Electrical Routes

Contents

• Prerequisites For Electrical Routing
  

  Before you begin an electrical route subassembly, have the following available:

• Creating a Route for Connectors to be Components of the Subassembly
  

• Creating a Route for Connectors to be Components of Main Assembly
  

• Auto Route
  

  The Auto Route tool automatically creates route geometry. For example, in the case of electrical routing, a spline is generated to connect the short stub lines of the connectors and create a route.

• From-To List
  

  The From-To List is an Excel spreadsheet that defines:

• Flattening a Route
  

• Electrical Connectors
  

  You can use electrical connector parts supplied with the software, or create your own parts. Follow these steps to make connectors.

• Creating Custom Connector Tables Templates
  

• Edit Wires
  

  After you define paths between connectors in the route subassembly, you can associate cable/wire data with the paths. The route diameter updates to reflect the diameter of the cables or wires you select for each path.

• Displaying Electrical Attributes
  

  When editing a cable route, you can query the electrical attributes of the selected route segment.

• Bends
  

  You can create bends and tangency at the junction of three cable segments.

• Splices
  

  You can add splices to electrical routes.

• Manually Defining Connectivity Data
  

  If you create an electrical route using Start by Drag/Drop, you can define connectivity data in the Edit Wires PropertyManager without specifying paths. Then you can use Guidelines in the Auto Route PropertyManager to manipulate the paths.

• Manufacture-style Flattening
  

  A manufacture-style flattened route unfolds a route to scale and defines the boundary of a formboard in which to place the flattened route. You can use the manufacture-style flattened route when designing electrical cable routes for manufacturing.

• Ribbon Cables
  

  You can model flexible or folded ribbon cable routes.

• Standard Cables and Tubes
  

  You can create a library of standard cables and tubes. The information for standard cables and tubes is stored in an Excel spreadsheet.

• Bill of Materials for Electrical Routes
  

  In a flattened drawing of an electrical route, you can insert the following tables that display items specific to electrical routes:

• Selecting Wires for Electrical Library
  

  Select wires or cables to use in the route in the Electrical Library dialog box, which appears when you click Add Wires in the Edit Wires PropertyManager.

• Import Cable/Wire Data PropertyManager