General Wiring Process

Axel_Kollmenter

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a good/fast and efficient way to wire our assembly. Currently our process is a bit complicated... here it is:

For an example, we want to wire the following parts

For this, Im creating a new PartStudio, name it "Cables" and create a short wire. I use the "Freeform Spline" FeatureScript from @Evan_Reese and the "Wiring" FS from @jon_sorrells and @Noa_Flaherty (In the wiring FS I can see the automaticaly updated length of the wire!)

After I created the short wire piece, I load it into my Assembly and edit the spline in context.


If I finished this time consuming part (hopefully I hit the exact centerpoint at my Endpart on the red dot) I edit the wiring FS and select the spline to generate the full cable.


Now I have to copy this process again and again until I have all my cables. Is it possible to connect both endpoints of my cable to each component and form the spline afterwards?

We need the final Cablelength for our drawing for the production. So our colleges know which cablelength they have to use. 


How do you do the wiring Process?  There has to be an easier way. 

(In SolidWorks I have a CableDummy Part (just the ending) then I connect one ending with the component, edit the 3d sketch of the cabledummy, leave some point undefined, connect the second ending o the other component and then I fully define the 3DSketch) 

If I change the wirelength I have to manually correct the length on the drawing. This is a perfect step to forget.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/10611213839d10e1de982d7c/w/de2995498115a021c6fa7f0c/e/75f5d63ceb79da3ebebc9bde

Hans_Leirvik_1

You should check the Custom Feature Wiring..

Documentation:

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6dff8f67e2ef0b33193a10d2/v/7e534a888b1f2efe37c9cec2/e/0904f1281fabe33fcdd58945

Code :
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6dff8f67e2ef0b33193a10d2/v/7e534a888b1f2efe37c9cec2/e/650bba14bf9da0cb768ca4c7

Axel_Kollmenter

Hello @Hans_Leirvik_1 this is the exact FS I am using right now. But thank you!

Tanja_Hofmann

Hi @Axel_Kollmenter,

You could edit a part of the assembly in context, and then create explicit mate connectors at the points through which you want the wire to pass.

Then you can easily create a wire using the FS "Wiring" with these mate connectors.

Then insert all the wires into the assembly and fasten them. 

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/81a2c547deec5dc8dcdf8d2a/w/05770e512b0109b334f5c374/e/c8cac95407151c068a79460f?renderMode=0&uiState=629f0a6cc1610f44964e5dd1 

Unfortunately, this FS only names the function with the length. But surely the feature can be rewritten so that the length is also in the part property "Description" for example. (Similar to the FS "Hose Routing":  https://cad.onshape.com/documents/54d06a3b8abd1fcb0daba26b/w/00a336bf184d3800f0194a5c/e/e689b647e557695970d3d603)

I hope that this helps you! 

Axel_Kollmenter

Hi @Tanja_Hofmann thanks for your answer. I will check this and give you an feedback later.

Axel_Kollmenter

@Tanja_Hofmann Hi, do you still have the document? And can you please make it public. The link you shared is read-only, I cant check what you did in the features.

Thanks in advance

Best regard

Tanja_Hofmann

@Axel_Kollmenter
Hi Axel, sure! I made it public now. Let me know, if you have questions about it

Axel_Kollmenter

@Tanja_Hofmann Thanks a lot

soorya_narayanan

I'm working with routing a wire between a few parts and I'm stuck at the part where you connect the mates with the spline. Can you please elaborate further?

NeilCooke

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/18756/updated-custom-feature-cable-wire-routing-2-0

geeveemohan

Hi Tanja, Can you please share wiring tutorial link, if you know. Thanks - geeveemohan@gmail.com