Control Panel for the new layout

[P5se Camelback]

...I also learned in the days of wax string looming and right angled bends- these days some of those skills had to be unlearned as routing became more important then visual appeal :-(

From the viewpoint of a product designer, access for maintenance and "readable," accessable routing is more important than the routing that is "more important than visual appeal," which to me is "engineer speak" for saving money on the amount of wire used! Wire is Cheap in the overaall scheme of things! Nothing annoys me at home more than a rats nest of wires lurking behind a stereo system, and my pet peeve in the design office was wiring that wandered from one place to another or got in the way because it was a "home run" to where it was going to save the cost of additional wire.

At some point, everything needs maintenance! Better to "design in" a convenient, organized way to identify wires and follow them from "A" to "B" when the damn thing is designed and subsequently manufactured! I used to tell my guys at Monday morning Design Staff Project Reviews, "Think of the poor tech in the field who has to pull the cover off this thing and maintain it. Let's pretend that's you, Steve ... what do you want to see when you open that cover and look inside?" :?:

In my book, if it was a Monday morning Design Staff Project Review, I'd just say, " Nice job, Gary. Keep it up!
O.K., Steve what's happening with the product you're working on?"