Naming Wires and Cables in the FeatureManager Design Tree

You can view the marks or names of 3D wires, cables, and their cores under Route Parts in the FeatureManager® design tree for a routing assembly. The Electrical Attributes PropertyManager automatically preassigns the marks or names.

This helps you correlate the 3D routes in the FeatureManager design tree with the marks or names of the wires, cables, and their cores displayed on the schematic drawing.

The naming convention uses the following to uniquely identify different routes:
  • Wire, cable, and cable core marks from the Electrical Attributes PropertyManager.
  • Sequential numbers as suffixes (n). Where n is proportional to the number of splits (with split route) and 1 (without split route).
  • The directions (FROM/TO) that they connect to the components.

For example, the above image shows the naming for a routing assembly with four wires as follows:

  • The three wires red, white, and yellow do not have Split Route applied and the naming convention is:

    Wire mark_1

    For example, 20g_red_2_1

  • The blue wire has a Split Route applied at two points with three split bodies created and the naming convention is:
    • For the two extreme ends connected to the components:

      Wire Mark_FROM/TO_Component Mark

      For example,

      20g blue_1_FROM_Component1

      20g blue_1_TO_Component2

    • In-between cable bodies not connected to the components:

      Wire Mark_n

      For example,

      20g blue_1_1