Advanced Wire Harness Methods

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1 #SEU15 Advanced Wire Harness Methods Realize innovation.

2 Advanced Wire Harness Methods Terminal Assignments Harness Subassemblies Importing from ECAD Systems/General Information Path Creation/Editing Wires/Cables/Bundles Adding of Splices Nailboards Contact/Questions Page 2

3 About: Ronnie Conerly Ronnie Conerly Product Manager, Simulation & Equipment Layout Ronnie holds a bachelor s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He has more than 27 years of experience in the mechanical CAD/CAE industry with involvement in all aspects of the software development process. He worked at NASA s Marshall Space Flight Center as a CAD/CAE consultant, later managing engineering support contracts at Marshall, Johnson, and Kennedy Space Centers. Prior to his return back with Siemens he managed manufacturing companies with emphasis in plastic injection and blow molding consumer products. Page 3

4 Assign Terminals Pin assignments can be made in part environment via Assign Terminals command Component Name Terminal Names Circular/Arc Geometry Used in Assembly/Draft TIPS: Use Sketch/Line to position cable/bundle endpoints Use construction surface for square holes Page 4

5 Assign Terminals - Continued New in ST8 Creation of PMI Can persist display in Assy Use of arcs for pin locations PMI in Pathfinder Page 5

6 Harness Subassemblies With the new Peer Edge locate functionality, you can now create Harness subassemblies in place which contain all the necessary components/conductors to represent the harness Electrical Connectors Clips/cable ties/tape Wires/Cables/Bundles/Splices Page 6

7 Importing from ECAD Systems/General Information Solid Edge reads from a variety of ECAD Systems Controlled through delivered SEHarness.txt in Preferences folder Customizable for each implementation Page 7

8 Importing from ECAD Systems - Continued Example for Zuken E3.series (2 Files) Component Definition (.cmp or.xml) Netlist file (.con or.xml) Unique ID Component Name Description - Optional Page 8

9 Importing from ECAD Systems/General Information Example for E.3 Series and SE Sample Page 9

10 Exporting to ECAD Systems/General Information After completing the wire harness, you can Export it back to the ECAD system Same format (.cmp,.con, or xml) We return the same information PLUS Cut Length Page 10

11 Conductors Database Solid Edge delivers a Conductors database with the product Controlled through delivered SEConductors.txt in Preferences folder Most customers customize the txt file with company standard conductors Contains attribute information for: Wires Cables Bundles New in ST8, Splices Page 11

12 How Conductor Colors are Defined Conductor colors use a Long Integer RGB Value Formula = Red + (Green * 256) +(Blue * 256 * 256) Quite often ECAD writes out Text values (ie, Red instead of 255) Page 12

13 Path Creation/Editing Conductors are driven by 3d Curves(Paths) 3d Paths have endpoints and internal keypoints Endpoints can be associative to sketch/part geometry Geometry rules on Edit BlueDots connect endpoints of paths together BlueDot rules on Edit Fixed Length Paths (for stock cables/bundles) Tangency Control at endpoints Only when connected to geometry Magnitude and direction Page 13

14 Path Creation/Editing - Continued New in ST8 Split Path Creates BlueDot Route through Part Ex, Clips, holes Flip (F-Key too) Show Terminal Names Filter on Attributed circular/arc edges with Terminal Names Page 14

15 Wires/Cables/Bundles Wires/Cables/Bundles take as input the paths to define their geometry Attributes come from the conductor database, SEConductors.txt New in ST8, Path Reuse. Software automatically creates bundles to contain the conductors This is needed to ensure proper diameter Page 15

16 Adding Splices New in ST8 Splices. SEConductors.txt contains samples of splices. Edit the file to add company splices Splices take as input wires Cables/bundles can be selected but result is selecting the wires in the cable/bundle Point (we split the path and bluedot it) This is a cutting operation of the wires Creates new wires on the other side of the splice Supports many-to-many wires (ie, 1-1 or 5-3) Displayed as a sphere Page 16

17 Nailboards Nailboards used to document the harness Manufacturing Nailboards (1-1 Scale) New in ST8, Documentation Drawings (With Scale, ie 1:4) Workflow Create the Nailboard Drawing View Disjoint Harnesses are vertically stacked Line thicknesses to scale Edit the 2d flattened geometry Insert Bends Move/Rotate Create Connector Drawing Views Create Connector Tables Create Conductor Table Callout Conductor Properties/Dimensions Page 17

18 Nailboards - Continued Workflow Create the Nailboard Drawing View Edit the 2d flattened geometry Insert Bends Move/Rotate Create Connector Drawing Views Create Connector Tables Create Conductor Table Callout/Dimensions of Conductors Other Annotations Connector Table Callouts for Conductor Name and Cut Length Page 18 Graphic Handle for Entire Flattened Geometry

19 Nailboards Conductor Table Example Page 19

20 Contact Ronnie Conerly Product Manager Solid Edge / USA / Planning 675 Discovery Drive Suite Huntsville, AL Phone: Fax: Mobile: ronald.conerly@siemens.com Realize innovation. Page 20