SolidWorks Electrical
2013 Hands-On Test Drive
WHAT IS SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL ? ....................................................................................................... 1 UNDERSTANDING THE WORKFLOW .......................................................................................................... 1 STARTING SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL .................................................................................................... 3 THE USER INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................ 3 CREATING AND OPENING PROJECTS ..................................................................................................... 4 CREATING A NEW PROJECT ................................................................................................................ 4 PROJECT OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 4 SINGLE LINE DIAGRAMS ......................................................................................................................... 5 ZOOMING AND SCROLLING ................................................................................................................. 5 MOUSE ZOOM ............................................................................................................................. 5 MOUSE SCROLL ............................................................................................................................ 5 WHERE TO FIND IT ....................................................................................................................... 6 INSERTING SYMBOLS ......................................................................................................................... 6 ADDING CABLES ............................................................................................................................... 8 SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL 3D ............................................................................................................... 10 INSERT 3D COMPONENTS ................................................................................................................ 11 ROUTE CABLES IN 3D ...................................................................................................................... 12 POWER AND CONTROL CIRCUITS ........................................................................................................... 13 DRAWING WIRES ............................................................................................................................ 13 OPTIONAL – CUSTOMIZING THE USER INTERFACE ................................................................................. 14 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ............................................................................................................... 14 GRAPHICS OPTIONS .................................................................................................................... 15 ADDING SYMBOLS FROM THE PALETTE ............................................................................................... 15 ADDING SYMBOLS FROM EXISTING COMPONENTS ................................................................................ 19 TERMINALS AND TERMINAL STRIPS .................................................................................................... 19 CONTROL DIAGRAMS ...................................................................................................................... 21 OPTIONAL – MACROS ..................................................................................................................... 24 WIRE ORIGIN – DESTINATION ARROWS .............................................................................................. 25 WIRE NUMBERS ............................................................................................................................. 27 OPTIONAL - CREATE A MANUFACTURER PART ..................................................................................... 28 SOLIDWORKS PANEL LAYOUT ............................................................................................................... 28 ROUTE WIRES ................................................................................................................................ 31 REPORTS ........................................................................................................................................... 32 REORGANIZING THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................ 34 OPTIONAL – PUBLISH TO ENTERPRISE PDM ............................................................................................ 34
Hands-On Test Drive
SolidWorks Electrical provides a project-based approach to developing electrical designs. All documentation for an electrical design is contained in the project including single line diagrams, power, control and PLC schematics, tables and reports, terminal strip drawings and 3D SolidWorks models along with any additional documentation you wish to attach. Projects are controlled and stored in a SQL database to allow fast and flexible project access. Multiple users can work on a single project. While an electrical designer is working out the schematic, another user can be inserting components in SolidWorks assemblies and routing wires. Projects are updated real-time with changes for every user to ensure design accuracy. Components in an electrical design are managed by SolidWorks Electrical so that every symbol and 3D part is interconnected. The manufacture part part reference is associated with each symbol. For example, a power contactor is represented by several symbols representing the coil and each contact along w ith a 3D SolidWorks part that will be placed in a cabinet. Every one of these representations of the same physical part is connected to manufacturer’s part data. If you choose to change the manufacturer’s
part, you change it once and all symbols and representations are updated. Wires and cables also have built-in intelligence. Wire numbering in SolidWorks Electrical is incredibly flexible to accommodate a variety of standards and styles. Cables reference a manufacturer’s part just
as any other component with the addition of cores and diameters. When routed in SolidWorks Electrical 3D, they are represented re presented completely and lengths are automatically calculated. Cross-referencing is automatic in projects. The various symbols for physical components are linked by mark, by hyperlink and by schematic location so you are sure to never have overused components or miss-wiring. SolidWorks Electrical also provides critical design automation for PLCs, reports and te rminal strips along with 3D wire, cable and harness routing so that your project documentation is complete without additional manual drafting required.
Single line diagrams provide an excellent project overview along with a quick means to cr eating basic cable connections. Symbols are first first placed that represent each major electrical component. These components can be associated to a manufacturer’s manufacturer ’s part at any time. Cables are then drawn to visually
connect components and optionally connect circuits.
