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■ Disconnect a selected cable wire from its current connection.
■ Delete a selected cable wire from the cable definition.
Like wires, you can delete cables that are no longer used at any time. To delete
a cable, use the same workflow used for deleting wires.
To remove a cable wire from a cable, edit the cable definition in the Cable
and Harness Library and then delete the cable wire. Removing a cable wire
from a cable definition does not remove the cable from the library. It does
remove the wire from any occurrences of that cable in the harness.
Wires that make up a cable can also be disconnected. You can disconnect a
wire to reterminate it to different pins, or to leave it as a spare. Disconnected
wires are also removed from the graphics window. Each time a cable wire is
disconnected, all properties on the cable wire are reset to the library-level
property values.
Disconnect a cable wire
1 In the browser, activate Harness Assembly2, and then expand the harness
part to see the Cables folder.
2 Expand the Cables folder and the Cable, and then select Cable1:1(1).
3 Right-click and select Edit Cable.
4 On the Edit Cable dialog box, select a cable wire to disconnect.
5 Click Disconnect, and then click Apply.
Notice how the cable wire termination status updates, and the cable wire
is removed from the graphics window.
6 Reconnect the wire to Pin 1 on both connectors as you did earlier, and
then click OK.
Replacing Wires
To change or replace a wire definition, you select the wire to change, and then
select the new library wire definition. The wire is redrawn using the new
definition. The wire occurrence property values, including the Wire ID, remain
the same and the library-level wire properties are added to the occurrence wire
immediately.
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