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Concept: Creating Wire Spools

This document discusses how to create wire spools in Creo Parametric cabling mode. It explains that each spool file contains unique parameters like thickness and color that define a roll of wire. These spool files can then be reused when routing wires in an assembly. The document outlines different types of spools for wires, cables, and ribbons and describes common parameters that define properties like minimum bend radius, thickness, color, and gauge. It provides considerations for working with spool files, such as how to write and read them from files and directories.

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Concept: Creating Wire Spools

This document discusses how to create wire spools in Creo Parametric cabling mode. It explains that each spool file contains unique parameters like thickness and color that define a roll of wire. These spool files can then be reused when routing wires in an assembly. The document outlines different types of spools for wires, cables, and ribbons and describes common parameters that define properties like minimum bend radius, thickness, color, and gauge. It provides considerations for working with spool files, such as how to write and read them from files and directories.

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Concept: Creating Wire Spools


Creating Spools
Within Cabling mode, a “spool” file represents a physical bulk roll or reel of wire from which the system pulls
wire when routing in an assembly.

Figure 1 – Wire Spool Parameters

Each spool file has a unique set of parameters and values, such as wire thickness (outer diameter) and color.

Figure 2 – Adding Wire Spool Parameters

This set of parameters for the cables or wires can be reused as needed, the same way a length of wire is
rolled off a reel spool. Cabling passes a unique set of parameters and values to the wire, cable, or ribbon
when it creates them. As you create each wire, cable, and ribbon, you select a predefined spool.

The types of spools include:

• Wire spools – Used to create wires containing a single conductor.

• Cable spools – Used to create cables with multiple conductors.

• Ribbon spools – Used to create ribbon cables with multiple conductors arranged in a flat ribbon.

• Sheath spools – Created for bundles.

About Wire Spool Parameters


You must specify the wire spool parameter NAME in the Electrical Parameters dialog box. The name of the
wire spool must be unique. Creo Parametric sets the TYPE parameter to WIRE to differentiate it from a cable
spool. Other common but optional parameters that you can define in the wire spool are COLOR and
WIRE_GAUGE. The MIN_BEND_RADIUS parameter is automatically generated and provides the required
values for calculations in Harness Design.

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• TYPE – The type of spool used. Wires are WIRE type, specified in a text_string format. This parameter
is read-only.

• MIN_BEND_RADIUS – The minimum bend radius allowed for the wire in harness part length units; for
example, 0.3.

• THICKNESS – The diameter of the wire; for example, 0.1.

• UNITS – Specifies the units used for measurement of wires. This parameter is used by CABLING in
conjunction with the DENSITY parameter to determine the mass of a wire. The default value is the units
specified in the cabling assembly; for example, MM.

• COLOR – The color of the wire, specified in a text_string format. The default value is UNDEFINED.

• WIRE_GAUGE – The wire gauge, specified in a text_string format; for example, 18AWG.

The following are optional parameters:

• COLOR_CODE – The color code of the wire, specified in a text_string format.

• DENSITY – The linear density of the spool in mass/unit length. This parameter is used when referencing
a diagram to determine mass properties.

• INSUL_TYPE – The insulation type, specified in a text_string format.

• LINEAR_RESISTANCE

• MASS_UNITS – The units of mass for a wire; for example, KG. This parameter is used to determine the
mass properties of 3-D wires that reference the diagram.

• SHIELD_TYPE

• WIRE_CONSTRUCTION – The wire construction,SINGLE_STRAND, for example, specified in a


text_string format.

• User-Defined – Establishes a user-defined parameter, which can be accessed in the same way as other
spool parameters. For example, a parameter called MANUFACTURER may be created, with a value of
Xcorp.

Considerations When Working with Wire Spools


When working with wire spools, keep in mind the following:

• When you define a spool, you can write it to a text file with a .spl extension. You can then read this file
into a new cabling design.

• Setting the pro_spool_dir configuration option enables you to specify a directory from which spools can
be read. If you do not specify a directory, the current working directory is the default.

• You can retrieve the spool parameters using Report tables on a drawing and use these parameters to
display the wire or cable labels.

• If you create spool files in a text editor outside of Creo Parametric, the name of the spool (*.spl) file must
be identical to the spool name parameter within the file.

• Spools are automatically created when you use the Logical Reference source, such as data from a Creo

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