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Schematic Assembly

Place connectors into a Creo assembly from schematic or routing data with AutoAssemble.

Use this when you want AutoAssemble to place connectors into an existing assembly from schematic connectivity. Dialog steps: Assemble from a File. Formats: XML and NWF Format and CSV and Excel Format. Same mate-to path for backshells: Assembling Backshells to Connectors.

Which file to pick

  • Routing File — .xml (root rsData only) or .nwf. Each designated connector becomes a component in the current assembly.

  • Auto Assemble File — .csv / .xlsx with MODEL_NAME plus designation and mate-to columns. JSON is a flat Auto Assemble File (CSYS / constraints), not schematic design data.

Prerequisites

Named locating CSYS should already exist in a skeleton so connectors know where to assemble. A typical cabling assembly has a skeleton pre-populated with copies of connector locating CSYS. AutoAssemble constrains connectors to the skeleton (not the electronic components) to avoid extra external references.

Skeleton CSYS names should match connector designations in the schematic. Copy those locations into the skeleton with Geometry Copier when you can (or create them by hand).

Each connector part needs a Component Interface that references an oriented mating CSYS. Interface names come from organization settings. Defaults: placement interface CONNECTOR_MATE, receiving interface BACKSHELL_MATE. See Settings for Automate.

In Creo

  1. Open Auto Assemble.

  2. Select the target assembly (the cabling or equipment assembly that should receive the connectors).

  3. Select a Routing File or a CSV/Excel Auto Assemble File with designation and mate-to columns.

  4. Review the preview tree, then choose OK.

CSV columns for this job

When you use a table instead of a routing file:

  • MODEL_NAME — Creo model to retrieve. Family-table instances need the full name, for example INSTANCE001<FAMILY_NAME>.PRT.

  • DESIGNATION (or REF_DES) — applied as cabling designation or the organization-configured component parameter. See Designator.

  • MATE_TO (aliases CONNECTED_TO_COMPONENT, MATING_BLOCK_NAME) — designation of the receiving component.

  • CONNECTED_TO_PORT (alias MATING_BLOCK_CONNECTORNAME) — port / CSYS on that component.

  • COLOR — named color or RGB string (for example BLACK, WHITE, BLUE, RED, YELLOW).

  • Other headers — extra component parameters (no spaces in names).

After the run, designated connectors are constrained to the selected assembly.