I'm bumbling through learning the electrical routing. Can someone tell me why when I get a cable/wire routed, it only shows the sketch line? I don't see anything anywhere that shows how to "turn on" the wires. It shows the wires in the preview, but not in the assembly. I even did a test render in 360 to see if they would show up there. They didn't.
There are thousands of other questions, but I'll keep it simple.
Derek
So, are you saying SolidWorks doesn't create the wires; it just creates the sweep path? And I have to draw the circle profile to sweep? In my experimentation, I only ran one or two wires, very simple... one switch, one connector. No tight bends.
Derek
SW should create the wires. If a bend is too sharp you should get a warning about it.
Here's a link to some Routing videos from Ricky Jordan that may help:http://www.rickyjordan.com/2009/07/solidworks-electrical-routing-part-1.html
Thanks Harold for the link to the video. That was a HUGE help. Also thanks to Ricky Jordan for the trouble of making the video and posting it.
I got our VAR involved in the situation. She found an SPR that was related, but closed. She also found that it maybe related to my templates paths were not set up on that computer (we have a remote computer that we use for analysis with SolidWorks Premium). Apparently the path to the Assembly and Parts template was not set properly set. After fixing that the wires were properly displayed.
Now, how do I move a compnonent after I've created the harness? If I try to drag it to a new location it tells me, the item is fixed. If I delete all of the mates, it still tells me it's fixed and can't be moved.
Derek
HI
To move the connectors in route Assembly you have to first make sure that your in assembly edit mode.
In Assembly edit mode you will be able to move the connector.
Going on memeory here from when I went thru the routing tutorials. Routing is creating a sweep for each wire; check your route sketch to see if it has a bend that is too sharp.