2 and 3 Pole Fuse Holders - Component Tag(s)

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I checked over the other postings surrounding muti-fuse fuse blocks and holders and I am gaining knowledge on how to get the program to create an accurate BOM. The company I just at is not using the integrated BOM at this time.

Does anyone know a way of showing seperate component tags each of the 2 or 3 fuses included in the assembly instead of one?

The way ACE shows a triple fuse is:

FU200

45A

45A

45A

The way my company does it is with 3 Single Fuse Holders so they can get the look they want.

*Seperate Fuse Numbers*

We show:

FU200

45A

FU201

45A

FU203

45A

Is there a way to do it properly, so the Bom comes out right and we see something like:

FU200 (for the Fuse Holder)

FU200-L1 (for first Fuse)

45A

FU200-L2 (for second Fuse)

45A

FU200-L1 (for third Fuse)

45A

1 Schematic Symbol, 1 Footprint Symbol, 4 Parts in the BOM?

 Thank You for you time and support.

Thanks!

Mike

[dougmcalexander]

Insert 3 single=pole fuses.  You can use the dashed link line utility to connect the three so they look like a 3-pole fuse.  Add the 3-pole fuse holder as a subassembly item to the first of the three fuses using the Multiple Catalog option.

[Anonymous]

That is exactly the way they are doing it now.

I was wondering if it was possible to take that configuration edit it in
symbol builder and make it into a single symbol?

Thank you for your response.

Mike

[Anonymous]

I created a separate symbol for 2 and 3 pole fuse holders.

I put the fuse as the main part number with a count of 3 and use the multiple catalog look up to hold the fuse holder.

Attached is the 3 pole fuse holder that I use.

When my BOM come out is has the fuse with a QTY = 3 and the fuse holder.

You can also add in to the fuse catalog lookup part number under the textvalue as follows:

CAT01=*fuse holder part #*;MFG01=*Fuse holder Manufacturer*

(add in the actual part number and manufacturer)

These attributes also need to be on your symbol.

This would make the BOM come in the same as above.

The issue doing it this way is the fuse will ALWAYS come up this this same fuse holder.

I just add the fuse holder manually to avoid this in case i use the fuse in a 2 pole or single pole instance.

Hope this helps

Dennis

[Anonymous]

Dennis,

Looks good.

Do you have a footprint(s) that link to your symbols?
A single footprint that also illustrates the 4 parts?

Your example will help me solve many little issues I would like to resolve.

Thank You!

Mike

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Mike,

FYI my post above i misspoke about which catalog lookup goes into the symbol. it should be the fuse holder as the main part and the fuse as the multiple look up.

We use Littelfuse fuses and fuse holders, but it would be the same for any manufacturer.

Attached are the DWG's of the 1-2-3 pole littelfuse fuse holder footprints.

The link is held in the footprint_lookup.mdb.

The link is created between the schematic symbol and footprint when it is placed on the panel layout the first time or if ACADE has already made the link, it can be changed when the footprint is placed by choosing the manual button under the automatic footprint lookup heading.

It can also be modified in the footprint_lookup.mdb file with MS Access.

The only footprint that shows up on the panel layout is the fuse holder.

Assuming it was a 3 pole fuse holder, when you balloon the footprint, 2 balloons will show up 1 for the holder and 1 for the fuse. In the BOM it would show 1 fuse holder and 3 fuses.

Hope this helps

Dennis

[Icemanau · Accepted solution]

Actually I have found it easier to have the fuses as the prime component with the fuseholder as the sub component.

This allows me to have multiple fuses pointing to the same fuseholder and when I select the fuse, it pushes the rating out to the rating attribute as well as adding the fuseholder to the to the catalog info.

To allow for different fuse ratings in the holder, you would need to have two entries for each fuse rating.

The first one should have the link to the multi (2, 3 or 4) pole fuse holder while the second entry would only have the fuse rating.

Then you select the first rating from the list with the fuseholder and the other fuses from the list without the fuseholder.

Regards Brad

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys for your input.

Getting input here is invaluable!

Thanks.