Harness Design Preferences

Now reading version 20. For the latest, read: Harness Design Preferences for version 25

The page in the Harness Design category of the Preferences dialog provides access to preferences relating to features and functionality of Harness Design.

For detailed information about Harness Designs, refer to the Harness Design page.

Defaults

The Harness Design - Defaults page of the Preferences dialog provides numerous controls relating to the default settings within the harness design space.

The Harness Design – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog
The Harness Design – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog

Default Primitives
  • Primitives - use this field to change the units.
  • Primitive List - a list of primitives that can be used in the harness design editor (filtered in accordance with the chosen entry for the Primitives field above). Click on the listed Primitives to change the available default values as described.

To view and edit the settings and options for each primitive, click on the desired entry in the Primitive List. Information for each primitive can be found at the following links:

The links below provide information on all properties available for harness design objects. Note that some properties are only available in the Properties panel during or after the placement and are not available as default settings in the Preferences dialog.

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Note

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