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Procedure: Editing Location Properties

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Procedure Setup:
1. To avoid naming conflicts, it is recommended you save your work, click File > Close until no models
display, then click File > Manage Session > Erase Not Displayed.

2. Click File > Manage Session > Set Working Directory and navigate to the
PTCU\CreoParametric2\Cabling\Locations_Properties folder and click OK

3. Click File > Open and double-click CABLING.ASM.

Task 1. Edit the location properties of wires in a cabling assembly.

1. Disable all Datum Display types.

2. Select Appearances Manager from the Appearance Gallery types drop-down list.

3. Click File > Open in the Appearances Manager dialog box.

4. Select WIRE_COLORS.DMT, then click Open.

5. Click Override all in the Warning message window, then click Close.

6. In the ribbon, select the Applications tab.

7. Click Cabling from the Engineering group.

8. Enable only the following Cabling Display types: .

9. In the ribbon, click Modify Harness from the Harness group and click HARNESS_1 > Done
from the menu manager.

10. Right-click to query and select the first location point below the 9-pin connector.

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11. In the ribbon, click Properties from the Locations group.

12. Edit the Grouping to Flat and click OK.

13. Click Regenerate from the Quick Access toolbar.

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14. Query-select the first location point again.

15. Click Properties .

16. Edit the Angle to 180 and press ENTER.

17. Click OK, then click Regenerate .

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18. Notice the rotation occurred around the first wire at the location.

19. Query-select the location point again.

20. Right-click and select Edit Definition.

21. Drag the location points slightly to the left.

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22. Select the Options tab in the dashboard.

23. Notice these are the same options that were available in the location properties.

24. Click Complete Feature .

25. Press CTRL and select the three center location points on the red wire.

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26. Click Properties .

27. Edit the Segment Shape to Straight and click OK.

28. Click Regenerate .

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29. Query-select the location point on the hole.

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30. Click Properties .

31. Edit the Angle to 180 and press ENTER.

32. Edit the Max Diameter to 10.5 and press ENTER.

33. The system does not allow the value, as it is too small for the current wire bundle.

34. Edit the Max Diameter to 11 and press ENTER.

35. Click OK and notice the diameter dimension.

36. Click Repaint from the In Graphics toolbar and notice that the wire bundle has untwisted.

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37. Query-select the location point again.

38. Right-click and select Modify.

39. Double-click the 11 diameter, edit it to 10.5, and press ENTER.

40. Click Regenerate and notice that there is a failure.

41. Click OK to accept the result.

42. In the model tree, click Settings and select Tree Filters.

43. In the Model Tree Items dialog box, select the Features check box from the Display types and
click OK.

44. Expand HARNESS_1.PRT in the model tree.

45. Delete wire W-11 and click OK.

46. Click Regenerate .

47. Notice that the wire bundles regenerate with one less wire.

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This completes the procedure.

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