3D Cable Harnessing on OneSpace Design Modeling

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3D Cable Harnessing on OneSpace Design Modeling
http//www.mip.hu
August 2004 Data subject to
change
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Introduction to MIP

• MIP (Manufacturing Integration Products) founded
  in 1994, is the general distributor of CoCreate
  and CIM-TEAM products for Eastern-Europe.
• With our offices in Hungary, Turkey, Estonia and
  authorized channel-partners in several
  Eastern-European countries we are only focused to
  professional CAD/CAM/PDM products and
  professional add-on modules for OneSpace
  products.
• Last year MIP was able to expand CoCreate
  sales orders by 58 and increase the number of
  installed base customers in Eastern-Europe
  significantly.

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SpaceCable features

• Different cable types (Incl. flat cables)
• Rigid and flexible cabling
• Auto-snap connections
• Interface to E-CAD systems
• Library management
• Manufacturing module (with Ver. 2)
• User definable bundles with any shape
• Manual and Automatic routing (channel routing)
• Dynamic cabling
• Automatic calculations like wire lengths, channel
  thicknesses    
• BOM     
• PDM integration     
• Realistic visualization of Harnesses  

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SpaceCable Terminology

• A Harness is a 3D model comprising of routed
  wires, cables, and bundles in an assembly with
  all of the related informations.
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• A Cable is two or more conductors which are
  contained in the same jacket.
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• A Wire is a cable with a single conductor.
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• A Conductor is an internal current carrying
  entity within a cable.
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• A Bundle is a group of cables and wires that are
  sheathed together.
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• A Jacket is the outer covering of a cable or
  bundle, that is resistant to environmental
  hazards and used to protect cable component(s)  
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• A Route is the path that a wire, cable, or bundle
  follows on an assembly model.

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Current phase of development
to be continued
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Rigid and Flexible Cables
Rigid cables
Flexible Cables
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AutoSnap Functionality
Users can interactively define components and
their counterparts by defining mate faces on
both components and counterparts.
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AutoSnap Functionality
once selected, components automatically snap
to their counterparts without user interaction
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Structures
Wires build cables, cables build bundles ,
bundles build harnesses

• SpaceCable supports different structures
• Wires
• Cables
• Bundles
• Channels
• Harnesses

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Structures
Special Cable Types

• Round
• Linear Pattern
• Rectangular
• Flat
• ..

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Structures
Example Multi-wire cables 1 12 cores
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Structures
Example Linear Pattern cables
Number of cores free definable in horizontal and
vertical directions
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Structures
Example User defined Bundles
A user defined bundle consists of several round
wires and cables with different radii.
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Structures
Example User defined Bundles
User defined geometry is simply stored as
Workplane in a directory together with its
bitmap image.Display Table is created
automatically at run-time.
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Bundle Definition
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Analysis of a harness project

• 10 Administration and preparation of
  components
• 80 Cable routing
• 10 Post processing and verification

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80 of time needed for routing
Biggest potential for efficiency increase !
How to create routing paths efficiently ?
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Routing Types

• Manual routing On a single face (
  planar, cylindrical )
• From face to face ( bend radius )
• From face to space
• In space ( Rigid vs.
  Flexible cables ) Channel routingAuto-routing
  through predefined channels

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Manual Routing
Simply click points on a face to define the cable
route ...
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Manual Routing
go from face to face by simply clicking one
point on each face ...
1. point
2. point
3.point
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Manual Routing
SpaceCable rolls automatically perpendicular
over bothinternal and external edges ...
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Manual Routing
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Manual Routing
Move core end point to any point ...
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Manual Routing
Bring single cores automatically together
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Manual Routing
... use the option Create as single
... or re-bundle existing single cables
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Manual Routing
... to route multiple cables easy as single cable
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Manual Routing
... and re-split anytime to route single cores
separately
SpaceCable remembers original structure !
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Manual Routing
and can be splitted or bundled anytime
during modelling
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Manual Routing

• even flat cables can be easily splitted and
  bundled together!

