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Procedure: Updating Creo Schematics Designs

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Procedure Setup:
1. To avoid naming conflicts, it is recommended you save your work, click File > Close until no models
display, then click File > Manage Session > Erase Not Displayed.

2. Click File > Manage Session > Set Working Directory and navigate to the
PTCU\CreoParametric2\Cabling\Schematics_Update folder and click OK

3. Click File > Open and double-click WIRING.

Task 1. Modify the wire routing diagram in Creo Schematics.

1. Zoom in to the wires comprising harness_1.

2. Double-click wire fiber W-3.

3. Drag the fiber diamond symbol to relocate the W-3 wire to port 2.

Figure 1

4. Right-click and select Exit Tool.

5. Double-click wire fiber W-2.

6. Drag the fiber diamond symbol to relocate the W-2 wire to port 1.

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7. Right-click and select Exit Tool.

8. Double-click wire fiber W-1.

9. Drag the diamond symbol to add the jog.

10. Double-click wire fiber W-2.

11. Drag the diamond symbol to remove the jog.

Figure 3

12. Repeat this procedure to add a jog to wire W-4 and remove the jog from wire W-3.

13. Right-click and select Exit Tool.

14. Select label W-1, right-click, and select Move.

15. Move the label to the position shown.

16. Move the other three wire fiber labels.

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Figure 4

17. Right-click and select Deselect All.

18. Select Route Fiber from the Route drop-down menu in the Insert group.

19. Select the wires folder.

◾ Select STD_WIRE and click OK.

20. Select port 1, and then port 2.

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Figure 5

21. Right-click and select Exit Tool.

22. Select the new wire fiber, right-click, and select Properties.

23. In the Fiber Properties dialog box, edit the Name Format to W-#, which is the convention in this
sheet.
◾ Click Apply Dataset.

24. In the Dataset Selector dialog box, select the 14_blk_sxl spool in row 14.
◾ Click OK.

25. Click OK in the Fiber Properties dialog box.

Figure 6

26. Select wire fiber W-2, right-click, and select Properties.

27. In the Fiber Properties dialog box, click Apply Dataset.

◾ In the Dataset Selector dialog box, click Next and select the 16_wht_sxl spool in row 24.

◾ Click OK, leaving the Fiber Properties dialog box open.

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28. Select wire fiber W-4.

29. In the Fiber Properties dialog box, click Apply Dataset.

◾ Select the 16_wht_sxl spool in row 24.

◾ Click OK.

◾ Click OK in the Fiber Properties dialog box.

30. Click File > Save Design from the main menu.

Task 2. Re-export the diagram data from Creo Schematics.

1. Click File > Export > XML from the main menu.

2. In the Export to XML dialog box, click File Selector.

3. In the Select export filename dialog box, browse to ..\Cabling\Schematics_Update.

◾ Type wiring_new.xml as the File Name.

◾ Click Open.

Figure 8

4. In the Export to XML dialog box, select Pro/CABLING as the Target application.
◾ Clear the Pre Wildfire 3.0 check box.

◾ Select the Current sheet option.

◾ If necessary, select the Duplicate Ref Des check box.

◾ Click OK.

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Figure 9

5. In the message window, notice the message that states the Export to XML is complete.

This completes the procedure.

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