Research on cable harness modeling and assembly planning in virtual environment

Cable harness assembly planning is a complex problem to resolve. The particularity of cable harness in its modeling and assembly planning is analyzed. Also we point out the limitation of the current CAD tools used to design and route cable harness. In terms of the peculiarity of the virtual environment, we put forward the Discrete Control Point Modeling technology (DCPM), by which a cable harness prototype is converted into continuous flexed line segments connected by a series of section center points. Based on previous work, we have developed a cable harness assembly planning module, which has been discussed lastly.