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Harness Validation
Improve cable quality and manufacturability, and pre-
vent costly recalls and product failures by adhering to
design standards. Inventor automatically calculates
quality parameters, including bundle diameter, bend
radius, and wire lengths, whenever changes are made
to the harness. As a result, users can eliminate the
time-consuming and error-prone process of manually
measuring a hardware prototype.
Harness Documentation
Quickly and easily create manufacturing docu-
mentation before building the first article. Since
cable and harness geometry is native to Inventor,
users can create assembly documentation showing
accurate details of cable and harness placement.
Comprehensive tools for the rapid generation of
harness documentation include the following:
• Automatic nailboard diagrams for D wire har-
nesses, cables, and ribbon cables that update
automatically as the D design changes
• Reports including wire run lists, termination
charts, cut tables, and other reports needed for
the design and manufacture of the harness
• XML output files for transferring the final wire con-
nectivity information to streamline the creation of
schematics and wiring diagrams using AutoCAD
Electrical or other schematic design software
Ribbon Cables
Reduce errors in the design of electronic equipment
by incorporating ribbon cables in the D digital proto-
type. Add ribbon cables between connectors with full
control over the locations of twists and folds.
Connector Authoring
Set up company-specific connector libraries to
encourage the use of preferred connectors in the
design of electrical products. Inventor includes an
extensive library of connectors to simplify selection
and placement. The Content Center provides an
easy-to-use editor to add user-defined connectors,
as well as add or modify properties such as part
numbers and default file names used when instanc-
ing connectors.