Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 2 Challenge
INTRODUCTION TO WIRE HARNESS
DEFINIG ELECTRIC PARAMETER FLOW CHART
CONNECTOR DEFINATIONS IN CATIA V5
1)Deutsch DT06 – 08SA
- THE CONNECTOR IS FIRST UPLOADED IN THE PART DESIGN WORKBENCH
- WE DEFINE THE POINTS FOR CONNECTOR CONNECTION AND BUNDLE CONNECTION.
- THE AXIS SYSTEMS ARE PLACED ON THE CONNECTOR CONNECTION AND CAVITY CONNECTION POINTS
- THE ORIENTATION OF THE AXIS SYSTEM IS NOT SPECIFIC, WE JUST NEED TO FOLLOW A SIMILAR ORIENTATION FOR ALL THE PARTS.
- HERE THE Y-AXIS IS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CONNECTION, X-AXIS ALONG WITH THE CLIP MOUNTING AND Z-AXIS ALONG BOTTOM TO TOP.
- NOW WE DEFINE THIS PART AS AN ELECTRICAL ELEMENT/CONNECTOR, WITH THE NUMBER OF TERMINALS.
- CONNECTOR CONNECTION AND BUNDLE CONNECTION IS DEFINED IN THE ELECTRICAL PART DESIGN WORKBENCH.
2) THE SAME PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED FOR THE SECOND CONNECTOR (Tyco 174357-2) . HERE WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE CONNECTOR-CAVITY CONNECTION POINT. THIS IS DONE TO FIX THE CLIP ON TO THE CONNECTOR.
Tyco 174357-2 :
- Create midpoint
- create Connector connection point
- create Connector connection axis system
- create cavity connection point
- create cavity connection axis system
- Switch to Electric part design and define part as connector
- Define Connector connection point and cavity connection point
3) CLIP
Tyco 85229-1 :
- Create midpoint
- create cavity connection point
- create cavity connection axis system and orientation should be same as in connector
- Switch to Electric part design and define part as Mounting Equipment
- Define cavity connection point
Elctric Assembly Design
- Import Connector and cavity / mounting clip.
- Select Defing Eelectric connection
- select cavity and then connector.
