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

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

Solution:

• All the Connectors are downloaded from Google Drive link by skill lync
• We have downloaded all the igs zip files
• All the files are extracted
• Open the CATIA software and convert the files to CAT parts
  • All the Connectors are electricaly defined with the below steps
  • Part body is opened and points are created for bundle entry
  • Mating points are also created along with the axis definition
  • we then switch to electrical part design
  • We define the parts as connectors
  • We define the point and budle entry point
  • Connection connector point is also made.
  • This is done for all the ten connectors.
  • Hence it is electricaly defined.
  • We then create a catalog for this challenge and all the connectors.
  • Here are few photos of the steps.
  • you need to give all part defined with using the electrical part design .
  • New product is opened and it is named as Harness A and Harness B
  • It is defined as geomentric bundle. Note the symbol has changed now.
  • We add all the connectors here
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  • Multi branchable is added to the geomentrical bundle
  • Connectors are routed with the branch bundle by clicking the connectors
  • To add sub branches Branch point is created on the main line.
  • Then branches are routed to the connectors as per the question
  • Tangency are changed to give a good curvature to the harness bundle
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  • Assembly:

    • New product is created and Harness A and Haness B is added
    • Both the harness are joined with link

    • Annotations:

      • Annotations are given to all the connectors
      • Part assembly design is used here
      • plane is created and names are added

Bundle continuity:

• Bundle continuty is checked by clicking search and electrical and bundle segment and fully connected
• here are the results