SOLIDWORKS® tutorial 13

Routing

Prepatory and Advanced Vocational Training

To be used with SOLIDWORKS® Educational Release 2018-2019

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Initiative: Kees Kloosterboer (SOLIDWORKS Benelux)

Educations advisor: Jack van den Broek
Realisation: Arnoud Breedveld (PAZ Computerworks)

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 Routing
Routing is the section of SOLIDWORKS, with which you can add tubes, wires and components to your
product. Routing is not a part of the standard wersion of SOLIDWORKS. If you are using the Student De-
sign Kit of SOLIDWORKS, you cannot do this tutorial. In the Student Edition, Routing is available as an
add-in.
Routing consists of three parts, that are completely apart from each other: Electrical, Piping and Tubing.
In this tutorial you will se the basics of ‘Electrical’: placing electrical components in your product and wire-
ing it. After that you will see how you can create your own components.

1 Start SOLIDWORKS and

open a new part.

2 Use sheet metal to create

the shape you see in the
ilustartion. Have you got
trouble doing so? Check tu-
torial 4, step 1 to 10.
The dimensions of this part
are 200 x 100 x 40 mm.
Thickness is 1.5 mm.

3 On the right side plane,

create the sketch you see in
the illustration.

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 4 Use the sketch to create an
Extruded Cut through the
whole part (‘Through All’)

5 On the plane in the back,

create the sketch you see
here. Make an Extruded
Cut out of it, again
Through All.

6 Save the part as hous-

ing.sldprt

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 7 Place the housing in an as-
sembly
1. In the toolbar click on
the arrow next to ‘New’
2. Click on ‘Make assembly
from Part/Assembly’

8 Select the standard tem-

plate for the assembly and
Click OK.

9 In de PropertyManager click
OK to place the housing.

10 Save the assembly with the

name: housing-
complete.sldasm

11 In the CommandManager
select the tab ‘Electrical’.
If the tab ‘Electrical’ is not
available, follow the next
steps. Otherwise continue
at step 14.

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 12 If the Tab ‘Electrical’ is not
available in the
CommandManager, you’ll
have to activate the add-in.
1. In the toolbar, click on
the arrow next to ‘Op-
tions’.
2. Select ‘Add-Ins…’.

13 In the menu mark the

checkboxes in front and
behind SOLIDWORKS
Routing.
Click OK.

14 1. At the right side of the

screen, open the De-
sign Library
2. Select Routing
3. Select Electrical
The number of compo-
nents available in the
standard version of
SOLIDWORKS is quite lim-
ited. At the end of this tu-
torial you’ll see how you
cab create your own com-
ponents and add them to
the Design Library.

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 15 Rotate the housing so that
you can see the inside of
the right wall.
In the Design Library select
the component ‘led’.

16 Drag the component ‘led’ to

the hole on the right. Make
sure the component snaps
exactly in the right position
before you release the
mouse button.

17 In the PropertyManager
click OK.
A new sub-assembly is
created now, containing
the electrical components
and wiring.
SOLIDWORKS opens this
assembly in-context, the
housing might show trans-
parent (depending on the
settings).
The command Auto Route
is activated now.

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 18 Rotate the model so that
you can see the inside of
the left wall.
Lookup the component
‘socket-6pinminidin’ in de
Design Library.

19 Drag this component to the

right hole. Make sure it
snaps to the right location.

Tip! Notice that both components have a ‘CPoint’ hebben. A CPoint (or Connec-
tion Point) is the pont where a cable is connected to the component. Next
to the CPoint you see a short line, which is actually the beginning of the ca-
ble. Usaaly a component has only one CPoint, because most components
connect to only one cable (with multiple wires). Lateron we will se how to
connect the wires to the right pin.

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 20 Two components have
been placed, the command
Auto Route is still active.
Now we add a cable be-
tween these two compo-
nents.
1. Make sure that in the
PropertyManager the
field ‘current Selection’
is active by clicking in
it.
2. Click on the endpoint
of the line near the
connector.
3. Click on the endpoint
of the line near the
led.
The two components now
are connectes bij a spline.
We have created a 3D-
Sketch.
4. Click OK.

21 The cable we just placed is

actually an empty sleeve.
We have to add wires to it.
In the CommandManager
click om Edit Wires.

22 In the PropertyManager
click on the button Add
Wire

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 23 In the menu that pops up,
we add a blue and a red
wire.
1. Double click on 20g
blue.
2. Double click on 20g
red.
Check if both wires are in
the column ‘Selected
Wires’.
3. Click OK.

24 The wires now have tob e

linked to the cable.
1. In the PropertyManager
select the first wire
(blue).
2. Click on Select Path.

25 1. Select the cable we

created earlier.
2. Click OK.

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 26 In the PropertyManager,
under From-To Parameters,
you can connet the wires to
a selected pin.
1. Select pin 1 of the LED.
2. Select pin 5 of the con-
nector.
Now we connect the sec-
ond wire.
3. Select the red wire.
4. Click on Select Path.

