Challenge

Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 4 Challenge

Objective:

To route the harness layout in the Electrical workbench using the connectors,

Add protective covering on all branches connected to DT06-2S & DT06-4S connectors and keep the end extremity at 30mm.

Process:

DT06-4S:

Open the DT06-4S igs file and create a midpoint on the face using point type as between.
Now we can create an axis system to the point we have created by using the command axis system definition.
Make sure the x-axis is pointing towards the locking mechanism of the clip and the y-axis is pointing towards the face of the connector.
We can create a midpoint on the entry using point type as between.
Now we can switch to electric part design.
Select the command bundle connection point.
Enter the number of terminals as 4.

DT06-6S:

Open the DT06-4S igs file and create a midpoint on the face using point type as between.
Now we can create an axis system to the point we have created by using the command axis system definition.
Make sure the x-axis is pointing towards the locking mechanism of the clip and the y-axis is pointing towards the face of the connector.
We can create a midpoint on the entry using point type as between.
Now we can switch to electric part design.
Select the command bundle connection point.
Enter the number of terminals as 6.

DT06-2S:

Open the DT06-2S igs file and create a midpoint on the face using point type as between.
Now we can create an axis system to the point we have created by using the command axis system definition.
Make sure the x-axis is pointing towards the locking mechanism of the clip and the y-axis is pointing towards the face of the connector.
We can create a midpoint on the entry using point type as between.
Now we can switch to electric part design.
Select the command bundle connection point.
Enter the number of terminals as 2.

DT06-08SA:

Open the DT06 – 08SA igs file and create a midpoint on the face using point type as between.
Now we can create an axis system to the point we have created by using the command axis system definition.
Make sure the x-axis is pointing towards the locking mechanism of the clip and the y-axis is pointing towards the face of the connector.
We can create a midpoint on the entry using point type as between.
Now we can switch to electric part design.
Select the command bundle connection point.
Enter the number of terminals as 8.

Harness assembly:

Now we can open the electrical harness design workbench.
Select the parent part and copy, and paste all the connectors we have defined.
Now using line command in the assembly design.
We assign the lines in the required dimensions.
After creating the lines we can use the snap command to snap the connectors on the lines.
Now we can select branch definition.
We can select the branch and enter the dimensions.
Now click on the protective covering command and set the end extremity value as 30mm.

Result:

We have routed the harness layout in the Electrical workbench using the connectors,

And added protective covering on all branches connected to DT06-2S & DT06-4S connectors and keep the end extremity at 30mm.

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