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Procedure: Rerouting Wires

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Procedure Setup:
1. To avoid naming conflicts, it is recommended you save your work, click File > Close until no models
display, then click File > Manage Session > Erase Not Displayed.

2. Click File > Manage Session > Set Working Directory and navigate to the
PTCU\CreoParametric2\Cabling\Reroute_Wires folder and click OK

3. Click File > Open and double-click CABLING.ASM.

Task 1. Reroute wires in a cabling assembly.

1. Disable all Datum Display types.

2. Select Appearances Manager from the Appearance Gallery types drop-down list.

3. Click File > Open in the Appearances Manager dialog box.

4. Select WIRE_COLORS.DMT, then click Open.

5. Click Override all in the Warning message window, then click Close.

6. In the ribbon, select the Applications tab.

7. Select Cabling from the Engineering group.

8. Enable only the following Cabling Display types: .

9. Click Modify Harness from the Harness group and click HARNESS_1 > Done from the menu
manager.

10. Select the blue W-2 wire, right-click, and select Reroute.

11. In the graphics window, select the first and third locations on the green and white wire path.

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12. Notice that the default routing is the shortest path.

13. Select the Target tab from the Reroute cables dashboard.
◾ Select W-5 from the Use path of drop-down list.

◾ Notice that the path is now longer and follows the W-5 wire.

◾ Select W-3 from the Use path of drop-down list.

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14. In the Reroute cables dashboard, click Complete Feature .

15. Select the blue W-2 wire in the mid-segment, right-click, and select Reroute.

16. Notice that only this segment portion of wire W-2, highlighted in cyan, is being rerouted.

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17. Select the end locations of the purple-only wire path.

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18. Notice that, by default, all wires in the path, not just the blue, are being rerouted.

19. Select the Source tab from the Reroute cables dashboard.
◾ Clear the W-3 and W-4 check boxes.

◾ Notice that only the W-2 wire is now being rerouted.

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20. In the Source tab, select the W-3 and W-4 check boxes again.

21. In the Reroute cables dashboard, click Complete Feature .

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22. Select the blue W-2 wire again, right-click, and select Reroute.

23. Select the Source tab and edit the Path type to Locations.

24. Select the Start and End locations of the path.

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25. Select the Target tab from the dashboard.

26. Select the Start and End locations of the black wire path.

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27. In the Reroute cables dashboard, click Complete Feature .

This completes the procedure.

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