Wires

Wires in LoomCAD represent electrical connections between component pins. They route through bundles and can be visualized with colors, widths, and other properties.

Creating Wires

Using the Wire Tool

1. Select Wire tool from the Toolbar or press Alt+W
2. Click on a source pin
3. Click on a destination pin
4. The wire is created and routed through bundles automatically

Using AI Chat

Ask the AI to create wires in natural language:

Add a red wire from J1 pin 1 to J2 pin 1

Connect all pins of J1 to corresponding pins of J2

Wire Properties

Select a wire and open the Inspector to view and edit properties:

Property	Description
name	Wire identifier
color	Wire color (single or multi-color)
gauge	Wire gauge/cross-section
length	Calculated wire length
partNumber	Wire part number
manufacturer	Wire manufacturer

Multi-Color Wires

LoomCAD supports multi-color wires following the DIN 47100 standard. This is useful for identifying wires in complex harnesses.

Multi-color wires are displayed with sectored circles showing all colors in the wire's color scheme.

Wire Visualization

Wires can be visualized in several ways:

• Color coding - Wire colors are shown along the bundle path
• Width visualization - Wire gauge affects visual thickness
• Path highlighting - Selected wires show their complete routing path through bundles

Wire Tables

Wire Tables provide a tabular view of all wire connections.

Sheet Wire Table

Shows all wires on the current sheet with:

• Wire ID
• From/To connections
• Color and gauge
• Length

Component Wire Table

Each component can display its own wire table showing connections to that component's pins. Wire tables support interactive highlighting - clicking a row highlights the corresponding wire and pins on the canvas.

Wire Context Menu

click on a wire row in a wire table to access wire actions:

Action	Description
Copy Wire	Duplicate wire properties to a new connection
Open Inspector	View and edit wire properties

Note: click on the wire table caption shows component options (Flip Component, Open Inspector) instead of wire options.

See Context Menu Quick Reference for details on wire operations.

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Wire Routing

Wires are automatically routed through bundles. The routing algorithm:

1. Finds the path from source to destination pin
2. Routes through connected bundles
3. Calculates total wire length

Related Topics

• Bundles - Wire containers and routing
• Components - Component pins that wires connect to
• Manufacturing Data - Wire List export