Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 5 & 6 Challenge
WIRING HARNESS DESIGN IN CATIA V5 -3D MODELING WEEK 5&6 CHALLENGE
AIM- Route two electrical harness as per the given layout and inter connect them aas singnal harness assembly and then check for bundle continuity , bundle warning , and then given annotation to the final harness assembly .
OBJECTIVE:-
1.The objective of this project is to first route the two harness A and B as per the given harness layout.
Step 1:
We have to first define all connector geometrically and electrical
Step2:
Now, we have to create harness A and B by using electrical harness assembly
First, we will locate all the connectors at their desired position, add branch points required and create bundle segment according to the diameters assumed as 10mm and 5mm .
HARNESS A ROUTING
HARNESS B ROUTING
Step3:
- Now in this step , we have to check bundle continuity in both harness A and B
- so for that, go in Edit>Search>Workbench-Electrical>Type-Bundle segment >Attribute-fully connected.
- We will get one window ,in that seleccting true option will show all the non-connected bundle segments while selecting false option will show all the non- connected bundle segment .
- Now , we will check for true conditon and search for result .
- All the bundle segments are showing connected . So there is bundle continuty in both Harness A&B.
Step4:
- In this step , we have to interconnect both Harness A & B
- For that , we have to create new product file and can give name as Assembly .
- Then , copy both harnesses and paste it in newly created product file or call both harnesses in mechanical assembly as below image
- We have to go in Electrical Assembly Design to connect both the harnesses electrically . So for that , select the optiion 'connect electrical devies' and both the harnesses will get connected electrically as below
- As show in below image , male connector should have to be inserted into the female connector .
Step5:
- In this , we will be checking the bundle warning in harness A&B.
- Geomentrical bundle warning are show for bend radius , bundle diameter and vector position .
- So if there is any incorrect value or input regarding these factors then yellow colored flash will be appear in the model tree structure next to the branchable with problems.
- Here, we have one error in harness B in branchable3 as below
So, after giving annotatiions to all connector , the whole assembly will look as above
TO convert the product file to single part file
TO Save CAT part file as IGS file , we have to use 'save as' option as shown the above image .
So in this way, we have done with the harness routing and interconnection of both the harness A&B according to given layout. Both the harnesses are checked and corrected for bundle continuity, bundle warnings, annotations are added for all the connectors and at the end whole CAT part file is converted into the IGS format.
