Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 5 & 6 Challenge
OBJECTIVE-
- The objective of this project is to first route the two Harness A and Harness B as per the given harness layout.
STEP1-Define all the electrical connectors geometrically and electrically so that they can be used in the wiring harness
STEP2-Create harness A and harness B as shown below by using the electrical harness workbench in CATIA V5.
First, all the connectors are placed at their desired locations. Second, bundle segments are created between the connectors with branch points and branches as shown below.
Final routed Harness B
Final routed Harness A
STEP3- After Harness A and Harness B are created the next step is to check the bundle continuity.
First, we have to make sure multi-branchable is selected and then we have to go in Edit>Search>Advanced>Electrical Workbench>Type-Bundle Segment>Attribute-Fully Connected.
Selecting the "TRUE" option will show all the connected bundle segments while selecting the "FALSE" option will show all the non-connected bundle-segments.
For now, we will select the "TRUE" option and search for results. All the bundle segments in Harness A and Harness B will be displayed showing that there is bundle continuity in Harness A and Harness B
STEP4- In this step, we have to interconnect the Wiring Harness A and Harness B electrically. There are a few steps that have to be followed to connect the two harnesses electrically.
once we are inside the electrical assembly design workbench we should electrically connect the male and female connectors as shown below.
STEP6- In this step, we will be adding annotations for all the electrical connectors.
Annotations are used to show connector functions and additional information. They are defined in Assembly Design Workbench of CATIA V5.
First, we have to choose a plane on which the annotation will be placed. Here we will be choosing the front plane as shown below for Harness A. We should make sure that the geometrical bundle is active before choosing the annotation plane.
Mechanical Assembly Workbench>Tools>Generate CAT Part from product
and save as igs file
