Associating and Dissociating Accessories with Electrical Assemblies

You can manage accessory associations and dissociations within complex electrical assemblies, save accessory relationships in the database, and apply them to components.

A complex assembly consists of multiple interconnected electrical components, subassemblies, wiring, circuits, and terminals all working together to perform a specific function.

You can attach and remove accessory parts to specific circuits or terminals on a complex assembly, which helps to simplify the assembly process. These links are saved in the library.

To associate the accessory with assembly:

  1. Click Library > Manufacturer part management.
  2. In the Manufacturer part management dialog box, under Classification, select a valid class.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Click Add manufacturer part > Add electrical assembly .
    • Click Multiple insertion > Add electrical assemblies .
  4. In the Electrical assembly properties dialog box, click Manufacturer parts .
  5. From a manufacturer part list, circuit list, or terminal list, select any component and accessory that you need to associate.
  6. Do one of the following:
    • To associate:
      • Click Associate or right-click and select Associate .
      • Drag the selected accessory to the part you want to associate.
    • To remove an association, do one of the following:
      • Select the associated part, click Dissociate .

      • Right-click the associated part and select Dissociate .

    The app checks if the selection is valid. For example, if the selected parts do not include accessories, the app displays a warning message and cancels the command.

    You can see the associated relation between base manufacturer part, circuit, and terminal with their associated accessory in the Relation column. If there is no association, the column remains empty.

    You can also see the relationship in the text field at the bottom of the dialog box.

  7. Click OK.