Durrently, the Connector symbols we have are not desctiptive and give little information to the user.

Here is a list of the limitations:

1. The connector symbols don't "speak" to new users. They are not explicit. A user has to educate himself into knowing what each symbols corresponds to.

==> Symbols should be explicit. A new user should be able to recognize at first sight what each symbol represents. This will be achieved by having a bolt connector symbol look like a bolt, a spring connector symbol look like a spring, etc.

2. The connector symbols don't dive any information about the numerical value of the body it represents. You can't visuallt determine from theie symbols whether 2 bolt connectors have the smae diameter or not - you must edit them

==> The connector symbols should make use of the user define properties to appripriately dimension the symbol. Additionally, for springs, additional "display-only" properties should be provided to make the spring symbol look real. This would be similar to what is being done since 2009 in Motion.

The benefits would be:

1. Ease of use: easy to see what has been defined previously, easy to spot typing errors, easy to understand how the parts are conencted together

2. Wow! effect for new users. This feature should demo well and help demonstrate how easy SW Simulation is.

What do you think?