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This task shows you how to
extract geometrical or electrical bundles with all the devices that are
associated to them, such as their connectors, back shells, shells, contacts
and supports from a 3D model. |
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Open the
ElectricalAssembly.CATProduct document.
Keep open the Flattening Assembly document you have created in the
previous task.
If you have forgotten to open a second
document, a warning message will be displayed. |
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Select
Windows > Tile Horizontally to get a better viewing of the
process.
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Click Extract
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Select an electrical or
geometrical bundle in the geometry area or in the specification tree.
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The result looks like this. |
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Save your data.
Notes:
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The
build mode of bundle segments, except for those
based on mechanical splines (see below) will be automatically set
to
Length
Mode after flattening,
so that the flattening process does not modify bundle segment
lengths.
If bundle segments are built in Slack Mode, a minimum
slack of 0.1% is recommended. If zero slack is used, this may
generate update errors when extracting 3D data.
Bundle segments based on mechanical splines and built in Slack
Mode will be extracted in Slack Mode. This may
have repercussions when flattening, straightening and manipulating
these segments.
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You can also extract bundle segments created along
external curves.
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A link is created between the 3D harness and the
extracted view. It can be browsed using the Edit > Links
command.
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Mechanical parts
located in geometrical bundles are extracted as instances.
To handle mechanical parts correctly, publish any points serving to
route the bundle segment along the part and give these points a
unique publication name. Use published points when routing bundle
segments.
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- While using the Extract command on documents
created in V5R11, an error message may appear saying: An error has occurred
during the data duplication.
You can try to use the CATDUA utility to clean the data and
recover the correct geometry. Refer to
Using the Data Upward Assistant.
- Make sure that only one document corresponding to 3D Install
Harness assembly (products and parts) is opened in the editor at
the time of performing the extract. Else, there will be some
errors during the extract process which may lead to corrupt
data. However, if the user happens to commit this mistake, i.e.
open 2 windows in 3D design data, an error message appears
saying: An error has occurred during the data duplication.
However, please note that this error panel can come for other
reasons also.
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Extracting 3D Data using the Synchronize Algorithm
To use the Synchronize algorithm in order to ensure better PLM
integration and obtain a HTML report on the Extract process, select the
Synchronize option (Tools > Options > Equipment & Systems >
Electrical Harness Discipline > Electrical Harness Flattening > General). |