Delete segments and segment points

You can delete entire segments or individual points on the segment, including branch points. You can also choose whether the points from a deleted segment remain on the wires that were routed through it. This technique keeps the shape of the segment. Any virtual parts assigned to deleted segments or segment points are also deleted.

Set wires to inherit segment points on segment delete

You can delete entire segments or individual points on the segment, including branch points. You can also choose whether the points from a deleted segment remain on the wires that were routed through it, thus keeping the shape of the segment.

1. Before deleting a segment with one or more wires routed through it, activate the harness subassembly that contains the segment to delete.
2. Right-click the harness, and then select Harness Settings on the context menu.
3. Click the Wires/Cables tab.
4. Under Wire Points, click Inherit Segment Points on Segment Delete.
5. Click OK.

Note: When the segment is deleted and segment points are inherited, multiple wires are stacked on top of one another. You can add, redefine, and move the work points on the wires to achieve the needed configuration.

Delete harness segments

When a segment is deleted, any wires routed through that segment unroute from that segment only. If the wire was routed through more than one segment, then it is still routed through the remaining segments.

1. In the browser or graphics window, select the segment to delete.
2. Right-click and select Delete on the context menu.

Delete segment points

When you delete a segment point, the segment recomputes to reflect the change. Any splice attached to the segment point is also deleted. If the point deleted is the common endpoint of two segments, the segments are merged into a single segment.

If the point deleted is the common endpoint of three or more segments (branches) no fusing occurs. Instead, each segment gets a unique work point at its end and can be manipulated independently using Redefine Feature or 3D Move/Rotate. For example, once the common point of a branched harness is deleted, you can move the endpoint of any of the three segments independently without affecting the other two.

1. Double-click the harness assembly that contains the segment.
2. In the browser or graphics window, right-click a harness segment point, and then select Delete Point.

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