Many companies are using two systems when developing wiring harnesses: HARcad as a dedicated design and engineering tool for wiring harnesses and in parallel e. g. CATIA V5 as 3D system for the laying of the bundle in the overall model.
The required segment lengths of the bundles are resulting from the mechanical design in the 3D tool. The data are transferred into the wiring harness development tool HARcad via a special interface. HARcad then identifies the according diameter based on the cable routing and considers worst case scenarios through all possible equipment variants. The harness diameters calculated in HARcad can now be imported into the 3D software and the required construction space can then be verified.
The implementation of the interface in HARcad and the therewith enabled exchange of information ensure efficient development and use the advantages of the DMU process and the wiring harness development. Beyond that Intedis offers its customers special consulting services to implement a field-proven process that also considers aspects of the change management.
