Ribbon Cable

steve_throne

Anyone have a good way to model a representation of ribbon cable going into into a jacketed cable?

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/818931c44b71d6d5f5962f8d/w/8ddd56800a856c19b29f5447/e/30f0fc2912d02296c9e5b256

steve_shubin

@steve_throne

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a9254f31ee97fbd934c57804/w/89d82184bfc574561761cdde/e/58496e7f8277478f17704d20

This is a 20 conductor ribbon cable

It’s adjustable from .428 inches wide to 1.428 inches wide

To do this, you only need adjust the very first item in the features list which is #r1

You can set this from .06 to .2

Once you adjust #r1, everything else will change accordingly

Maybe later I’ll look into getting the conductors a little closer together

steve_shubin

@steve_throne

Your welcome
I’m happy to hear that helped

TimRice

Our own @Jason_S created this bent ribbon cable custom feature which seems similar enough to what you are attempting. Check it out and add to your toolbar to give it a try:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/de14f4c15d3717ede541036f/v/b4479508f0bbc1e593d6a682/e/ee96558227ceed10eb359d43

steve_shubin

@steve_throne

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a9254f31ee97fbd934c57804/w/89d82184bfc574561761cdde/e/58496e7f8277478f17704d20

This is a 20 conductor ribbon cable

It’s adjustable from .428 inches wide to 1.428 inches wide

To do this, you only need adjust the very first item in the features list which is #r1

You can set this from .06 to .2

Once you adjust #r1, everything else will change accordingly

Maybe later I’ll look into getting the conductors a little closer together

steve_throne

Thanks you so much, @steve_shubin, that is EXACTLY what I needed.

steve_shubin

@steve_throne

Your welcome
I’m happy to hear that helped

steve_throne

@steve_shubin actually, you really showed me a ton in your solution that has improved my abilities immensely.  Can't thank you enough!

steve_shubin

@steve_throne

Wow

That’s encouraging

Thanks for letting me know