About Electrical Physical System Export

This section describes the mapping of KBL models in Electrical Manufacturing Preparation.

Important: The electrical design content and its associated electrical geometry including a segment curve are exported in KBL format. Extracted or flattened electrical content is not supported and cannot be exported.

This page discusses:

See Also
Exporting an Electrical Physical System in KBL

Electrical Objects

This table contains the objects exchanged between KBL and electrical design models.

KBL Electrical Manufacturing Preparation
Harness Electrical Physical System
Electrical Geometry
Branch
Branch route [FlexibleCurve]
Segment Segment
Fixing_assignment Support entry and output points
Protection_area Protections extremities
Node [2] Segment Extremity
Segment Section Sketch
Segment_form Section dimension
Segment route [Split - FlexibleCurve - ExternalCurve]
Segment 3D representation [Sweep - Loft]
Wire_protection_occurrence Protection
Fixing_occurrence Support [occurrence]
Connector_occurrence Shell [occurrence]
Connector_occurrence Connector (Single Connector / Splice) [occurrence]
Slot_occurrence [0,*]
Cavity_occurrence [0,*] Electrical Port Extension - Cavity
Contact_point Extended Port
Accessory_occurrence BackShell [occurrence]
Terminal_occurrence Contact [occurrence]
Cavity_plug_occurrence Filler Plug [occurrence]
Cavity_seal_occurrence
Accessory_occurrence Mechanical Part [occurrence belonging to Assembly]
Wire_occurrence Wire spec
Connection Wire spec
Wire_group Wire Group spec
Routing Wire Route
Connector_housing Shell
Connector_housing Connector (Single Connector / Splice)
Slot
Cavity Electrical Port Extension - Cavity
Electrical Port Extension - Connector Connection Point
Accessory BackShell
Cavity_plug Filler Plug
Cavity_seal
General_terminal Contact
Support Fixing
Wire_protection Protection
Accessory Mechanical Part [belonging to Assembly]
General_wire Wire

Mapping Data Models

This section describes the data models exchanged between Electrical Manufacturing Preparation and KBL models.

Harness / Electrical Physical System

Harness Electrical Physical System
Id V_Name (Title)
Part_number V_Name (Title)
Company_name
Version
Abbreviation
Description
Car_classification_level_2
Model_year
Content "harness complete set"

Connector_housing / Single Insert Connector/Shell

Connector_housing Single Insert Connector/Shell
Id V_Name (Title)
Part_number V_Name (Title)
Company_name
Version
Abbreviation
Cavity [0,*] Cavities [0,*]
Description V_description

One KBL slot is created and includes all the cavities.

Accessory / BackShell/ MechanicalPart

Accessory BackShell/MechanicalPart
Id V_Name (Title)
Part_number V_Name (Title)
Company_name
Version
Abbreviation
Description V_description
Accessory_type

  • The Backshell is not defined in the KBL format.
  • The mechanical parts identified as Assembly part will be exported as Accessory.
    Note: By default, a mechanical part is exported as a KBL accessory only if there is an assembly constraint between the mechanical part and an electrical part.

    The Customize KBL Export of Mechanical Parts (ELE_ManagePartsAsKBLAccessory) opening ID allows you to customize this behavior.

Fixing / Support

Fixing Support
Id V_Name (Title)
Part_number V_Name (Title)
Company_name
Version
Description V_description
Abbreviation
Fixing_type "Support"

Wire_protection / Protection

Wire_protection Protection
Part_number Elec_Ref_PartNumber attribute
Company_name
Version
Abbreviation
Protection_type CATIA type

The Wire_protection information is retrieved from the CATIA internal protection.

General_wire / Wire

General_wire Wire
Id V_Name (Title)
Part_number Elec_PartNumberReference attribute
Company_name
Version
Abbreviation
Wire_type "individual wire"
Bend_radius Elec_Bend_Radius attribute
Cross_section_area Elec_SectionArea attribute
Outside_diameter Elec_OutsideDiameter attribute
Cover_colour Elec_Color attribute

The General_wire information is retrieved from the CATIA wire.

General_terminal / Contact

General_terminal Contact
Id V_Name (Title)
Part_number V_Name (Title)
Company_name
Version
Abbreviation
Terminal_type "regular"

Cavity_plug / Filler Plug

Cavity_plug Filler Plug
Id V_Name (Title)
Part_number V_Name (Title)
Company_name
Version
Abbreviation
Plug_type CATIA type: "FillerPlug"

Connector_occurrence / Single Insert Connector/Shell occurrence

Connector_occurrence Single Insert Connector/Shell occurrence
Id Instance name
Placement CATIA position matrix

Accessory_occurrence / BackShell occurrence

Accessory_occurrence BackShell occurrence
Id Instance name
Placement CATIA position matrix

Fixing_occurrence / Support occurrence

Fixing_occurrence Support occurrence
Id Instance name
Placement CATIA position matrix

Terminal_occurrence / Contact occurrence

Terminal_occurrence Contact occurrence
Id Instance name

Cavity_plug_occurrence / Filler Plug

Cavity_plug_occurrence Filler Plug
Id Instance name

Wire_protection_occurrence / Internal protection

Wire_protection_occurrence Internal protection
Id Computed from CATIA name
Protection_length Computed length on segment

The CATIA internal protection can cover several segments. The KBL Wire_protection_occurrence will be associated to several protection area.

General_wire_occurrence / Wire

General_wire_occurrence Wire
Length_information Elec_Length
Wire_number CATIA name

Wire_connection / Wire Ends links

Wire_connection Wire Ends links
Id
Signal_name Elec_Signal_Id attribute
Position_on_wire 0 or 1.
Contact_point From/To cavity

The Wire_connection object does not exist in 3DEXPERIENCE. The necessary information is generated from the wire attributes and links.

Routing / Wire Route

Wire Route Routing
Segments list of segments of wire route
Routed_wire wire referencing the wire route

Segment / Segment

Segment Segment
Id CATIA Id
Virtual_length Elec_length attribute
Form "circular" or "noncircular"
Cross_section_area area of the section sketch
Center_curve Set of edges forming the segment center curve

The KBL Cross_section_area is computed using the CATIA section sketch associated to the sweep representation of the CATIA segment.

Center Curve / Center Curve

Segment Curve Segment Curve
B_spline_curve One edge of the segment center curve
Degree Degree of curve
Control_points Coordinates of control points of every edge forming the center curve

The exported segment can be made of several B-spline curves.

Node / Segment End

Node Segment End
Id Node.n
Cartesian_point Segment End point

The KBL Node is generated from one or several (branch point case) CATIA segment ends. All segments end connected at one point generates one KBL Node.

Protection_area / Protection Ends

Protection_area Protection Ends
Start_location Internal Protection End 1 position or computed if protection split
End_location Internal Protection End 2 position or computed if protection split

Fixing_assignment / Entry/Output points of support

Fixing_assignment Entry/Output points of support
Location Position of support center on segment (Entry/Output mid point)
Orientation[3] Z vector of the position matrix

The location of the KBL Fixing is computed as the position on the segment curve of the middle point between entry point and the output point of the CATIA support.