What's New

R2022x FD01 (FP.2205)

Computing Mass, COG, and Moment of Inertia of Cables

You can now compute the mass, center of gravity (COG), and moment of inertia for a cable when you synchronize the cable with routes in Cable Management Assistant

These parameters are recomputed whenever you edit the following lengths of the cable:

Boundary length from and boundary length to
Extra length from and extra length to
Estimated length of other routes that are not validated

To do so, select the Compute cables mass, COG and MI on synchronize and length edition check box in electrical preferences.

Also, a new option in electrical preferences, Mass of cable computed based on, lets you compute the mass of the cable based on either its design length or cutting length.

For more information, see Weight Computation for Electrical Content Cable Mass, COG, and MI Computation

Validating, Invalidating, or Revising Routes Automatically

While synchronizing cables in Logical to Physical Assistant

, you can now validate, invalidate, or revise the routes automatically using a new opening ID, Execute Properties for Cable Synchronize (L2P_ExecuteDuringCableSynchronize).

The following new EKL methods are added for ElecRoute: ElecRoute.Validate(), ElecRoute.InValidate(), and ElecRoute.Revise().

Benefits: Automating the step of changing the validation status of routes improves the productivity.

For more information, see Execute Properties for Cable Synchronize (L2P_ExecuteDuringCableSynchronize) Electrical Methods

Managing Custom Attributes on Electrical Types using Collaborative Spaces Configuration Center

You can now add and manage custom attributes on the following electrical types using the Collaborative Spaces Configuration Center widget: electrical cable, electrical routable, electrical cable reference, electrical geometry, electrical physical system, electrical branch geometry, conductor, electrical conductor, electrical conductor group, electrical port, junction point, cavity, connector connection point, backshell connection point, shell connection point, segment connection point, segment position point, splice position point, and cavity connection point.

Benefits: You have increased flexibility in managing the custom attributes on electrical types.

Sorting Branches of a Branch Set

A new branch inside a branch set is now placed in alphanumeric order.

Also, the existing branches of a branch set are now sorted alphanumerically, whenever you perform the following operations:

Creating a new branch.
Splitting a branch.
Copying or moving a branch to another branch set.
Renaming a branch.
Duplicating a network.

For the existing unsorted branch sets, you can right-click a branch set and select Branch Set object > Auto Sort.

Benefits: Systematic organization of branches inside a branch set enables you to locate the branches quickly.

Sorting Cables of an Electrical Physical System

A new cable inside an electrical physical system is now placed in alphanumeric order, provided that the Automatic reorder of cables alphanumerically option is selected at Me

> Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Electrical 3D Design > Conductor > Cable.

Also, the existing cables of an electrical physical system are now sorted alphanumerically, whenever you create a new cable or copy an existing cable to the electrical physical system.

For the existing unsorted cables, you can right-click the electrical physical system and select Order Alphanumerically.

Benefits: Systematic organization of cables inside an electrical physical system enables you to locate the cables quickly.

Exporting Floating Spreadsheets

You can now export floating spreadsheets to CSV and excel files.

Benefits: You can export information of only selected objects.

For more information, see Exporting a Spreadsheet

Opening Physical Products in RFLP Structure

From the Product Structure Editor and 3DSearch widgets, you can now open physical products in RFLP structure in a native app.

To do so, select the Open physical product in RFLP editor check box at Me

> Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Electrical and Electronic Systems > Electrical 3D Design > Open.

Benefits: You can work with the Logical to Physical command and synchronize physical data with logical data.

Integrating Logical and Physical Splices in the Logical to Physical Assistant

The Logical to Physical Assistant now supports splices as a new type of connectors.

When running a logical to physical analysis with Analyze

, the Electrical Device tab now integrates splices and displays information relating to them.

Splices can have one or more logical pins.
You can use physical splices and their cavities as Expected From and Expected To ends for wires in the Wire tab of the Logical to Physical Assistant.
You can use the different commands available for connectors in the Electrical Device tab with splices.

Benefits: The integration of splices extends the types of connectors that you can use, place, and manage as electrical devices in the Logical to Physical Assistant.

R2022x GA

Viewing the Synchronization Status of Cable Routes in the 3D Area

A color is now applied to cable routes in the 3D area to distinguish their synchronization status.

The predefined colors can be modified in the preferences of the Cable Manager Assistant panel.

For more information, see Synchronizing Cables with Cable Routes

Switching to Edition: Cables and Cable Routes

The Switch to Edition command is now available in the following commands: Routing Assistant, Cable Management Assistant, and Associate Junction Point.

For more information, see About the Editability of Cables and Cable Routes

Supporting Polyhedral Geometries

You can now apply commands on polyhedral objects, or use polyhedral geometry as input.

Benefits: The app is more efficient and robust.

For more information, see Polyhedral Geometry in Electrical 3D Design

Specifying Cutting Length for Cables

You can now specify the cutting length and the cutting length tolerance for a cable.

It is computed and displayed when you synchronize the cables.

You can also specify the default cutting length tolerance using preferences.

Benefits: Specifying cutting length takes into account the extra lengths in various bends and other factors of the cables.

For more information, see Creating a Cable About Cables Synchronization Cutting Length

Managing the Visual Quality Using Level of Detail (LOD)

You can now manage the visual quality of 3D branches and segments using the level of details to be displayed.

According to the LOD, 3D branches and segments are replaced by a dashed line representing their center line. The loft branches (branches with multiple profiles) now also supported by LOD mechanism.

Benefits: The support of LOD improves the performance while handling the large data and its 3D view handling.

For more information, see Visual Quality Management

Generating a Configured Harness

You can now generate several configured harnesses together. You can also add the customized columns in the Harness Configuration panel.

Benefits: Generating several configured harnesses together saves time.

For more information, see Generating a Configured Harness

Saving Electrical Data for Accessing it in Interference Check

While saving electrical data, a light model for segments and protection is saved with each type of feature (segment, protection, branch, etc.) which can now be used to check interferences.

To do so, specify the preferences at Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Electrical and Electronic Systems > Electrical 3D Design > Data Review.

Benefits: The detailed interference analysis is now possible.

For more information, see Data Review

Finalize Data Import Command Removed

The Finalize Data Import command was removed from the Import / Export section of the action bar.