Cable and Harness Tutorial Introduction (continued)

Understand the tutorial objectives and requirements.

In this tutorial, you learn how to interchange cable and harness data between AutoCAD Electrical toolset and Inventor. In the first half of the tutorial, the exchange direction is from AutoCAD Electrical toolset to Inventor.

In the second half, the exchange direction is from Inventor to AutoCAD Electrical toolset.

You do not need both programs to derive benefit from this exercise. The two XML files generated in this workflow are also included in the tutorial sample files. Therefore, if you have only one program, you can still perform the XML import operation.

If you have only AutoCAD Electrical toolset, you can review the Inventor portion of the tutorial. Then you can perform the import steps and subsequent steps on the Import the Inventor data page. You are directed to perform this import at the appropriate point.

Note: You need the Inventor Professional or Routed Systems versions for the Cable and Harness functionality.