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components. Single or multiple Schematics are built for power and control circuits using symbols tied to components. wires can be drawn between symbols and wires are numbered and trimmed automatically. Origin and destination arrows are created easily to to ensure multi-page schematics are wired correctly. SolidWorks Electrical also prevents origin – destination arrows from connecting to the wrong w ire type to avoid connecting ground to power. Additional schematic tools automate the placement and organization organization of terminals, PLCs and black box components.
As symbols are added, a Component tree is built dynamically. dynamically. Locations can be defined defined for the project so that components can be identified with them. This helps with documentation as well as organization. organization. The component tree can be used in schematics and 3D to insert their corresponding symbols and 3D models.
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SolidWorks Electrical 3D can be used to assemble components along with their mechanical counterparts to create complete 3D models. Finally, wires and cables are routed automatically along guide guide lines to layout route locations as well as calculate lengths.
The symbol and manufacture part libraries can be tailored to your companies needs by removing or importing symbols and parts. Parts can be added individually as they are used and are shared with all Electrical users through SQL database.
1. Start SolidWorks Electrical. Double-click SolidWorks Electrical
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The SolidWorks Electrical user interface is divided up into four main sections. The Side Panel provides access to project documents documents as well as components, macros and symbols. It also includes a command tab and options when a command is active. The Ribbon, or CommandManager menu, contains input commands sorted into multiple groupings (tabs).
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The Graphics Zone is limited to drawing access and editing. The Status Bar shows the cursor position and allows you to toggle modes like SNAP on and off.
Ribbon or CommandManager
Graphics Zone
Side Panel
Status Bar
A Project is used to store the many different types of files used to create the reports, data and other files that together fully define the project. A project contains one or more document books. Each document book can contain many files of different types including multiple drawings.
Creating a new project automatically creates multiple files of several different types. Additional drawings and other files can be added manually. The structure o f a new project is based on a template. You only need to create an initial project structure and configure configure its settings once. It can then be saved as a template to kee p all projects consistent and to speed up initial design.
Your goal for this test drive is to complete the electrical documentation and 3D assembly of a three phase motor control panel that includes a wireless c ontrol system.
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Let’s get started by opening the existing project and working on a single line diagram.
2. Open project. Click Projects Manager Electrical Hands-On and click Open
. From the Projects Manager, select SolidWorks .
3. Files. The project is opened including book and schematic files. The drawings appear under the Documents tab
in the Side Panel.
Click Drawings preview and click 03 – Line diagram to see the preview. 4. Opening a drawing. Double-click 03 – Line diagram to open the drawing in the Graphics Zone.
A Single Line Diagram, here named 03 - Line diagram, is a simplified representation of the cabling that will be used in the project. It shows the original concept of the project, optionally with drawing graphics, rather than the final result. Note: The single line diagram is not required but it is useful in managing the cables used in the project.
Zooming or scrolling the drawing can be done in many ways but the most direct is by rotating or dragging the middle mouse scroll wheel.
Rotate the middle mouse scroll wheel down to zoom out (further away). Rotate the middle mouse scroll wheel up to zoom in (closer).
Press and drag the middle mouse scroll w heel to pan the view left, right, up
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or down.
Mouse Button: Rotate or drag with t he middle mouse scroll wheel.
We need to represent the black box and RF connectors on the line diagram and connect them with a cable. Connectors will be be used in this example since since they are part of the cable assembly. If the connectors were part of the component being connected, via screw terminals for e xample, they would not need to be included. 5. Select symbol . From the Line diagram tab, click Insert Symbol . If the Symbols selector dialog is not visible, click the Other symbol button. Select Black boxes from the Classification list, click
Black box1 and click Select. You can now place the Black box1 symbol on the sheet. Place it to the left of the antenna as shown.
6. Symbol properties . After placing a symbol, the Symbol properties dialog will be displayed. Leave the default location and root mark. Select the Manufacturer part and circuits tab and click Search. Choose XTL as the Manufacturer and click Search. Double-click XTL Black box1 and click Select to associate the manufacturer part data to the symbol. Click OK. 7. Select symbol . From the Line diagram tab, click Insert Symbol. Click the Other symbol button. Select Connectors from the Classification list and double-click RF Connector.
