Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 5 & 6 Challenge

In this wiring harnes challenge we need to route the given harness layout in the Electrical Workbench

We will create the harness layouts in different product files. After routing these layouts we can connect both of them in a single product file and perform the below operations.

• Checking the bundle Continuity
• Adding annotation to all connectors
• Checking for the bundle warning
• Generating CAT.part of harness assembly and convert is in .igs format

Before starting routing the harness layout, we need to define the connectors electrically using Electrical Part Design Workbench.

The input required for setting up the layout is given to us in the form of CAD data With the help of these connectors, we will be routing the wiring harness layout by positioning them as per the below-given layout

The connectors are the mechanical parts that need to be converted into electrical parts to route the harness. The steps that include in converting the mechanical parts into the electrical parts are as follows

Once these connectors are converted or saved in the catalogue, we can assemble them using the Mechanical Assembly workbench.

Now, this assembly needs to be converted into electrical assembly using an Electrical Harness Assembly workbench. Without converting the assembly to electrical assembly, the harness procedure can't be processed.

The next step is to identify the position of the connectors and arrange them accordingly.

Since we get the layout for both Harness A & B, we will position the connectors accordingly.

Once the routing is completed, a harness engineer needs to share this data with multiple teams. There is a possibility that while sharing the assembly file the data may be lost or misplaced or the file gets corrupted. Also, the team which receives this file may not be using the same software like yours. Hence it is recommended to share the file in .igs format after converting the assembly to CAT.Part.