Electromechincal Link - Export to Inventor create terminal rails as single parts

[chris.downing]

When using the export to Inventor tool for the import harness data tool in Inventor, all the terminal rails are brought in as one single part, because of this, you cannot assign the individual terminals and/or their pins. 

Please, can you change the tool so that either the terminal come into the harness data as individual parts or possible allow you to select sub-assemblies in the main assembly to assign a sub-assembly as a rail? 

You can see that the Electromechanical link file sees the terminals as they should be (as individual parts) and allows you to place them individually.

I have noticed that it works fine when you carry out the export using the 'Active Project' option..... therefore maybe only the tool needs improving so that the 'Project' options works the same.

[ermolov-s]

The Electromechanical connection between ACE and AIP can support not only one but several assemblies. The terminal block can be in a separate Assembly. To speed up the process of placing components in an Assembly, you can use a composition - is an Association of constraints - for each part of 3d electrical library.

[chris.downing]

Yes that is true but I am trying to create a cable and harness to wire my terminals to the components. When using the export to Inventor tool in ACADE, if you select 'Project' as the option (see pictures labelled 2) then the terminal rails are shown as one component, therefore I cannot assign the terminals in the model as they are multiple components.

I tried to insert them as a sub assembly but the software still only selects individual parts in the sub assembly when trying to assign them, I tried to create a singular component with multiple pins to represent the rail but then this breaks the electromechanical link because that requires the terminals to be individual components as part of the assembly (or sub assembly).

However when you do an export using the 'Active Drawing' option, the results are as I want, the terminals are show as individual parts (see pictures labelled 1)

This concludes that the two (cable & harness mixed with electromechanical link) don't really work well together and therefore renders the whole thing useless. I really hope that I am doing something wrong or there is a work around or software improvement to fix this.

If there could be a quick fix to make the 'Project' option work then this would resolve my issue completely!!

[ermolov-s · Accepted solution]

No need to separately export the connections in the AIP. To complete the connection in the AIP, do the following:

1) Create the Assembly in the AIP;

2) Establish an Electromechanical connection between AIP and ACE,

3) Place the parts in the Assembly AIP;

4) On the designation of the electrical Cabinet in the browser, electrical components press the right mouse button, choose "new connection" (see picture below).

Will be created cabling and all electrical connections.

[chris.downing]

I was trying to do this but had the workflow all wrong, I didn't have both component assigned on the electromechanical tab so go the message 'There are no more wire to be connected' now that I have all the components assigned this works!

Thanks Ermolov-S you got me past that hurdle 🙂

[Pawan89Bhat]

Hi Chris,

Are you able to identify PinL/PinR (internal/External) wire routing for terminals in the Inventor side?

in other words, Are you able to get the benefit of "Terminal Strip Editor" via the electromechanical link?

Pawan Bhat

Pawankbat@gmail.com