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You can now place the RF Connector symbol on the sheet. Place it to the right of the black box as shown. 8. Choose the following manufacturer part data in the Symbol properties dialog.
Manufacturer
Reference
Description
Samtec
RFXXX-01SP1
50 OHM RF CABLE ASSEMBLY MALE
Notice the two circuits available in the manufacturer part data. These will be used to connect an RF cable core and shielding. 9. Copy symbol . Copy and paste the RF connector symbol from the black box to the antenna as show. All manufacturer part information will be copied and the mark will increment increment to the next available number.
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A cable contains one or more cable cores which will be assigned wires. It is used to connect the symbols in the drawing. The cables are drawn to show connections between components. There is not yet any assignment of cores or wires to the cable when it is first created. 10. Cable. Click Draw cable
and connect the symbols by clicking as shown. Click the Esc key to
stop creating cables.
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11. Detailed cabling. Double-click the newly created cable cable to bring up the Detailed cabling dialog. This interface is used to associate cables with single line c ables and connect the wires or core s to the corresponding circuit terminals on the connected components.
12. Cores reservation. Select Cores reservation
to associate an existing cable. Check W5 –
available for RF316 RG316 to select the desired cable. Notice it has one core and shielding available connection. Click OK.
13. Connect cores to components. Select terminal 1 from X1 and the green cell to the left of the Shield on W5. Click Associate wires
. Repeat the same process to connect all terminals to
the cable cores for for both connectors. Click Close.
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The cable label is now shown on the red cable in the line diagram. Note: if you would like to display the label in a different location on the cable, right click on the desired location and select Show/hide cable cores texts. Delete or hide the undesired labels. labels.
As soon as you have created components, c omponents, wires and/or cables in SolidWorks Electrical, you can begin placing the components and routing them in SolidWorks assemblies. 14. Start SolidWorks. Double-click on SolidWorks
.
15. From the SolidWorks Electrical menu, select the Projects Manager
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16. Open project. Select the red project, SolidWorks SolidWorks Electrical Hands-On, Hands-On, and select Open. The project is red since it is already open by another user. You will see the following message explaining who has the project open. Click OK.
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17. Open SolidWorks assembly . From the SolidWorks Electrical Task Pane, you can explore and view drawings and documents from the open project. Open the 05 Main electrical closet assembly by doubleclicking on it.
Once an electrical assembly is opened in SolidWorks, the SolidWorks Electrical component tree displays in the Property Manager pane on the left. Components that have 3D models to be inserted will display display those parts under the component mark
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18. Insert Black box1 . Insert A1, Black box1 by rightclicking on A1 and select Insert. Move the cursor to the position shown in the image below and click to place the component. A Mate Reference exists in the black box model to automate a coincident mate to the back of the cabinet. Click
to add the
mate.
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19.
part and select Move with triad. Click and drag Move with triad. Right-click on the black box part °
the blue ring to rotate the model 180 . Use the ruler snapping to get to an exact angle.
20. Change view. Using the View Orientation tool (space bar or
), select the view named Black
Box. 21. Insert X1. Right-click on the X1 component and select Insert. Move the cursor to the end of the connection on the black box and click to automatically mate the X1 connector into position.
X1
22. Insert X2. From the View Orientation tool, select the view named Antenna. Alternatively, zoom and rotate to the end of the antenna. Repeat the insertion process for X2 and locate it on the end of the antenna. 23. Default view. From the View Orientation tool, select the view named Default to prepare for cable routing.
After inserting components into your SolidWorks assembly, the associated cable and wire routes can be be created. SolidWorks Electrical provides provides an
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X2
Electrical Component Wizard to walk through the required setup of parts to include wire and c able points and mate references to help you use your own parts or downloaded components. 24. Route cables. From the SolidWorks Electrical 3D Command Manager tab, select Route Cables . Select SolidWorks Route as the route type, leaving all other default settings and click
.
A new route sub assembly will be created with the newly routed cable. 25. Move components . Click and drag the black box to move its location in the assembly. Click
Rebuild
to update the cable route.
