User Inputs
You can control the values listed below by modifying Process Setup Options, or plant variables.
To access Process Setup Options for a given process, right click the process in the Manufacturing Process pane, and select Process Setup Options from the context menu.
See
Process Defaults and Thresholds for more information on plant variables.
TheWire Harness Assembly process group provides the following process setup options:
• Wire Marking
All of the following can be overridden with user values. Defaults are set as described below.
o Distance Between Marks -- Default is determined by the plant variable defaultDistanceBetweenMarks (see the table at
Process Defaults and Thresholds).).
o Marking Rate -- Default is determined by the plant variable
defaultMarkingRate (see the table at
Process Defaults and Thresholds).
o Length to Mark -- Default is calculated by summing together all wire lengths from input files or user override.
• Manual Crimp
In each of the following, the default value is the number of the type of crimps provided by the input files or user override:
o Number of Manual Crimped Contacts
o Number of Manual Crimped Terminals
o Number of Manual Crimped Wire Ferrules
• Machine Crimp
In each of the following, the default value is the number of the type of crimps provided by the input files or user override utility:
o Number of Machine Crimped Contacts
o Number of Machine Crimped Terminals
o Number of Machine Crimped Wire Ferrules
• Solder
In each of the following, the default value is the number of the type of solder connections provided by the input files or user override:
o Number of Soldered Contacts
o Number of Soldered Ring/Fork/Blade Terminals
o Number of Soldered Shield Terminators
• Tin
In the following, the default value is the number of tinned wires provided by the input files or user override.
o Count Tinned Wires
• Heat Shrink
In the following, the default value is the number of connections provided by the input files or user override:
o Count Heat Shrunk Connections
• Connector Assembly
With the exception of Potting Applications, the default value for each of the following types is provided by the input files or user override:
o Number of Backshells
o Number of Contacts
o Number of Plugs
o Number of Shrink Boots
o Number of Soldered Wires
o Number of Strain Reliefs
o Number of Wedgelocks
o Number of Wire Seals
o Number of Dust Caps
o Number of Ribbon Cable Connectors
o Number of Coax Connectors
o Number of Triax Connectors
o Number of Potting Applications -- Default = 0. Any potting applications must be input as a PSO.
• Splices: Ultrasonic, Butt, Insulation Displacement
In the following, the default value is provided by the input files or user override:
o Number of Ultrasonic Splices
o Number of Butt Splices
o Number of Insulation Displacement Splices
• Branch Layout
In the following, the default value is determined by the setting of the plant variable lengthBetweenWraps, which applies to tape or ties (see the table at
Process Defaults and Thresholds). This value can be overridden by a user value.
o Length Between Ties
• Twist
Both of the following settings can be overridden with user values. The defaults values are determeind as described below:
o Twist Length -- The default twist length is derived from the User Defined Attribute of the same name.
o Twist Rate -- The default twist rate is derived from the machine tables.
• Braid
All of the following can be overridden with user values. Defaults are set as described below.
o Length of Braid -- Default is derived from the Dressing Length UDA
o Braid Angle -- Default is derived from the plant variable defaultBraidAngle (see the table at
Process Defaults and Thresholds).
o Unit Cost of Braiding Material -- Default is derived from the plant variable yarnUnitCost (see the table at
Process Defaults and Thresholds).
o Unit Weight of Braiding Material -- Default is derived from the plant variable yarnUnitWeight (see the table at
Process Defaults and Thresholds).
• Labels: Heat Shrink, Wrap-Around
The number of each of these labels can be overridden with user values. Default values are typically zero because labels are not usually specified in wire harness output tables.
o Number of Heat Shrink Labels
o Number of Wrap-Around Label
• Pull Test
The percentage of terminations to pull test can be overridden with a user value. The default is computed as shown.
o Percentage of Terminations Pull-Tested -- The default value is determined by the number of unique terminations divided by the number of all terminations. If the number of all terminations is zero, then the default is zero.
• Tests: Continuity Test, Hipot Test
The number of connectors to test for each of these test types. The default is the number of connectors provided by the input files or user override.
o Number of Connectors to Test