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:

• To route the given wiring harness layout in Electrical workbench with the given connectors.
• Also check the bundle continuity and to create 3D annotations.

Procedure to define electrical connectors:

• Create/Download 3D connectors
• Create required Geometrical Parameters
• Define Part as a connector
• Define Bundle connection point
• Define connector connection point

All the files are saved individually.

The above image has two harnesses, Harness B and Harness A. Routing is created just as the image above.

Harness B:

• All the connectors are electrically defined with required geometrical parameters.
• All the connectors are arranged according to the given layout using mechanical assembly workbench.
• Using Harness Assembly workbench, all the connectors are provided routing with muti-branchable command.
• Connections and warning are checked to ensure the routing is good.

Harness A:

• The same procedure is followed for Harness A.
• Here the connection layout is different.

Harness Assembly and 3D Annotations:

• The two Harnesses, A and B are imported to a new product file.
• The two Harnesses are connected in Electrical Workbench.
• 3D annotations are also given to all the connectors, this helps in understanding the Harness Assembly.

Connectivity check:

• Connectivity check is performed to ensure all the connectors are connected in the right direction for seamless connection.
• To perform this check, go to Edit > Search > Advance > Select Electrical Workbench > Bundle Segment > Fully connected > True/False.

Convert to.igs format:

· The entire Harness assembly is converted to .igs to view as a single part body.

Conclusion:

Harness Assembly is created as the instructions provided in the layout. Given 3D annotations to all the connectors. The file is also converted into .igs format.