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Between connectors:
A check is performed between the external system connector
Part Number and the physical connector Part Number:
- If they are identical: the link is done
- If the external system connector Part Number is
empty: the link is automatically done.
- If the external system connector Part Number is
different from the physical connector Part Number, a
message is displayed. You can decide whether or not you want to
create the link (using the OK or Cancel
buttons). If you create the link, the instance name of the
physical connector will be replaced by the instance name of the
external system connector.
Then a check is performed between the sub-entities Id
Number: the external system contacts and physical cavities,
terminations:
- If the Id Number is identical, the link is created
between sub-entities.
For example, a pin in the 3D data is mapped to its external
counterpart, using this mechanism. Then the pin Id
coming from the external electrical specification is set as
reference designator for the connector termination in the 3D
session.
- If some Id Number attributes are different, a
message warns you that only some of the sub-entities have been
linked.
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Between equipment or between shells:
A check is performed between the external system Part
Number and the physical equipment Part Number:
- If it is identical: the link is done.
- If the external system equipment Part Number is
empty: the link is automatically done.
- If the external system equipment Part Number is
different from the physical equipment Part Number, a
message is displayed. You can decide whether you want to create
the link (using the OK button) or not (Cancel).
At that time, the external system connectors have to be
reconciled with the physical connectors of the equipment: the
mapping is done between the external system connector Name
and the cavity Id Number of the equipment. When a cavity
Id Number is compatible, the connector plugged in this
cavity is reconciled with the external system connector.
For example: an equipment has two cavities, with IdNum1
and IdNum2 as Id Number.
If the external system specification mentioned that a connector is
plugged in IdNum1 , and if, in the 3D session, a
connector with the compatible Part Number is connected
within this cavity, the system will automatically link this
connector by setting its reference designator to the Id
of the connector coming from the external specifications.
Then the checks are performed for the sub-entities (see
paragraph 1 above) of the connectors previously linked (as
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Automatic placement of a connector on an equipment already realized:
If an external system consists of an equipment with connectors,
and the equipment is already realized but not the connectors, when
you place the physical connectors from the catalog using the
Link button of the Manage Links command
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they are automatically placed at the correct location in the
cavities of the equipment, and the electrical connection is
performed at the same time. |
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