Electrical Assembly Design workbench to create the electrical connection with the batteries.
Double-click to activate the Product1 in the specification tree.
Click the Connect Electrical Devices icon
Select successively in the geometry each connector_M connection point from the Geometrical
Bundle2(ExtensionCable) then the corresponding connector_F connection point of the battery.
1.
2.
The connectors are linked and shifted to the batteries.
This action creates the assembly constraints between connector and battery.
9. Double-click to activate the Geometrical Bundle2 (the extension cable) in the specification tree.
10. From the catalog, drag and drop the connector_F onto the Geometrical Bundle2 for the extension cable.
If needed, position it between the hair dryer and the batteries using the compass (ExtensionCable must
be active).
This action places the connector from the catalog onto the extension cable.
11. From the catalog, drag and drop the backshell_F directly onto the connector_F in the Geometrical
Bundle2.
This action places the back shell from the catalog onto the extension cable connector.
it places the connector in the assembly
it creates the assembly constraints between connector and back shell
it establishes the electrical link between connector and back shell.
It is a second placement mode.
When the back shell is selected, the electrical link is displayed in the Related Objects viewer.
This action adds the power cable connector (connector_M) from the catalog onto the
extension cable connector. The assembly constraints as well as the electrical constraints have
been created between the power cable and the extension cable connectors. When the female
connector is selected, the electrical link is displayed in the Related Objects viewer.
14. From the catalog, drag and drop the backshell_M directly onto the connector_M of the power cable.
This action places the back shell from the catalog onto the power cable connector. The
assembly constraints as well as the electrical constraints have been created between the
connector and the back shell.
You can repeat this step to place back shells on the extension cable male connectors (at the
other extremity).
15. Start the Electrical Harness Assembly workbench to create the bundle segments for the power and
extension cables.
To do so:
Define a bundle segment in the Geometrical Bundle1(PowerCable):
(Diameter = 10mm, Bend Radius = 15mm, Slack = 10%)
Define a point in the Geometrical Bundle2(ExtensionCable):
(Mode Between + Middle)
Define a bundle segment in the Geometrical Bundle2(ExtensionCable):
(Diameter = 10mm, Bend Radius = 15mm, Slack = 5%)
Define their routes.
This action creates the bundle segments that will be used to route the wires of the power and
extension cables.
Electrical wires routing
1. Start the Electrical Wire Routing workbench to create the wires.
2. Create two electrical bundles using the New Bundle icon
Boxes are displayed to help you recognize the extremities of the signal.
The bundle segments diameter are updated according to the signal section.
The specification tree is updated.
6. Multi-select Signal_plus and Signal_minus using the Signal icon
7. Click the Automatic Routing icon
The specification tree is updated: the wires and wire connections are created.
The length of the wire linked to a back shell is extended with an extra-length, defined
as a back shell attribute.
However, an alternative is to connect the bundle segment through the back shell: in this
case, the wire length is equal to the total length of the bundle segments of the wire
route.
The bundle segments diameter is updated using the section defined on the signals
(with EFD).
When only one signal is selected, the wire connections are displayed (as shown
below).
Advanced Tasks
Advanced Tasks
The Advanced Tasks section explains and illustrates how to create various kinds of features.
The table below lists the information you will find.
Adding Local Slack
Mechanical Assembly Integration
Sleeve Creation Methodology
2. Click the bundle segment where you want to modify the slack:
Two construction points are highlighted: they delimit the portion of the bundle
segment selected.
4. Choose Add slack, enter 10mm in the Slack definition field and click Apply.
5. Click OK to validate.
The slack is always added between the point selected and the following one
according to the construction order.
You will now replace the sleeve reference curve with the bundle segment flexible curve.
Refer to CATIA - Part Design User's Guide for more information about PowerCopy.
Using Electrical Harness Installation workbench, create a bundle segment.
4. Select the bundle segment Circle.1/BNSradius in the geometry for the Ri input.
5. Select the bundle segment Flexible Curve in the geometry for the reference_curve input.
6. Click OK to validate the replacement.
The result looks like this:
Workbench Description
Workbench Description
CATIA - Electrical Harness Assembly application window looks like this:
Workbench Description
Menu Bar
Toolbars
Menu Bar
Menu Bar
The Menu Bar and the items available in CATIA - Electrical Harness workbench are the
standard ones. The different commands and tools are described in CATIA - Infrastructure
Version 5. For more information, refer to the CATIA Menu Bar section.
Toolbars
Toolbars
Customizing
Customizing
Before you start your first working session, you can customize the way you work to
suit your habits.
This is done using Tools -> Options from the menu bar.
This type of customization is stored in permanent setting files: settings will not be lost
if you exit your session.
External reference link with electrical elements
Electrical Harness Installation settings
Part Settings
Glossary
Glossary
B
bend radius
bundle
bundle segment
The bend radius is the minimum bend radius allowed for the bundle
segment.
A document containing wires
Also called segment, a geometrical subdivision of a geometrical
bundle.
It is the wire graphical representation in the digital mock-up. The
bundle segment is created according to several rules:
the bend radius must be superior to half the diameter
in slack mode, an extra-length is added to the bundle segment
calculated from a bend length percentage (Slack%).
the bend mode calculates the minimum length through all the
constraint points, with regard to the minimum bend radius.
the length mode uses the length value: this value must be at
least equal to the distance between the points.
C
connector
D
diameter
device
E
electrical system
Glossary
G
geometrical bundle
H
harness
P
pin
properties
An electrical termination
Attributes of a component that define its electrical, mechanical, etc.
characteristics.
R
routing
S
section
segment
sleeve
W
wire
wire connection
Index
Index
B
bend
bend radius
bundle segment
bundle segment on part
C
conduit
construction constraints
D
defining
diameter
E
external references
Index
F
flexible curve
G
geometrical bundle
geometry on support
J
jacket
L
length
R
ratio
related objects
route
route definition
Index
S
section
slack
sleeve
conduit
jacket
spline