**Optional** Edit the route and and add a clip. Auto-route the cable through the clip.
The next step is to complete complete the power and control circuit diagram. diagram. A three-phase motor needs to be added with its protection, power contacts contacts and terminals. The control circuit also needs to be completed to add contacts, terminals and an indicator light. 26. Return to SolidWorks Electrical. Switch back to SolidWorks Electrical Electrical to continue building building schematics. 27. Open 04 – Power and control . Double-click on 04 – Power and control to open the schematic.
Wires are more than just lines on the schematic. They contain wire information such as diameter, color and type, and make connections between terminals on component component symbols. Wires can be drawn individually or in groups of the same wire or groups of different wire types such as in a three phase power system. SolidWorks Electrical will automatically join overlapping overlapping wires, will create connections where wire ends touch another wire, and will automatically trim them to symbols. 28. Draw three phase power wires . From the Schematic tab, select Draw multiple wires
. Click
, next to the wire style Name, to open the Wire style selector . Select the multi-phase multi-phase N L1 L2 L3 wire style Each phase with a color and click Select.
Set the additional settings as shown, unselecting the neutral w ire.
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Start the wire group by clicking on the red wire in the Graphics Zone, second from the left. left. A phase direction line displays. Move the cursor down and click to define the phase direction as shown.
Click the endpoint of the wire gr oup near the column divider, then right-click to e nd the wire group. Note: wire group direction can can be toggled using the Space bar. Wire folds or corners can can be created by typing C.
SolidWorks Electrical allows the user to tailor the user interface to work the way you work. You can create your own keyboard shortcuts for common commands, turn tools on and off, and configure the display to meet your preferences.
29. Keyboard shortcuts . Right-click on any command button or CommandManager tab and select
Customize Quick Access Toolbar . Select the Keyboard tab and select View category.
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Type F into the Press new shortcut key box and click Assign . Typing F on the keyboard will now zoom the sheet to fit the screen. Note: keyboard shortcuts are specific to t he document type.
You can also configure the user inter face including colors and cursor size by selecting Interface
configuration
on the Tools tab of the CommandManager.
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30. Symbols palette . Select the Symbols tab
from the Side Panel and click Search. Type in the
word motor and and click Find. All schematic symbols that contain motor in the name name or description display in the symbols palette.
31. Insert motor symbol . Double-click on the three phase motor symbol with a ground connection and place it towards the end of the three phase wire group. Make sure the symbol symbol is inserted inserted on the top red wire.
When the Symbol properties dialog is displayed, expand ex pand L3 – Conveyor location and select F1with an already existing motor M1 – Motor. This will associate this new motor symbol with component. The existing motor component component has already been assigned assigned manufacturer part information that will display on attributes around the symbol.
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Click OK. Note: you can also associate a symbol to an existing component by typing in the same root mark and number and clicking
.
32. Hide attributes. Any unnecessary attributes can be hidden on the symbol symbol in the Graphics Zone. Right-click the newly added motor symbol. symbol. Select Attributes and uncheck Degree of protection be edited and attributes can be IP: “IP 55 Dust_Hosed water resistant” . Symbols can also be added or removed. 33. Stretch. If needed, needed, use use Stretch
to shift the motor and its wires to make room for attribute
text.
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34. Add protection. From the Symbols palette in the Side Pane, select the Protections group. Double-click the 3 phase motor protection symbol and place it on the top red wire as shown.
In the Symbol properties dialog, select F1-RT1 – RELAY to associate the symbol with an existing component. This component contains contains several circuits. Click the Manufacturer part and circuits tab to review the used and available circuits.
The three thermal magnetic protection c ircuits are now used by the symbol that was just inserted. The
(green) state indicates the circuit is used. A normally open and a normally
closed contact are still available for use in the project indicated by the Click OK.
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(blue) state.
Note: the cross reference contact contact symbols added with the relay can be moved or hidden. hidden. Click and drag the cross references references to move them. To hide them, go to the Symbol properties of of the newly inserted symbol and set the Cross reference type to Without.
