Routing
To route wires, cables, and harnesses, you must have both SOLIDWORKS
Premium and the routing module of SOLIDWORKS Electrical
installed on your workstation.
The process of routing cables differs from the process of routing wires.
When routing cables you must manually define both the origin and destination
for each cable. When routing wires, the origin and destination are defined
when you create the electrical scheme. However, you must ensure that the
routing of wires complies with the cabling order.
In both processes, you can integrate the routing paths of both wires
and cables into the assembly diagrams. Representing these routing paths
by ducts in the assembly is one possible strategy. When used, this strategy
routes both cables and wires through the defined paths or ducts.
The Segregation feature manages
which paths are mandatory or forbidden for certain categories of cable
and wire.
Completing the routing process automatically updates the required lengths
of wires and cables. At this point in the process, you can generate a
specific report that includes these lengths.