| Date |
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| 10/16/26 |
Bundle Diameters: Enter an Outer Diameter on wires, cables, and pigtail wires, and RapidHarness calculates the diameter of every bundle and shows it beside the bundle's length on the drawing. Sizes are filled in from Octopart where it lists them. Click a bundle's diameter in the Bundles tab to see how it was calculated or to override it.
Covering Fit: Coverings now have sizes of their own, and each one is checked against the diameter inside it, with a warning in the Bundles tab and the Rule Checker when it is too small or too large. Coverings can be dragged to reorder, and copied from another bundle.
Edit Diameters: A new page lists every bundle in a Harness with its diameter, its coverings, and how they fit. Open it from Edit Diameters in the Utilities group of the ribbon.
Rounded Bends: Right-click a layout point and choose a Bend Radius, or drag its handle, to curve a bundle around a corner. Layout points and plain branch points now show only when hovered over or selected, and bundles join cleanly where they meet.
Draw to Scale: Select the length of a bundle that isn't drawn to scale and click the button beside it to choose how to fix it: Push End, Pull Both Ends, Resize Loop, Stretch Path, or Straighten.
Wire Highlighting: Each highlighted wire is drawn along its bundles in its own color, with stripes shown as dashes. Highlighting is saved with the Harness. Right-click a bundle to Highlight All Connections within Bundle, or choose Clear All Highlighting to remove it all at once.
Highlighting in Systems: A highlighted net shows its wires in the harness bundles it runs through, in the same wire colors. The Nets tab has new Conductor and Size columns.
Connection Tables Page: A new Harness page lists every connection table, one after another, for PDF and print output. Manufacturing Data can also include a Connection Tables sheet.
Alternate Part Numbers: Record approved substitutes in the new Alternates field on any part. They are shown and searchable in the Library, and can be added to the BOM as an Alternates column.
Table Font Size: Select a table on the Top Level and pick a font size from 8 to 36. The whole table scales with it.
Locate in Assembly: Right-click a part on the Top Level of a Harness, Device, or System to jump to it in the Assembly tab.
Settings Tab and Drawing Grid: Settings now opens in a tab of the File menu, and asks before you leave it with unsaved changes. New General settings hide the drawing grid or turn off snapping to it, and holding Alt while dragging now turns off grid snapping as well as object snapping.
Additional Improvements: Add Custom Part on a Harness's Top Level adds the part straight to the Harness. $REV_DATE$ in a template shows the date of the most recent revision, and $PAGE_NAME$ now works on Top Level drawings and every table page. Outlines on template images are now drawn. An unsaved design is recovered into your Home folder when its own folder has been deleted.
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| 10/9/26 |
Import Connections: Bring a wire list or from-to list into a Harness from an Excel, CSV, or text file, or paste rows straight from a spreadsheet. Match your columns to the import fields, choose library designs for any new parts, and review what every row will do before anything changes. Connections that already exist are updated instead of duplicated, so you can export your connections, edit them in Excel, and import them back.
New Parts Created on Import: Connectors, splices, loose wire ends, ferrules, terminals, wires, and cables that are not in the Harness yet are added for you. A part number or IPN that matches your Library selects the design automatically, and several parts can be given the same design at once.
Custom Pages: Add any number of extra pages to a Harness, Device, or System, such as an overview sheet, build notes, or a photo page. Each page has its own name and Drawing Template and holds text, images, and shapes. Custom pages are included in PDF and print output.
Page Tabs and Manage Pages: The page tabs now follow the PDF order. Click the plus button to add a page, drag tabs to reorder them, and right-click a tab to rename, change template, clone, delete, or exclude it from the PDF. The new Manage Pages dialog replaces PDF Settings.
Undo and Redo Everywhere: Undo and Redo now cover nearly every edit in every design type, from Harness connections and Device layouts to part properties, cavities, images, and configurations.
Undo History: The Undo and Redo buttons have a dropdown that lists your recent actions by name. Pick one to undo or redo everything back to that point in a single step.
Fewer Confirmation Prompts: Deleting items from a design no longer asks you to confirm, since Ctrl + Z brings them straight back.
