Modify a cable occurrence

Once a cable is created in a harness assembly, you can change the cable wire's termination status. Move the cable wire to different pins by reterminating the cable wire ends. To change the termination status, you disconnect a terminated wire, or connect a spare wire. The route state, display status, and any occurrence level properties that were added to the cable remain unchanged.

Move a cable wire or connect a spare

From within a harness assembly, each cable wire in a cable can have one or both of its ends moved by reconnecting to different pins. If spare cable wires exist, you can connect them. Each time a spare cable wire is connected all properties on the cable wire are reset to the library-level property values.

1. From the browser or graphics window, select the wire to connect or move, right-click, and then select Edit Cable.
   Note: The Select command may need to be set to Select sketch elements, before you can select the pin in the graphics window.
2. In the Edit Cable dialog box, click the button representing the pin to change (Pin 1 or Pin 2) or connect.
   Tip: Pause the cursor over the Pin selection commands to view a tooltip displaying the RefDes and pin Name for that pin.
3. Click in the graphics window to select the new pin.
   Tip: To preview the cable wire before selecting, pause the cursor over the new pin. The wire is drawn as a straight line between the two pins.
4. To create the cable wire in the new location, click Apply.

   The cable wire is redrawn using the new pins and updating the length, as needed.

5. Repeat Steps 2 through 4 to continue moving and connecting cable wires.
6. Click OK.

You can continue changing pin connections on the same cable wire until you close the dialog box.

Disconnect cable wires

Each connected cable wire in the harness assembly can be disconnected.

1. From the browser or graphics window, select the cable wire to disconnect, right-click, and then select Edit Cable.
2. In the Edit Cable dialog box, click Disconnect.

   The cable wire termination status updates.

3. Optionally, continue selecting and disconnecting wires in the list.
4. Click OK.

To close the dialog box without disconnecting a selected cable wire, press the ESC key or click Cancel. Alternatively, you can disconnect a cable wire using the context menu. Right-click the cable wire in the browser or graphics and select Disconnect.