About Connection Points

Placing connection points using an axis system is the recommended method.

By default, a right-handed axis system is defined. You can define a left-handed axis system, but if you do so, make sure that axis systems for mating connection points follow the same rule, i.e. mating connection points both have right-handed or left-handed systems.

When mating connectors are connected, X, Y and Z axes as well as axis system origins are superimposed to align mating connectors.

The X-axis is used to position mating connectors and must be correctly oriented. If the male connector has an X-axis protruding from the connector, the female connector must have an X-axis pointing inside the connector. When adding connection points to mating connectors, you are advised to adopt the same convention throughout your design: all male connectors with a protruding X-axis and all female with an inwards X-axis (or vice-versa).

For more information about defining axis systems, see Generative Shape Design User's Guide: Defining an Axis System.

You can delete all types of connection points.

When deleting these points, the associated publication is also deleted.

However, the publications of the geometries which constrain their placement are not automatically deleted, since they may have been created earlier, in another app. To delete the publications of geometries, you can use the publication management, available in the Electrical 3D Part Design app.