Select Associated Items: Select a connector, terminal, or branch point in a Harness and press Ctrl + Shift + A to also select its reference designator, images, and connection tables, so the whole group moves in one drag.
Object Snapping: Items you drag on a Harness, Device, or System drawing, or on a custom page, snap into line with the edges and centers of nearby items, with dashed guide lines to show the alignment. Tables dock flush against each other and the drawing frame. Hold Alt while dragging to turn snapping off.
Additional Improvements: Ctrl + B, Ctrl + I, and Ctrl + U make the selected text bold, italic, or underlined. The start page and File > About now link to this Version History page. Length overrides are kept when a connection's endpoints change or the connection is reversed. Bundles keep their shape when a branch point is removed. Importing a Device's Electrical Interface has moved from the Electrical Interface tab to the new Import button in the Utilities group of the ribbon.
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| 9/10/26 |
Splice Cavities Added: Splices can now have cavities, just like connectors. Type a range on the Splice design's Assembly tab (ex: 1-5, a-e, 11,12,13) to add cavities all at once. Splice cavities appear in the Design Assembly and flow through to your Connection Tables, Wiring Tables, and outputs.
Connect Wires to Splice Cavities: When building a connection to a splice, a new Cavity dropdown lets you pick a defined cavity, type a custom one, or leave it on No Cavity to connect to the splice itself.
Wire Insertion Depth on Connectors: Specify the length of wire inserted into a connector once on the Connector design, and it is automatically included in every connection length calculation.
Wire Entry Length on Backshells: Specify the length of wire inside a backshell. When a connection passes through one or more backshells, their entry lengths are added to the total connection length.
Rebuilt Edit Lengths Dialog: See every input that goes into a connection's length, including new From/To Insertion Depth and Entry Length columns. Override or reset any value on one or many connections at once, search and filter connections, and set an Extra Length per Connection and Default Loopback Length for the drawing. A new How Lengths Are Calculated reference explains exactly how each connection length is built.
Length Columns in Tables and Outputs: Insertion Depth and Entry Length columns can now be added to the Connection Table, Wiring Table, Connections, and Cutlist outputs.
Locate in Top Level from the Rule Checker: Click a Rule Checker violation, then click the Locate in Top Level button next to any item it lists to pan and zoom your Top Level drawing straight to that item and select it.
Additional Improvements: Reference Designator added to the Design Assembly Copy menu. Cavity names are now validated as you type in connectors and splices. Remap Connections now supports splice cavities. Restoring a design version from the Recycle Bin now works even if the design was moved after it was deleted. Fixed crashes caused by display changes (sleep/wake, docking, and RDP reconnects) and by closing a dialog during a drag and drop.
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| 3/11/26 |
Tools and Tool Tables Added: Create Tools to track and document tools, equipment, and fixtures required for harness assembly. Tools can be added to Harnesses, Systems, Devices, and Configurations, and displayed in a Tools Table on the Top Level drawing and tabular output.
Strip Lengths Added to Splices: Define strip lengths for Splice designs to be included in connection length calculations and outputs.
Enhanced Edit Twisted Wires Dialog: The Edit Twisted Wires dialog now shows a color swatch, wire size, IPN/Part Number, and connection information for each wire.
Revisions Table - Include/Exclude Revisions: Use the new Include checkbox on each revision row to control which revisions appear in printed output and PDF exports.
Enhanced Harness Copy/Paste: Copy/paste Harnesses with connection and conductor information. Selecting two endpoints automatically copies all associated connections and conductors.
Improved Conductor Dropdown in Connections: The conductor dropdown now displays a color swatch, conductor name, wire size, and IPN/Part Number in aligned columns.
Flip Images Horizontally & Vertically: Right-click any image on the drawing canvas to flip it horizontally or vertically.
Arrow Shape Shortcut: A quick Arrow button has been added to the shapes toolbar for creating lines with arrowheads.
