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Running Auto Create

Component Constraints

You can run configured Auto Create Components constraints using various ribbon actions.

Prerequisites

  • You have configured your rules and constraints and applied them to the required design. See also “Rules and Constraints” in the Capital Design Tools Common Functions User Guide.

  • The required design diagram is open.

  • To run the constraints on specific bundles / insulations, select the required objects on the diagram or in the Harness Design browser.

  • To run the constraints on all bundles / insulations, do not select any objects.

Procedure

  1. Click Automate > Rules ribbon action.Figure 31: Auto Create Actions

  2. To run all the configured Auto Create Component constraints, select Place All Components (or use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+K). Alternatively, to run them for a specific object, select the required individual place action.

Results

  • Objects are created in accordance with the configuration of each constraint run.

  • If you have specified the required project preference (see “Auto Create Component Constraints Overview”), all auto created objects are created with this property set to True.

  • The Output Window displays feedback from the auto creation process.

Parent Topic:

Auto Create Components

Capital Harness Designer User Guide, 2512

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Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/861057055/202410078.capital_hd_user/id6c43277c-ea9c-49b5-b060-c70b4532f85d · retrieved 2026-07-18