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3D Harness Bridge The 3D Harness Bridge is designed for tranferring data between E³.cable designs and 3D Harness Design Systems Electrical data from E³.cable connectors / devices pins connectivity attributes of wires and cables Data from the 3D Systems length information

The 3D Harness Bridge is designed for tranferring data between E³.cable designs and 3D Harness Design Systems

Electrical data from E³.cable

connectors / devices

pins

connectivity

attributes of wires and cables

Data from the 3D Systems

length information

Supported Systems EMbassy Pro/E Cabling Design V4 V5 Routing Harness Design

Functionality in the 3D-System The functionality depends on the 3D System used Normally supported functions are Calculation of wire length Control of bend radius information Collision control Placement of Fixings

The functionality depends on the 3D System used

Normally supported functions are

Calculation of wire length

Control of bend radius information

Collision control

Placement of Fixings

Supported E³.series ProEngineer versions The following versions of E³.series and Pro/E are supported for the interface Pro/E 2001 build 2004290 Pro/E Wildfire 1.0 build M240 or later Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 build M100 or later E³.series 2004 build 330 or later

The following versions of E³.series and Pro/E are supported for the interface

Pro/E 2001 build 2004290

Pro/E Wildfire 1.0 build M240 or later

Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 build M100 or later

E³.series 2004 build 330 or later

Technology (ProEngineer) Data transfer via XML format – defined by PTC

Data transfer via XML format – defined by PTC

Structural Data Connector / Device information Device designation Component name Serial number Pin names Additional attributes

Connector / Device information

Device designation

Component name

Serial number

Pin names

Additional attributes

Structural Data Wire / Cable information Wire name Wire color Outer Diameter Bend radius Additional attributes Length information from the 3D system

Wire / Cable information

Wire name

Wire color

Outer Diameter

Bend radius

Additional attributes

Length information from the 3D system

Prerequisites in E³.cable Specific attributes for components and pins Component (Owner: Component) Type ArticleNumber (only if selected) ModelName (only if selected) Pin (Owner: Pin) EntryPort .CONNECTOR_NAME (only if selected) (Internal Device Designation) InternalLength PinGrouping

Specific attributes for components and pins

Component (Owner: Component)

Type

ArticleNumber (only if selected)

ModelName (only if selected)

Pin (Owner: Pin)

EntryPort

.CONNECTOR_NAME (only if selected) (Internal Device Designation)

InternalLength

PinGrouping

Prerequisites in E³.cable Specific attributes for wires / cables Cable (Owner: Cable) MinimumBendRadius Diameter Conductor/Wire (Owner: Cable Conductor) MinimumBendRadius Diameter WireId

Specific attributes for wires / cables

Cable (Owner: Cable)

MinimumBendRadius

Diameter

Conductor/Wire (Owner: Cable Conductor)

MinimumBendRadius

Diameter

WireId

Prerequisites in ProE Mapping of E³.series Component and 3D Model Mapping through name or attribute ModelName E³.series 3D Model

Mapping of E³.series Component and 3D Model

Handling Pro Engineer XML-Export from E³.cable

Pro Engineer XML-Export from E³.cable

ProEngineer interface menu ProEngineer interface – select wires / cables

ProEngineer interface – select wires / cables

ProEngineer interface menu ProEngineer interface – options

ProEngineer interface – options

ProEngineer interface menu ProEngineer interface – default values Default values used if attributes left blank ProE does not allow blank values

ProEngineer interface – default values

Default values

used if attributes left blank

ProE does not allow blank values

ProEngineer actions Please ask your ProEngineer specialist What prerequisites are necessary How to read in the XML structure How to route / control in ProEngineer

Please ask your ProEngineer specialist

What prerequisites are necessary

How to read in the XML structure

How to route / control in ProEngineer

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Questions and Answers Any questions ?

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