Additional Improvements: Configuration lists are now sorted alphabetically. Delete key support added to the Notes Table. Notes flags now support multiselect for showing/hiding arrowheads. Library folder paths now show a full-path tooltip on hover. A new Copy dropdown in the Library ribbon lets you copy a design's Part Number, Manufacturer, Description, IPN, or All Fields.
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| 11/19/25 |
Pigtail Connectors: Add pigtail connectors (pre-wired connectors) to your Library and Harness drawings. This is useful if you have connectors that come with integrated wires/cables to splice or connect directly into your harness design.
Force Version: Administrators can now Force Version drawings being edited by other members in their Team. This function is useful if a team member is out on vacation and has left their drawing in an editing state.
N/A Cells: For clarity, N/A now appears in all tables when the information is not applicable. This is included in the drawing outputs and Excel exports.
Design Usage: We have moved and simplified the Design Usage (Where-Used) function into the Library directly.
Expanded Reference Designator: We have added support for additional characters in the names / reference designators of your components and cavities. Now, you will be able to use any character except for a period.
Wire Color in Assembly: We've added the wire color to design assembly for quick reference when looking up your wires and pigtail wires.
Copy to Clipboard in Assembly: We've added quick Copy to Clipboard functionality to Design Assembly right-click menu.
Expand Connection Details:We've added a shortcut to expand your Connections editor to provide more space and display more columns when building your harnesses.
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| 2/12/25 |
Generic Shapes: Add fully customizable shapes to your Top Level drawings (with adjustable fill and outline options), and hold Shift to constrain lines to perfect horizontal/vertical orientation.
Arrange Images, Texts, Shapes: Control the Z-Order of items (forward/backward placement) to keep your drawings organized and layered just the way you want.
Metric Ruler: Switch your ruler and snap grid to metric units whenever needed, and save this preference for any new drawings you create.
Revision Table Output: Generate revision tables as separate tabular outputs for Harness, System, or Device drawings, freeing space on your main diagram while retaining complete revision details.
Custom Parts in Systems: Directly add Custom Parts to a System for accurate, larger-scale BOM inclusion and final component assembly documentation.
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| 7/17/24 |
Transfer Design Ownership: You can now transfer ownership of designs and folders to Partner organizations for seamless collaboration and handoff to contractors, consultants, or manufacturers.
Resolve Missing Designs: A new wizard lets you restore deleted or missing subcomponent designs in your library, automatically updating references for smooth assembly continuity.
Design Configuration Enhancements: Expanded configuration options allow quick cloning, clearing, and automatic part replacement when you apply new configurations to connectors or other components.
Harness Connection Editor Columns: Additional columns (Notes and Wire Size) in the Connection Editor offer greater visibility and flexibility for harness documentation.
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| 3/29/24 |
Multiselect Design Assembly: Select multiple items at once to perform group actions—like batch-editing designs or adding components to multiple groups—speeding up your workflow on larger projects.
Add New Parts from Library Screen: Search through 83+ million parts in the Octopart library directly from File > Open and add them to your own Library for quick access.
Connection Table Enhancements: Easily reset to default table settings (File > Settings) and ensure those defaults apply when merging/unmerging multiple tables.
Tab Management Options: Configure how tabs behave when editing a versioned design, letting you auto-close or keep the current tab open by default (File > Settings).
Revision Added to Production Data: Exports now include the design’s revision, making it easier to track multiple versions of Production Data files.
‘Where Used’ Added to Ribbon: Quickly find all places a design is used by clicking the new search button integrated into the application ribbon.
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| 2/7/24 |
Performed internal updates to support the latest version of Windows and .NET.
Optimized the built-in updater for a more seamless experience.
Updated the Windows installer for improved reliability.
Refined iconography and text to enhance clarity on high DPI displays.
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| 10/23/23 |
Strip Lengths: Specify strip lengths for Contacts, Ferrules, Ring/Spade Terminals, and Quick Connect Terminals so these values integrate with wire length calculations. They can optionally appear in your Connection, Wiring, or Cutlist Tables, and can be overridden in the Edit Lengths dialog.
Notes Table: Export a separate Notes Table in PDF format, freeing space on the Top Level drawing (your Flags remain visible if you hide the table there).