You are not limited to dropping in a symbol and then associating it with a manufacturer part or exi sting component. You can create components directly directly in the Components tree or line line diagram and then insert their corresponding symbols from the component itself. 35. Insert symbol from an existing component . Activate the Components tab
in the Side Pane
and expand the locations to the Main electrical closet and find F1-CR1 – CONTACTOR. Rightclick on the component and select Insert symbol . The manufacturer part has a multi-line schematic symbol assigned so that SolidWorks Electrical presents you with the co rrect symbol. Place the 3 pole contact symbol as shown below.
Note: This component is now associated with three different symbols: a single-line diagram symbol showing the physical part, the coil displayed in the control circuit, and the three pole power contacts in the newly inserted symbol. symbol. The cross reference reference table shown to the right of the coil displays the available contact in blue and those that have been used in green. The cross reference includes the location of the used power contacts.
**Optional** - Change the contactor to a higher amp rating – LC1D25106E7 LC1D25106E7 (25 A). Show how it it updates each symbol where it is used.
SolidWorks Electrical automates the documentation of terminal strips using the Terminal strips manager. As terminals are added to the schematic, they are considered a special type of component. A terminal strip contains many terminal blocks and each terminal block c an utilize its own manufacturer part. Each terminal block block can be single single or multi-level. The terminal strip editor provides simple simple bridge/jumper creation and automatic drawings. 36. Insert terminals . From the Schematic tab of the CommandManager, select Insert ‘n’ terminals . Choose a Passing terminal symbol. Draw a vertical line line through all four four wires supplying supplying
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motor M1 as shown. Move the cursor to the right of the line to direct the red arrow towards the motor symbol and click to display the Terminal properties dialog.
Select F-TB1 – Terminals from the component tree to associate the terminal symbols with the existing terminal strip.
Click OK (all terminals). The new terminal symbols are displayed. Cable W10 was previously drawn between motor M1 and terminal strip TB1 in 03 – Line diagram so that the individual core labels are displayed between the components.
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The motor starter control currently curre ntly only shows the momentary push button S1 and the contactor coil CR1. We need to complete the control diagram by adding a normally open contact in parallel with S1, an indicator light in parallel with CR1 that will be on while the motor is running, and an emergency push button that will be located outside of the cabinet, near the motor. SolidWorks Electrical makes drawing control ladder diagrams easy using the ability to draw multiple wires of the same wire type with the spacing you need. 37. Draw single wire type . Select Draw single wire type
and select the 24V DC wire using the
Wire style selector. Set the Number of lines to 4. Change the Space between lines to 1. Draw the horizontal wires as shown below. Watch for the dashed inference inference lines to the end of the existing control wires to help line up wire lengths.
Right-click to end the first set o f wires and continue drawing. Change the Space between lines to 5 and Number of lines to 2. Draw the vertical wires as shown.
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Right-click to end the wires. Change the Number of lines to 1 and draw two additional vertical wires as shown.
Right-click or Esc to end the Draw single wire type command. 38. Delete wires. We don’t need all of the wires drawn in the last few steps. Select the wires shown and Delete using the right-click menu or Dele te key.
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Selections can be made by an enclosing box (click and drag left-to-right), a crossing box (click and drag right-to-left), or by holding Ctrl and selecting multiple items. Ctrl selections can also be used to unselect items in the selection se lection such as the cross reference symbol.
Delete an additional horizontal wire to end up with t he wires shown below.
39. Emergency push button . Select the Symbols tab
in the Side Pane and select the Command
group. Double click on the Emergency NC Push Button and place it as shown.
Select the Manufacturer part and circuits tab in the Symbol properties dialog. Select ABB as the manufacturer and double-click 00608 part. Click Select and click OK.
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40. Contact. From the Command group on the Symbols tab, double-click the NO Contact symbol and place it on the the parallel wire below S1. In the Symbol properties dialog, select the existing F1-CR1 - CONTACTOR component and click OK. This will use the last last normally open contact from CR1.
41. Indicator light. From the Command group, double-click the Indicator symbol and place place it below the coil CR1. Click OK.
42. Propagate wire styles . The right side of our control circuit circuit is currently showing a combination of ground (green) and 24V control wires (pink). Propagate the ground wire style through through the equipotential wires. Right-click on the green ground wire and select Wire Style, Propagate. Select To equipotential and click . All wires of the same equipotential are changed to match the green ground wire style. Click
to close the tool.