27 1. Select the cable

2. Click OK

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 28 Again the wire has to con-
nect to the correct pins
1. Select pin 2 of the LED.
2. Select pin 6 of the con-
nector.
3. Click OK.

29 Now we fix the cable with

some clips.
In the Design Library select
the clip named ‘rich-
co_hurc-4-01-clip’

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 30 1. Drag the clip to the four
holes
2. Click Cancel.

31 The clips now have tob e

rotated upright.
1. Right click the first
clip.
2. Pick Add/Edit Mates
(Rotate Clip)
3. Click on Rotate Clip

32 1. Set the angle at 90°

2. Click OK.
Repeat these steps for the
other three clips.

33 In the CommandManager
click on Auto Route.

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 34 1. Select the cable
2. Select the four clips vier
clips. It’s best to select
each clip by the center-
line.
3. Click OK.

Tip! If something unintended happen when linking the cable to the clips, you’d
best immediately click Undo in the PropertyManager and give it another try.

The linking of the cable to the clips does not result in another feature you
can easily edit afterwards. It’s rather a relation in a 3D sketch.

35 Close the sketch of the ca-

ble

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 36 Close the routing sub-
assembly.

37 The first cable of the har-

ness is ready now.
Save te file.

38 Click Save All-in the popup

menu.

39 Click OK if you see the

menu in the illustration.

Work plan At this point we have routed one cable in the housing, which directly con-
nect the LED to the connector. Now we will add a second led this time with
terminals.

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 40 First we make an extra hole
in the housing.
1. Select the housing in
the FeatureManager.
2. Click on Edit Part

41 Make a sketch as you can

see in the illustration.

42 1. In the CommandMan-
ager select the tab Fea-
tures
2. Click on Extruded Cut.
Create the hole with depth
Through All.

43 Exit In-context editing.

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 44 1. In the Design Library
find the component
‘led’.
2. Drag and drop this
component to the hole
you created.
3. In the PropertyManager
click on Cancel

Tip! If at step 44 you would have clicked OK, a second harness would have
been opened.
In this case we don’t want the led to be a component of harness, but just a
regular part in the assembly. We achieve this by clicking Cancel.
The two terminals we are going to use to connect the led should become
part of the existing (not a new) harness. You will see now how we can do
this.

45 1. In the FeatureManager
right click the subas-
sembly of the harness.
2. Click on ‘Edit Route’.
The existing harness, we
created earlier, will be re-
opened.

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 46 1. In the Design Library
find the component
‘terminal’.
2. Drag and drop this
component twice to the
LED.

47 Click Cancel to stop adding

terminals.

48 Now we have to modify the

cable. First we have to un-
hook the cable from the
rightmost clip. This gives
us some room to branch-
off the cable.
1. Zoom in to the right-
most clip.
2. Richt click the line of
the cable under the
clip
3. Select Unhook from
Clip

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 49 Select Yes to recalculate
the path of the cable.

Tip! In the CommandManager you’ll also find a button ‘Unhook from Clip’. It you
use thatone, you will not get the option t oreroute the cable (step 49), and
you will have to shape it manually (step 52 and further)

50 SOLIDWORKS now might

show an errorif the cable is
bent to shaply
Right click the cable and
choose Repair Route

51 1. Select the cable near

the area that causes
the problem.
With a yellow line,
SOLIDWORKS will suggest
a solution.
2. Would you like to see
other solutions? Click
Next or Previous in the
PropertyManager until
you see the desired
curve.
3. Click OK.

Tip! The curve of the cable is defined by a spline in a 3D-sketch. Splines are not
covered in these tutorials. In the next steps you wil get some idea of how
toe dit them.

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 52 We now will manually
modify the shape of the
cable (spline)
On the spline you can see
control points. We don’t
need these anymore.
Select the points (use the
<Ctrl>-key to select both).
Press <Delete>
NOTE: the points can be in
a completely different loca-
tion than you see in the il-
lustration!

53 Again the cable is bended

to sharply. This time we
will solve this manually.
At each control point you
can see two arrows with a
little circle at the and.
Select the circle as you can
see here.

54 Dragt he circle tot he left.

Watch the shape of the
spline change as you do
so. Release the mouse but-
ton when the shape looks
fine.
The error message now
will have disapeared.

Tip! You’ll get the smoothest curves when you use as few control points as
possible. That is why we removed som of the control points in step 52.
With the arrows (step 53-54) you can control how sharp the curve is bend-
ed.
If the curve has to go through a specific point, you could add control
points. Right click the location of the spline you want to change and choose

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 ‘Insert Spline Point’. Then you can drag that point to the right location, use
relations, or use the arrows at the control point to modify the shape.
Give it a try!

55 Now we will connect the

led.
First we branch-off the ex-
isting cable.
Right click the cable and
choose Split Route.

56 Click on the cable as you

can see in the illustration.
Press <Esc>.

57 In the CommandManager
click on Auto Route to cre-
ate the cable.

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 58 1. Select the endpoint of
the first terminal and
then the point where
you have split the
existing cable.
2. Click OK.

