Patent ID: 8694952

Claim:
A method, comprising: allowing a first user to access and edit a first wiring harness design component in a wiring harness design workspace on a computer; allowing a second user to access and edit a second wiring harness design component in the wiring harness design workspace at least during a portion of the time that the first user is allowed to access and edit the first wiring harness design component; displaying the first and second wiring harness design components to the first and second users during at least a portion of the time that access is allowed to the first and second users; automatically locking, on a component basis, the first wiring harness design component against editing by the second user, upon initiating the edit by the first user; and automatically refreshing a view of the wiring harness design workspace displayed to the second user, if the edit by the first user impacts at least a portion of the second wiring harness design component accessed by the second user.