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wfalco16-Pearl
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December 18, 2017
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Cable Assemblies (Methods)

  • December 18, 2017
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All,

 

How is everyone doing cable assemblies? If you were to document many cable assemblies, would it merit the use of Creo cabling module or RSD? BTW - is RSD the actual better choice? I have only played with the cabling module. I do have my issues with it. No experience with RSD.

 

I'd prefer to NOT do drawings in 2D.

 

Perhaps simply using pipe feature? Or other methods other than using additional modules?

 

Please share your experiences, successes and failures.

 

Thanks,

 

WayneF

Best answer by DaveMartin

Pro/DIAGRAM and Creo Schematics (Routed Systems Designer) both created schematics, but came from different sources. DIAGRAM has pretty much been dead for a long time (over a decade) since PTC focused on RSD.

 

Creo Schematics is 2D, so there's no 3D routing done there, only planning. Creo Schematics tells you what to route, Creo Parametric does the actual routing, taking minimum bend radius into account, generating your harness run lengths for you.

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DaveMartin16-Pearl
16-Pearl
December 18, 2017

Whether or not you use Creo Schematics (formerly known as Routed Systems Design or RSD) depends on the complexity and quantity of your cable harnesses. Creo Schematics provides the most benefit when you're mapping out your system, as well as reusing pre-defined wire- and cable- spools and connectors.

I hear of people using sweeps to represent cables, but it ends up being a lot of work mapping out the routes with 3D curves.

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DaveMartin16-Pearl
16-Pearl
December 18, 2017

Also, I would love to never have to do a 2D drawing for cables, but until MBD supports tables, you're probably going to have to make drawings to document cable harnesses, to capture the BOMs and From-To harness runs.

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