Creating Supports

A support is a mechanical object used to hold the bundle segments in position.
There are several types of supports used to route electrical bundle segments.
This functionality is available in Electrical Part Design workbench only.

Creating Standard Supports
Creating Retainers
Creating an Adaptative Part

Methodology: Branch point in the middle of the support/retainer

Creating a branch point in-between the entry point and the exit plane of a support is not recommended. It won't be handled by the flattening command in Electrical Harness Flattening.

Let's have a look at this scenario:

If the support has been defined like this:

You route a branch through this support:

You will not be able to use the branch point in the middle of the support, as it will not be handled when flattening.
The workaround is to define the support as shown below:

With the branch point outside the support definition area:

This will be properly handled by the flattening command in Electrical Harness Flattening.