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By the mid-1990's developments in PC hardware and software provided a more affordable and ergonomic basis for a second generation CAD system for wiring harness design. After much debate, HarnWare was the name chosen for the system. Originally Raychem only intended HarnWare for in-house use. However, even the limited Version 1 software attracted considerable interest among customers and partners. We decided to make the system available to Tyco customers prepared to invest time in attending a training course and learn how to make effective use of HarnWare for mutual business benefits.
Now Raychem is part of Tyco Electronics, and the number of HarnWare users has grown to more than 1000 engineers in 332 companies located in over 36 countries. This means that HarnWare is now the most widely used wiring harness design database system. This achievement is particularly impressive, as it has occurred by word of mouth and without any advertising or marketing expenditure.
Latest Version of HarnWare (V5.4)
Since its release in August 2007, a steady flow of users have been upgrading to the latest 5.4 version of HarnWare. If you’re using an earlier version, please refer to the following lists of the many new features and benefits introduced in the last three versions. For users of HarnWare V5.1 or later, V5.4 is a free upgrade but for those with HarnWare V4.5 or earlier a one-day training course is recommended.
The key versions over the full life of HarnWare were:
Key versions over the full life of HarnWare
Version |
Release date |
Notes |
1.0 |
December 1995 |
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2.0 |
April 1996 |
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3.0 |
October 1996 |
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3.1 |
March 1997 |
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4.0 |
April 1998 |
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4.1 |
October 1998 |
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4.5.22 |
March 2000 |
Released on CD |
4.5.29 |
February 2005 |
A download required for Windows XP & Visio 2003 |
5.2 |
February 2006 |
First release to use software key in place of dongle |
5.3 |
November 2006 |
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5.4 |
August 2007 |
Required for Windows Vista and Visio 2007. Versions of Visio earlier than 2003 no longer supported |
Since HarnWare was first released in 1995 we have upgraded the software to maintain compatibility with a number of 16 and 32 bit versions of Windows and Visio including Windows 3.1, 95, NT, 98, 2000, XP and Vista and Visio 3, 4, 4.1, 4.5, 5, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007. We are currently working on an upgraded version of HarnWare which will be released in June 2010, able to run on 64 bit versions of Windows XP and Vista and the next version, Windows 7 which is due for release by Microsoft at the end of 2009 this year. | 
