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Applying Stripes to Cables and Wires
In Creo Parametric 4.0 and earlier, cables are restricted to one color. In Creo Parametric 5.0.0.0 you can create a library of horizontal and vertical stripes to apply to wires and cables. Use the Cable Stripes tool to create a library of cable stripes.
Release: Creo Parametric 5.0.0.0.
Watch a video that demonstrates this enhancement:
You can also watch this video on the PTC Learning Connector: Applying Stripes to Cables and Wires
What is the benefit of this enhancement?
With the increased number of wires in a modern product, when your harness has more than 10 conductors, it is crucial to be able to identify the wires quickly and efficiently. With wire striping, cable identification is easy. Striped wire saves you time when locating wires during installation and maintenance. Striped cable saves you not only time, but also money.
Vertical stripe
cabling vertical stripe
Control the spacing from one end.
cabling control spacing for stripes
Make the stripes symmetrical.
cabling stripes symmetrical
Control the width of the stripe.
cabling control stripe width
Control the gap between stripes.
cabling gap in stripes
Add multicolored stripes.
cabling multicolored srtripes
Control spacing, width, and start position for each stripe, independently.
cabling independent control stripes
Add horizontal stripes.
cabling horizontal stripes
Additional Information
Tips:
• Stripes are defined in a library which is often controlled by the administrator. You can create your own pattern and submit it to the administrator for approval. If the pattern library file cannot be found, the cables appear in the default color.
• To control whether the section definition is calculated by units or percentage, toggle the percentage icon.
Limitations:
• You can add up to six different stripe sections.
• Helical stripes are not supported.
Does this replace existing functionality?
No. This is a new tool.
Configuration options associated with this functionality:
• cable_stripes_file—Sets the path to the location of the striped appearance .csv file.
• edit_cable_stripes_file—When set to yes, you can define new patterns and edit and save patterns locally. When set to no, you can use patterns created and defined by the administrator.