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Cabling
Managed catalogs, logical data, and automation for Creo Cabling harnesses, wires, and connectors.
Cabling helps teams build a data-driven approach to electrical routed systems in Creo Parametric. CadActive does not replace Creo Cabling; it makes catalogs, logical data, routing, and harness deliverables easier to maintain and automate.
You need a Cabling license. What you can do depends on your platform tier. Organization admins change shared options under Settings for Cabling. Batch AutoRouting is on Cabling Command Line.
Cabling owns 3D routed-system work in Creo. Schematics owns the 2D logical diagrams that can drive that work. Placing connectors from a file is AutoAssemble (Automate), not a Cabling ribbon command.
Who does what
Role | Where | What they do |
|---|---|---|
Catalog admin | Web — Cabling → Catalogs / Spools | Create the organization catalog (name, description, unit system, default) and named spool records. |
CAD manager | Organization → Settings | Set entry-port CSYS name, spool bulk-item method, and bulk-item naming formats. |
CAD librarian | Creo — Spool Bulk Items From Folder / From Catalog | Create live Creo spools (and bulk items) from |
Electrical / CAD | Creo — Cabling Bridge | Convert Altium NET+HTM to Neutral Wire Format. |
Engineer | Creo — Cabling Auto Routing | Create the harness and route from logical data (GUI or command line). |
Engineer | Creo — Design Manager / Reports | Generate cabling bulk items, compare logical data, and export Cable Locations or Komax. |
In this section
Cabling Catalogs — web catalog records.
Cabling Spools — web spool records.
Cabling Bridge — Altium to Neutral Wire Format. Files and examples are children of that page.
Spool Manager — which Creo commands create live spools.
Spool Bulk Items From Folder —
.splfiles.Spool Bulk Items From Catalog — Schematics
.dt/.art/.mm.Cabling Design Manager — BOM details, bulk items, compare logical data.
Cabling Model Builder — Cabling Model Builder dialog.
Connector Manager — connector modeling conventions.
Equipment Manager — equipment assemblies for Auto Routing.
Cabling Auto Routing — create harness and route. Files, examples, cabling paths, and routing profiles are children of that page.
Cabling Reports — Compare Logical Data, Cable Locations, Komax Export.
Related
In this section
- Settings for Cabling — Organization settings that control CadActive Cabling in Creo and the web app.
- Cabling Command Line — Run AutoRouting from the Creo command line using logical data and an optional routing profile.
- Synchronize + Cabling — Articles in Synchronize + Cabling.
- Standardize + Cabling — Articles in Standardize + Cabling.
- Automate + Cabling — Articles in Automate + Cabling.
- Cabling Reports — Cabling-owned reports you can run from Generate a Report, Cabling Reports, Design Manager, or the command line.