Harness Processing

Depopulating Redundant Objects

You can use this routine to remove objects that either will not belong to any derivatives following breakdown, or any objects that have no wire or multicore attached.

Procedure

To depopulate redundant objects in the design:

                     Press the space bar and enter Depopulate Redundant Objects.

                 

                 
                     On the Automate tab, select Processing > Depopulate Redundant Objects.

The Depopulate Redundant Objects dialog box displays.

             Figure 301: Depopulate Redundant Objects Dialog Box

Select one of the options:

                     Derivative Driven — removes all objects that,
                         following evaluation, will not appear on any derivative.

                     Note 
                         This action is only available on a composite
                             design that has, at least, one derivative defined. Also, running
                             this functionality does not perform composite breakdown.

                     

                     Tip 
                         Applying filters includes only the wires and their related components,
                             and avoids manually depopulating objects in the design following
                             synchronization. Sets of option codes can be defined and stored
                             with the target design or in the project, and can be reused
                             during future synchronization processes. See Synchronization Rules.

                     

                 

                 
                     Wire Driven — removes all objects that have no
                         wire or multicore attached.

Click OK.

Results

If Derivative Driven was selected, the system evaluates the currently open design and then removes from it all objects that will not belong to any derivatives following composite breakdown. These are then listed in a log file.

If Wire Driven was selected:

                      Objects in the design that have no wire or multicore attached are
                          deleted.

                  

                  
                      Bundles with no wires or multicores are deleted, together with any
                          objects on the bundle (insulation, clip, grommet, Other
                          Component).

                  

                  
                      Where there are bundles in a loop, those bundles with no wires are
                          deleted.

                  

                  
                      Where a Multi-Location Component (MLC) node exists on a bundle that
                          is deleted, the MLC node is deleted. If, after deleting the MLC
                          node, the MLC now only has one remaining node, then the MLC is
                          deleted.

                  

                  
                      Where an insulation covers two bundles, one of which is deleted, the
                          insulation run on the remaining bundle is preserved, and its end
                          node relocated to where the junction node with the deleted bundle
                          used to be.

                  

                  
                      Where a standard dimension has its start or end node deleted, the
                          dimension is deleted.

                  

                  
                      Where the child of a modular connector has no wire connected to it,
                          it will be deleted. Where the child of a modular connector has a
                          wire connected to it, that child is preserved along with its
                          parents, even if those parents have no wire connected. Modular
                          connector parents are never deleted if any of their children are
                          present. If all of the children have been deleted because they had
                          no wires connected, then the modular connector parent is also
                          deleted.

                  

                  
                      Where variant position connectors and splices are being depopulated: 

                      
                          
                              If all the primary position wires and variant position wires
                                  are redundant, they will all be deleted.

                          

                          
                              Otherwise the primary position wires are retained (even if they are
                                  redundant), along with any valid variant position wires.

                          

                      

                      The following table shows some examples:

                      

                                  
                                      
                                          Example

                                      

                                      
                                          Wire at Primary Position Connector

                                      

                                      
                                          Wire at Variant Position Connector 1

                                      

                                      
                                          Wire at Variant Position Connector 2

                                      

                                      
                                          Result

                                      

                                  

                              

                                  
                                      
                                          1

                                      

                                      
                                          Redundant

                                      

                                      
                                          Redundant

                                      

                                      
                                           

                                      

                                      
                                          Delete all

                                      

                                  

                                  
                                      
                                          2

                                      

                                      
                                          Valid

                                      

                                      
                                          Redundant

                                      

                                      
                                           

                                      

                                      
                                          Keep wire at primary position connector

                                      

                                  

                                  
                                      
                                          3

                                      

                                      
                                          Redundant

                                      

                                      
                                          Valid

                                      

                                      
                                           

                                      

                                      
                                          Keep wires at primary position connector and variant position
                                          connector 1

                                      

                                  

                                  
                                      
                                          4

                                      

                                      
                                          Valid

                                      

                                      
                                          Valid

                                      

                                      
                                          Redundant

                                      

                                      
                                          Keep wires at primary position
                                          connector and variant position connector 1

                                      

                                  

                                  
                                      
                                          5

                                      

                                      
                                          Redundant

                                      

                                      
                                          Redundant

                                      

                                      
                                          Valid

                                      

                                      
                                          Keep wires at primary position
                                          connector and variant position connector 2

Parent Topic:

Harness Processing