About Exporting a Design to Cabling

When a design is driving electromechanical designs created in Creo Parametric Cabling 1.0 and onwards, you must set the MODEL_NAME parameter. Other parameters are not mandatory provided that the following parameters are applied to each CSY used as a connection point in the 3D model.

For designs prior to Creo Parametric 1.0, when you export a design to Cabling as an XML file, you must set certain parameters for connectors, spools and cables to use Cabling logical references.

By default, the Name parameter is used as the component’s reference designator in Cabling. To override the default, you can add the ref_des parameter to the component and set the required value.

User parameter names in Creo Parametric can only contain alphanumeric characters. Parameters that contain nonalphanumeric characters cannot be exported to Cabling.

Connectors connected to a ribbon cable must have the def_grouping value flat to be exported properly to Cabling.

Name	Description	Type	Value_list
model_name	Part name	string
def_internal_len	Default length of internal connector	real	MM/INCH
def_grouping	Default wire grouping at pins	string	[round, flat, wire]
num_of_pins	Number of pins in the connector	string
obj_type	Type of component	string	[component, connector]

Name	Description	Type	Units
spool_name	Name of the cable spool	string
cond_id	Conductor identifier. For example, 1, 2, 3 for three conductor cable	string
num_cond	Number of individual conductors	integer
min_bend_radius	Minimum bend radius	real	MM/INCH
thickness	Outside diameter of the cable	real	MM/INCH
units	As required, millimeters or inches	string	MM/INCH

Name	Description	Type
entry_port	Name of the CSYS to which the wire will attach	string
def_grouping	Default wire grouping at pin	[round, flat, wire]
internal_len	The actual physical length of the wire or cable inside the connector entry port	real

The best practice is to define the internal length of the wire or cable as a port parameter and not as a block or group parameter.

Name	Description	Type	Units
spool_name	Name of the wire spool	string
min_bend_radius	Minimum bend radius	real	MM/INCH
thickness	Outside diameter of the wire	real	MM/INCH
obj_type	WIRE	string	wire
units	As required, millimeters or inches	string	MM/INCH