SIEMENS DIGITAL INDUSTRIES SOFTWARE

Solid Edge Electrical Routing
Digitally integrating wire harness designBenefits

Summary• Provide seamless integration between

The Siemens Solid Edge® software module for electrical routing is a dedicated,

2D ECAD and 3D MCAD domains

process-driven environment for the efficient creation, routing and organization• Diminish product costs with improved
communicationof wires, cables and bundles in a mechanical assembly. Using Solid Edge
Electrical Routing enables you to transfer harness topology data between
electrical computer-aided design (ECAD) and mechanical computer-aided design• Reduce need for costly physical prototypes(MCAD) environments. Easier harness topology exchange reduces design time

• Realize faster and more informed designand manufacturing readiness.

decisions• Improve service and maintenancedocumentation• Decrease overall time-to-market

The software provides seamless collaboration between design teams as theycreate complete and accurate digital mock-ups that contain components fromboth environments, eliminating the need for expensive physical prototypes.
Design violations are constantly monitored as the harness is being created.
Correct cutting length information is easily accessible for manufacturing.

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Features• Connected mode with interactive
cross-probing• Wire routing along irregular
geometric bodies• Support of bi-colored wires• Bundle creation over splices• Automated, structure workflow withdesign violation monitoring• Wire harness output to manufacturing

A structured workflow
Solid Edge Electrical Routing provides a structured workflow that enables you
to quickly define a 3D path between parts and defines wire, cable and bundle
properties. When using the harness wizard with a predefined net-list file, electricalcomponents and connection information can be easily assigned to preconfigured
Solid Edge parts. All wires remain connected to their original components, andwire length is updated to manufacturing reports. Wires, cables or bundles present
in an assembly may be routed along any irregular surfaces tangential to thesurface, a useful functionality for cabinet panel design.
Terminals may be assigned to various geometric structures, including square orrectangular cavities, and bundles may be created even over splices. For electricalcomponents that have not had terminals assigned or connection information
attributed, users can assign this information on-the-fly while the harness iscreated, allowing customers to capture knowledge while building component
libraries. Once electrical components have been assigned, the information is stored
for future designs, and the software exports ready-to-use net list files to ECAD sowires can be annotated with lengths and used for electrical analysis, such asvoltage drops.
Live feedback of design violations
Built-in design-error checkers provide persistent live feedback, warning of design
violations, such as minimum bend radius violations or instances in which thebundle size of cables and wires exceed the maximum. Violations are relayed tothe user by graphical symbols next to the wire. A tool tip offers advice on how tofix problems.

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Realistic wire representation for complete

Solid Edge Electrical Routing can be used todigital mockups

collaborate with industry standard ECAD tools

Wires created with Solid Edge Electrical Routing

using standard exchange file formats forcontain all the information required for manu-component and connection data. Files using thefacturing and don’t require a 3D representation

design system interface (DSI) file format, theof the wiring design. This speeds the initial

universal format for creating wiring harnesses,

design and editing of the wire harness. For a

may be imported into any ECAD software, withmore realistic 3D mechanical view, or if acomponents and wiring data carried over.

detailed drawing is required, designers cangenerate an associative 3D model of the wires,
including individual wires, cables and bundles
with colors. The automatic tangency of wirepaths from terminals through wire clips enables
wires to look natural as they are routed. Wires
can be represented in multiple colors, including
bi-colored wiring.
Connected mode
Solid Edge Electrical Routing directly interfaces
between Solid Edge Wiring and Harness Design
software modules using a feature called
connected mode, which allows the user tobridge environments and update harness information. After the environments are connected,
if the user changes a design aspect in one
environment, it is highlighted in the other

Extending value
The Solid Edge portfolio is an integrated set of
powerful, comprehensive and accessible toolsthat advance all aspects of the productdevelopment process. Solid Edge addresses
today’s complexity challenges with automateddigital solutions that cultivate creativity
and collaboration.
By harnessing the latest innovative technologies
in mechanical and electrical design, simulation,
manufacturing, publications, data management
and cloud-based collaboration, Solid Edge
dramatically shortens time-to-market,
provides greater production flexibility andsignificantly reduces costs with its collaborativeand scalable solutions.

through cross-probing. Design violations are

Minimum system configuration

constantly monitored as the harness is• Windows 10 Enterprise or Professional

designed; live feedback immediately displays
potential challenges, enabling electrical andmechanical engineers to collaborate effectively
whether they are in the same office or inremote locations.
Connected mode may only be used with
Siemens products: Solid Edge Wiring andHarness Design, Capital Logic and Harness XC
software. However, data transfer is possible indisconnected mode, providing companies
without a dedicated ECAD system to still enjoy
the benefits of Solid Edge Electrical Routing.

(64 bit only) version 1809 or later• 16 GB RAM for commercial users and 8 GB
RAM for academic users• 65K colors• Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080 or higher• 8.5 GB of disk space required for installation

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