Capital Harness Designer Modular > Creating Modular Harnesses

Creating a Modular Parent

Harness Design

You can create a modular parent harness design, and specify the options available to define parent-child harness relationships.

Procedure

Open the project within which you want to create the modular design.
Right-click the project in the Project browser and select New Harness Design. The New Harness Design Dialog Box is displayed.
Enter a Name for the design.
Enter a Part Number and Revision.Note The combination of part number and revision must be unique within the database, not just within the project. If the combination is not unique, the fields are displayed in red, and you will not be able to create the design.
If you want to create a diagram at the same time as the design, leave the Create Harness Diagram option selected and configure the diagram settings, as described in Using Diagrams.
Click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the Applicable Options field. The Applicable Options Dialog Box is displayed, to select the options available to the parent design. Once selected, the options are displayed in the field.
Click OK. The design is created and added to the Project browser with the following structure:A design folder is created and labeled with the design Name.

The design is placed within this folder, labeled with the design Name and Revision.

If you chose to create a diagram, this is created beneath the design, and is labeled with the diagram Name and it is opened in the Diagram window.

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Creating Modular Harnesses