Solid Edge Wiringand Harness Design
Electromechanical design as it’s meant
to beBenefits• Achieve first-pass success in thedesign of electromechanical products• Automate design processes to reducemanual tasks and improve efficiency• Increase productivity via online direct
collaboration• Model in 3D; collaborate on electricaldetails• Realize rapid, error-free electrical andharness design• Validate designs using integrated
electrical behavior
Features• Automated harness engineering for
creation of production-ready drawings,BOMs, costings, NC files andmanufacturing reports• Built-in intelligent libraries forcomponents, symbols and simulation
modelsSummary
The quantity of electronics in machinesand devices increases on a yearly basis.
With that sustained level of growth, theability to accurately design and document an electromechanical product canbe extremely challenging. Previous
design methodologies using nonintelligent drawing tools and spreadsheets
can no longer keep track of all thedetails in a design. Instead, a datadriven, integrated electromechanicaldesign environment can be used tovalidate designs, providing automation
as a design proceeds.
Siemens Solid Edge® Wiring andHarness Design software enables thecreation of fully functional and manufacturable electromechanical designs ina seamless electrical computer-aided
design (ECAD) and mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD)

environment. Based on proven technology from Mentor, a Siemens business,these software modules enable you todesign electrical systems while simultaneously collaborating with themechanical design to optimize productdesign. This facilitates the accommodation of space reservation, clash
detection and hazard avoidance in themechanical domain.
Both Solid Edge Wiring and Harness
Design modules contain robust part andmodel repositories, which support theautomated selection of parts, terminal
plugs and seals for each connector. The
parts library includes over 4,000 popular industrial parts.
Solid Edge Wiring and Harness Design,
combined with the Solid Edge 3D
Design environment, allows companies
to bring products to market fasterwithout sacrificing quality. When
deployed together, Solid Edge Wiring
Design reduces effort by automating
the flow of wiring data into Solid Edge
Harness Design. When used with Solid
Edge Electrical Routing, this uniquesolution provides interactive, highlighted cross-probing and dynamic
updating between the ECAD-MCAD
domains, which helps minimize design
errors and shortens development time.
Solid Edge electrical design modules
are available individually or as a bundled solution.

• Electromechanical digital mockups
eliminate the need for costly
prototypes

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Solid Edge Wiring and Harness Design

Features continued• Extended publishing capabilities andBOM exchange for Teamcenter
integration• Parts library that includes 4,000
popular industrial parts• Seamless data exchange between
domains with connected mode

Solid Edge Electrical Routing directly interfaces between Solid Edge Wiring and Harness Designusing a feature called connected mode, which allows the user to bridge environments and update
harness information.

Solid Edge Wiring Design
Solid Edge Wiring Design is a graphicaldesign environment for creating wiring
diagrams. With built-in intelligence that
automates many design tasks, thesoftware makes full electrical schematicdevelopment easy via an intuitive userinterface, electrically intelligent symbols, and automated part selection. The
software features built-in verificationand design rule checks to validate
design, eliminating errors faster andearlier in the flow. It shows voltages
and currents as the design proceeds,
highlighting problem areas, such as
short circuits, and validating wire andfuse size.

used for in-house production or buildto-print purposes. With an intuitive userinterface that makes harness design
authoring easy, the software automates
many design tasks. For example, connector tables are automatically
populated as wires are added, terminals
selected, and wire tables generated. A
powerful parts selector automaticallyconfigures and selects terminals, seals
and wires for each connector, including
allowances for add-ons and knock-offs.
This speeds the harness design andeliminates the major source of problems
found in the traditional design process.

The tool automatically generates
reports for wires, connectors anddevices used in the design. Diagram,device and wire index-tables, with fullsheet and zone referencing, can beadded to the drawings. These automatically update as changes are made.

Once a harness is complete, powerfulreporting capabilities can be used togenerate the documentation required
for manufacturing. The reports aregenerated directly from the design
drawing, ensuring fast and accurate
information. This can significantly
reduce production lead times andprevent manufacturing errors.

Solid Edge Harness Design
A graphical design environment for
creating harness and formboard drawings, Solid Edge Harness Design can beReporting
Solid Edge Wiring Design and SolidEdge Harness Design feature a standard
set of reports for designs. These reports

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can be saved and viewed in a web
browser. Both products also offer theability to configure and build reports
with either an application programming
interface (API) or an easy user interface. Reports can be based on any
number of objects, attributes, properties or even calculations.
Adherence to standards
The software supports the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) andAmerican National Standards Institute(ANSI) symbol and parts libraries; ANSI
ladder schematics adhere to ANSI
drawing standards, which is especially
useful when designing machinery.
Single-vendor solution
A single-vendor solution enables anintimate integration, which is notpossible with third-party and add-on
products. By enabling data to flow
seamlessly between the 2D wiring, 2D
harness and 3D MCAD domains, teams
can understand and trace the impact ofdesign decisions across domains. Inaddition, wiring and harness design
tools are integrated with Teamcenter®
software, enabling configuration management and revisions to designs.

Extending value
Solid Edge is a portfolio of affordable,
easy to deploy, maintain and use software tools that advance all aspects ofthe product development process:mechanical and electrical design,
simulation, manufacturing, technicaldocumentation, data management andcloud-based collaboration.
Minimum requirements• Windows 10 Enterprise orProfessional (64-bit only) version
1709 or later (recommended)• Windows 8.1 Pro or Enterprise(64-bit only)• 8GB RAM
• Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080
• 6.5GB of disk space required forinstallation
Solid Edge Electrical Design servers aresupported in the following
environments:• Windows server 2016
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