SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic - Exercise #07

The aim of this exercise is to manipulate the manufacturer parts, to assign it to a component, to create it and to use the electrical Content Portal. This exercise is based on the electrical project you made in the Exercise #06. If you did not complete it, you can download the electrical project file and unarchive it in SOLIDWORKS Electrical. To do this exercise, you need to unarchive the environment, available in the Exercise #01.

If this is your first time, open the PDF file of the exercise to read through it. Printing it out is recommended.

• Assigning manufacturer parts

• Manual manufacturer part

• Creating a manufacturer part

• Using the Electrical Content Portal

Assigning manufacturer parts

Using the dockable panel, allocate the manufacturer parts to the non-referenced components. (See Appendix 7a)

1. Go into the dockable panel in the Components tab and select the elements you wish to reference.

2. This command is available in the contextual menu.

3. Go into the Filters tab. Uncheck the Automatic refresh box and enter the various criteria.

4. Click on the Search button.

5. The same principle will be used to reference the location and devices.

Manual manufacturer part

Enter a part manually for the EV1 component.

1. Open the contextual menu for component EV1 and select the Component properties command.   

2. In the properties dialog box, go into the Manufacturer part and circuits tab.

3. Click on the Create manufacturer part button and enter the requested data.

4. Click on OK. A message is displayed asking if you wish to store this part in the catalog.

5. The part will only be available for this component.

Creating a manufacturer part

Open the manufacturer catalog and create the following part:

1. The Manufacturer part management is available in the Library menu.

2. Select the Starter class.

3. Click on the Add part icon.

4. Enter the requested data.

Add this component to your electrical project (dockable panel) and insert the symbol associated with it into one of the drawings. Then delete the inserted symbol.

1. Go into the Components tab in the dockable panel. In the location contextual menu, select the New > Component manufacturer part command.

2. Select the Starters/Reversing switches class (it will give you the mark root).

3. Run a search on part 123456 from the Training manufacturer.

4. A new mark is added in the list.

5. Open the contextual menu for the new component and select the Insert symbol command.

6. The symbol associated with the manufacturer part is automatically selected. Insert it and check the manufacturer part association.

The Electrical Content Portal

Use the Electrical Content Portal (ECP) to download the manufacturer part LS100L-4P(2.2) from Leroy Somer catalog.

1. Use this link to access to the ECP: Access to ECP

2. Use your e-mail address and your password you received on the purchase e-mail to connect to your account or create a new account.

3. In the Search zone, enter LS100L and select the Series tab.

4. The Leroy Somer catalog appears in the result of the search. Click the Download button and save the file in a personal folder.

5. ECP creates a Part.TEWZIP file which can be unarchived in the Manufacturer parts management.

6. After unarchiving the file, assign the LS100L-4P(2.2) manufacturer part to the motors M1 and M2.