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

Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling

Q1. Route the following harness layout in the Electrical workbench. Make assumptions for harness bundle diameters. Use the connectors provided. After completion of routing,

1. Check the bundle Continuity. Add a snap of the result in the submission
2. Add annotation to all connectors. Make assumptions for annotations like connect 1, 2, etc.
3. Check for the bundle warning. Add snap.
4. Generate CAT.Part of harness assembly and conversion is in. igs format.

• Connector connection point:

• It is the point at which two mating surfaces of the plug and connector are connected.
• To create such a connector connection point, follow the below steps:
• Switch to part design,
• Create a midpoint on the contact face which will be normal to wire bundle insertion.
• Create Axis System with respect to the point which we have created and define the axis direction as shown below,
• Switch to 'Electric Part Design'
• Define the part as the connector in CATIA V5, and give the no. of termination as needed.
• Define connector connection point.

• Bundle connection point:

• The bundle connection point is used to specify the position and the direction of the bundle segment connected to the connector or the equipment.
• To create such a Bundle connection point, follow the below steps:
• Switch to part design,
• Create a midpoint on the contact face which will be normal to wire bundle insertion.
• Switch to 'Electric Part Design'
• Since we had already defined the component as a connector.
• so, Define the Bundle connection point.

1. DEFINE THE COMPONENT AS ELECTRICAL TO CREATE ASSEMBLY FOR HARNESS A:

2. DEFINE THE COMPONENT AS ELECTRICAL TO CREATE ASSEMBLY FOR HARNESS B:

• Adding the annotation to all connectors.
• Switch to assembly part design
• Select the annotation toolbar
• Select view from the reference tool to create the ref. plane.
• After creating the ref. plane select the flag note with the ladder option.
• Annotate the connector.

• Checking the bundle Continuity. Adding the snap of results in the submission
• Go to edit menu
• Select the Search option and in that select the advance option
• set the following option

1. electrical
2. bundle segment
3. fully connected
4. provide condition (true/false)
5. after providing constrain select highlight option.

• Convert product file to IGS file: