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Procedure: Updating Creo Schematics Designs
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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\Schematics_Update folder and click OK
3. Click File > Open and double-click WIRING.
Task 1. Modify the wire routing diagram in Creo Schematics.
1. Zoom in to the wires comprising harness_1.
2. Double-click wire fiber W-3.
3. Drag the fiber diamond symbol to relocate the W-3 wire to port 2.
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4. Right-click and select Exit Tool.
5. Double-click wire fiber W-2.
6. Drag the fiber diamond symbol to relocate the W-2 wire to port 1.
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7. Right-click and select Exit Tool.
8. Double-click wire fiber W-1.
9. Drag the diamond symbol to add the jog.
10. Double-click wire fiber W-2.
11. Drag the diamond symbol to remove the jog.
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12. Repeat this procedure to add a jog to wire W-4 and remove the jog from wire W-3.
13. Right-click and select Exit Tool.
14. Select label W-1, right-click, and select Move.
15. Move the label to the position shown.
16. Move the other three wire fiber labels.
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17. Right-click and select Deselect All.
18. Select Route Fiber from the Route drop-down menu in the Insert group.
19. Select the wires folder.
◾ Select STD_WIRE and click OK.
20. Select port 1, and then port 2.
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21. Right-click and select Exit Tool.
22. Select the new wire fiber, right-click, and select Properties.
23. In the Fiber Properties dialog box, edit the Name Format to W-#, which is the convention in this
sheet.
◾ Click Apply Dataset.
24. In the Dataset Selector dialog box, select the 14_blk_sxl spool in row 14.
◾ Click OK.
25. Click OK in the Fiber Properties dialog box.
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26. Select wire fiber W-2, right-click, and select Properties.
27. In the Fiber Properties dialog box, click Apply Dataset.
◾ In the Dataset Selector dialog box, click Next and select the 16_wht_sxl spool in row 24.
◾ Click OK, leaving the Fiber Properties dialog box open.
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28. Select wire fiber W-4.
29. In the Fiber Properties dialog box, click Apply Dataset.
◾ Select the 16_wht_sxl spool in row 24.
◾ Click OK.
◾ Click OK in the Fiber Properties dialog box.
30. Click File > Save Design from the main menu.
Task 2. Re-export the diagram data from Creo Schematics.
1. Click File > Export > XML from the main menu.
2. In the Export to XML dialog box, click File Selector.
3. In the Select export filename dialog box, browse to ..\Cabling\Schematics_Update.
◾ Type wiring_new.xml as the File Name.
◾ Click Open.
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4. In the Export to XML dialog box, select Pro/CABLING as the Target application.
◾ Clear the Pre Wildfire 3.0 check box.
◾ Select the Current sheet option.
◾ If necessary, select the Duplicate Ref Des check box.
◾ Click OK.
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5. In the message window, notice the message that states the Export to XML is complete.
This completes the procedure.
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