Flattening The Harness: Exercise

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Exercise: Flattening the Harness

Task 1. Create the harness manufacturing assembly.
1. To view light cables more easily, edit to the dark background color:
◾ Click File > Options.
◾ Select the System Colors and then select Dark Background as the color Scheme and click OK.
2. Create a new manufacturing harness named HARNESS_MFG. The Type should be Manufacturing,
and the Sub-type should be Harness.
3. Reference the Master Rep of HARNESS_1.PRT.
4. Name the Flat Harness model HARNESS_FLAT.
Figure 1
Task 2. Manually fan harness segments.
1. Zoom to the harness trunk near the horizontal splice as shown.
Figure 2
2. Begin flattening and laying out the harness. Select the left tip of the brown W-16 wire for the start point
as shown.
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Figure 3
Click Flatten > Lay Out from the menu manager.
3. Using the Manual Fan layout, select the tip on the right of the brown W-16 wire, as shown.
◾ Specify a bend radius of 4.
◾ Specify a bend angle of 80.
Figure 4
4. Using the Manual Fan layout, select the right tip of the orange W-18 wire, as shown.
◾ Specify a bend angle of -80.
Figure 5
5. Using the Manual Fan layout, select the right tip of the yellow W-20 wire, as shown.
◾ Specify a bend angle of 0.
Figure 6
6. Notice the wires starting to flatten in the HARNESS_MFG.ASM.
Figure 7
7. Select a new start point to lay cables out from. Specify the right tip of the brown W-16 wire, as shown.
Figure 8
8. Using the Manual Fan layout, select the left tip of the brown W-16 wire, as shown.
◾ Specify a bend angle of -30.
Figure 9
Task 3. Automatically fan the remainder of the harness.
1. Select a new start point to lay cables out from. Specify the left tip of the splice trunk, as shown.
Figure 10
To automatically flatten the harness, it is typically recommended to select a location near the
main “trunk.”
2. Using the Auto Fan layout, accept the default bend radius.
◾ When prompted to select the path to flatten, select a segment on the upper-right side of the
triangle loop, as shown.
Figure 11
3. The harness should fully unflatten in the HARNESS_MFG.ASM assembly.
Figure 12
Task 4. Drag and modify flattened segments.
1. In the HARNESS_MFG.ASM assembly, create and save view orientation FRONT using default datums
as shown.
Figure 13
2. Zoom to the location shown.
Figure 14
3. Use the Move Segment option to drag the relay branch down as shown.
Figure 15
4. Modify the angles for the two main segments to 45 degrees, and perform an automatic regeneration.
Figure 16
5. Move the segment ends of the two main segments as shown. The larger end segments should be
horizontal, and the shorter end segments should be straight.
Figure 17
6. Move the end segments to configure the branch from top to bottom, as shown in the following order:
gray, blue, green, brown, orange, purple, and tan.
Figure 18
Task 5. Assemble the connector components to the harness.
1. Begin assembling components to the harness.
Click Flatten > Components > Assemble from the menu manager.
2. Select the network location point at the end of the tan W-07 wire, as shown.
Figure 19
3. If necessary, move the other wires closer to the connector component as shown.
Figure 20
4. Assemble all the remaining components.
Figure 21
5. Disassemble the Power Box, including all children of the Power Box.
6. Also disassemble the two relays.
Figure 22
Task 6. Edit the orientation of flat locations.
1. Zoom to the location shown.
Figure 23
2. Perform a Flat Orient operation on all flat locations in the flattened harness in a Vertical plane.
3. Perform an automatic regeneration and notice the new orientation as shown.
Figure 24
Task 7. Fan out connectors.
1. Fan Out the cables for the CONN_9_CM.PRT component connector as shown.
Figure 25
Notice the message indicating that some wires were not fanned out due to insufficient length.
2. Switch to the CABLING.ASM. assembly.
3. Add an additional 10% length to the gray/red, blue/green, and green/black wire pair segments on the
right as shown. You must edit the length of both the upper and lower wires in the pair.
Figure 26
4. Return to the HARNESS_MFG.ASM and regenerate the assembly. Notice that all wires now reach the
connector.
Figure 27
5. Fan Out the wires for the CONN_9_CM.PRT component connector again.
6. Notice that all the wires now fan out as shown.
Figure 28
If necessary, you can return to CABLING.ASM to shorten or further lengthen wires.
7. Zoom to the upper splice as shown.
Figure 29
8. Move the orange W-18 wire segment and the splice connector above the main trunk as shown.
Figure 30
9. Redefine the splice connector component and edit the Orient Angle to -45.
10. Fan Out the splice connector component as shown.
Figure 31
If necessary, you can return to CABLING.ASM to lengthen wires as needed.
11. Zoom to the lower splice as shown.
Figure 32
12. Edit the red W-19 wire bend radius to 4 as shown and regenerate the assembly.
Figure 33
13. Move the red W-19 wire segment and splice into a vertical position as shown.
Figure 34
14. Move the yellow W-20 and tan W-17 wires approximately as shown.
Figure 35
15. Fan out the splice connector component as shown.
Figure 36
If the splice does not fan successfully, try one or all of the following steps:
◾ In the CABLING.ASM, move the splice connector slightly down and towards the right.
◾ Lengthen the yellow W-20 and tan W-17 wire segments in the CABLING.ASM
assembly.
◾ Edit the splice connector Orient Angle.
16. Zoom to the connector below the splice as shown.
17. Edit the red W-19 wire bend radius to 4 and regenerate the assembly.
Figure 37
18. Move the green/black W-01 wire into its approximate position.
19. Fan Out the connector as shown.
Figure 38
20. Zoom to the four connectors on the right side of the harness as shown.
Figure 39
21. Fan out each connector, one at a time, editing wire radii or angles as necessary.
Figure 40
Figure 41
Task 8. Check the harness flattened status.
1. Check the Flat Status of the harness.
In the ribbon, click Harness from the Info group in the Model tab.
2. Zoom to the triangular loop network section and notice the unflattened segments. These segments are
not grayed out like the rest of the network.
Figure 42
The black shielded wire is not flattened, either. This is intentional.
Task 9. Flatten a closed loop in the harness.
1. Set a new start point in the harness, and select the location at the upper-right of the triangular loop as
shown.
Figure 43
2. Select Close Loop and press CTRL to select the bottom-left and top-right locations as shown.
Figure 44
If some cables are not long enough to close the loop, you must switch to CABLING.ASM and
lengthen either the black W-09 wire segment, orange W-05 wire segment, or both before
attempting to close the loop again.
3. Notice the added flat segment in the manufacturing window.
Figure 45
Task 10. View the flattened harness.
1. Enable only the following Cabling Display types: .
Figure 46
2. In the sub window, create a view orientation named 3D as shown.
Figure 47
Select Reorient from the Named Views drop-down menu in the In Graphics toolbar.
3. Save the HARNESS_MFG.ASM assembly and close the window to return to the CABLING.ASM.
assembly.
4. To view the 3D model more easily, edit to the default background color:
◾ Click File > Options.
◾ Select the System Colors and then select Default as the color Scheme and click OK.
This completes the exercise.

