Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling

AIM:

To prepare a flattened-view of a previously created harness assembly OBJECTIVE- The objective of this project is to create a flattened-view for a harness assembly and then place it on the drawing sheet. It is desired that the bundles with protective coverings are represented with different visuals on the drawing sheet.…

The objective of this project is to create a flattened-view for a harness assembly and then place it on the drawing sheet. It is desired that the bundles with protective coverings are represented with different visuals on the drawing sheet.

To make a flattened view of any wiring harness we should be working in the Electrical Harness Flattening workbench of CATIA V5. We should make sure that the flattening file should be in the same folder where you have all the parts of the harness assembly.

Defining Harness Flattening parameters:

First, we should make a new product file inside the Electrical Harness Flattening workbench. Second, we should define the harness flattening parameters by clicking on its icon as shown above. In the general tab, we should select the settings as shown above. After the general tab settings are complete we should define the settings for the drawing tab as shown below.

Bring the harness assembly into the newly created Flattening Product by using the "Extract" feature.

Flattening of the harness

To flatten the harness we should select the flatten plane and then select all the branches present in the harness assembly as shown below.

Define drawing properties

CONCLUSION:

The final flattened drawing was produced for the wiring harness. As per requirement, different representation was given to the bundle segments and the protective coverings.