Harness Design Demonstration

Created: May 31, 2023
Updated: July 1, 2024

This video shows the cable Harness Design Features integrated in Altium Designer and its advantages over conventional cable design in third-party tools. The features are presented step-by-step in a Multiboard project from a top-to-down approach.

The project files being used in the demo are included in your set of Altium Designer’s example projects in the C:\Users\Public\Documents\Altium\AD<version>\Examples\Harness Demo MB\Harness_Demo_Prj folder. In addition, 2 Intlibs are being used, which can be downloaded here.

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