Filtering Wires
Based on External Configuration System

The Filtering Management command is available in the Electrical Wire Routing and the Electrical Harness Flattening workbenches.
It is dedicated to electro-mechanical designers.

How does the filtering command work:
  • The filtering command is performed from a maximum harness configuration (called 150%) including all the wires, the bundle segments, the connectors, supports and protective coverings of the harness.
  • Depending on the selected systems, the command retrieves the list of filtering criteria through CAA V5 interfaces
  • The user selects a criterion.
  • The filtering command retrieves the list of valid wires for the selected criteria from CAA V5 interfaces.
  • According to the wires routed in the harness for the selected criteria and the filtering options:
    • The bundle segment diameter is recomputed,
    • Bundle segments and/or devices are shown or hidden:
      if no wires are routed in a bundle segment, it is hidden by default,
      if no wires are connected to a device, it is hidden by default.
    • Supports are shown or hidden according to the wires routed in the bundle segments that are using them:
      if no wires are routed in bundle segments going through supports, the supports are hidden by default.
    • Protective coverings are shown or hidden depending on whether or not wires are routed through bundle segments covered with protective coverings:
      if no wires are routed in bundle segments covered with a protective covering, protective coverings are hidden by default.
Without CAA V5 development, this functionality is not available.
This task explains how to filter any 150% harness to get accurate geometry for a configured harness.
The document may contain:
  • A geometrical bundle with bundle segments and connectors
  • An electrical bundle with the corresponding wire references
  • Supports and protective coverings.

  1. Click Filtering Management .

    The Filtering Management dialog box opens:
    It contains:

    1. The list of filtering criteria corresponding to the harness part number.

    2. The filtering options:

      • Activate bundle segments with no routed wires:
        Select this check box to show the bundle segments which do not contain wires.

      • Activate devices with no connected wires:
        Select this check box to show the devices belonging to the selected harness when no wires are connected to them.

      • Activate supports with no bundle segments inside:
        Select this check box to show the supports which do not contain bundle segments routing wires.

      • Activate protective coverings with no bundle segments inside:
        Select this check box to show the protective coverings which do not contain bundle segments routing wires.

      The combination of these options is possible.

    3. The Reset the 3D mockup (with no configuration) button:

             Click this button to come back to the original document, with no criteria selected.

  2. Select a criterion.

  3. Select the filtering options, if need be.

  4. Click Apply to display the harness according to your previous choice.

    The result looks like this:

  5. Optional: Click Reset the 3D mockup (with no configuration) to come back to the original document.

  6. Click OK when you are done.