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1 Select Cable and Harness Manage Import Harness Data.
2 Click the Browse button next to the Harness Data File field.Select
driverseat_from_ace.xml you exported from AutoCAD Electrical in the
Select Wire List Data File dialog box. Click Open.
NOTE If you do not have AutoCAD Electrical, you can now use
driverseat_from_ace.xml provided in Tutorial Files\Automotive\XML_delivered.
3 Click OK in the Import Harness Data dialog box.
Issues
The browser nodes in the Imported Harness Data dialog box contain the electrical
components and wires imported from AutoCAD Electrical.
Click Filter
in the Imported Harness Data dialog box, and then
select Show Issues Only.
Only items with issues display in the dialog box. The items are identified by
the Issue icon. There are many issues, because the Inventor sample
assembly does not contain many of the components contained in the AutoCAD
Electrical drawing as reflected in driverseat_from_ace.xml. Many of the RefDes
in AutoCAD Electrical do not have a matching RefDes in Inventor. The absence
of various components and RefDes also means that connecting wires also have
issues. The missing RefDes do not prevent you from successfully completing
the exercise. This scenario is a reflection of a real-world design process in
which data may be missing or incomplete but is acceptable for a given point
in the workflow.
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