Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
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Beyond the basic Y14.100 series drafting standards does anyone have a suggestion for where I might find some standards and/or good sample drawings for cable assemblies?
Y14.24 doesn't have much in it, nor do Genium or Global DRM's that I can see (though I think the section for cables may be missing from my Genium folder based on the contents page).
The quality of our cable drawings has caused some problems when changing vendors etc. so it's on my back burner of projects to look at.
We do some weird/unusual stuff with some of our cables in terms of shielding, termination, adding air lines or etc.
Also many of our cables have to be very flexible as we're very vibration sensitive which means we end up with a lot of fairly custom cable assemblies built up from individual wires etc.
I'm not an electrical or electro mechanical guy so I'm somewhat out of my depth on this one and will appreciate any assistance.
Y14.24 doesn't have much in it, nor do Genium or Global DRM's that I can see (though I think the section for cables may be missing from my Genium folder based on the contents page).
The quality of our cable drawings has caused some problems when changing vendors etc. so it's on my back burner of projects to look at.
We do some weird/unusual stuff with some of our cables in terms of shielding, termination, adding air lines or etc.
Also many of our cables have to be very flexible as we're very vibration sensitive which means we end up with a lot of fairly custom cable assemblies built up from individual wires etc.
I'm not an electrical or electro mechanical guy so I'm somewhat out of my depth on this one and will appreciate any assistance.
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RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
Basically they show a length, and stripping details.
The length has a tolerance, usually +xxx -0.0.
If a variable length, we use dash numbers that correspond with the length (12345-12 is a 12" long cable).
Notes (or BOM) call out another P/N (Word doc) that indicates cables materials and number of wires, etc.
It's just how we do it. It works for FAA, NASA, military, etc.
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RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
For cables with say, right angle MMCX connectors, again a straight broken cable view was used but this time the orientation of the right angle connectors to themselves was shown, either with an angle dimension or simply by the right angle rule.
Does that help at all? I wish I had some examples. I might have one... I'll get back to this thread a little later.
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RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
If you do have an example you could share ModulusCT I'd appreciate it.
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RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
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RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
Not a drawing standard but does give recomended cable length tolerances.
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RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
I just wish I had some examples to show you because it all makes sense when you see it all pulled together!
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RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
Under any circumstance.
Ever.
Show a pictographically correct image of a cable.
The next thing you'll be getting are complaints that the shielding braid is not exactly like the real braid and you need to show the glue layer on strain reliefs. It's easy, right? It's on the computer.
Better solution. Create a document for all terminations and transitions and splices. It may end up the thickness of a phone book (remember those? Good old days) but then you just point to where you want the feature with a note that says per Figure XYZ of Document 123.
Then keep the drawing a stick figure (already mentioned, like nail boards).
RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
I think I found pages missing from your Genium manual
RE: Standards and/or sample drawings for Cable Assembly drawings.
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