SolidWorks Electrical allows you to save common schematic diagrams as macros for for later use. These macros can contain wires, symbols, components and manufacturer part information. information. In this example, we just created a very common push button motor start circuit. We would like it available for future projects. 43. Create a new macro. Select the Macros tab
from the Side Pane. Open the Motor command
group.
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Window select the entire motor command circuit with its symbols and wires. Click and drag the selected contents into the Motor command group. The Macro dialog will appear. Name the macro Common Motor Command Macro. Click OK.
The new macro can now be dragged and dropped into into any project. Manufacturer part information is already populated and mark numbers will automatically increment if the mark is already present. 44. Insert macro. Drag and drop the newly cre ated macro just below the existing motor command diagram. Notice the incrementing of marks the inclusion of manufacturer part information. There is a new cross reference table added for the new contactor coil. Since its power contacts are not yet used, they are displayed blue in the table.
SolidWorks Electrical makes it easy to m anage wires between schematic diagrams and even from sheet to sheet. Origin - destination arrows can be created between wires of the same same type and provide hyperlinking between locations. 45. Manage origin – destination arrows . Select Manage origin – destination arrows
from the
Schematic tab on the CommandManager. You can arrange multiple sheets vertically or horizontally horizontally as needed. Click Vertical tiles Click Single insertion
.
and move your cursor near the end of the pink control wire leaving the
power supply. The green circle indicates indicates a valid starting point for for the origin arrow. Click to place the origin symbol.
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You can now place the the destination arrow. Move your cursor over to the control circuit near the end of one of the pink control wires. SolidWorks Electrical will not allow you to place place the destination arrow on a different wire type.
Click on the end of the pink control wire as shown above to add t he origin – destination arrows. 46. Additional origin – destination arrows . Repeat the process for the green ground wire from from the negative side of the power supply to the corresponding side of the control circuit.
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Click Close.
The origin arrows display with the sheet and row number for the corresponding destination arrow. Double-click on any origin or destination arrow to Go to its other end.
SolidWorks Electrical can be configured configured to a variety of wire numbering numbering styles and standards. Wire numbers can include sheet, row and column numbers, static text, origin and destination component information and others. Wire numbering is configured in in the Wire style manager. 47. Number wires. Select the Process tab on the CommandManager and select Number new wires
. Click Yes. All existing wires will be numbered according to the project’s numbering rules.
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You can hide and show wire numbers on any wire line by right-clicking and toggling Show/hide wire
marks.
The SolidWorks Electrical library library comes with nearly 500,000 manufacturer parts. parts. That may seem like a lot, but it is only a small fraction of what can actually be purchased. You may need to add to the library for parts you use. They can be added individually or in bulk bulk from a spreadsheet. 48. New light. Double-click the newly added added LT1 symbol and select the Manufacturer part and
circuits tab. Select Add manually .
Enter the following.
Part
Manufacturer
3D part
Color (Values)
LT 1234
XYZ
Light Green.sldprt
G
Click OK. This new part can be used once just for this design or can be added to the manufacturer parts library for later use. Choose Add to catalog to use in future designs. Click OK.
We now need to return to SolidWorks to complete the panel layout and route the wires in t he panel. 49. Return to SolidWorks .
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50. Filter already inserted components . From the Component tree in SolidWorks, turn on Hide
already inserted components . This will help us know what we have left to add to the SolidWorks assembly. 51. Insert Fuse disconnector . Go to a Front view and zoom in around the top rail. Right-click on F1 and select Insert. Place the component on the top rail as shown. shown. It will automatically automatically locate on the rail with SolidWorks SmartMates.
52. Insert multiple components . Shift-select components from F1 to RT1. Right-click on the selected components and select Insert. From the Insertion order dialog, delete LT1. You can also re-order components if needed from this dialog. Notice F1 was not added to the insertion list since it has already been inserted.
Click OK. Place the first component to the right of the fuse disconnector. disconnector. In the Multiple Insertion PropertyManager, enter Spacing of 0.50in. Click OK to insert the components.
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You can click and drag any of t he newly inserted components and they will move as a group. Spacing can be modified and additional components can be added to the group using t he Align
Components tool
.
