Electrical Drawing

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The from-to list imported fine and the components were recognized - Fantastic!! Now I have another problem. 2 of the 5 connectors have the same name. Since SW will not allow two components with the same name I gave them instance numbers. Now the drawing will not recognize the connectors with the instance names and will not produce any properties for them. So now what? How can I get a drawing to recognize two components with the same name with different properties?

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Guest Oct 25, 2006 4:05 PM
I have started using the routing add-in just recently and have been learning well with the aid of my reseller and a few other resources. I now have my harness built with connectors on the ends and wires configured (43 total). When making the drawing for the harness the tables don't completely fill in automatically. I used the "add all reports" function for the drawing and it inserted everything except for the wire names at my connectors on one side of the harness (they are filled in on the other side and on the "circuit summary" tables). I did not create a from-to file, I just modified the current library. Does the cable library reference to the wire library somewhere that I don't see or do I have a problem with my connectors? All of the pin information is filled in for my connectors. My connectors are custom and they are recognized in the connector library. I have tried every avenue that I know of to get these filled out and now I am stuck.

Thanks in advance. I am running SW06 SP4.1.
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Guest Oct 25, 2006 4:05 PM
on 2006 25 13:05 DC wrote:
> Does the cable library reference to the wire library somewhere that I don't see

Yes, it does.

You would be better off creating your own from-to table. In that table you assign a wire to the route. When you use the from-to table to place the route in the model, it will use the wire assigned and your table will populate with the correct info.

I would recommend that (if you can) you upgrade to 2007. The wizards for routing really help guide you through this process fairly easily. Also, if you have the SolidWorks Training Manual, it shows the structure of the from-to .xls file.

Rick
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Guest Oct 25, 2006 4:05 PM
Does anybody know how these d@mn libraries reference each other? Anybody?
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Guest Oct 25, 2006 4:05 PM
Now when you created your from-to list, you did give each of your connectors an individual name, right.
I am attaching the from-to list I use. Each connector needs an individual name or the system will fail on the connectors.
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