Inserting an Electrical Branch Geometry and First Branch

You can insert an electrical branch geometry and first branch as well as define associated segment parameters.


Before you begin: Create an electrical geometry.
Double-click to activate the electrical geometry.

A dialog box appears letting you specify product attributes.

  • Part Number
  • Description
  • Industry code
  • Standard Number
  • Sub-contracted (True / False)
  • Supplier Name.

The second tab, Electrical Branch Geometry Extension, corresponds to specific electrical data (Sub-type box).

The electrical branch geometry is a 3D Part (Part Number, Description, etc. defined in the 3D Part tab), that is to say an object composed of a product with a 3D Representation. Its main characteristic is to have a "Terminal node" behavior and the impossibility to delete the link between the Product and the Representation; the 3D Shape is a mandatory representation.

The electrical branch geometry will then inherit the 3D Part's properties such as deleting, duplicating, versioning, changing maturity.

A 3D Part is also seen as one object in the Save and Search in Database dialog boxes.

The next tab of the dialog box lets you manage attributes of the associated representation.