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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Path creation for backshell attachment</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">If the shielding component is connecting to a connector then the segment that attaches to the connector is used, just as any other wire that terminates at that connector. If, on the other hand, the shielding component is connecting to a backshell then you must create a separate segment that links the shielding component to the backshell. An illustration of this appears below.</p>
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      <div class="title_figure">Shield connection component placed near a backshell (additional segment is required)</div>
      <p class="para_topic">Create a path segment that runs from the shield connection component to the backshell. Use the <b class="uiTerm">Heal Path</b> tool, selecting the port of the shield connection component, and then the <b class="uiTerm">Fitting Port</b> of the backshell. Note that, depending on the location of the shield connection component relative to the backshell or connector, the path segment (and therefore the wire) may be very short.
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      <div class="title_division">Routing the shield connection wire</div>
      <p class="para_division">Use <b class="uiTerm">Auto Route</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Manual Route</b> to route the shield connection wires, the same way other wires are routed.
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      <p class="para_division">Shield connection wires carry to the formboard model. The shield connection component, whether virtual or physical, will also carry to the formboard. If the shield connects to a connector then it is included in the bundle attaching the connector. If the shield connects to a backshell, the connecting wire shows in the formboard as an extra, unconnected, branch.</p>
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