Electrical Routing Question
Electrical Routing Question
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Hi all,
I am new to Routing and was wondering how i can do this. I have a power supply, and it has wires coming out of both ends of it. 2 wires go into connector, and the other to a ring terminal for ground. It is an off the shelf unit and the wire is attached and a certain length. i need to insert this power supply into my top level assembly, and connect it to another connector, and a spot for grounding. I only have so much wire to work with, and i dont want to place things to far away from the PS. Sorry if this is confusing, it makes sense to me but explaining it is kind of tricky... :)
I am new to Routing and was wondering how i can do this. I have a power supply, and it has wires coming out of both ends of it. 2 wires go into connector, and the other to a ring terminal for ground. It is an off the shelf unit and the wire is attached and a certain length. i need to insert this power supply into my top level assembly, and connect it to another connector, and a spot for grounding. I only have so much wire to work with, and i dont want to place things to far away from the PS. Sorry if this is confusing, it makes sense to me but explaining it is kind of tricky... :)






RE: Electrical Routing Question
Your physical power supply & wires are inseparable, but by default I believe routing will want a part for the power supply and separate parts for each wire. You could make them a single in-context part, but it's probably easier to let it stay as multiple parts.
I do not believe you can make the wires a set fixed length to match your physical part and drag them about. I know this is not possible with normally sketched splines, and I don't believe routing has any additional functionality here. You will have to place your wire route, query it for length, and then iteratively tweak the route and/or end locations to roughly match your available wire length.
RE: Electrical Routing Question
U have answered my question though, thank you. i didnt think that i could assign a length of wire, and then not be able to pull it further than the length.
RE: Electrical Routing Question
you can set when you first create route or if you right click on an existing route and select fixed length.
-Joe
SolidWorks 2009 x64 SP 5.1 on Windows XP x64
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RE: Electrical Routing Question
-Joe
SolidWorks 2009 x64 SP 5.1 on Windows XP x64
8 GB RAM - Nvidia Quadro FX1700
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Also about half or the wire from the PS is insulated, and the 3 small wires come out of it. can i show it like that?
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also how can i show 5" of .23 wire coming from PS, and 2" .042 wire coming out of that? sorry if this is confusing. The SW help is so unhelpful for this stuff. Thanks
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Dan
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