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

CONNECTOR.

- A CONNECTOR IS A COUPLING DEVICE THAT JOINS ELECTRICAL TERMINATIONS TO CREATE AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT.

- Connectors enable contact between wires, cables, printed circuit boards, and electronic components.

   

TYPES OF CONNECTOR.

- AUDIO & VIDEO CONNECTOR.

- AUTOMOTIVE CONNECTORS.

- CIRCULAR CONNECTORS.

- D - SHAPED CONNECTORS.

- FIBRE OPTIC CONNECTOR

- LIGHTING CONNECTOR.

- PCB CONNECTOR

- POWER CONNECTOR

- SOCKET CONNECTOR ETC.

  

- CONNECTORS AS TWO SIDES ONE THE MATING AREA AND SECOND THE BUNDLE ENTRY POINT.

- FIRST WE WILL DOWNLOAD THE CAD FILE FOR THE CONNECTOR FROM THE GIVEN LINK OF TE.

- WILL HAVE A STP FILE OF THE CAD WHICH WILL COMMOMLY OPENED IN EVERY VERSION OF CATIA V5.

- EXTRACT THE FILE AND OPEN IN CATIA V5 , WE WILL OPEN IT IN PART DESIGN WORK BENCH.

- THIS IS FIRST CONNECTOR  I DOWNLOADED AND OPENED.

- FIRST WE NEED TO PROVIDE POINTS AND AXIS SYSTEM TO MATIING AREA AS WELL AS TO THE BUNDLE ENTRY POINT & ALSO AT LOWER SIDE FOR CLIP MOUNTING.

- SO I CREATED THREE POINTS AT SPECIFIC POSITIONS.

- AS YOU CAN SEE IN ABOVE IMAGE.

- NOW WE NEED TO HAVE A AXIS SYSTEM AT MATING AREA & AT CLIP MOUNTING AREA.

- SO I CREATED A AXIS SYSTEM ON BOTH POINTS.

- NOW WE CAN DEFINE THIS AS ELECTRICAL PART.

- SO JUST OPEN ELECTRICAL PART WORKBENCH , FIRST WILL DEFINE THIS AS CONNECTOR.

- THIS IS A 3 TERMINAL CONNCETOR SO WILL SELECT THREE THERE WHILE DEFINING.

- AFTER THAT WILL DEFINE CONNECTOR CONNECTION POINT & BUNDLE CONNECTION POINT.

- AND FOR CLIP MOUNT WE NEED DEFINE IT HAS CAVITY CONNECTION POINT.

SAME WAY WE DO FOR THE CONNECTOR MOUNTING CLIP.

- I DOWNLOADED MOUNTING CLIP CAD FILE EXTRACTED IT AND OPENDED IT IN CATIA WORKBENCH.

- HERE WE NEED TO CREATE POINT AND AXIS SYSTEM AT THE MOUNTING FACE.

    

- SO I CREATED A POINT ON THAT CURVE.

- AND PROVIDED A AXIS SYTEM THERE.

- NOW WE WILL JUMP TO ELECTRICAL WORKBENCH.

- AS THIS IS A MOUNTING DEVICE WE NEED DEFINE IT AS A MOUNTING EQUIPMENT.

- AFTER THAT DEFINE IT AS A CAVITY AND ITS DONE.

AFTER THIS WE HAVE ANOTHER CONNCETOR.

- WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS CREATING POINTS AND AXIS SYSTEM AT MATING AREA AND BUNDLE ENTRY POINT.

- AFTER THIS WILL DEFINE THIS A ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR PART.

- AND ALSO DEFINE CONNECTOR CONNECTION POINT AND BUNDLE CONNECTION POINT.