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This task explains how to
place electrical components from the external
device list managing the cavity placement:
This working mode is only proposed if the component to be
placed has a cavity connection point. Otherwise the standard placement is
performed (placement at the origin 0,0) and the
step 6 is avoided. |
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Automatic Creation of Assembly during Placement from External Data
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The automation of assembly creation is a highly productive
method that lets you get the most out of placement from external data.
Hence, it is possible to describe in the external data
(i.e. XML file):
- How connectors are assembled in an item of equipment
- How contacts are assembled in a single insert connector.
This description is used to automatically create:
- The assembly of connectors in the equipment cavities when the
equipment is placed
- The assembly of contacts in the single insert connector cavities when
the single insert connector is placed.
In order to enable this automatic assembly, there must be
some mapping between the XML description and the V5 electrical references
in the catalog definition. |
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For a connector to be correctly placed in the right cavity
of an item of equipment:
- The equipment and connector PartNumber in the XML file
must correspond to items in the V5 catalog.
- The equipment must have a cavity with a defined name in the V5
catalog.
- The connector name in the XML file must correspond to a cavity name
of the V5 equipment.
XML File
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V5 Catalog
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XML Equipment (PartNumber1)
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-- XML Connector (Name, PartNumber2) |
--> V5 Equipment (PartNumber1)
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|-- Cavity (Name)
--> V5 Connector (PartNumber2) |
Similarly for a contact to
be correctly placed in the right cavity of a connector:
- The connector PartNumber in the XML file must correspond
to a connector in the V5 catalog.
- Each pin PartNumber in the XML file must correspond to a
contact in the V5 catalog
- The cavity name in the XML file to which a pin is connected must
correspond to a cavity name of the V5 single insert connector.
XML File
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V5 Catalog
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XML Connector (PartNumber1)
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|-- XML Cavity (Name)
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-- XML Pin
(PartNumber2) |
--> V5 Single Insert Connector (PartNumber1)
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--> |-- Cavity (Name)
--> V5 Contact (PartNumber2) |
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Refer to the
Customizing documentation. |
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Click Select External
Systems
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Select the only system available and validate: PlaceAssemblyfromXML.
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Click Manage Links
to display the list of the devices to be placed.
The device list displays. |
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Select the equipment: PAC012-Z
The Place button is activated. |
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Click Place.
Since a mapping has been defined and the part number retrieved
from the external data, the catalog browser opens with the predefined
equipment: |
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Select this equipment and click OK.
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The catalog closes. The equipment and connectors are placed. |
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The device list is updated: the equipment and connectors now are
referenced as Linked. |
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Click Close when you are done.
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Placing Equipment in Cavities of Mounting Equipment
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Refer to the
Customizing documentation. |
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Open the P404
document. |
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Click Select External
Systems
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Select the only system available and validate.
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Click Manage Links
to display the list of the devices to be placed.
The device list displays. |
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Select an equipment: P212-1
The Place button is activated. |
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Click the Place button.
Since a mapping has been defined and the part number retrieved
from the external data, the catalog browser opens with the predefined
equipment: |
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Select this equipment and click OK.
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The catalog closes. |
Moving the cursor over the device displays the cavities available
for placement: |
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Click the cavity you
want to use:
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The equipment is placed. |
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The device list is updated: the equipment is now referenced as
Linked. |
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Repeat these steps for the second equipment:
Note that the cavity, where you have previously placed the
equipment, now shows in red. It is not available for placement. |
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Click the last cavity available: the equipment is placed, the
device list and the specification tree are updated. |
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Click Close when you are done.
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Note that if you click in the free space to place the device and
not a cavity, it will be placed at the origin (0,0). |