Cabling in Solidworks

Can anyone suggest some material or sites which can help me in
designing cable assemblies in Solidworks 2005.What are the minimum
requirements for that?

We have designed a electro-mechanical housing which consists of two
layers.To transfer signals from one layer to another and from one
component to another cables are used.I would like to simulate those in
solidworks.Complete assembly is ready except cabling....

Help solicited

Your's Sincerely,

S.Dheeraj

 

Solidworks Routing may address your needs. It is an add on from
Solidworks that you can purchase. My experience with routing has been
limited and not all to gether positive. I did a 30 day evaluation using
SW2005 and found that it was unable to handle the complex harnesses we
use behind the instrument panel of the aircraft we are designing. The
major drawback was being able to document shielding and shield
terminations. There were also stability issues. The work arounds were
not much better than physically modeling the harnesses using 3Dsplines
which I am still doing. My understanding is that some of the stability
issues have been improved but shielding and other complexe cable
requirements still have not been addressed. It would seem that from
your description of what you need to do, it may work adaquately for
you. There are certainly features of the routing add-on that can
simplify harness design and wire routing.