Cavity Plug Part
A blind plug fitted into a connector cavity that has no wire, sealing it against moisture and dust. Where a Contact fills a wired cavity, a cavity plug fills an empty one.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Part Number | Unique identifier for the Cavity Plug Part |
| Internal Part No. | Your own identifier for the part, e.g. a stores or ERP number |
| Manufacturer | Company that produces the part |
| Description | Description of the Cavity Plug Part |
| URL | Link to datasheet or manufacturer website |
| Price | Unit price of part |
| Color | Color of the Cavity Plug Part |
Assigning a Cavity Plug Part
A connector cavity holds at most one part: normally a Contact when a wire or mate is connected to it, or a cavity plug when nothing is. Both are normally set once on the Connector Configuration: by default its contacts are applied automatically to every cavity that has a connection and its cavity plugs to every cavity that has none, so a cavity switches between the two as you wire it up or disconnect it. Each contact and plug has rules that can narrow this down, for example a different plug for each cavity size. Cavities marked N/C count as having no connection and receive the cavity plug.
To override a single cavity, left-click the part bar at the right of the cavity on a Connector Component. The picker lists both your contacts and your cavity plugs; choose either, create a new one, or select Don’t use default part to leave the cavity empty. Parts always show in their own colour. A part that comes from the configuration has a dashed border around its part bar, and one you’ve set on the cavity a solid one. In the picker, the part the configuration would load is marked Default.
Cavity plugs are counted in the BOM per cavity, exactly like contacts.