
The properties of a placed Wiring Diagram View can be configured in the Properties panel when the view is selected in the design space. In a Draftsman document that is part of a harness design project, you can place read-only views of the harness wiring diagram and harness layout drawing included in this project.Ī Wiring Diagram View is an automated graphic composite of the active harness design project's wiring diagram.Ī Wiring Diagram View is placed in a Draftsman document by clicking the button in the Active Bar or selecting the Place » Wiring Diagram View command from the main menus. Not that despite the description in the menu command, this will import changes from both the wiring diagram and the layout drawing. Once the Draftsman document has been created, any changes made in the wiring diagram or layout drawing can be imported into the Draftsman document using the Tools » Import Changes From command from the main menus or the right-click menu of the design space. Refer to the Document Options section of the Setting Up a Draftsman Document page to learn more. Options of a Draftsman document can be configured in the Properties panel in its Document Options mode, which is active when no object is selected in the document's design space.

In the New Document dialog that opens, select an available Harness Document Template as required and ensure that a correct Project and harness layout drawing Document is selected.Ī new Draftsman document will open in Altium Designer's design space.

To do this, right-click the project entry in the Projects panel and then select Add New to Project » Draftsman Document from the context menu (or use the File » New » Draftsman Document command from the main menus).Īdd a Draftsman document to the harness project from the Projects panel's right-click menu. To create a manufacturing drawing for the harness design, a new Draftsman document ( *.HarDwf) should be added to the harness project. For overview information about Draftsman, refer to the Streamlining Board Design Documentation with Draftsman page.
