Hello everyone,

I have a question about how to best represent assembly variations in CATIA and on drawings.

The following use case is given: I have a door that opens and closes. The door is represented by two hinges, and a cable runs over the pivot point.

What methodology can be used to represent this function in different positions, so that the cable routing can be shown in the door open/closed position?

I am pursuing 2 approaches:

1. Representing the hinge using the flexible assembly feature (controlling the hinge via a parameter).
2. Regarding the cable, I am unsure. Should I model the cable in each position and then show/hide it using configurations for open/closed?

For point 2, I am then wondering how to represent this in the drawing. If I represent the cable using configurations, how does this affect weight calculation? Are there any issues?

Are there possibly other ways to represent this?

Thank you for your response.