Electrical 3D Design

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Electrical 3D Design Basics

Related Guides and Resources

Electrical 3D Design Access to Content

Predefined Queries

User Interface

Action Bar

Conductors Section: Primary Area

Cable Section: Primary Area

Import / Export Section: Primary Area

Branch Section: Primary Area

Device Section: Primary Area

Standard Area

The Tree

Customizing Preferences

Tutorial: Using Network Assistant

Analyzing your Network

Filtering Objects According to Connectivity Status

Repairing Connectivity Problems in Network

Analyzing Segment Filling Ratio

Filtering Segments According to Filling Ratio

Creating Electrical Objects

Creating an Electrical Conductor Reference

Creating an Electrical Conductor Group Reference

Creating an Electrical Physical System

Creating an Electrical Branch Geometry

Creating an Electrical Geometry

Inserting Electrical Objects

Inserting an Electrical Geometry

Inserting an Electrical Branch Geometry

About Electrical Branch Geometries

Inserting an Electrical Branch Geometry and First Branch

Inserting More than One Electrical Branch per Electrical Geometry

Using the Protective Covering Orientation

Inserting an Electrical Physical System

Inserting Conductors Manually

About the Copy/Cut-and-paste Capability Across Electrical Physical Systems

Inserting Conductors

Inserting Conductors with Customized Types

Creating Spare Conductors

Inserting Conductor Groups

Populating Conductor Groups

Mapping Conductors and Conductor Groups

About Mapping Conductors

Instantiating and Linking Conductors

Linking Conductors

Unlinking Conductors

Using Electrical Catalogs with the Map Conductors Command

Routing Conductors

Routing Concepts

About Routing

About the Compatibility Table

About Routing Conductors in Complex Assemblies

About Route Status Visualization in the Tree

Simulating the Route

Routing Conductors Automatically

Routing Conductors Manually

Routing Conductors through Spaces

Working with the Conductor Routing Assistant

About Conductor Routing Assistant

Launching the Conductor Routing Assistant

Managing the Display in the Conductor Routing Assistant

Routing Conductors with the Conductor Routing Assistant

Generating a Conductor Routing Report

Editing Conductors Properties in the Floating Spreadsheet

Loading Objects Related to Conductors

Using a Compatibility Table during Conductors Routing

Updating the Segments Diameter

Working with Cables

Cables Concepts

About Cable Attributes

About the Editability of Cables and Cable Routes

About the Impacts of Junction Points on Cable Routes

About the Cables Integration in the Enterprise Knowledge Language and in Data Setup

