Equipment & Systems Engineering

CATIA - Electrical Library 2 (ELB)

CATIA V5R20

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Equipment & Systems Engineering

CATIA - Electrical LibraryCreate and manage catalogs containing electrical components, andassist their placement according to electrical specifications.

Product overview

CATIA - Electrical Library 2 (ELB) allows users

to create and manage catalogs containing

electrical components. This product extends

mechanical parts and assemblies with

electrical behaviors to define electrical

components, such as connectors and

equipments. These devices can be stored in

catalogs in the same way as mechanical

parts/assemblies. This includes electrical

properties and attributes. When the

components are placed from the catalog in

the 3D digital mock-up, it takes into account

all pre-defined mechanical constraints, this

allowing a correct use/placement of the

devices. Typically this product will be used

together with CATIA - Electrical Harness

Installation 2 (EHI) to provide the electrical

designer a comprehensive 3D bundle

definition.

Product Highlights

Create and manage an extended range

of electrical components, harness

supports and protections

Definition of mechanical constraints,

according to the assembly of electrical

components

Automatic and associative placement of

electrical components in the 3D digital

mock-up from schematic external

application

Supports customization of electrical

catalogs to create these according to

company standards

Product Key Customer Benefits

Extended range of electrical devices...

Users can manage the following devices:

Electrical Equipment assemblies, Electrical

Connector Shell assemblies, Electrical

Connector, and Connector back shell.

Definition of electrical devices includes

features, in addition to electrical attributes.

Integration of mechanical and electrical

specifications... CATIA Electrical Library

allows users to predefine how electrical

devices will be assembled when they are

connected, such as predefining matting

connector assemblies. It is possible to

define a connection point to link a bundle

segment, another connector, a contact, a

filler plug, a bundle segment, a cavity, or a

Connector back shell.

Direct and associative placement of

electrical devices from the catalog into the

mock-up... Placement takes into account

all pre-defined mechanical constraints. Smart

drag-and-drop features for placement from

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catalog.

Generation of electrical wire references in

the catalog... Using a batch program, users

can generate a catalog with all wire references

from a CSV file.

Definition of harness supports... To facilitate

3D harness installation, users can specify in

the catalog how the support part will constrain

the harness.

Placement of electrical component driven

by functional specifications... Users can

select a functional device imported from EFD

for placement in the 3D mock-up. The list of

physical devices available in the catalog is

filtered according to the pre-selected function.

Automatic placement of all connectors of

equipment is made using functional

definitions.

Automatic placement of electrical

components in the 3D DMU from a 2D

external application... This new capability

optimizes the design process by providing the

ability to propagate and streamline data from

the functional diagram to the 3D detailed

design. Additionally, it integrates the two

design stages and ensures that the design

intent is captured at the detail design phase.

Users can easily maintain consistency

between 2D logical schematic information and

3D representations. To manage integrity

between external 2D electrical specifications

and 3D design, the system is able to track any

inconsistency of Part Number and proposes

automatic reconciliation

Automatic placement of contact/filler plug

devices according to the wires connected

to its cavities... Smart Drag and Drop

available for placement of a contact on the

connector. Users can place all contacts where

needed.

Navigation within electrical catalogs...

Management of compatibility rules

between electrical devices... These rules

will be used for the recommendation of

physical devices. For example, a list of

physical devices can be defined that are

compatible with battery function. This ensures

the compliance of device placement with the

functional design intent.

Editing electrical properties and

Properties of electrical objects can be edited

using the CATIA V5 properties command.

Default wire properties are: Diameter, Section,

Length, Color, Bend radius and Catalog.

Other properties can be added with the

standard product structure.

Customization of electrical catalogs...

Electrical catalogs are flexible to allow each

user to define their own catalog structure. This

flexibility is provided through a user--defined

map correlating electrical object types (wire)

with catalog chapters.

Link physical and functional references

through V5 electrical catalog... With CATIA

- Electrical System Functional Definition 2

(EFD), you can define which reference is

associated with a functional device.

Analysis of electrical links between objects

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