Qualify Part in Routing Electrical

Qualify Part is used to add information to a component part by all Routing applications. This topic presents considerations specific to Routing Electrical. For general information, see Qualify Parts (common Routing tools).

Qualify Part adds Routing-specific intelligence to a part file. This intelligence dictates how that part places into a routing assembly, how it relates to other parts in the routing assembly, and how it behaves during routing operations. Qualify Part provides the exclusive interface for creating Routing-specific objects in a part file that carry this intelligence. These objects are ports, anchors, terminals, built-in paths, and cross-section curves.

Using Qualify Part for Routing Electrical

For Routing Electrical, qualifying a part includes creating ports and assigning characteristics within the part in order to manage the electrical connectivity information as well as mechanical connectivity information.

A logical port becomes a terminal port when a separate physical location point is established. The logical association between the multi port and a terminal port, with the terminal port being dependent on its multi port, remains intact and allows Routing Electrical to automate the process of creating terminal wires through Create Terminals. Terminal ports can be defined by reference to an instance array, both circular and rectangular. Terminal ports defined by instance arrays are useful when qualifying connectors with many pins.

Routing-specific objects

Object	Description
Anchors	Use anchors as physical connection location points when adding the device to the assembly using the Place Part function. You can create anchors at obvious mounting points such as the center of a connector or the corner of a mating face in order to use Place Part to add the component to the assembly. Electrical components may be assigned anchor points to represent terminal pins.
Multi ports	A multi port creates multiple logical connections using a single connection object. The multi port represents a collection of logical connections by maintaining a list of unique identifiers. You only need to create one path to establish all the logical connectivity to the unique identifiers (pins) of the component (typically a connector).
Virtual Ports	If you do not define a terminal port for a unique ID included in the multi port list, the system considers it a virtual port, since it has no physical definition. Virtual ports enable a logical connection to the component defined by the multi port without requiring a separate physical location for each connection.
Terminal Ports	Terminal ports define a physical point of connection for one unique ID included in a multi port terminal list. You must define terminal ports to take advantage of the Create Terminals feature.

Route Part type

Electrical part types are classified according to their role (e.g., connector, device, splice) when qualified. Qualify a part in a component/part model. It is not recommended that you qualify a part in an assembly.

How do I

• Qualify a part using Stock Offset Point

Related topics

• Routing Electrical introduction
• Routing Electrical workflow
• Create Terminals
• Attribute association
• Electrical Design Rules
• Qualifying a device
• Extension and engagement lengths