Create a cable from strands of the schematic without creating a cable ref?

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Hello 

In order to create a cable on my diagrams, I first need  to create a cable ref (or choose one from the library), add it to my bundle and then associate the desired breakages with it.

Most of the time the cables in the library don't have the characteristics I want (strand color, shielding or not...), so I have to create a cable ref.

 Isn't there a simpler and faster way? 

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards

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Hello

If the cables don't match the need, why not create your own cable library?

See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mghr1IhZno

Otherwise, a 45-minute tutorial that will probably be interesting too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXvg67NpOk0

 

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Yes that's indeed what I'm doing now, but I find it tedious, I would have thought that we could create a cable "on the fly", without having to create it in the library....

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@Dl no choice but to create your own library if you want everything to work properly

and which + is well define the connection points

so create your library by number of strands 

Shielded or not

The choice of cross-sections and colors can be defined via subfolders

This is the sine qu'a non condition for all the 3D and schematic relationships to coordinate via the product refs ditto nomenclature

see this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH7VKTdD9GM&list=PL2IdIhdQdQlDRebnCiJ9Ly48anoHHcM0I

A suite of 51 videos on Solidworks Electrical

good reading you should find your happiness 

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Thank you .PL I had seen these videos indeed.

gt22, can you elaborate when you say "the choice of sections and colors can be defined via subfolders" please?

 

Thank you

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Maybe these two tutorials can help:

http://blog.funtech.com/2015/03/electrical-tech-tip-component-and-wire.html

http://www.hawkridgesys.com/blog/numbering-wires-solidworks-electrical/

But otherwise, I don't think it's possible!

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try to watch the video of the links that I posted to you everything is in English I can't tell you better just look

if you don't want a folder library to be extended makes subfolders

The nono strand / mutistrin threads

Shielded Cable / Unshielded Cable

Cable x Black Strand / Cable X Strand Colour

etc........

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