In a nailboard drawing you can rearrange segments and all types of individual wires, including cable wires, to position them for ease in annotating and viewing in the drawing.
You can arrange individual wires and segments manually by dragging them. You can also arrange multiple wire stubs automatically using the Fan In and Fan Out commands.
When the wires and segments are moved, the properties associated to them also move, keeping their original offset and relative position. When wire stubs are fanned in, any associated wire or pin properties, including dimensions, are hidden. Part properties remain visible.
How are wires and segments arranged?
Before rearranging a segment, you must first place a pivot point on the end that is to remain stationary. Wires can be arranged without placing a pivot point.
Wires can also be arranged automatically using the Fan In and Fan Out commands, but segments can not.
How is the fan state modified?
Fan in and fan out state for new nailboards is set using the Harness Settings or Nailboard View dialog boxes.
Once the nailboard is created and the harness is placed, you can change the fan state using the Fan In, Fan Out commands on the Nailboard tab or right-click to use the context menu.
How is fan display modified?
Fanned out wire stubs are always displayed using the current wire display setting. Once the nailboard is created, you can change the sorting direction and angle using
Nailboard tab
Edit panel
Fan Out
, or right-click and use the context menu.
You can set the fan in settings on the Nailboard tab of the Harness Settings dialog box or the Nailboard View dialog box when a nailboard drawing is created. Once a nailboard drawing is created, the only way to change the fan in display is through the Display tab on the Nailboard Settings dialog box. There are two options for displaying wire and cable wire stubs that are fanned in:
- Display as segment - use the diameter and color of the associated segment and the length of the longest wire
- Display as longest wire - use the diameter, color, and length of the longest wire
How is the wire distribution determined?
By default, wires that are fanned out are equally distributed about the endpoint of the segment from which they emerge. They are sorted in a clockwise direction based on the pin name property to an angle of 90 degrees.
An imaginary line extends from the segment through which the wires are routed, and the wires are distributed about that line at the specified angle.
The angle is the total angle to distribute the wire stubs. The angle between stubs is calculated based on the number of stubs and the total angle specified.
If the wire stubs attach to more than one connector, the fan out is grouped according to those connectors. Additional space is placed between each group.
By default, when wire stubs are fanned in, they are placed on top of each other and are centered about the imaginary line that extends from the segment. If the wire stubs attach to multiple connectors, the fan in is grouped and space is placed between each group.
What is the update behavior for fan out and fan in?
If wire stubs are fanned out and wires are added or removed from the harness, the fan out angle is recalculated using the original angle and the changed number of wire stubs. Any associated property text boxes update to the new position.
If wire stubs are fanned in and wires are added or removed, the wires remain in the current display state.