About the Copy/Cut-and-paste Capability Management for Cables

Creating a Cable Reference

Creating a Cable

Associating Junction Points with Cables

Routing Cables

Managing Constraints

Managing Cable Routes

Validating Cable Routes

Loading Objects Related to Cables

Managing Impacts on Cable Routes

Synchronizing Cables

About Cables Synchronization

Synchronizing Cables with Cable Routes

About Conductor or Cable Routing Prioritization

Managing Local Slack

Splitting Branches

Merging Branches

Duplicating your Network

Manipulating your Network

Routing Multiple Elements Automatically

About Routing Multiple Elements Automatically

Routing Multiple Branches with Multiple Elements Automatically

Creating Electrical Symmetry

About Electrical Symmetry

Creating an Electrical Symmetry

Generating a Configured Harness

Creating a Protective Covering Reference

Connecting Segments

About Segments Connections

Connecting Segments Geometrically

Connecting Segments Distantly

Connecting Segments with a Proxy Branch Point

Disconnecting Segments

Connecting Segments to a Junction

About Working with Junction Points

Creating a Junction Point

Arranging Segments

About Outer and Optimum Diameters

Arranging Segments in Supports Manually

Arranging Segments in Supports Automatically

Copying Arrangement between Supports

Arranging Segments at Junction

Arranging Branches with the Arrange Junction Assistant

About the Arrange Junction Assistant

Arranging Branches Manually

Arranging Branches using Data Setup

Analyzing Your Design

Design Analysis Concepts

About Checking Connectivity

About Analyzing Networks

Checking Connectivity

About the Electrical Network Exposition in the Enterprise Knowledge Language

Simulating Flexible Objects

About Scenarios with Flexible Objects

About Reviewing Scenario Results

Creating a Kinematics Scenario with Flexible Objects

Reviewing Scenario Results

Connecting Devices

About Connecting Electrical Devices

Connecting Electrical Devices Together

Connecting Electrical Devices to Branches Manually

Connecting Electrical Devices to Branches Automatically

Disconnecting Electrical Devices

Connectable Devices Reference Table

Importing Electrical Data

About Importing Electrical Data

Selecting External Systems

Placing Electrical Devices from External Systems

Linking Electrical Devices

Using Electrical Catalogs with the Manage Links Command

Removing a Link

Replacing an Electrical Device

Using Drag and Drop

Placing Equipments

Using Smart Place

About the Default Orientation of Placed Components

Using Smart Place from Catalog

Using Smart Place from Database

Using Smart Place from Library

Using Smart Move

Synchronizing Physical Data with Logical Data

Logical to Physical Concepts

About Logical To Physical

About Logical to Physical Synchronization

About the Display of Implement Links

About the HTML Report

Creating Implement Links

Synchronizing in a Wiring Context

Synchronizing in a Cabling Context

Synchronizing in an Intermediate Level

Synchronizing with Spaces

Synchronizing a Logical System with Several Electrical Physical Systems

Physical Element Creation Reference Table

Analyzing Physical and Logical Objects Using the Logical to Physical Assistant

About the Logical to Physical Assistant

About the Logical to Physical Assistant

Using the Assistant Widgets

About Equipments

About Electrical Devices

About Wires

About Cables

Defining Preferences for the Logical to Physical Assistant

Selecting the Objects to Analyze Using the Logical to Physical Assistant

Selecting Parents

Selecting 3D References

Creating 3D Objects

Placing a 3D Object Using Auto Place

Placing 3D Objects Manually

Moving 3D Objects

Deleting 3D Objects

Synchronizing the Attributes of the Physical Objects

Creating and Deleting Implement Links

Replacing 3D References

Assigning New Parents to Physical Objects

Working with Weight

Defining and Computing Weight in a Design Context

About Defining Weight

About Computed Weight

About Declared Weight

About Error Margin and Weight Maturity

About the Weight Attributes Table

Defining Weight

Declaring Weight

Computing Weight

Checking Weight Distribution

Weight Computation for Electrical Content

Editing in a Spreadsheet

About the Spreadsheet

About the Floating Spreadsheet

About Electrical Physical Entities Browsed, Created and Edited by the Spreadsheet

Displaying a Model in the Spreadsheet

Creating an Object in the Spreadsheet

Editing Properties in the Spreadsheet

Browsing, Editing and Creating Electrical Physical Data via the Spreadsheet

Exporting a Spreadsheet

Electrical Data Exchange

Import/Export Concepts

About Importing Conductors

About HTML and XML Formats

About Exporting Conductors

Electrical Data Exchange Format

Importing Conductors

Importing Conductors from a List

Listing Extra Conductors

Exporting Conductors

Exporting Conductors in HTML and XML Formats

Exporting Conductors in iXF Format

Electrical Physical System Export in KBL

Export of Electrical Objects using the Downward Compatibility

Unloading Objects

Using B.I. Essentials in Electrical 3D Design

Reference Information

About Interface in Read-Only Mode

Electrical File-based Design Import

About Importing Electrical Content Using File-based Design Import

Electrical Library File-based Design Import

Electrical Harness Installation File-based Design Import

Electrical Wire Routing File-based Design Import

Electrical Database Design Import

About Importing Electrical Content Using Database Design Import

Electrical Library Database Design Import

Electrical Harness Installation Database Design Import

Electrical Wire Routing Database Design Import

Polyhedral Geometry in Electrical 3D Design

Design Range Management

Quality Rules Management

Knowledge Packages

Electrical Functions

Electrical Methods

Electrical Feature Types

Standard Types

Electrical Physical Types

LogicalToPhysical Types

Administration: About Data Setup for Electrical 3D Design