53. Insert contactor. Right-click on CR1 and select Insert. Place the contactor on the left side side of the lower rail.
54. Insert terminals . Right-click on TB1 and select Insert terminals. Place the first terminal block in the middle of the bottom rail and click
. The remaining terminals will be inserted next to the
first.
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55. View orientation. Click View Orientation and select the Door view. This will change the view in SolidWorks to look at the front of t he door.
56. Insert push button . Right-click on S1 and select Insert. Move the part preview preview to the middle of the door and hit Tab to flip the button around if needed. Click to place the button. Click
.
57. View orientation. Click View Orientation and select the Default view.
After inserting components in the assembly, wires c an be routed to display wire runs and c alculate wire lengths. You can quickly create 3DSketch routes or create full 3D models of wires using a SolidWorks Route. 58. Route Wires. From the SolidWorks Electrical 3D Command Manager tab, select Route Wires . Select SolidWorks Route under route type and click
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59. Save and close . Save the SolidWorks SolidWorks assembly and close the assembly. Completely exit SolidWorks. Note: wires are routed through ducts ducts and the cabinet according to EW_PATH EW_PATH sketches. You can create these sketches in standard parts like ducts, on cabinet doors, or anywhere else they are needed using the Create Routing Path
tool.
SolidWorks Electrical maintains a database of information about the components and wires in the project. A variety of reports are available available to organize wire, cable and part part lists. Drawings of these reports along with terminal strip drawings can be created easily to complete your design documentation. 60. Return to SolidWorks Electrical. Return to the SolidWorks Electrical application application and select the
Project tab. 61. Create reports. Open the Report manager by clicking on Reports
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This project was defined with several reports including List of cable cores, Bill Of Materials grouped by manufacturer, List of wires by line style, List of cables grouped by reference and Drawing list. Click through the various reports reports to review the content. Additional reports can be added to the proje ct by clicking Add
.
The List of wires by line style and L ist of cables grouped by reference both have length information on some wires and cables. These have been routed in the SolidWorks assembly. Wire and cable lengths can also be modified manually by using Wire cabling order . 62. Generate drawings. Reports can be exported to Excel, text files or created as drawing sheets in the current project. Click Generate drawings
. Check each report report listed and and click OK. Click
Close. Several new sheets have been added to the current project under the Document book. Open and review a few of the new drawing sheets.
63. Terminal strip drawing . Click Terminal strips
Draw pages
to open the Terminal strips manager . Select
to create the terminal strip drawing. Click Close. Open 13 – TB1 – (1/1) and
review the newly created terminal ter minal strip drawing.
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Reorganizing sheets and cross references is easy using SolidWorks Electrical. Sheets can be re-ordered by drag and drop. Sheets can be renumbered. renumbered. All cross references indicating sheet information information will be updated with any reorganization. 64. Move a drawing sheet . From the Documents tab in the Side Pane, drag 13 – TB1 – (1/1) to a position above 04 – Power and control . 65. Renumber drawing sheets . Right-click on 1 – Document book and select Renumber drawings . Click OK.
All drawing sheets are renumbered to t heir new position. Open and review 05 – Power and control . All cross references, rungs and origin – destination arrows now indicate sheet 05 instead of 0 4.
SolidWorks Electrical is built to publish schematics, reports, models and even full project archives directly to SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. You can configure any root level folder in EPDM to receive the published files. Consider this the check-in tool in in SolidWorks Electrical. Electrical. Multiple versions of schematics, models and full project archives will be trac ked every time you choose Update files for PDM .
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66. Link to PDM Configuration. From the Import/Export tab in the SolidWorks Electrical
CommandManager, click Link to PDM Configuration
. Review the existing configuration
settings. Click Cancel to close the configuration settings. Make sure that a vault is is selected and a root folder is is chosen. Turn on Archive project from the Archive tab, Export 3D files from the tab, and Export reports, 3D tab, Export PDF files and Export component tree from the Pdf tab,
Export all project reports and Excel format from the Report tab.
67. Publish to EPDM . Click Update files for PDM
. Your project will be archived and published
to SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. All files will be checked into the vault under the current logged in user’s name.
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