Harness Connector Type

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The Harness Connector Type Dialog.

Summary

The Harness Connector Type dialog allow designers to edit the properties of Harness Connector Type on schematic.

Access

The Harness Connecor Type dialog can be accessed prior to entering placement mode, from the Schematic - Defaults Primitives page of the Preferences dialog (DXP » Preferences). This allows you to change the default properties for the Harness Connector Type object, which will be applied when placing subsequent Harness Connector Type.

After placement, the Harness Connector Type dialog can be accessed in one of the following ways:

double-clicking on the placed Harness Connector name
selecting the harness connector name and choosing Properties from the right-click pop-up menu (Schematic Editor only)
choosing the Change command from the Edit menu and then clicking once over the harness connector name.

Options/Controls

Harness Type - Enter the text for the Harness Type which defines the Harness Connector. A signal harness system has a corresponding harness type.
X-Location - The field specifies the current X coordinate of the left-hand edge of Harness Connector Type object. To change the position of the Harness Connector Type object, enter the X coordinate value in the field. The position of the Harness Connector Type object can also be set graphically by clicking and dragging the harness connector type with the mouse.
Y-Location - The field specifies the current Y coordinate of the left-hand edge of Harness Connector Type object. To change the position of the Harness Connector Type object, enter the Y coordinate value in the field. The position of the Harness Connector Type object can also be set graphically by clicking and dragging the harness connector type with the mouse.
Orientation - This field specifies the rotation of the text relative to the horizontal. Select an orientation from the drop-down list. Text can be rotated in 90 degree increments. The text can also be rotated graphically. To do this, click-and-hold the mouse over the text and then press the SPACEBAR to rotate it. While holding the mouse button you can also reposition the text by dragging the mouse.
Color - Click the color sample to change the color of the Harness Connector Name.
Font - Click this button to open the Font dialog, which allows you to select the font and style to use for the text contained within the text box.

Text Horizental Anchor - Choose one of the following anchor types to move the text alongside when the parent object that is the harness object is being re-resized.

None - The text object (sheet symbol name) is moved adjacent to the sheet symbol and maintaining its same relative position.
Both - The text object is moved in both directions equally.
Left - The text object is moved towards the left side.
Right - The text object is moved towards the right side.

Text Vert Anchor - Choose one of the following anchor types to move the text alongside when the parent object that is the harness object is being re-resized.

None - The text object (sheet symbol name) is moved adjacent to the sheet symbol and maintaining its same relative position.
Both - The text object is moved in both directions equally.
Top - The text object is moved towards the top side.
Bottom - The text object is moved towards the bottom side.

Auto Position - Enable this option and the text string is repositioned to maintain its alignment in relation to its parent object when this object is rotated or mirrored. For example when the text is originally horizontal and the harness connector type is rotated to a vertical position, the text is still horizontal. Disable this option and the text is rotated or mirrored corresponding to its parent object.
Hide - If this option is enabled, the Harness Type string for this harness connector is not displayed on the schematic.
Locked - If this option is checked, the harness connector is protected from being edited graphically. Lock an harness connector whose position or size is critical. If you try to edit a design object that is locked, you will be informed that this object is locked and asked if you wish to proceed with the action. If this option is unchecked, the design object can be freely edited without confirmation.

Note if the Protect Locked Objects option is enabled in the Schematic - Graphical Editing page of the Preferences dialog (Tools » Schematic Preferences), and the Locked option for this design object is enabled as well then this object cannot be edited.