Challenge

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

  • Create a product file, navigate to the Electrical Harness Flattening for wire harness flattening option, and save it in the exact location where the wire harness or routing assembly is stored.
  • Define the 'Harness flattening parameters' in order to flatten the required wire harness assembly.
  • While defining the harness flattening parameters in the drawing menu single line is selected for the bundle segment and a double line is chosen for protective coverings in order to differentiate between the wire bundle and cot tubes in drafting.

  • Select the 'Extract' option from the Electrical Harness flattening workbench and select the Geometric bundle product in the wire harness assembly product file.
  • Then wire harness assembly is imported to the Wire flattening product file with 'EHF' extension added to the geometric bundle assembly name.

  • Select the 'Flatten' option to flatten the wire harness assembly.
  • Then select the active plane, then select any one branch, and then select the 'select all branches'.
  • If there is no discontinuity in the bundle segment then all the branches will be selected and by pressing 'ok' the wire harness assembly will be flattened.

  • Use 'Rotate' and other commands to rotate the branches and bring them in proper orientation as per the given layout.
  • And scaled it for the drawing

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