Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 2 Challenge

     Objective   :             Download the part from given link and define these electrically , creating the catalogue of these part, and create assembly for connector and Clip.

    Given Input  :        Download link is provided for all the parts ( Company  : Tyco Electronics )  

    Software Used  :      CATIA V5

 

     Procedure    :       Following procedure is followed for different steps  :  

                             Electrically defining the part  :   

                             (1)  Download the part from the given link and save it as .CAT Part file.

                            (2)  Define the part electrically   :    

                                For connector  :    To define the connector electrically following path is followed :

                                                  

                                          As we can see in the given connector in one connector (female connector) the clip mounting lock is given                                 while in another connector (female connector) clip mounting lock is not given.  So, for the first connector (female connector)                         we have also define the cavity connection point .

                                    

                                                                         Connector with cavity connection point   

                                  

                                                                          Connector without cavity connection point

            Defining of the mounting clip :   For electrically defining of the mounting clip at first creating the mating point and

                          axis then define it electrically.

                             

  

      Assembly Process :        As we can see in the given virtual data of the connector , female connector is the 3 pole connector while male connector is the 8 pole connector. Even the shape / geometry of the male connector will not insert inside the female connector. So, we can't provide the assembly constraint between the male connector and female connector. We can only provide the constraint (connect electrical devices) between the female connector and mounting clip.

                                   

       Creation of Catalogue  :      Basically catalogue works like as a library where we can store our already electrically defined parts . In future whenever we have need of these parts we can directly call them from catalogue & save our time.

    Procedure of catalogue creation  :  

                  1)  File : New : Catalogue documents : Save in a separate folder 

                  2)  Now add the desired parts into the catalogue  :  through Store Device commond

                                                           There is not any limitation for the component to be add in a catalogue . We can add n number of component in a catalogue.