Could someone explain a good method to add branch splices to
electrical routes? I have wire harnesses for a trailer that start
out as 6 wires. Along its length some of the wires in the harness
split into various Y connections, etc.
The attached image shows a schematic that show 2 of the harnesses in question.
The first harness contains all the wire colors and I have the green with a branch connection. At the point of the split all the wires are together and represented by one 3d sketch and I have the green branches coming off from an intersection point in the sketch.
The second harness is just the blue and gray (white) wires from the connector represented by a rectangle routed to the brakes (blue boxes). There is a T connection there on both the blue and white. This route is defined by one T shaped 3d sketch.
Do I just put a single connector at the intersection point and connect my 3d sketch to either end of it? How do I do that without it thinking that I am adding an additional route? I would like to simply insert it into the existing 3d sketch.
I tried breaking the 3d sketch and inserting the connector to the "base of the T". Then adding the other 2 lines to the other end of the connector. But it doesn't like that.
And I want the wires that run alongside it that don't split to follow the path as normal.
Can't find anything in help or online that relates.
The attached image shows a schematic that show 2 of the harnesses in question.
The first harness contains all the wire colors and I have the green with a branch connection. At the point of the split all the wires are together and represented by one 3d sketch and I have the green branches coming off from an intersection point in the sketch.
The second harness is just the blue and gray (white) wires from the connector represented by a rectangle routed to the brakes (blue boxes). There is a T connection there on both the blue and white. This route is defined by one T shaped 3d sketch.
Do I just put a single connector at the intersection point and connect my 3d sketch to either end of it? How do I do that without it thinking that I am adding an additional route? I would like to simply insert it into the existing 3d sketch.
I tried breaking the 3d sketch and inserting the connector to the "base of the T". Then adding the other 2 lines to the other end of the connector. But it doesn't like that.
And I want the wires that run alongside it that don't split to follow the path as normal.
Can't find anything in help or online that relates.
I think what you are looking for is spliced wires, where somewhere in the harness you have 3 or more wires joined together inside the harness.
I've not played with this for a long time but if I recall correctly...
2. If creating the wires manually using the edit wires/Add wires function, add the three wires. In edit wires select each wire, click on the connector the wire connects to for the from connector, then click on the Junction (you may need to zoom in to select it. The Junction will also appear in the feature manager under the route feature, you can select it here.
3. You will see the wire gets routed to this junction.
4. If using a fromto list, the splice should have a component name as usual and the pin ID should be '*'. After creating the junction point, rename it to the name of the splice. The wires will then be routed to it automatically.
Incidentally, you can also use the 'Split route' points for coverings. If you want a covering over just part of a route segment, use splut route to break the segment into two or more separate segments. You can now add different coverings to each part. This is for piping and tubing too.
I hope this answers your question.
Cheers
Andy
...Added image file. In this you can see the junction point in graphics and the feature manager, and the wire routed to the splice.