Challenge

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

Aim:-

Route the following harness layout in the electrical workbench. Make an assumption for harness bundle diameter. Use the following connection as shown in layout.
Also, add protecting covering on all branches connected to DT06-2S & DT06-4S connectors. keep and extermily at 30mm.
Download connector data from te.com

Assign electrical properties to connector Steps:-

The required connectors are downloaded from te.com.
Gives axis system and point plotting on the face of the connector, inside part design workbench.
Then go to electrical part design.
Define the connector by using the CONNECTOR command.
Respectively, define BUNDLE CONNECTION POINT & CONNECTOR CONNECTION POINT to a connector.
Same step for other connector.

Creating wire harness:-

Create the assembly of geometrical bundle products in CATIA V5.
Open all the connectors into the geometrical bundle assembly product. Note that all the connectors must be electrically defined.
Gives the exact positioning as per length to the connector by using SNAP, SMART MOVE, & MANIPULATION COMMAND.
Now enter into 'wire harness assembly workbench'.
Click on MULTI-BRANCHABLE DOCUMENT, give the branch diameter and bend ratio. Open route definition and click on the connector then a wire will be created automatically between the connector.
To give the routing from the main branch use ADD BRANCH POINT command at the required location and create sub-branches.
Now, add corrugated tubes on a wire for protection purposes by using the LIGHT PROTECTION COVERING command. Select corrugated tube from cot_tube catalog.
Cover all the branches with a corrugated tube, given the extremity point is taking 20mm.

Wire harness assembly:-

Conclusion:-

Ship work like this
in your own course.