Defining an Equipment

This task explains how to add electrical behavior to a standard part.
Equipment is an electrical component used to assemble mounting equipment, bundle segments, connector shells, single insert connectors, studs, terminal blocks, terminal strips, contacts and filler plugs (placed in cavities).
Let's see two different cases to illustrate:
  • First, you will work with an instance of the product, i.e. only this instance will get the electrical behavior.
    If you insert the part to another assembly, it remains a standard part.
  • Then, you will work with the reference of the part, i.e. all the instances of the part will get the electrical behavior.

Adding Electrical Behavior to an Instance...
Open the BasicTasks.CATProduct document.
It contains several standard parts.

  1. Click Define Equipment .
    You are prompted to select a part or a product.

  2. Select EquipmentStd either in the specification tree or in the geometry area.

    The Equipment Definition dialog box opens:

  3. Enter EquipmentElec in the Part Number field.

  4. Click OK to validate.

    The specification tree is updated.
    The part is not modified.

    The selected object is now an electrical equipment as the electrical behavior has been added to this instance.

Adding Electrical behavior to the Reference...

Open the EquipmentStdtoBeElectrified.CATPart document.

  1. Click Define Equipment .
    You are prompted to select a part or a product.

  2. Select EquipmentToBeElectrified either in the specification tree or in the geometry area.

    The Equipment Definition dialog box opens:

  3. Change to EquipmentElec in the Part Number field.

  4. Click OK to validate.

    The specification tree is updated.
    The part has been modified.

    The selected object is now an electrical equipment as the electrical behavior has been added to this reference.
An equipment allows bundle connection points, terminations, cavities and a cavity connection point.

You can connect mounting equipment, bundle segments, connector shells, single insert connectors, studs, terminal blocks, terminal strips, contacts and filler plugs via these connection points.