Attach virtual parts

You can assign virtual parts to various objects in a harness assembly to provide a complete representation of harness objects in the bill of materials. You can use one of the virtual parts in the Cable and Harness Library, or you can create and use your own. The virtual parts in the Cable and Harness Library include:

• Labels
• Looms
• Plugs
• Seals
• Terminals

You can also assign virtual parts to individual objects through an object's property dialog box.

What types of objects can be assigned a virtual part?

The following table shows which type of virtual part you can assign to each object type:

Object	Terminal	Seal	Plug	Label	Loom	User
Connector Pin	X	X	X			X
Wire					X	X
Wire Pin				X		X
Wire Work Point						X
Cable Wire					X	X
Cable Wire Pin				X		X
Cable Wire Work Point						X
Splice						X
Segment					X	X
Segment Work Point				X		X

How is virtual part display changed?

To indicate that a loom is assigned to a segment, cable wire, or wire, you can determine whether to display the harness object using the loom appearance or the object appearance. By default, all harness objects that have a loom assigned are displayed using the loom appearance. You can also set loom display on individual segments, cable wires, and wires. All other virtual parts have no visual representation in the graphics window.

Like other harness objects, you can set the loom display options for individual segments, wires, or cable wires in a selected harness assembly using:

• the harness properties dialog box
• the Harness Settings

Note: To change loom appearance, edit and change the appearance of the library loom definition.

How is virtual part display changed in the nailboard?

Use the Display tab on the Nailboard Settings dialog box to show or hide all looms or labels by default. Use the context menu from the graphics window or browser to set visibility for individual looms and labels.