Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 7 Challenge

1) Load the Harness completed in week 4.

2) Create a new Product and Switch to Harness Flattening workbench. 

3) Click on the Harness Flattening parameters option and select appropriate settings. Single line for Bundle Segment and Double line for Protective covering. The 3D projection for Device, Support and Nothing for Splice. Click OK.

4) Place the Harness and flattening product in Vertical windows. Select Extract and click on the harness product. Harness loads into the flattening product.

5) Select Flatten option and consider respective planes for the better flattening model.

6) Perform changes to the breakouts with the Rotate, Roll, Scaling etc tools for optimum design. 

7) After all the optimisation is done, Create a new Drawing file with respective drawing sheet sizes.

8) After opening the drawing sheet, Click on the Front view. Select the reference plane on the 3D drawing and the harness in will be shown on the drawing, Select the optimum view then click on the sheet. 2D Drawing will be updated on the sheet.

9) Right-click on the sheet and enter properties. Goto view section, select 3D Wireframe and click OK. Wiring bundles are shown on the drawing sheet now as per the below snap.

10) Corrugated tubes are represented with double lines on the drawing.