Patent ID: 7024341

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: generating two-dimensional electronically modeled aircraft engine harnesses from a three-dimensional harness definition that includes a plurality of connector fittings coupled together with wire cables, wherein said three-dimensional harness definition defines a harness, said generating the two-dimensional electronically modeled aircraft engine harnesses comprises: defining the three-dimensional harness definition such that each of the plurality of connector fittings includes a plurality of connector fitting ports for orienting the connector fitting with respect to each other of the plurality of connector fittings in a cartesian coordinate system, wherein each of the plurality of connector fittings includes a connector port, a direction port, a free port, and a key port; determining design parameters of the harness; generating a two-dimensional stick form model of the plurality of connector fittings from the three-dimensional harness definition such that the appearance and orientation of each connector fitting image produced is three-dimensional with respect to each other of the plurality of connector fittings; creating, by a processor, a first line that extends from a first one of the plurality of connector fittings to a second one of the plurality of connector fittings; and producing a second line that extends from said first line to a third one of said plurality of connector fittings.