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Channel Routing
If you have several parallel cables going in one
direction
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Channel Routing
Define 3D polygonal channels for routing
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Channel Routing
Modify the channels with simple commands
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Channel Routing
like making parallel to edges
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Channel Routing

• Select object to be routed (wire.cable or bundle)
  
• Select any 2 points
• The shortest path between these pointson the
  channelis automaticallyfound and the objectis
  routed.

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Channel Routing

• Auto-Fillet the object with a simple click

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Channel Routing

• Put several objects (wires,cables,bundles) into
  one channel of any complexity.Objects may
  havedifferent fillet radii.

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Dynamic Cabling
Cables and wires are modified full dynamically
similar to the Dynamic Modeling concept of
OneSpace Designer
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For any type
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of cables !!
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...simply by dragging cable segments !
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Interface to E-CAD systems
SpaceCable can read and write data from/to any
E-CAD systems, which are capable of preparing
wire lists in a special ASCII format. After cable
and connector data is read, devices are checked
for existence and an air-net cabling connection
is built automatically from pin to pin. With
SpaceCable functionality users can modify
air-nets to 3D harnesses.
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Wire list of an E-CAD System
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...is converted into the SpaceCable E-CAD Input
format
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E-CAD Color Mapping File
are simple ASCII files
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E-CAD Interface
Connectors are placed interactively or
automatically
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E-CAD Interface
SpaceCable checks OSDM model space automatically
and finds out which devices are already placed
and which ones user must still load to the model
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E-CAD Interface
By simply selecting from the Not Placed list,
users can load and position connectors within one
menu.
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E-CAD Interface
Loaded pkg-parts get automatically new names
assigned Connector_Device name
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E-CAD Interface
After all devices are loaded into model space
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E-CAD Interface
A straight or tangential airnet connection can be
made.
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Electrical Library

• Hundreds of electrical components in OSDM format
• Powerful librarian for fixture and pin
  definitions

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Electrical Library

• LISP driven clamps

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Electrical Library
SpaceCable stores and manages different types of
components like wires, cables, user defined
bundles, connectors and other harness elements
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Development Milestones
path to first customer shipments

• September 2004 Beta version ( Release
  candidate )
• October 2004 Version 1.0

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Where can I see the current version ?

• To be a beta-test partner and have influence on
  product functionality and development cycle
  please contact MIP or your reseller.
• For a working installation contact MIP for demo
  software and codewords

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MIP Developments for OneSpace Designer

• ME-HASCO HASCO Library for ME10
• OneSpace HASCO HASCO Library for OneSpace
  Designer Modeling
• SpacePipe 3D Piping module for OneSpace Designer
  Modeling
• SpaceCable 3D Cable Harnessing module for
  OneSpace Designer Modeling

• MEGenius 2D Standard Parts Library
  Productivity Tools for ME10
• SolidGenius 3D Standard Parts Library
  Productivity Tools for OneSpace Designer Modeling
• ME10-EEE Eastern-European Extensions for ME10
• OneSpace HVAC 3D design and flattening of
  components for heating,ventilation and air
  conditioning systems.

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Product Structure
OneSpace
SpaceCableDesign
Electrical CAD
SpaceCable Manufacturing
E-CADInterface
Electrical Library
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Ordering Informations
 
M355L SpaceCable Design Modules                  
  M360L SpaceCable Manufacturing M365L
SpaceCable Electrical Library M370L SpaceCable
E-CAD Interface
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Support Products
  M355A    SpaceCable Design 1 year
of support  M360A    SpaceCable Manufacturing 1
year of support M365A SpaceCable Electrical
Library 1 year of supportM370A SpaceCable
E-CAD Interface 1 year of supportM355T   
SpaceCable Introduction training (2 days)
M360T    SpaceCable Advanced training (2
days)  M355C    SpaceCable consulting           
                
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Contacts

• Sales Issues
• sales_at_mip.hu
• Technical Issues
• support_at_mip.hu