Example Run
Using the supplied backshell_model.asm with the Backshell_model folder, the following section details an example of using Tables to create a customs table for the backshell_model.asm.
Creation of Tables
Open HMX and select the Tables panel dialog box appears as shown in the figure. To create a custom Wire List table, select four Wire/Cable parameters from the drop-down menu, the NAME, SPOOL, LENGTH and REF_DES(FROM/TO). Because the REF_DES(FROM/TO) parameter has multiple values, from and to, the Tables panel automatically creates two columns. The end result of the Wire List table is shown below.
The above figure shows 5 created columns:
Tthe NAME parameter column with a header name Wire Name
The SPOOL parameter column with a header name Spool
The LENGTH parameter column with a header name Wire Length
The two REF_DES parameter columns with header names Ref Des FROM and Ref Des TO.
Clicking the Save button saves the created table to the tables.hmx file. The same process is followed to create the custom Cavity and BOM tables. Previews of these tables are given in figure below.
To create the cavity table the Connector REF_DES, Pin/Entry Port ENTRY_PORT CSYS_NAME and Wire/Cable NAME parameters were chosen from the drop-down menu. For the BOM table parameters, ITEM NO, QUANTITY, DESCRIPTION and PART NUMBER were chosen.
Note that when a column has been created for a parameter, that parameter is removed from the drop-down menu. This is to avoid a duplicate column in the tables.
Custom Table Output
After each table is saved, click the Flatten Harness button. HMX extracts the custom tables and produces them within the drawing. The first row of a custom Wire List table contains the column header values specified when creating the table. After that, each row contains the corresponding values for each of the parameters for every wire in the harness. For example the figure below shows the output of the custom Wire List created in the previous section.
For custom cavity tables, if the component view is selected, the first row contains the model name and Ref Des followed by the view of the component. On the fifth row of the header, the names are listed. After that, every row contains the values of each parameter. The figure below shows the cavity table created for each connector using the example from the previous section.
As with default BOM tables, custom BOM tables are created in reverse. That is, column headers are the bottom row in BOM tables. Thus, every row above the column headers corresponds to the values of the selected parameters used to create the table. The figure below shows the BOM table produced from the custom table that was created in the previous section.