Generating an Arranged Junction Section View

When you flatten a 3D geometry containing branches arranged at junction, all the branches are flattened but the arrangement information at junction is lost. However, you can generate the section view of junctions with the arrangement of segments in a drawing.

The information of the segments orientation is important while manufacturing the harness and it is retrieved from the 3D harness content (not from the flattened content).

Before you begin:
  • The 3D harness and the 3D flattened content must be loaded in session.
  • To add a table reference to an arranged junction section view, declare the electrical Chapter in Data Setup. For more information, see Administration: About Data Setup for Electrical Manufacturing Preparation.
  • Specify the name for the text templates on segments in the arranged junction section view. To do so:
    1. Click Me > Preferences > Standards.
    2. In the Standard Definition dialog box, select Generative Parameters in the Category list.
    3. Expand the DefaultGenerativeStyle node and select Electrical > Segment > JunctionSection node and enter the required name in the TextTemplateName box.
    For more information, see Customizing the Drawing
  1. Open a product containing at least one junction with several branches.




  2. Generate the flattened view.


    The arrangement information of the segments is lost in the flattened document.
  3. In this view, select the electrical geometry, and then create a drawing in the Drafting app.
  4. From the View Layout section of the action bar, click Front View.
    The Generative view style dialog box appears and the Generative view style option is selected by default.
  5. From the flattened view, select a plane in the electrical geometry.
  6. Click anywhere in the drawing to validate the action.
    The drawing view of the geometry, with junctions and segments, is generated.
  7. From the Electrical Dress-up section of the action bar, click Arrange Junction Section View .
  8. In the drawing, hover over a junction to select it.

    : Indicates valid selectable junctions at the junction point.



    Notes:
    • When hovering a branch belonging to an invalid junction (not arranged using Arrange Segments), a symbol indicates that the selection is forbidden.
    • Valid junctions (arranged using the Arrange Segments) are selectable only within 50% of the branch length from the junction point.



    : Indicates the selected junction point.

    Note: If you select another junction for section view generation, the disappears from the earlier selected junction and appears on the new selected junction.

  9. Click the 3D area to create the section view of the selected junction.
    At the right bottom of the next image, you can see that a junction section view with balloon numbering is added in the drawing sheet. The same balloon numbering is attached to each corresponding cut segment with an arrow, allowing you to create a correlation between the segments of the flattened content present in the drawing and the segments in the junction section view.

    A node with the corresponding section view is added to the current sheet.



    Find below a zoom and a description of the generated junction section view:

    • A callout (B-B in the image) is created at the junction to show the viewing direction. The line of the callout is perpendicular to the fork axis, which is along the tangent of the branch curve at the fork extremity.
    • A table reference line is created in the junction section view which is perpendicular to the fork axis. As explained at the beginning of the task, you need to mention a particular Chapter in Data Setup.
    • The viewing direction is perpendicular to the plane in which the segment arrangement is done and from fork extremity towards the secondary segments of the fork.
    • The axis system of the section view is the same as the constraint vector of the junction. Therefore, the orientation of the view is compatible with the torsion analysis. For more information, see Vectors.