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AutoCAD Training Overview
The Autodesk® Inventor® 2014 Cable and Harness Design training guide instructs students in the use of the Autodesk Inventor Cable and Harness environment.
Through a hands-on, practice-intensive curriculum, students acquire the knowledge needed to design physical cables and harnesses for electrical systems in almost any kind of product or machine. With specific tools to incorporate cable and harness into digital prototypes, the Autodesk Inventor Cable and Harness Design software enables you to calculate accurate path lengths, avoid small-radius bends, and help ensure that electrical components fit into the mechanical assembly before manufacturing.
AutoCAD Training Topics
- Describe the functionality of Cable and Harness and the basic workflow to add and document cable and harness designs.
- Wire a harness assembly by adding or importing wires and cables, adding ribbon cables, adding route segments, and routing wires and cables through the segments.
- Refine a cable and harness design by editing the wires, cables, routes, or cable ribbons; by adding and editing splices; or by adding and editing virtual parts.
- Communicate your cable and harness to others by creating and annotating 2D drawings and exporting the design data.
- Create and manage the library file and configuration files.
- Create, author, and publish electrical parts and connectors to a custom Content Center library.
Prerequisites
This training guide is designed for experienced Autodesk Inventor users. It is recommended that you have a working knowledge of:
- Students should have completed the Autodesk Inventor 2014 Introduction course or have an equivalent understanding of the Autodesk Inventor 2014 user interface and working environments.
- Autodesk Inventor Part and Assembly Modeling and Drawing View Creation and Annotating, is recommended.
- Microsoft® Windows® XP, or Microsoft® Windows® Vista, or Microsoft® Windows® 7.
AutoCAD Training Course Duration
16 hours
AutoCAD Training Course outline
Chapter 1: Getting Started Creating Cable and Harness Designs
Lesson: Creating Cable and Harness Designs
- About Cable and Harness
- Creating a Cable and Harness Design
- Creating a Harness Assembly
- Configuring Harness Settings
- Inserting Electrical Parts
- Setting Unique Part Properties for Electrical Parts
- Exercise: Review and Navigate a Design
- Exercise: Create a Harness Assembly
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2: Wire a Harness Assembly
Lesson: Adding Wires and Cables
- Adding Wires
- Adding Cables
- Global Settings
- Exercise: Add Wires and Cables
Lesson: Routing Wires and Cables
- About Route Segments
- Creating Segment Branches
- Segment Properties
- Manual Routing
- Automatic Routing
- View Path Tool
- Unrouting Wires and Cables
- Exercise: Route Wires and Cables
Lesson: Importing Wire and Cable Data
- Importing Wire and Cable Data
- Reviewing Data Before Import
- Correcting Import Issues
- Exercise: Import Wire and Cable Data
Lesson: Adding Ribbon Cables
- About Ribbon Cables
- Adding Ribbon Cables
- Adding a Fold
- Editing a Twist
- Ribbon Cable Properties
- Exercise: Add a Ribbon Cable
- Exercise: Add Ribbon Cable Folds
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3: Refine a Cable and Harness Design
Lesson: Modifying Wires, Cables, Segments, and Ribbon Cables
- Common Edits
- Toggling Display as Rendered
- Changing Definitions and Connection Points
- Deleting Wires, Cables, Ribbon Cables, or Route Segments
- Adding and Modifying Points
- Checking Bend Radius
- Copying a Design
- Exercise: Edit Display, Settings, and Properties
- Exercise: Add and Modify Points
- Exercise: Check the Bend Radius
Lesson: Working with Splices
- About Splices
- Splice Modifications
- Editing a Wire to a Splice
- Exercise: Working with Splices
Lesson: Working with Virtual Parts
- About Virtual Parts
- Editing Virtual Parts
- Exercise: Work with Virtual Parts
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4: Communicate the Design
Lesson: Creating Drawing Views of Cable and Harness Designs
- Creating 2D Drawings
- Creating Nailboard Drawing Views
- Modifying a Nailboard View
- Adding Connector Views
- Exercise: Create Drawing Views of a Cable and Harness Design
Lesson: Annotating Nailboards
- Adding Harness Dimensions
- Displaying Harness Properties
- Loom and Label Virtual Parts
- Display As Actual Diameter
- Adding Tables with Data from Another File
- Exercise: Annotate Nailboards
Lesson: Exporting and Reporting Design Data
- About Exported Data
- Exporting Data
- Generating Report Data
- Exercise: Create External Files of Exported and Reported Data
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5: Configure Library and Report Configuration Files
Lesson: Library Definitions and Library Files
- About the Cable and Harness Library
- Adding a New Library Type
- Exporting and Importing Library Objects
- Data File (CSV) Format
- Exercise: Create Library Definitions
Lesson: Configuration Files for Reports, Imports, and Exports
- About Configuration Files
- Link Types and Name Values
- Defining an Import/Export Configuration File
- Exercise: Modify a Report Configuration File
- Exercise: Create a Library Configuration File
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6: Create, Author, and Publish Electrical Content
Lesson: Defining Electrical Parts and Connectors
- About Electrical Parts
- Adding a Pin to an Electrical Part
- Adding a Group to an Electrical Part
- Exercise: Define an Electrical Part
Lesson: Managing Libraries
- About the Content Center
- Installation Options
- Adding a Custom Library
- Configuring the Content Center File Path
- Transferring Library Content
- Exercise: Create a Custom Library
Lesson: Creating Library Content
- Creating Custom Content
- Authoring Electrical Connectors
- Publishing Electrical Parts and Connectors
- Exercise: Author an Electrical Part
- Exercise: Publish to the Content Center
Lesson: Managing Library Content
- Content Center Editor
- Exercise: Copy and Move Content
- Document Settings for Published Parts
- Adding and Editing Family Column Values
- Adding a Custom Display Name
- Exercise: Add a Column to a Part Family
- Editing Family Table Data in Excel
- Exercise: Edit Family Data in Excel
- Creating New Families or Adding Members Using Material Guide
- Exercise: Create Family Members Using Material Guide
Chapter Summary
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