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Output reports to Autodesk Inventor Professional Cable
and Harness
Use this tool to export component, connector, wiring/cable, and splice data
from your 2D connector drawing into an XML file that can then be imported
into Autodesk Inventor Professional to aid in the generation of a cable and
harness assembly.
NOTE You must first configure wire numbering to be "On per Wire Basis" for
export and set up the appropriate variables before running the report.
1 Click the arrow on the Schematic Reports tool to access the
Autodesk Inventor Professional Export tool.
2 Click the Autodesk Inventor Professional Export tool.
3 In the Autodesk Inventor Professional Export dialog box, spe-
cify whether to process the project or current drawing and
click OK.
4 In the Autodesk Inventor Professional XML File Export dialog
box, define the location and filename for the export file. By
default file is saved with a .xml extension to the C:\Documents
and Settings\{username}\My Documents folder.
Configure wire numbering for export
There are several steps to set up the wire numbering convention in AutoCAD
Electrical for the import of data into Autodesk Inventor Professional Cable
and Harness.
Define wire layers
Layers defined in AutoCAD Electrical must be defined as valid wire layers.
While the following steps do not create the layers on the drawings that need
to be mapped into the Cable and Harness Library, they tell AutoCAD Electrical
which layers are treated as valid wire types.
1 Select Wires ➤ Create/Edit Wire Type.
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