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Harness Validation
Improve cable quality and manufacturability, and
prevent costly recalls and product failures by ad-
hering to design standards. Inventor automatically
calculates quality parameters, including bundle
diameter, bend radius, and wire lengths, whenever
changes are made to the harness. As a result, users
can eliminate the time-consuming and error-
prone process of manually measuring a hardware
prototype.
Harness Documentation
Quickly and easily create manufacturing docu-
mentation before building the first article. Since
cable and harness geometry is native to Inventor,
users can create assembly documentation showing
accurate details of cable and harness placement.
Comprehensive tools for the rapid generation of
harness documentation include the following:
• Automatic nailboard diagrams for D
wire har-
nesses, cables, and ribbon cables that update
automatically as the D design changes
• Reports including wire run lists, termination
charts, cut tables, and other reports needed for
the design and manufacture of the harness
• XML output files for transferring the final wire
connectivity information to streamline the cre-
ation of schematics and wiring diagrams using
AutoCAD Electrical or other schematic design
software
Ribbon Cables
Reduce errors in the design of electronic equipment
by incorporating ribbon cables in the D digital pro-
totype. Add ribbon cables between connectors with
full control over the locations of twists and folds.
Connector Authoring
Set up company-specific connector libraries to
encourage the use of preferred connectors in the
design of electrical products. Inventor includes an
extensive library of connectors to simplify selec-
tion and placement. The Content Center provides
an easy-to-use editor to add user-defined connec-
tors, as well as add or modify properties such as
part numbers and default file names used when
instancing connectors.
Cable and Harness Design