Autodesk Inventor

[#1]

I've been creating documentation for cable assembly for many years now and I am trying to determine a way to use the Inventor Cable and Harness feature to accomplish the same detailed drawings as I previously made by hand.  The first thing I notice is that the connectors do not exist at the cable level, even though this is how they will be manufactured.  Is there any way to generate a cable with wiring and connectors all existing together in an assembly that can then be documented in a drawing?

[#2]

Hello,

Meaby I do not understand your needs but...

In an existing assembly (or new assembly...), put your connectors and then click on wire& hardness. Make your harness by linking the connectors with wires/cable... Then exit wire&harness add-on.

Now you can make a drawing of the assembly...

Regards,

John.

[#3]

John, I don't believe this would let me lay the cable out flat in the drawing though, would it?  The only option for showing the full assembly is "in position", right?  I was hoping that there was a way of showing the nailboard (?) view with connectors attached.

[#4]

I do not  right undestood you would like to make a drawing of your harness only (nailboard) and not of your harness in position into your system.

To make a nailboard drawing then :

In your assembly, double-click to edit your harness.

then click on the nailboard icon and select your template for the drawing.

Now you are in a special menu for nailborad drawing... I'm not an user of  the nailboard function but I now it's probably what you're looking for.

Have a good time with that function

Sorry, Can't add pictures to help you... My computer is boring me today

[#5]

No, Jonathan, I am not talking about nailboard or about a drawing showing the cable "in position into my system".  What I would like is something in-between the two that shows the cable laid out (like drawing board) with the connectors in place (like in position into my system), so that I can show all components and cable lengths at once in one drawing view.

-Thom

[#6]

Could you provided an example (hand-drawing or something else) of what you would like to achieve for better understanding please?

Regards.

[#7]

Jonathan,

Here are some examples of a standard cable assembly I would create.  Notice that the wires / cables are laaying straight, not like they would be in the installed state.

best regards,

Thom Friedrich