59 1. Select the curve

you’ve just drawn
2. Press and hold the
<Ctrl>-key and select
the curve as you can
see in the illustration
3. In the PropertyManag-
er select Tangent.
4. Cick OK
There is no sharp bend be-
tween the old and the new
cable now.

60 Now we create a second

branch-off
1. Right click on the ca-
ble and choose Split
Route.
2. Click on the new cable
as you can see in the
illustration.
3. Press <Esc>.

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 61 1. In the CommandMan-
ager, click Auto Route
2. Select the endpoint of
the terminal
3. Select the point you
just added to the ca-
ble.
4. Click OK.

62 1. Select the newly cre-

ated cable.
2. Select (hold down the
<Ctrl>-key) the old
cable.
3. In the CommandMan-
ager select Tangent.
4. Click OK.

63 All cables are now there,

the next step is to add
wires.
In the CommandManager
click on Edit Wires.
In the PropertyManager
you will see the two wires
we created previously.

64 Click on Add Wire.

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 65 1. Select the white wire.
2. Select (hold down the
<Ctrl>-key) the yellow
wire.
3. Click on Add.
4. Click OK.

66 1. Select the white wire

in the PropertyManag-
er
2. Click on Select Path.

67 1-3 Select the parts of the

cable, that connects
the connector with the
first terminal
4. Click on Next.

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 68 1-3 Select the parts of the
cable, that connects
the connector with the
second terminal
4. Click OK.

69 1. Select the white wire

in the PropertyManag-
er.
2. Link it to pin 3 of the
connector.

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 70 1. Select the yellow wire
in the PropertyManag-
er.
2. Link it to pin 4 of the
connector.
3. Click OK.

71 Close the sketch of the ca-

ble.

72 Close the sub-assembly of

the harness.

73 The harness is ready now.

Save all files.

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 74 Next we will make a sche-
matic drawing of the har-
ness.
In the CommandManager
click on Flatten Route.

75 1. In the PropertyManag-
er check Drawing Op-
tions.
2. Click OK.

76 To add the length of the

wires to the BOM, click
Yes.

77 The drawing is now creat-

ed, with the bill of materi-
als and a wiring scheme
Save this drawing.

Tip! We have now seen how you can make a Harness. You coiuld also make a
counduit, consisting of tubes. To do so, make sure that the first routing
part you add to the assembly is selected from the folder ‘conduit’ and not,

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 as we did before, form the folder ‘electrical’.

Tip! The number of components available in the Design Library is very limited.
You can not do much more with it than a simple exercise like we did in this
tutorial. There are two ways to get more components.
1. You can search for librarries on the internet, or 3D ContentCentral.
2. You could also define your own components. In the next steps we will
show you how to add components to the Design Library.

78 First, model the component

you want to use.
In this example we’ll use
the connector you see in
the illustration. You can
download this part from
www.SOLIDWORKS.nl

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 79 In the model we have to
define a connection point.
Make the sketch you see in
the illustration, consisting
of a construction line and a
point on its midpoint.
Close de sketch.

80 1. In the main menu se-

lect Tools
2. Click on Routing
3. Click on Routing Tools
4. Click on Create Con-
nection Point

81 1. Select the face on

which the connection
point is located
2. Select the point in the
sketch you made ear-
lier
3. Enter the maximum
diameter of the cable
that can be used for
this part
4. Click OK.

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 82 To add this part to the De-
sign Library we use a wiz-
ard.
1. In the mail menu se-
lect Tools
2. Click on Routing
3. Click on Routing Tools
4. Select Routing Library
Manager

83 A new window pops up

that will guide you through
the process
Select the first option:
Routing Component Wizard
We’ll walk through a num-
ber of steps.

84 In the screen ‘Select Route

Type’ click Next.

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 85 1. For component type
chose: Connector.
2. Click Next.

86 We already defined the

Connection Point.
Click Next

87 Click Next

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 88 Now we have to add ma-
tes, so that the component
will snap into the right po-
sition
Click on Add.

89 The SOLIDWORKS window

will re-appear now.
1. Select the edge that
will align with the hole
later on.
2. Click OK.

90 In theRouting component
wizard click Add again.

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 91 Select the mates that will
make the terminal snap in-
to the right position:
1. Select the edge of the
hole in the connection
strip
2. Selecteer the side face
of this strip. Make sure
that this face is listed
in the PropertyManag-
er under Secundary
Reference Entity
3. For this mate, select:
parallel
4. Click OK.

92 In the Routing Component

Wizard click Next.

93 All data will be checked.

Click Next.

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 94 If there are more configu-
rations in your part you
can set that here.
In our exaple this is not
the case, so just click Next.

95 Finaly you can edit the

name of the part and
indicate to which library it
should be added.
Normaly you will use the
default values here.
Click on Finish

96 The component now has been added tot he library. Use it in an assembly to
check if everything works correct.

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 What are the main fea- In this tutorial you’ve seen the basics of routing. You’ve seen how you can
tures you have learned add electrical components and cables between the components.
in this tutorial?
With clips you can route the cables.
Finally you created your own component and made it fit tob e used in an
electrical installation.

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