Harness Connection Editor: Enjoy new improvements like a twisted wire indicator (hover for details), direct right-click conductor design changes, and the ability to twist/untwist multiple wires at once.
Additional Updates: Newly added Harness items appear centered or at your right-click location (and are automatically selected), you can now view Contact/Wire Seal designs from the “Edit Contacts and Wire Seals” dialog, plus various UI enhancements.
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| 9/8/23 |
Bundle Inspection: Right-click a bundle and select Show Connections within Bundle… to filter harness connections and pinpoint which cables/wires are routed through each bundle segment.
Bundle Details: The new Bundles tab replaces Coverings and shows both covering information and additional bundle properties in one place.
Instant Search: As you type in your Library, results instantly filter. Press Enter or click Load Octopart Results to search Octopart’s 83+ million parts, and use arrow keys to quickly navigate results.
New Unused Designs Library Tool: Identify and remove designs that are not referenced anywhere in your Library.
New Duplicate Designs: Find designs sharing the same Part Number or Internal Part Number, and merge them by choosing which one to keep (RapidHarness automatically updates references).
Additional Updates: Contacts with active connections are clearly marked in the Edit Contacts and Wire Seals dialog, ‘View History’ is available from both the Top Level and design Assembly, a new ‘Add Note’ shortcut is in the Insert menu, and you can middle-click to pan versioned drawings. Holding Ctrl while rotating endpoints also disables snapping.
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| 6/2/23 |
Partnership Management: Easily collaborate with external organizations by establishing Partnerships, enabling streamlined sharing and version control beyond your internal team.
Design and Folder Sharing: Share specific designs or entire folders with one or multiple organizations, granting either view-only or edit privileges.
Sharing Tab in Library Details: Access a dedicated Sharing tab in the Library Details pane to review and manage your shared items at a glance.
Library Status Tags: Quickly identify edit states and sharing statuses for designs and folders through clear, at-a-glance status tags in the Library screen.
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| 12/9/22 |
New UI control library, visual overhaul
New drag/drop behavior for reodering columns/rows/etc
Updated document tab tearing, docking and Atl+Tab behavior
UI performance enhancements
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| 9/19/22 |
Added Configurations to Designs, to assign related parts to your components
Added Default configurations to automatically apply a configuration when added to a harness
Added ability to synchronize your Label text to match the nearest endpoint
Switched PDF toolsets for faster performance
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| 3/29/22 |
Added new Library interface for organizing and managing your designs
Allow users to create Folders in Library
Added Breadcrumbs for folder navigation
Updated search algorithms to provide instantaneous results on designs in your Library
Added Actions Toolbar to easily preform most common actions in your Library
Added the ability to multiselect items in your Library
Added a Recycle Bin that will allow you to restore deleted items for up to 30 days
Automatically adding new Parts to your Home > Parts folder
Provided solution for Windows machines configured with FIPS mode
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| 9/22/21 |
Added default settings for Harnesses, Systems, and Devices
Enhanced Notes Table to provide configurable shapes and colors
Added Revision Text Replacements to Drawing Templates
Various UI Enhancements
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| 6/29/21 |
Added Internal Part Numbers to all designs
Added table column customizations (include/exclude and re-order columns)
Added Table Template configurations for Aggregate Bom Table, Bom Table, Cutlist Table, Electrical Interface Table, Label Table, Nets Table, and Wiring Table
Connector and Custom Part image enhancements
Bundle merging algorithm improvements
Various UI Enhancements
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| 1/22/21 |
New Connector look in Harnesses, Devices, and Systems
Add multiple images for all your Connectors
Reference Designators auto align in all schematics
Performance updates for systems with > 100 nets
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| 6/16/20 |
'Switch Terminal Type' functions added to Harnesses
'Remap Connector Connections' dialog added when changing Connectors in a Harness
Create New Part added directly into Part Search Dialog
Device Top Level drawings updated to have Bill of Materials, Notes Table, Revision Table, Text Boxes, and Images
