To Create a Harness Manufacturing Model
1. Ensure that the 3D harness that you want to flatten is in memory or accessible through search paths.
2. Click
or
File >
New. The
New dialog box opens.
3. Under Type click Manufacturing and under Sub-type click Harness.
4. In the Name box, type a name for the new harness manufacture.
5. Click OK. The Open dialog box opens.
6. Select the harness part that you want to flatten. The Open Rep dialog box opens.
7. Select either Simplified Rep or Master Rep and click OK. The New dialog box opens.
By default, under Type, Assembly and under Sub-type, Flat harness are selected.
|  The other options on the New dialog box are not available. |
8. In the Name box, type a name for the flat harness assembly.
9. If you want to use the default template, click OK. Creo Parametric opens a new harness assembly.
| Specify the default template using the template_flat_harness configuration option. |
If you want to use a custom template,
a. Clear the Use default template check box and click OK. The New File Options dialog box opens.
b. Browse to the desired template. Click OK.
The template file is assigned and Creo Parametric opens a new harness assembly.
A window opens in the upper left corner that shows the original 3D harness without the surrounding geometry. Three orthogonal assembly datums and a coordinate system also appear in the Manufacturing window.
The CABLE MFG menu appears and contains the following commands:
• Flatten—Lays out segments of the harness into a plane
• Feature—Creates reference datum features
• Modify—Modifies dimensions
• Regenerate—Regenerates the flat harness
• Relations—Specifies relations for the flat harness
• Set Up—Sets up mass properties
• Integrate—Merges this version of the harness with the one in the Pro/PDM database
You are now in Harness Manufacturing mode and ready to lay out the cable harness.