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Cabling Auto Routing Examples

Worked Cabling Auto Routing examples: AutoCAD Electrical XML, Neutral Wire Format, and an entry-mapping CSV.

These examples show common Auto Routing jobs after you know how to run the dialog. The Creo steps that are the same every time are on Cabling Auto Routing. Formats are on Cabling Auto Routing Files. Path attributes: Defining Cabling Paths. Profiles: Routing Profiles. Batch: Cabling Command Line.

Example

What it shows

Typical file

AutoCAD Electrical XML in the GUI

Open equipment EQUIP-01.asm, Create Harness Asm, Select Input File, then New → Route.

wirelist.xml exported from AutoCAD Electrical

NWF from Cabling Bridge on the command line

Same harness name EQUIP-01_CABLING, no GUI.

-INPUT=PANEL-01.nwf

Entry-port mapping

Schematic pin 1 on J1 lands on Creo CSYS ENTRY_PORT on designated component J1.

cadactive_entry_mapping.csv

Path attributes

Optional highway plus ordered clip vias.

USE_PATH / REQUIRE_PATH on the wire

Entry-mapping example

Save this as cadactive_entry_mapping.csv in the working directory (or pass it with -DESIGN_ROUTE_RULES_FILE=):

texttrue

Use your real designations and CSYS names. Connector Common Entry Feature Name in settings is ENTRY_PORT by default.

Path attributes (tiny)

On a logical wire, optional highway plus two ordered vias:

texttrue

USE_PATH is optional; comma order does not matter. REQUIRE_PATH is visit order. Flag tables: USE_PATH Options and REQUIRE_PATH Options.

Command-line sketch

Shared flags are on Creo Parametric Command Line. Cabling-only flags:

texttrue

-ROUTING_PROFILE= is optional. Unknown names fall back to the default. See Routing Profiles.

note

Do not publish internal replay dumps, customer part numbers from test fixtures, or local disk paths as examples. Keep equipment names generic (EQUIP-01).

Do not publish internal replay dumps, customer part numbers from test fixtures, or local disk paths as examples. Keep equipment names generic (EQUIP-01).