Dialog and Field Reference > Design and Diagram Dialogs

New Derivative Harness Design \ New Derivative Group Dialog Box

To access:

Right-click a composite harness design in the Project browser and select New Derivative to open the New Derivative Harness Design dialog box.
Right-click a composite harness design in the Project browser and select New Derivative Group to open the New Derivative Group Design dialog box.

Used to register a new Derivative or a new Derivative Group of a composite harness in the database and to configure a number of design-level settings.

Note

Derivatives can only be created for composite designs. If a design has not had a set of Applicable Options specified, the option to create a new derivative is unavailable.

Objects

Field	Description
Design Details	The base derivative harness details, used to register the derivative harness as a unique part in the database and to specify the option codes that exist within this derivative.
Name	A unique label to identify the derivative harness, which defaults to Harness Design appended with an incrementing number. Enter a new name or click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the field to select from a list of pre-specified harness design names maintained in the project’s Object Type Information in Capital Project Manager. The contents of this field are displayed in red if they are not unique within the current project. Mandatory.
Properties	Click to access the Edit Design Properties Dialog Box, where you can create properties to associate with the derivative design. Optional.
Part Number	Specify a unique identifier for the derivative harness in the database. The combination of this field and the Revision must be unique within the database; if the combination already exists, the contents of both fields are displayed in red. Mandatory.
Revision	Specifies the version of the derivative design, enabling multiple updated versions of the same design (and therefore, the same Part Number) to exist in the database. When creating a new derivative design, the initial version number or letter should be entered. Subsequent revisions receive a new revision number as part of their creation. See “Create a Design Revision from an Existing Design” in the Capital Project Manager User Guide to create a new derivative revision. The combination of this field and the Part Number must be unique within the database; if the combination already exists, the contents of both fields are displayed in red. Mandatory.
Short Description	Enter a line of descriptive text to provide more information about the derivative design. This information is displayed alongside the derivative Name and Revision in the Project browser. Optional.
Description	This is a free-text field into which you can enter additional comments or notes relevant to this design. Optional.
Release Level	This field is used to record the derivative design’s progress through the stages of the harness-design life-cycle. A number of system-defined release levels are available, but you can create custom levels in Capital Project Manager (see also “Release Level” in the Capital Project Manager User Guide). Regardless of the number of custom levels available, they must correspond to one of the system-defined release levels: If no custom levels are configured, the only option available is Draft, which is selected by default. Any custom levels configured must correspond to the Draft system-defined level, so select the custom level required as dictated by your internal procedures. In either case, this is field is mandatory.
Abstraction	If you are using design abstractions, select the abstraction to which this derivative design belongs, from the dropdown list. Maintained in Capital Project Manager, use abstractions to group related harnesses together for reporting purposes, providing a “view” of a subset of a vehicle’s wiring. See also “Design Abstraction” in the Capital Project Manager User Guide. Optional.
Domain	If you are using domains to restrict user access to designs, select the domain to which this derivative design belongs from the dropdown list. Only users with access rights to the selected domain are able to access this derivative design. Domains are created and associated with user accounts in Capital Access Manager. See also “Domains” in the Capital Access Manager - User Guide. This field displays as read-only if the domain is inherited from the parent design. See also “Child Design Domain Inheritance”. Optional.
Applicable Options	Only displays on the New Derivative Harness Design dialog box. Click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the field to open the Applicable Options Dialog Box, to select the option codes that exist in this derivative harness. Once selected, the available options are displayed in the field. The options available are restricted to only those applicable to the composite harness of which this is a derivative. Optional. Note To create a derivative design that contains only the optionless content that is common to all derivatives (and none of the optional content) do not select any applicable options.
Applicable Derivatives	Only displays on the New Derivative Group Design dialog box. Click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the field to open the “Select the derivatives to be grouped” dialog box, to choose the subset of derivatives you want to include in Derivative Group.
Effectivity	If using effectivity, click the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the field to open the Edit Effectivity Dialog Box, and specify the effectivity ranges that apply to the design.
Diagram Details	Derivative harnesses, being an optioned subset of a composite design, do not have an associated harness diagram of their own; therefore, these options are unavailable when creating a derivative design.
Cavity Requirements	Cavity Requirements — Configures defaults for various cavity attributes when you create the specified component types in the design. Displayed in Capital Harness Designer and Capital Harness Designer Modular only. Seal Harness — Select to force the default setting of the following seal / plug / insulate attributes. If cleared, the three individual options remain selected. Optional. With the options selected, and the appropriate parts available in the components' housing definitions, cavity seals / plugs and backshell seals / plugs are selected automatically during Cavity Component Management. Seal Connectors — Select to force the setting of the Sealed attribute for all connectors by default. Optional. Plug Connectors — Select to force the setting of the Plugs Required attribute for all connectors by default. Insulate Splices — Select to force the setting of the Insulation Type attribute for all splices to Heat Shrink Sleeve by default, and to select the Sealed option by default. Optional. Select Unwired Terminals in Connectors — Select to force the setting of the Unwired Terminals Required attribute for all connectors by default. When you close the dialog box, a message displays asking if you want to apply the Cavity Requirement settings to all affected components or only to those you subsequently add to the design. These settings have no effect when the selected against a derivative or child harness as their settings are inherited from their composite / modular parent.
Modify Harness Details	Only enabled when a unique Part Number / Revision combination is entered, and Applicable Options have been selected. Click to open the Edit Harness Details Dialog Box, to enter additional manufacturing information for both internal and customer consumption. Optional.

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Design and Diagram Dialogs