Equipment & Systems Engineering

CATIA - Electrical Wire Routing 2 (EWR)

CATIA V5R18

Equipment & Systems Engineering

CATIA - Electrical Wire Routing

Generate and manage the electrical wires within the digital mock-up
according to the functional or wiring specifications.

Product overview
CATIA - Electrical Wire Routing 2 (EWR)
generates electrical wires within the digital
mock-up, according to the functional or
wiring specifications. The wires are routed
according to specifications coming from
external electrical CAD systems or the
functional definition coming from the CATIA Electrical Functional Definition (EFD) product.
The wires are generated in a bundle network
designed with the CATIA Electrical Harness
Installation 2 or through a space reservation
network defined by CATIA - System Space
Reservation 2 (SSR). CATIA - Electrical Wire
Routing 2 (EWR) allows users to capture and
reuse corporate know-how during the routing
process. Analysis capabilities such as bundle
content are provided as well as reports about
wire routing for harness manufacturing.

Product Highlights
Generates the physical wires as the
results of routing through functional
of your electrical system
Data exchange with electrical functional or
wiring CAD system through CAA APIs or
data format
Optimizing wire routing according to
company design rules
Reports wire routing details for use in
harness manufacturing

Product Key Customers Benefits

Routing electrical signal... Electrical wires
created in a bundle that receives a functional
signal. Users can specify whether an electrical
signal should be routed through a space
reservation network (created with CATIA Systems Space Reservation (SSR) or a bundle
network (created with CATIA V4 ELW
Electrical Wire Bundle Installation). Users also
can specify that an electrical signal be routed
in a bundle network created with CATIA Electrical Harness Installation 2. Routing of a
functional signal will generate wires, with the
related catalog reference defined in the
functional system.
Ability to route wire from external
application specifications... Through XML
files, users have the ability to import Wire
properties and "from-to" connectivity into their
application, facilitating productive routing from
external applications. Moreover, routing can
be driven by legacy databases through the
CAA Interface.

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Optimizing wire route... Users can optimize

the wire route according to company design
rules criteria, such as shortest wire route,
multiple extremities signals, and simultaneous
signals in compliance with priority order. In
addition, users can manage areas in the
pathway, as well as separations code and
automatic positioning at wire forks. For signals
going through several bundles, each wire is
created in the appropriate bundle according
to its route. To create the wire in the
appropriate bundle, users must pre-define
how geometric harnesses are associated with
wire bundles.
Define electrical wires on bundle
segments... Users can route an electrical
wire by defining one or several bundle
segments loaded within CATIA V5. The
diameter and the minimum bend radius of
the bundle segment are automatically
computed according to the content (wires).
Users also can route wires inside V4
harnesses created with Electrical Wire
Bundle Installation.
Define electrical routes on pathways...
A
signal can be routed on a pathway network
created with CATIA - Systems Space
Reservation (SSR).
Access electrical wire definition from
catalogs...
Users
can
assign
wire
properties automatically or manually from
electrical catalogs (catalog available in CATIA Electrical Library 2 (ELB)).
Select wire termination from catalog... The
electrical contact (wire termination) is defined
from the catalog.
Split and merge electrical wire
connections... The system splits and
merges wire connections. The merge
implies automatic redefinition of the new
wire connection, which connects all the
wires to a given wire connection.

splice.
Define and assign interconnections
between wires and pins...
For
wires
connected
to
connectors,
the
wire
termination can be assigned to the
connector pin.
Define wire bridge and crimping... A wire
may connect two pins of the same
connector to create a bridge. Users can
set two or more wires on the same contact
if those wires belong to the same signal.
The crimping function also allows users to
delete the bridge wire.
Electrical disconnecting analysis...
Users
can
define
the
correspondence
of
electrical pins for two mating connectors.
Analysis of electrical links between
objects... Users can analyze all electrical
links between objects for all electrical
applications. For example:
Determine if bundle segments are
connected together or with electrical
connectors.
Identify wires contained into a bundle
segment.
Determine on which pin a wire is
connected to on an electrical connector.
Determine the physical implementation of
functional connectors/equipment.
Reports about wire routing for harness
manufacturing... Users can generate two
types of textual synthesis reports:
HTML report files, including the list of
physical wires created at routing step;
and/or
XML files containing the complete
harness description to be reused for
harness
manufacturing
and
documentation.

Place internal splices in the harness to

connect wires... By a simple drag and drop
of a splice onto a wire connection, users
can replace a wire connection with a

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