Harnessing Report Generation

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You can generate reports in harness drawings to list details about materials.

Reports can be updated automatically after new materials are added to the harness. To enable dynamic updates, click Routing, Electrical, Harness, Defaults and select Update Reports Automatically.

All reports are created as standard SolidWorks tables. After a report is created, you can update column header names, move columns or rows, and format the table.

The Column Headers in Circuit Summary and Harness Bill of Materials reports must match property names on the corresponding library objects. For example, if you use PN as a Column Header, wires must have a corresponding PN property name. See Creating a Harness Library.

You can generate each report individually, or all reports at once.

To generate all reports at once:

Click Add All Reports (Wiring toolbar).

The Circuit Summary, Harness Bill of Materials, and Connector Pin-Wire tables for each connector are generated.

To generate a Circuit Summary report:

  1. Click Routing, Electrical, Harness, Reports.

  2. In the PropertyManager, select Circuit Summary, then, under Sheet, enter the sheet name on which you want the report to appear.

The default sheet name is Harnessboard, the sheet on which the flattened drawing bundles are created. If you enter a sheet name that does not exist, a new sheet is created with that name.

  1. Enter the names of the Column headers separated by commas (,).

  2. Click to create the report.

The report appears in the lower left corner of the drawing. You can drag it to a new position.

To generate a Harness Bill of Materials report:

  1. Click Routing, Electrical, Harness, Reports.

  2. In the PropertyManager, select Harness Bill of Materials, then, under Sheet, enter the sheet name on which you want the report to appear.

The default sheet name is Harnessboard, the sheet on which the flattened drawing bundles are created. If you enter a sheet name that does not exist, a new sheet is created with that name.

  1. Enter the names of the Column headers separated by commas (,).

  2. Under Display, select optional items to appear in the table, such as Covering, Terminals, etc. Wires and parts (connectors) always appear in the table.

  3. Click to create the report.

The report appears in the lower left corner of the drawing. You can drag it to a new position.

If you select Insert type headers under Harness Bill of Materials, the Harness Bill of Materials is created with separate rows labeled for each type of harness material, such as Wires, Parts, Terminals, Covering, and so on.

Connector Pin-Wire Tables

Requirements:

To generate Connector Pin-Wire tables:

  1. Click Edit Parts (Wiring toolbar) or Routing, Electrical, Harness, Edit, Parts.

  2. In the PropertyManager, select a connector name from the list.

  3. Click Insert Part Table.

A table appears in the graphics area next to the connector. The table contains a list of pin/cavity names and the corresponding wires connected to the pins/cavities. You can drag the table. If you move the endpoint of the wire, the table moves with it.

  1. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for other connector names.

  2. Click to close the PropertyManager.

 

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