- Connection Points for Electrical Connectors
A connection point is a point in an electrical connector where a cable begins or ends. Electrical connectors are required to have at least one connection point with the route type set to Electrical. This defines the part as an electrical connector and provides information about the route.
- Creating Electrical Connectors
- Placing Electrical Connectors
You can place electrical connectors in either the top-level assembly or the route subassembly. Where you decide to place them depends on how you intend to assemble the actual hardware.
- Assigning Connector Accessories
You can assign connector accessories such as terminals, seals, plugs, and miscellaneous accessories, to a specific connector or to all the connectors in a route. You can further customize the parameters of a connector accessory for an individual pin.
- Edit Connectors PropertyManager
Use this PropertyManager to define terminals, plugs, seals and miscellaneous accessories to connectors in a route.
- Connector Blocks
Connector blocks represent electrical connectors in flattened drawings. When creating a connector block, you select which views and elements of the connector you want to display in the flattened drawing.