Procedure for Generating the Documentation of a Harness

You can automatically generate the documentation for 3D harness.

The stages in this procedure are as follows:

Before you begin: Import the content of the DATA and GVS directories located in startup/Electrical/Manufacturing in the 2017x directory.

For more information, see Electrical Manufacturing Preparation Applicative Content.

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About the Documentation Generation Process

Associate Resources in Data Setup

You can associate the resources provided in the applicative content in the resource set Electrical manufacturing preparation resources.

Before you begin: Create a resource table in Electrical manufacturing preparation resources.
  1. In Drawing catalogs, assign the following resources:
    • CarSeatHarnessCatalog
    • Default_Symbol_TT_Catalog
    • EHF_TableReference_Catalog
  2. In Drawing chapters, assign the following resources:
    • Detail Sheet
    • EHF_TableReference_Chapter
    • JunctionSymbolChapter
    • PinMaps
    • Symbols
    • Text Templates
    • TextTemplate Sheet
  3. In Drawing template, assign New_Default_Drawing as drawing template.

    Important: Using a drawing template is mandatory. The drawing standard associated with the template is applied to the generated drawing of the flattened harness. If no drawing template is specified, the default drawing standard (ISO, ANSI-ASME, or JIS) specified in preferences is used for the generated drawing.

Customize Business Logics

You can implement business rules to customize the generation of your documentation.

  1. To apply length tolerance at junctions, write a rule for the Junction management business rule opening ID.

    For more information, see Junction Management Business Rule (EHFArrangedJunction_ComputationLengthToleranceForOwningSegments).

  2. To apply an offset to the cutting line in the drawing, write a rule for the Cutting Line offset business rule opening ID.

    For more information, see Cutting Line Offset Business Rule (EHFDrawing_CuttingLineOffset).

  3. To extract supports that are not instantiated in your electrical geometry, write a rule for the Extract component business rule opening ID.
    For more information, see Extract Component Business Rule (EHFSynchronization_ComputationIfExtractComponent).

Customize Preferences

You can customize your scaling and dimensioning preferences.

  1. In Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > Drafting, expand the Administration section and clear the Disable generative view style usage check box.

    For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: Mechanical: Drafting: Administration.

  2. In > Electrical and Electronic Systems > Electrical Manufacturing Preparation, expand the General section and customize the following preferences:
    1. Under Extract and Synchronize check, select Electrical connection.
    2. Under Backbone identification, select Branch with biggest diameter as start element and Network weight as identification criteria.
  3. Expand the Documentation section and customize the following preferences:
    1. Under Scale algorithm for segments, select Scale and Logarithmic as scaling formula.
    2. Under Protection, select Protection start.
    3. Under Support, select Support start.
    4. Under Mechanical part, select Publish point.
    5. Under Rounding dimension value, select Closest 10.
    6. Select the Check all components are pointed by an electrical dimension at the end of the process check box.
    7. Select the Line-Up dimension check box to create dimensions horizontally and vertically, and also line-up the inclined dimension horizontally.
    8. Under Generative view Style, select the CarSeatHarnessGVS.xml file.

For more information about these options, see Documentation and General.

Generate the Documents

You can automatically generate the documents to create the documentation of the 3D harness.

Important: The 3D harness must contain at least one electrical physical system to enable the documentation generation.

  1. Open the CarSeatHarness.3dxml in an authoring tab.
  2. From the Documentation section of the action bar, click Documentation .

    The command is not available if a generated layout is already open.

  3. Select the required electrical physical system.

    If you select another electrical physical system after previous selection, previous selection is not considered.

  4. In the Documentation Process panel, click Validation to validate the selected content.

    The button turns orange if there are any warnings. The expanders between following are displayed under Report:

    • Electrically disconnected branches: Under this, all the branches which are open ended or electrically disconnected are listed.
    • Branches without curve: Under this, all the branches which are not linked to any curve are listed.
    • Loops in data: Under this, all the elements which are forming the loop in the harness data are listed. These elements will be displayed in orange .
    • Check for multiple networks: Under this, all the networks connected to current electrical physical system are listed. By default, the biggest network among the connected networks is flattened.
      Color Significance


      		Network to be flattened


      		Other identified connected networks

      To flatten the required network, you can right-click the required network and click the Select network.

    You can click the button again to proceed ignoring the warning.

    Note: Click Validation again to reinitiate the selection of electrical physical system.
  5. Optional: Apply filters to the required columns to display the required values.
    For more information, see Applying Filters.
  6. Click Generate Layout to generate the documentation of the flattened content.

    The button turns yellow to indicate a warning. Clicking the button again enables to proceed despite the warning.

    • In a new tab, the 2D drawing of the flattened harness is generated according to the preferences set in the GVS file.

      Annotations such as the connector information table, cutting lines, and symbols appear.



    • In another new tab, the flattened layout of the harness is generated under a new product.

      The harness backbone is aligned on the x-axis and the content is scaled and dimensioned according to the preferences and the sheet template.



      Notes:
      • During the documentation generation process, the flattening is always done in regular mode. For more information, see Regular.
      • In case of any errors, the button turns red and the process stops.
  7. Modify the shape of the branches of the documentation data by manipulating the end devices connected to the segments.