adding electrical cord between 2 connectors

[Anonymous]

Hi

what is the method used to create a electrical cord between these 2 connectors.I want the cord to have realistic look such as bends in the cord.I am afraid i do not know how to perform this procedure.Would someone care to show me how to make cord between 2 connectors.I am going to make a lot of these so this is good starting point to learn

Regards

Paul

[JDMather]

Your tap drill size is much too large for the thread size.

Are you using Inventor Professional with Routed Systems?

[JDMather]

If you are using Routed Systems - the first thing you will want to do is add a connector point to the part.

(See the Manage tab)

If not using Routed Systems - start a new part within the context of the assembly and then start a 3D sketch and Include Geometry the end circles of the connectors.  Create a spline between the circles for a sweep path.  You will probably want some helper lines at each end for tangencies.

[JDMather]

I forgot to mention adding a Pin to the Connector before authoring (saving).

This is on the 3D model tab.

[Anonymous]

I created Cord-1 in assembly mode (make part)...i cannot get how to now make the electrical cord between the 2 connectors and Cord-1.

i need some help please making electrical cord in assembly mode.

i do not use the Routed systems

Thanks for any help

Paul

[mcgyvr]

Paul,

This tutorial should get you started since you don't have routed systems.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9726802/Autodesk/introduction%20to%203d%20sketches.pdf

[Anonymous]

Paul, I suspect that McGyvr's tutorial is right-on (I haven't looked). In our shop, we don't "wire" our electrical components in the CAD system. Our engineers usually show a couple of inches of electrical coming out of the back of significant components. Often these cords end up in flexible wireways. Making the CAD model realistic/flexible is more trouble than its worth.

Without looking, I'd say the easiest way would be to create a 3D sketch to act as the sweep path and a 2nd sketch to act as the profile to sweep. More work but even simpler would be to create a part consisting of multiple, end-to-end connected 2D sweeps.

Remember, you are using this as a tool to make your life easier.