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Exercise: Flattening the Harness

3. Reference the Master Rep of HARNESS_1.PRT.

4. Name the Flat Harness model HARNESS_FLAT.

Task 2. Manually fan harness segments.

1. Zoom to the harness trunk near the horizontal splice as shown.

Click Flatten > Lay Out from the menu manager.

◾ Specify a bend angle of 80.

◾ Specify a bend angle of -80.

◾ Specify a bend angle of 0.

6. Notice the wires starting to flatten in the HARNESS_MFG.ASM.

◾ Specify a bend angle of -30.

Task 3. Automatically fan the remainder of the harness.

3. The harness should fully unflatten in the HARNESS_MFG.ASM assembly.

Task 4. Drag and modify flattened segments.

2. Zoom to the location shown.

Task 5. Assemble the connector components to the harness.

1. Begin assembling components to the harness.

4. Assemble all the remaining components.

6. Also disassemble the two relays.

Task 6. Edit the orientation of flat locations.

1. Zoom to the location shown.

3. Perform an automatic regeneration and notice the new orientation as shown.

Task 7. Fan out connectors.

2. Switch to the CABLING.ASM. assembly.

6. Notice that all the wires now fan out as shown.

If necessary, you can return to CABLING.ASM to shorten or further lengthen wires.

7. Zoom to the upper splice as shown.

10. Fan Out the splice connector component as shown.

If necessary, you can return to CABLING.ASM to lengthen wires as needed.

11. Zoom to the lower splice as shown.

15. Fan out the splice connector component as shown.

◾ Edit the splice connector Orient Angle.

16. Zoom to the connector below the splice as shown.

19. Fan Out the connector as shown.

Task 8. Check the harness flattened status.

1. Check the Flat Status of the harness.

The black shielded wire is not flattened, either. This is intentional.

Task 9. Flatten a closed loop in the harness.

3. Notice the added flat segment in the manufacturing window.

Task 10. View the flattened harness.

1. Enable only the following Cabling Display types: .

2. In the sub window, create a view orientation named 3D as shown.

This completes the exercise.

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