Devices Production Data added to export BOM and Electrical Interface to Microsoft Excel
Devices can now be printed and saved to PDF
System Aggregate BOM can now display Devices as one line-item per device, or as the Device's constituent parts
Various UI Enhancements
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| 4/6/20 |
Preview Images Added to Open Screen and Select Design dialog
'Where-Used' search added to Open Screen
Various UI Enhancements
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| 11/22/19 |
BOM Include/Exclude option added to each item
BOM manual id numbering now supported
BOM sorting functions added, including automatic renumbering
Links and Datasheets added to Core Designs, with data accessible within harnesses
Support for Multiple Backshells, Boots, Locks, and Heat Shrinks
Manufacturer information added to results in Search and Open screen
Octopart Autosave functionality added to design library
System highlighting improved to show relevant splices/resistors/diodes
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| 09/09/19 |
Part Library Octopart Integration - search Octopart's database of 40 million parts
Search 'My Designs' added to Open screen
Design Assembly now shows Design Deletion Notifications
Design Assembly now shows Recursive Children Notifications
Select design dialog - performance improvements
Various UI Enhancements
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| 06/06/19 |
Version History added to Version Design Dialog
"Locate in Top Level" function added to Design Assembly
Middle Click Pan Support Added to Top Level drawings
"To PN" and "From PN" columns added to Harness Connection Export in Production Data
Added "Manufacturer" property to Harness and System Designs
Added $MANUFACTURER$ as Text Replacement in Drawing Template and Table Templates
Updated Harness Connection Sorting to show "Housing" and "N/C" connection endpoints after alphanumeric cavities
Added Gauge property to Cable Drain Wires
Enable Cable Shield to be used as a Conductor in Harness Connections
Added SAE wire gauge unit to Cable and Wire sizes
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| 02/20/19 |
Ferrules, Loose Wire Ends, Quick Connect Terminals, Ring Terminals, and Spade Terminals Added to Devices
Terminal Points Added to Devices
Pigtail Connectors Added to Devices
Drawing Templates Added to Devices
Matings between terminals and Device Terminal Endpoints supported
Bill of Materials, Aggregate BOM, and Nets Added to Systems
Nets List Augmented to show all intermediate Connections and Endpoints
Harness Reference Designators Added to Systems
Subsystem Color Added to Systems
System Highlighting Updated to more clearly show Nets
PDF Settings Added to Systems
Harnesses Support Highlighting individual Connections by default, and as Net via the right-click menu
Various UI Enhancements
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| 08/24/18 |
BOM Usage Added to BOM and Production Data
Cable Twisting Information Added to Wiring Table and Connection Tables
Individually Overridable Cable Lengths Added to 'Edit Lengths' Dialog
System Notes Table and System Revision Table Added
Add Multiple Designs Enhancements - Add Multiple Parts without Closing Dialog
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| 04/23/18 |
Resistors Added to Harnesses
Diodes Added to Harnesses
Connection Table Enhancements - Merging/Splitting multiple tables
Exporting System Aggregate BOM (Production Data)
Exporting System Nets (Production Data)
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| 02/01/18 |
Native Save to PDF
PDF Configuration Settings
Cutlist Table Added to Harness PDF Output
Label Table Added to Harness PDF Output
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| 01/11/18 |
New (Reusable) Custom Part Design Type Added
Bill of Materials (BOM) Page added as Printable Output to Harnesses
Bill of Materials (BOM) Customization Added
Table Templates Update (renamed from Wiring Table Template)
Table Template and Drawing Template Text Replacements Added
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| 09/28/17 |
Transition Boots Added as New Design Types
Notes Table Added to Harness Designs (with Flags / Leader Lines)
Revision Table Added to Harness Designs
Various UI Enhancements
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| 08/24/17 |
Editable Wire and Cable Lengths (Edit Lengths Dialog)
Export Production Data (one Excel Document per Harness / System)
Export Label Data to Excel
Harness BOM Support Now Re-orderable
System BOM Generation
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| 08/03/17 |
Label Design Type Added to Harnesses
Text Rotation for Reference Designators and other Components
Multi-Version Dialog Added
Copy/Paste Support Added
Delete Key Support Added
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| 06/19/17 |
Formboards (To Scale Drawings) added
Wire Seal Design Type Added
