Wire Terminals & Electrical/Inventor Interoperability

Schredhammer
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Wire Terminals & Electrical/Inventor Interoperability

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A co-worker and I are currently working on making our wiring diagrams more streamlined with our Inventor assemblies. One issue we are running into is wire terminals [i.e. crimped slip-ons] and showing the wired connections between components using crimped terminals. I've searched all over the web but I could only find articles on terminal blocks and strips. Any ideas on how we should go about it, or are connections between components and wire terminals not possible in Electrical/Inventor workflows? I have attached a screenshot of a contactor and the wires w/ terminals as an example.

 

 

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rhesusminus
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There is no way to tell AcadE that a crimp terminal is needed on these wires. Do you draw them in the schematics? Maybe you can use a connector symbol, and connect the wire to the connector? If you insert a crimp terminal in Inventor and give it the same tag as in the schematics, you should be goog to go.'

But I guess your wire from/to reports would look strange...

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Thanks, @rhesusminus I will keep this in mind.

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