Manufacture Drawing

To create a formboard drawing of an electrical route to scale:

  1. With an electrical routing assembly open, click Flatten Route (Electrical toolbar).
  2. In Flatten Type, select Manufacture.
  3. In Flatten Parameters, select Route Sketch Segment and, Flatten Route Center along the sketch segment.
    When you create the drawing, the software flattens the assembly from this reference segment.
  4. In Flatten Parameters, enter the Formboard Width and Formboard Height of the rectangle that defines the formboard sketch size.
    When you create the formboard drawing or assembly, this rectangle has a dashed border.
  5. Select a Horizontal or Vertical orientation for the segment.
  6. Select Drawing Options and Flatten Options, and click .
  7. Click to close the Drawing View PropertyManager.
To improve the scaled flattened route, move the center of the rectangle or change the curvature or angle of the route segments.
The connectors shown in the manufacture-style flattened route do not display the actual connector location, which is closer to the harness.