PTC Creo Harness Manufacturing

Extension

Jim Barrett-Smith

October 2015

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Harness Manufacturing Extension

Introduction

Using the traditional harness manufacturing solution to create all the required manufacturing

documentation for an average harness would take in excess of two hours.

PTC Harness Manufacturing Extension automates the documentation process reducing the time to less

than five minutes.

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• With little or no training any Creo Cabling user can utilize Harness Manufacturing Extension to

create documentation in no more than 10 clicks.– Select the harness to flatten

– Choose sub harness – if one exists

– Choose whether to include cosmetic feature

• Default on

– Set the scale factor

• Default 1

– Select a drawing template

• Default template provided

– Choose whether to have a variable sized sheet

• Default variable

– Set default parameter mapping

• Default BOM_DESC & SEAL_NAME

– Set border offset

• Default 80 & 100

Harness Manufacturing Extension

Improved User Productivity

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Harness Manufacturing Extension

Standardized Documentation

Utilizing standard company formats, Creo Harness Manufacturing Extension will create consistent

manufacturing documentation– Fully annotated stick layout

– From To report

– Pin out report for each connector

– 3D view of harness within assembly context

– Bill of Material

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Harness Manufacturing Extension

Out of the Box Solution

With Creo 2.0 the 3 connector 36 wire harness would take around 2 hours to flatten and detail

With Creo 3.0 the same harness would take less than 5 minutes using Harness Manufacture Lite

At a typical hourly rate of $40, this would provide an immediate saving of $80.

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Harness Manufacturing Extension

Standard Solution

With Creo 2.0 the 20 connector 80 wire harness would take around 12 hours to flatten and detail

With Creo 3.0 the same harness would take less than 10 minutes using Harness Manufacture Standard

At a typical hourly rate of $40, this would provide an immediate saving of $450

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Harness Manufacturing Extension

Advanced Solution

With Creo 2.0 the 82 connector 80 wire harness would take up to 32 hours to flatten and detail

With Creo 3.0 the same harness would take less than 15 minutes using Harness Manufacture Advanced

At a typical hourly rate of $40, this would provide an immediate saving of $1050

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HMX Functional Comparison Summary

Functionality Lite Standard Advanced Cabling Design

Representation Single Line Layout 3D Layout

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s Connectors 5 20 Unlimited Unlimited

Wires 50 100 Unlimited Unlimited

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res Auto Dimensioning Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic

Automatic Design Rule Checking X X Automatic X

Back annotation to Creo Schematics X X Automatic X

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Bill of Materials (BOM) Automatic Automatic Automatic Manual Placement

BOM including spools usage X Automatic Automatic Manual Placement

BOM including wedges, cavity seals etc X X Automatic Manual Placement

Wire From/To List Automatic Automatic Automatic Manual Placement

Cutting List X Automatic Automatic X

Connector Cavity Table including strip length X Automatic Automatic Manual Placement

Connector Cavity Table including location view X X Automatic Manual Placement

Design Change Recreate Drawing Parametric Update

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• Improved Standardization– Consistent manufacturing documentation

• Improved User Productivity when compared to cabling design– Small harness – 2 hours to less than 5 minutes

– Medium harness – 1.5 days to less than 10 minutes

– Large harness – 3 days to less than 15 minutes

• Improved Design Workflows– Create documentation at any point in the design process

• High level manufacturing estimates

– Efficiently recreate to same standard and layout at design release

• Expandable solution– 3 different packages to suite your harness complexity

Harness Manufacturing Extension

Summary