Harness direction

[ZFerrarini]

I am trying to use the harness in Inventor 2023.

I added two pins at the end of my part and defined the direction as suggested from a lot of tutorials I looked at.

Now my wires exit from the same side.

Is there a way make one wire going in one direction and the other one in the opposite direction?

I tried to change the orientation, but it switches for both.

Also, what is the best way to create a wire if I have one starting part with a pin and not a second part (the wire will be loose)?

Thank you in advance.

[blandb]

Did you author the brown box, or is that an out of the box component?

[ZFerrarini]

That's a part with pins, no content center.

[blandb]

It has been a while since I messed with Cable Harness, but if someone authored that part as a connector, is the insulator direction the correct way? Can you switch the direction with shift...I don't remember

[ZFerrarini]

If I switch the direction, both wires change but they keep going in the same direction.

I am trying to have the two wires going to the opposite direction.

[blandb]

When placing the wire and that particular pin, did you use the arrow to "Flip" the connection orientation? Each pin when selecting the point has the flip option...Does that help?

[ZFerrarini]

The arrow shows up, but I can't flip it.

Is it because the direction is defined? How do I know if it's defined and how do I remove it?

[Schredhammer]

Termination Type (Crimp) needs to be changed to Insulation Displacement, then you can chose outward direction to be both directions.

[blandb]

Yes as @Schredhammer has said and I stated in post 4 in regards to the orientation.

[ZFerrarini]

I changed to insulation displacement, but I am not able to flip the direction of the second wire.

I don't know what I am doing wrong.

[ZFerrarini]

Ok, but I can't do it.

[blandb]

My other PC is in a long reboot/update it might be a while, but @Schredhammer  might be able to assist.

[Schredhammer · Accepted solution]

When you create/edit the wire, toggle the outward direction in the wire window

[ZFerrarini]

I finally was able to make it work.

What happens if I don't setup the connector? Would it work anyway?

[Schredhammer]

It would not. Inventor needs these inputs so it knows that you want it to be a wire connector and either a single direction or multi direction connector.

[ZFerrarini]

Ok, thank you.

[Schredhammer]

You're welcome!