Structure Probe

The Structure Probe is used to create POSTSCRIPT files of the cross section of a particular MHARNESS® cable segment. The required input file text format is:

The legend parameter provides a colored list of all conductors within the drawing. The legend is outlined in red in the above picture.

The reference parameter specifies that the associated reference conductor is to be drawn. This could be a ground plane, a shield reference, a wire ground or a cylindrical shell ground. The thick parameter determines how thick to draw the lines depicting the reference.

There are two different types of input text lines used to specify which conductors and jackets, along with associated colors, are to be incorporated within the POSTSCRIPT file. These lines are:

level seg_id cc jc

level seg_id cond_id cc jc

The level parameter specifies what system level, along with all associated inferior system levels, are to be drawn. If only the first line above is used, then all conductors associate with the provided segment, and all associated inferior segments, are drawn with the conductor color of cc and the jacket color of jc. If the second line is used in conjunction with the first, then individual conductors and jackets within the same system level, or any associated inferior system level, can be assigned individual colors.