Patent ID: 6457165
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A wiring harness arrangement designing apparatus comprising:route information inputting means for inputting route information including route drawing information on routes of a plurality of wiring harnesses to be arranged within a vehicle and route length information of each route; wiring information memory means for storing wiring information including auxiliary unit information on a plurality of auxiliary units connected to the plurality of wiring harnesses and wire information on attributes of a plurality of wires connected between the plurality of auxiliary units; display means for displaying on a screen a route drawing based on the route information input by the route information inputting means; position assigning means for assigning positions of the plurality of auxiliary units on the route drawing displayed on the screen based on the auxiliary unit information included in the wiring information stored in the wiring information memory means; and route/wiring linking means for mutually wire-connecting the plurality of auxiliary units through a selected route on the route drawing, and for linking the wiring information on the plurality of wire-connected auxiliary units to the route information on the selected route.