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Electrical component with multiple connector directions

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hbelch
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Electrical component with multiple connector directions

Hi,

 

I am trying to create an electrical component which has wire connections in multiple directions, I have reviewed the tutorials, but find no instruction on how to do this.

I have created the parts and added pin groups, but cannot figure out how to have wire connections on different faces (and different directions)...

I am sure it is simple, but have had no luck yet...

 

Any advice would be helpful,

 

Thanks,

 

H.

 

 

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mcgyvr
in reply to: hbelch

When you author the connector simply pick insulation displacement instead of crimp for the termination type..Then select the both ways icon right under that..

Simple 😉



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Genicee
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Old topic but maybe I am missing something. Is there a way to have multiple pins on a connector and they all travel in different directions? Basically all wires leaving a selected pin are leaving perpendicular to whatever surface I select.

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mcgyvr
in reply to: Genicee


@Genicee wrote:

Old topic but maybe I am missing something. Is there a way to have multiple pins on a connector and they all travel in different directions? Basically all wires leaving a selected pin are leaving perpendicular to whatever surface I select.


@Genicee Inventors cable/harness module does not have the ability to work with anything more than a single outward direction vector (forward/backwards along a single line)..

Crimp selection type only allows 1 direction (forward or backwards along that line)..

Insulation displacement allows 2 directions (forward AND backwards along that line)..

There isn't a way to have forward/backwards and left and right.. (2 vectors)



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mcgyvr
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@Genicee However.. Having said that its certainly possible to make a connector assembly in which multiple directions  (multiple vectors) are present but not in a single part file..

I suspect that whatever connector you are trying to use should be done as an assembly and not just a single part file.. 

 

Do you have an example of what you are trying to do in which you need wires to exit at multiple directions?

I can show you how it should be modeled..

 

 



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hbelch
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Hello,

Sorry, I just noticed the responses, I had solved the problem that same week by doing what you said, I separated the connector parts from the main body of the electronic device (which was a single part file) and broke it into several parts to create an assembly file with each individual connector as a part in the assembly file. This solved the issue.

Thank you very much for your excellent replies.

H.

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