General Parameters

You need to set the general harness flattening parameters before flattening a segment.

Before you begin: Open a new product.
See Also
Flattening Orientation
Scaling Options while Flattening
Synchronization
  1. From the Formboard section of the action bar, click Harness Flattening Parameters .
    The Harness Flattening Parameters dialog box appears.
  2. In the General tab, select the Active plane, which is the default plane when you use the Rotate, Flatten, Roll , Scale, and Straighten functionality.

    Important: Any subsequent changes to the active plane in the Generate Layout dialog box in Rotate, Generate Layout, Roll, Scale, and Straighten commands apply locally within the given command.

  3. Select an Angle mode:
    • Standard: Keeps in the flattened harness the same angles as in the 3D harness.
    • Regular: Calculates regular angles and evenly spaces the angles between segments.

    For more information, see Angle Modes.

  4. Specify the minimum angle between two branches.

    During the flattening process, this minimum angle is applied every time an angle between two branches is null in the 3D design. That way, segments are never superposed upon one another and can easily be made out.

  5. To consider only the supports which belong to the given electrical geometry when running the extracting command, select Extract only the supports inside the electrical geometry.

    The supports which do not belong to the electrical geometry are not appear in the extracted content. This option allows you to manage two types of supports:

    • The supports which must be assembled with the geometry during the manufacturing step. This type of support is created inside the electrical geometry.

    • The supports which are linked to the structure. These supports are added to the harness during the installation step. This type of support is created outside the electrical geometry.

      This option is not selected for consistency with the previous versions.

  6. Click OK .
  7. Select Share > Save > Save All.
    The parameters you just selected are automatically applied to the other commands available in this app.

    The different commands available in this app do not take into account the segments on surface.