SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical Course Overview

The SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical course is designed to teach participants how to create, edit, and manage electrical routes using SOLIDWORKS. This comprehensive course covers everything from the essential routing components and their design requirements to the sub-assemblies that contain the routes. It’s aimed at providing a thorough understanding of the basics of SOLIDWORKS Routing, using auto-routing for electrical routes, routing through clips, adding splices to electrical wires, creating custom 3D routable components, and more.

Skills Learned:

Basics of SOLIDWORKS Routing and auto-routing for electrical routes
Routing through clips and adding splices to electrical wires
Creating routable custom 3D components
Creating, using, and modifying standard cables and lengths
Flattening and documenting routes for manufacturing and annotation
Creating and editing flex cable routes

Course Duration

2 Days (7 hours/day)

Prerequisites

SOLIDWORKS Essentials Course

Mechanical design experience.

Experience with the Windows operating system

Course Examples

SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical Course Syllabus

Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Routing

What is Routing?

Review Lesson
Types of Routes
Routes
Routing FeatureManager
External vs. Virtual Files
Virtual Components
File Names in Routing

Routing Setup

Routing Add-in
Routing Training Files
Routing Library Manager

General Routing Settings

Lesson 2: Basic Electrical Routing

Basic Electrical Routing
Adding Routing Components

Routes

Start by Drag and Drop Connector
Auto Route

Stub Lines
Electrical Attributes
Edit Wires
Assigning Pins Manually
Reshaping the Spline
While Editing the Route

Exercise 1: Basic Electrical Routing

Lesson 3: Routing with Clips

Routing with Clips
Routing Through Existing Clip

Drag and Drop Connector

Adding Clips while Auto Routing

Rotating Route Components

Editing a Route
Working with Clips

Rotating a Clip

Routing Through a Clip

Unhooking from a Clip
Virtual Clips

Splitting a Route

JPoint Name
Adding Bends

Adding a Splice
Multiple Routes Though a Clip

Route Stacking
Isolate Options

Exercise 2: Editing Electrical Routes
Exercise 3: Adding Splices

Lesson 4: Electrical Routing Components

Routing Library Parts Introductio
Electrical Routing Library Parts
Libraries

Electrical
Electrical Conduit

Routing Component Wizard

Routing Library Manager
Routing Components Created by the Wizard
Routing Component Geometry
Creating a Connector
Connection Points

Routing Component Attributes

Creating a Clip
Routing Points
Clip Axis and Axis of Rotation
Using the Auto Sizing Option

Electrical Libraries

Cable Library
Component Library
Covering Library
From/To List

Sharing a Model
Exercise 4: Creating Routing Components
Exercise 5: Creating and Using Electrical Clips

Lesson 5: Standard Cables and Reusing Routes

Using Standard Cables
Standard Cables Excel File

File Structure - Excel
Fixed Length Routes
Replacing a Standard Cable Wire

Modifying Standard Cables

Replace Part File

Creating a Standard Cable

Reshaping with the Triad
Inline Component

Reuse Route

Appearance of Reused Routes
Route Length
Removing the Link
Using Reuse Route Without Fixed Length

Delink Route
Routing Templates

Creating a Custom Routing Template
Selecting a Routing Template

Exercise 6: Using Standard Cables and Reuse Route
Exercise 7: Creating Standard Cables

Lesson 6: Electrical Data Import

Importing Data

Reusable Data
General From-To Steps

Routing Library Manager

Component Library Wizard
Importing a Cable/Wire Library

From/To Lists

Electrical Data
Using the From-To List Wizard

Route Properties
Route Guidelines

Guideline Actions
Repair Route
Editing From/To Lists

Using Guidelines and Clips

Connections

Exercise 8: Creating Libraries and From/To Lists

Lesson 7: Electrical Drawings

Route Flattening and Detailing

Tables
Connectors

Annotation Flattening
Annotation Flattening

Flatten Options
Drawing Details
Wire Lengths
Edit Flattened Route- Annotation

Manufacture Flattening

Edit Flattened Route - Manufacture

Exercise 9: Electrical Drawings

Lesson 8: Flex Cables

Flex Cable Routes

Flex Cable Connectors
Flex Cable
Flattening and Drawings
Flex Cable CPoints

Flex Cable Auto Routing

Flexible
Edit by Dragging
Manual Sketching
Adding Flex Cables

Using Flex Cables With Clips

Ribbon Manipulator Points

Exercise 10: Creating Flex Cables

Lesson 9: Electrical Conduits

Electrical Conduits

Existing Geometry
Rigid Electrical Conduit
Flexible Conduit
Electrical

Rigid Electrical Conduit

Electrical Conduit Route Properties

Orthogonal Routing with Auto Route

Tips for Selecting an Orthogonal Solution

Electrical Data in Conduits

Editing Libraries
Defining Cables
Electrical Conduit Drawing

Manual Sketch Routing

3D Sketching
Dragging and Dropping Fittings

Flexible Electrical Conduit

Electrical Routes through Ducts and Cable Trays

Exercise 11: Electrical Conduits
Exercise 12: Adding Cables and Editing Conduits