Challenge

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

AIM: Route the following harness layout in the Electrical workbench. Make an assumption for harness bundle diameters. Use the connectors provided. After completion of routing,

Check the bundle Continuity. Add snap of result in submission

Add annotation to all connectors. Make assumptions for annotations like connect 1, 2, etc

Check for the bundle warning. Add snap.

Generate CAT.part of harness assembly and convert it in. igs format.


OBJECTIVE: TO ROUTE TWO HARNESSES A AND HARNESS B AS PER THE GIVEN LAYOUT


STEP 1: DOWNLOAD ALL THE CONNECTORS


STEP 2: DEFINE ALL THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS GEOMETRICALLY AND ELECTRICALLY, SO THEY CAN BE USED IN THE WIRING HARNESS WORKBENCH





HARNESS A:
AFTER ALL THE CONNECTORS ARE DEFINED, THE WORKBENCH IS SWITCHED TO THE ASSEMBLY DESIGN, AND ALL THE CONNECTORS ARE PLACED AS PER THE POSITION AND ITS SWITCH TO THE ELECTRICAL WORKBENCH AND GEOMETRICAL BUNDLE IS ACTIVATED AND ALL THE CONNECTORS ARE ROUTED USING THE MULTI BRANCHABLE COMMAND



HARNESS B:

AFTER ALL THE CONNECTORS ARE DEFINED, THE WORKBENCH IS SWITCHED TO THE ASSEMBLY DESIGN, AND ALL THE CONNECTORS ARE PLACED AS PER THE POSITION AND ITS SWITCH TO THE ELECTRICAL WORKBENCH AND GEOMETRICAL BUNDLE IS ACTIVATED AND ALL THE CONNECTORS ARE ROUTED USING THE MULTI BRANCHABLE COMMAND



HARNESS ASSEMBLY :
ONCE BOTH THE HARNESS IS CREATED NOW IT SWITCHED TO ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY AND USING THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OPTION IT IS CONNECTED, NOW THE HARNESS IS CONNECTED



CONNECTIVITY CHECK

GO TO EDIT - SEARCH - ADVANCE OPTION - WORKBENCH (ELECTRICAL) - TYPE (BUNDLE SEGMENT ) ATTATCHEMTN (FULLY CONNECTED)

A WINDOW WILL POP UP CLICK ON TRUE NOW ALL THE CONNECTED BUNDLES WILL SHOW OFF



ANNOTATION: NOW IT SWITCHED TO ASSEMBLY DESIGN AND USING ANNOTATION COMMAND FOR ALL CONNECTORS ANNOTATIONS ARE GIVEN



CONVERTED AS PART BODY AND SAVED AS IGES FORMAT


ALL THE CONNECTORS ARE ADDED TO CONNECTOR CATALOG



RESULT:
THE HARNESS ASSEMBLY IS CREATED AND ZIP FILE IS ATTACHED FOR REFERENCE

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