New Manage Contacts and Seals Dialog
Internal Performance Improvements
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| 05/24/17 |
Text Rotation / Positioning Support
Terminal Rotation Added
BOM Table Description Column Added
Connection Reverse From/To Added
Device Color Added to Device and System Layers
Harness Bundle Color Added to System Layers
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| 04/06/17 |
Covering Design Type Added (Tubing, Sleeving, Spiral Wrapping, Taping)
Harness Bundle Merging Enhancements (Automatic Re-routing)
New Harness Bundle Styling
Automatic Updater Improvements
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| 02/07/17 |
Add Connection Enhancements - Add Terminals when creating Connections
Wire Cutlist Enhancements - Gauge and Color Added
Double Click to Edit Reference Designators Added
Double Click to Edit Lengths Added
Various UI Enhancements
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| 12/1/16 |
Top Level Connection Tables Added
Connection Tables Properties Added
Top Level Bill of Materials (BOM) Added
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| 11/07/16 |
Cable Wire Labels Added
Automatic Connection Advancement
Enhanced Context Menus Added
Various UI Enhancements
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| 10/25/16 |
Inline Splices Added (Drag Into Bundles)
Splice Grouping/Ungrouping Added
Various UI Enhancements
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| 09/20/16 |
Connector Front View Added
Design Assembly Enhancements
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| 09/02/16 |
Wiring Table Showing Conductor Colors
Printing with Integrated Highlighting Added
Export Connections to Excel
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| 07/04/16 |
Integrated Version Control Added
Design Search Integration
Backend Performance Updates
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| 04/28/16 |
Team Library Integration
Team Invitations
User Management (including Admin Privileges)
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| 03/12/16 |
Ribbon Toolbar Augmented
Design Assembly Enhancements
Visual Overhaul
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| 02/04/16 |
New Select Design Dialog
New Sorting and Ordering to Support MIL-Spec Standards
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| 11/14/15 |
Connector 'N/C' Connection Type Added
Connector 'Housing' Connection Type Added
Connector 'Custom Cavity' Connection Type Added
Connector 'Reuse Cavity' Connection Type Added
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| 08/03/15 |
New Top Level Canvas
New Printing Options and Page Margin Configurations
New Context Menu Support
Enhanced Multiselect Support
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| 05/27/15 |
Contact Design Type Added
Wiring Table Added
Design Library Description Added
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| 04/30/15 |
Page Size enhancements added to Systems and Harnesses
Print Preview enhancements
Configurable System Layouts
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| 03/07/15 |
Routed Waypoints and Layout Points added to Harness designs
Harness Bundle Lengths Added
Automatic Cable and Wire Cutlist Added
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| 12/11/14 |
Generic Text and Images Supported
RapidHarness Library Added
New Frontend Interface
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| 07/31/14 |
Device and System Resizing
System Performance Improvements - Loading / Saving / Highlighting
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| 04/22/14 |
New Harness Connection Interface (Removing Syntax)
Wire Twisting Added
Design Rule Checker Updated
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| 02/03/14 |
Ferrules, Ring Terminals, Spade Terminals, Quick Connect Terminals Added
New Top Level Drawing Enhancements
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| 11/11/13 |
Backshell Design Type Added
Contact Design Type Added
Splice Design Type Added
Drawing Templates Added
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| 07/26/13 |
Wire Design Type Added
Cable Design Type Added - Including Shielding, Twisting, and Drain Wires
Wiring Table Updated
Bill of Materials Updated
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| 05/24/13 |
Subsystem Block Design
Snap Grid Added to Harness and System Designs
Clone Design Functionality Added
Various UI Enhancements
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| 01/31/13 |
Connection Syntax Expanded
Device ICD Importing
Harness Export to Microsoft Excel
Various UI Enhancements
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| 10/08/12 |
RapidHarness Initial Release
Harness, Device, and System Designs
Automatic Top Level Drawing
Automatic Wiring Table
Signal Propagation and Highlighting
Integrated Updater
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