Defining Electrical Devices

These functionalities are available in both the Electrical Assembly and Part workbenches.
They are used to add electrical behavior to a product or a part.
As a result, the product itself, the instance or the reference will become an electrical element:

• When you open a CATPart document and you add electrical behavior to the part, it is the reference which will be modified. If you insert this part in an assembly, all the occurrences will be modified.

• When you open a CATProduct document containing a CATPart, if you double-click to activate the product of the part or the part, and add electrical behavior to it, the result is similar: you have modified the reference and all the occurrences will have electrical behavior. As a consequence, you will have to save the part.

• On the other hand, if the root product is activated and you select the product of the part, it is only this instance of the part which will become an electrical device. The reference is NOT modified.

This rule applies for all the devices.

	Equipment: Click Define Equipment and select the part or product to be converted into an equipment.
	Connector: Click Define Connector and select the part or product to be converted into a connector.
	Filler Plug: Click Define Filler Plug and select the part or product to be converted into a filler plug.
	Contact: Click Define Contact and select the part or product to be converted into a contact.
	Shell: Click Define Shell and select the part or product to be converted into a shell.
	Back Shell: Click Define Back Shell and select the part or product to be converted into a back shell.
	Mounting Equipment: Click Define Mounting Equipment and select the part or product to be converted into a mounting equipment.