Clips and virtual clips make
creating routes
for
tubing and electrical
designs much
easier.
The easiest way to model an electrical harness is to use clips. In an
electrical design, wires and cables usually need to be fastened to provide support and
to prevent them from moving around. First, positioning clips and then, passing wires
through clips, by using the Route/Edit through
Clip command or the AutoRoute
tool, provides an easy mechanism for creating and editing a route.
You can:
- Use clip parts or clip assemblies to support different routing
needs.
- Model clips with multiple configurations. As you add more wires
to the harness, the bundle diameter increases. If the diameter becomes too large
for the clip, the clip resizes.
- Use virtual clips if the design does not include clips or if
clip models are unavailable. Virtual clips have no geometry and are excluded
from the bill of materials.
- Route with clips using the Route/Edit
through Clip command or the AutoRoute tool.
- Add routing points (RPoints) to clip parts or clip assemblies to
define wire, cable, or hose alignment.
See Requirements for
Using Cable Clips and Support for Clip
Assemblies and Clip Parts in the Routing Component Wizard.