Electrical Library

Overview

Conventions

What's New?

Getting Started

Entering the Electrical Part Design Workbench

Defining a Single Insert Connector

Defining a Cavity Connection Point

Entering Electrical Assembly Design Workbench

Accessing Data Through a Catalog

Connecting Electrical Devices

Adding Electrical Behavior to Element Within the Assembly

Inserting New Electrical Part

User Tasks

Using Electrical Library

Entering the Electrical Assembly Design Workbench

Entering the Electrical Part Design Workbench

Creating Wires

Creating Wire References Interactively

Creating Wire References Using Macros

Creating Wire Group References

Creating Catalogs

Describing the CSV File

Editing Wire Properties

Defining Electrical Devices

Defining an Equipment

Defining an Electrical Connector

Defining a Filler Plug

Defining a Contact

Defining a Shell

Defining a Back Shell

Defining a Mounting Equipment

Defining Electrical Connection Points

Defining a Cavity

Defining a Termination

Defining a Connector Connection Point

Defining a Bundle Connection Point

Defining a Cavity Connection Point

Defining a Back Shell Connection Point

Defining a Shell Connection Point

Creating Supports

Creating Standard Supports

Creating Retainers

Creating an Adaptative Part

Creating Protective Coverings

Defining Protection Products

Defining Protection Parts

Connecting/Disconnecting Devices

Connecting Electrical Devices

Disconnecting Electrical Devices

Working with External Systems

Selective Loading in Electrical Products

Importing Electrical External Data for 3D Implementation

Selecting Systems from External Data

Reconciling External Systems and Physical data

Managing Links from External Data

Removing a Link to a Device

Linking Devices from External Data

Replacing a Device from External Data

Placing Internal Splice from Catalog

Displaying Location Information from External Electrical Specification

Working with Electrical Functional Definition

Placing Physical Devices from Functional Data

Removing Functional Link

Adding Link to Component from Functional Data

Electrical Integration from External Data

Environment Settings

Setting up the Electrical Process Interfacing

Selecting Systems from External Data

Placing Devices from External Data

Creating the Cable Harness

Placing Internal Splices

Automatic Routing

Exporting Data from CATIA

Using Catalogs

Storing Devices

Refining the Catalog Mapping for the Device Storage

Connecting Device by Drag and Drop at Placement

Connecting Contacts/Filler Plugs by Drag and Drop at Placement

Using Smart Placement from Catalog

Using Smart Move

Editing Electrical Properties

Viewing Related Objects

Electrical and Knowledge

Electrical User Functions

Electrical Package in Knowledge Expert

Interoperability

ENOVIA V5 Interoperability Using VPM Navigator

Working with Electrical Data

Optimal CATIA PLM Usability

Updating the Bundle Segment-to-Support Link

Using ENOVIA Catalogs for Electrical Mapping

Loading an iXF Document with VPM Navigator

Workbench Description

Menu Bar

Toolbars

Electrical Workbench Specification Tree

Customizing

General

Electrical Library Access

Electrical Mapping

Electrical Process Interfacing

Electrical Data Exchange Format

Describing the iXF Electrical Schema

Considering the iXF Schema in Greater Depth

Methodology

Protective Coverings of Given Length - Methodology

Creating a Protective Covering of Given Length

Instantiating a Protective Covering of Given Length

Using Back Shells as Guiding Supports

Glossary

Index