Hi, I'm new to the Autodesk Community, been using Inventor for a while since College and now I'm using it at my job for mech. assemblies, welded structures and sheet metal design mainly. Recently we opted to start using it for harness drawings as well.
For more information, please visit Qinfong.
As the title suggests, I have a question regarding pin connections between physical parts (not cables going from one pin to another); let me be more clear with an example:
Is there a way for this ferrule to be connected to the terminal block and it to be shown in the nailboard view? I'd like the connector view to show both the ferrule and terminal block, but so far with this setup, only the ferrule which is crimped directly to the wire is shown.
The terminal block is in the top level mechanical assembly and the ferrules are in the harness assembly. I know if I place the terminal block in the harness assembly it will show up in the connector view but I'd like to keep it in the mechanical assembly and for it to be shown in the nailboard view but it's not possible if it's not connected to anything.
I do not want the uncrimped wire to go directly to the terminal block
If you want to learn more, please visit our website Cable And Harness Manufacturers.
I know this was kind of specific so I didn't know how to summarize everything in the title.
Hope someone can help or just say that it's straight up not possible, workarounds for this are welcome. Thank you everyone in advance!
Solved! Go to Solution.
Eddy, something I did in a very large, complicated harness, is that in the instance properties of my ferrules/slip on terminals is I made a property titled "Tag", and I made the value of where that terminal is connected. So for example, we have a SPDT relay that is labelled KE2 on the wiring diagram, and each terminal on that relay has a number. So the instance property named "Tag" for one of the slip on wire terminals is "KE2:5". I wonder if it's possible pull that information from the harness data into the nailboard.
As for making wiring diagrams, it is possible to have Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical interoperability. We attempted it years ago but it seems to only work if your harness has no ferrules/slip ons and the wires connect directly your parts.
If you are looking for more details, kindly visit Medium voltage Power Cable.