Cables, wires and hoses

Deformable automotive wire harness

A deformable, branched automotive wire harness with connectors, clips and tape, modeled as a network of elastic rods for EV and auto harness routing and clipping.

Also called wiring harness, wiring loom, cable harness or cable assembly.

Elastic rod

Delivered as USD for NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Automotive wire harness, reference image

How is the deformable automotive wire harness modeled?

We model the harness as a branched rod network: a trunk that splits into three to five branches at taped junctions. Each branch has its own radius and stiffness, since a branch with more wires is stiffer, and the junctions carry the extra stiffness that tape adds.

Connectors and clips are hand-modeled rigid bodies placed at their true positions along the branches. Clips have the arrow-head geometry that snaps into a panel hole, so routing and clipping tasks can be scripted end to end.

Which parts of the deformable automotive wire harness deform?

Trunk
Thick rod; bends slowly and resists twisting
Branches
Thinner rods that bend and swing independently
Taped junctions
Stiffer sections where branches split
Conduit sections
Optional corrugated sleeve with its own stiffness
Rigid parts
Connectors, Panel clips, Grommets on pass-throughs

What ships in the USD?

One USD file per variant, with the render mesh, the simulation geometry and a physics material bound to it. Every value is set and named, so you can open it in NVIDIA Isaac Sim and run your task, or read the numbers into your own solver from the material JSON.

  • Elastic rod. A centerline curve with a radius, and stiffness in bending, twisting and stretching. Used for cables, wires, hoses and ropes.

Where is it used?

  • Routing a harness along a door or dash panel
  • Pushing clips into panel holes
  • Mating connectors in vehicle assembly

Industries: Automotive, Manufacturing

Questions

Can the harness branches be configured to match our part?

Yes. Send us the harness drawing or a few photos and we set the branch count, lengths, connector types and clip positions to match.

Which simulators does the deformable automotive wire harness open in?

It ships as USD for NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Newton. We also deliver MJCF for MuJoCo and Genesis, a GLB mesh, and a JSON file with every material value.

Can it be matched to our real object?

Yes. Send us a sample, a drawing or a few photos and we set size, stiffness and friction to match your part.

How do we get it?

Choose your simulator, format and variant, then tell us where to send it. We prepare the files and email them to you.

Pairs with

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