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SOLIDWORKS Routing Electrical

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.

Course Duration

Format

Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

Prerequisites

Course Duration

2 Days (7 hours/day)

Format

In-Person

Prerequisites

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials Course
– Mechanical design experience.
– Experience with the Windows operating system

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 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

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