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Tie Connect

Ties one hole to another — the target fires the tie’s delay after the source. The toolbar button is Tie Connect / Cord Inline / Reconnect to Trunk, because the same tool also splices a cord connector into a trunk and moves a hole onto a trunk.

Before you start

Pick a connector product chip, or type a Delay Amount — see Connector Settings. With UNDEF lit, ties carry no product.
The blast needs an initiation point somewhere upstream, or the tied holes have no firing time.

Tie two holes

Click Tie Connect / Cord Inline / Reconnect to Trunk on the Connect toolbar.
Click the source hole — the one that fires first.
Click the target hole. A tie is drawn from source to target and firing times recalculate.
The tool stays on. Click the next source hole, or click the button again to finish.

The tie takes the current Delay Amount, Connector Color and product. Tying a hole that already has a tie replaces it — except with a cord product, which can feed a hole from more than one direction and adds the new tie instead.

Special clicks

Click	Result
The same hole twice	That hole becomes an initiation point: “Hole … is now an initiation point.”
A trunk run, with a source hole already clicked	The held hole is re-attached to that trunk
A trunk run, with a CC (cord connector) chip selected	The connector is placed inline on the trunk: “Placed connector on …”
A trunk vertex, with nothing held (2D only)	The tie starts from the trunk’s last hole, drawn from the vertex you clicked

A click that lands on a hole always counts as the hole, even where a trunk runs past it.

What you get

The target hole’s From Hole becomes the source, and its delay becomes the tie’s delay.
A tie made with a product also adds the product’s signal travel time.
A hole that sat on a trunk is taken off it — its branch is replaced by the new tie.
A hole that carried a harness path loses it. A path belongs to the hole a chain starts at, and this hole is now part-way along one.
Hole times, timing contours and the time chart update straight away.

Works in 2D and 3D.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Cause	Fix
The tied holes show no time	Nothing upstream is an initiation point	Click the first hole twice, or use Self Connect Add IP
The tie draws as a plain arrow	UNDEF is lit — no product	Pick a product chip before tying
“Trunk-to-trunk connection is not supported yet — start from a hole.”	The tie started from a trunk vertex and then a trunk was clicked	Start from a hole
“Trunk … has no holes on it yet.”	The trunk vertex clicked has no holes tied along it	Start from a hole
A wrong tie	Ties are not undone with Ctrl+Z	Remove it with Connectors Remove

Other ways to use it

Method	Result
Tie Connect Multi	A whole line of holes in two clicks
Tie Connect Continuous	A zig-zag run through holes or open ground
Right-click a hole → Edit Hole → Surface Product, Delay, Delay Colour	Change one hole’s tie without redrawing it — see Timing Sequences
Data Explorer → right-click holes → Reset Connections	Clears the surface ties on the selected holes