Add contacts to unused ports

[jstone]

What is the best way to add contacts to unused ports. I am able to run a terminator table to assign contacts to ports with conductors attached, and then run a customized pin table on the connector to assign contact information with the pins used for conductors removed. Any quicker more automated method?


Thanks,


jef


CreoSchematic1 & WF4



Edited by: jstone

 

[gcook]

How about the PLUG_MODEL_NAME or PIN_PLUG parameter columns for 'Pins' section? or CONN_PLUG parameter column for 'Components' section of Electrical Parameters dialog box. You can find each descibed in WF4 help. It is intended for Plugs but maybe you can creatively use it for your application, since it auto-populates based on pins that don't have a conductor assigned.

 

[eepgmik]

Terminator Tables in Creo Schematics can check the CONNECTION_COUNT parameter:

type,terminator
SET,MIN
PIN,PIN
DESCRIPTION,CONNECTION_COUNT
no conductors,0
at least one conductor,1

The order of the lines in the table is significant here so 0 count must be first. You can use MATCH instead of MIN otherwise to check for exactly 0, 1, ... conductors.