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Creating In-House Twisted Sheathed and Bought-In Twisted Multicores

You can define new in-house and bought-in multicores in a harness design.

Prerequisites

You have defined a twisted multicore with inner wires. See Adding a Multicore without an Associated Library Part.
You have created OTI Insulation Run Codes. See also “Object Type Information” in the Capital Project Manager User Guide.

Open the Edit Multicores Dialog Box and click Add () to create a new multicore.A new multicore is displayed in the Multicores panel.
Select the new multicore in the Multicores panel.
Select the required existing twisted pair (see Prerequisites) in the Available Conductors panel and click Add () to include it in the new multicore.
Click Edit () to open the Edit Multicore Dialog Box.The Sheathed radio button

is already selected.

To create an in-house twisted sheathed multicore:Select the In House check box.The OS Color and OS Material fields display dimmed.

The OS Spec dropdown is enabled and is populated with the available OTI Insulation Run Codes.

Library Part selection is dimmed.

Click the OS Spec dropdown list and choose the insulation run code. If you require a drain wire, select the Shielded check box.

To create a bought-in twisted multicore:Select the Twisted radio button. Specify an alphanumeric Spec value.Tip You can also specify a numeric value for purchased parts but you must select the “Allow numeric OS Spec for non‑In‑House twisted multicores” project preference.

(Optional) Specify the Library Part details for the multicore.

The example multicore (MC6) is displayed in the Edit Multicores dialog box. Figure 198: Edit Multicores Dialog Box
The multicore is listed in the Harness Design Browser. Figure 199: Harness Design Browser

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Multicores