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overbraid vs. cable

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  • Paul Harvell
    Paul Harvell

    The simple answer is that you can add conductors/wires and multi-conductors in the cable if you have the "cables as an overbraid" selected.

    Only wires will be allowed to be added to the cable if you do not.

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  • Darryl Bennett
    Darryl Bennett

    My company typically uses the term "overbraid" to mean a round braid wire such as AA59569R36S0250 used as a cable shield or shield sock which connects cable shields to EMI backshells.

    Apparently, when Zuken uses the term "overbraid" they mean something closer to a cable assembly (including cable protection devices and such) and less a simple braid-wire component?

    So, if I want to create a simple round braid component that places on a schematic with shield symbols and places on a formboard drawing similar to cable protection sleeving, what type of device do I create in my database?

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  • bob larranaga
    bob larranaga

    The Cable Protection components; e.g. corrugated tubing, are defined as E3 Standard Device (the backwards N icon) with the symbol set to Replicate.

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  • Darryl Bennett
    Darryl Bennett

    I cannot add a conductor or shield to a Standard Device.

    How do I show on a schematic the connection of a round braid wire used as an EMI shield over a cable?

    Typically, the braid wire would be electrically connected to EMI backshells and the length covered with a cable protection sleeving such as Techflex.

    I want a component in my database that I can add to dynamic assemblies and illustrate electrical connection of shields on schematics. On formboard sheets, it also needs to pull length information from segments (like we do for wire) and illustrate layer stackups of shield and cable protection.

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