Generating a Design and Diagrams for Filtered Connectivity

from Multiple Designs

You can generate a single design and its diagrams for filtered logical connectivity from multiple Capital Logic Designer, Capital Systems Integrator, or Capital Harness Designer designs in a project.

Note

To save time when you run these steps again, create a configuration file to store all the settings on all the tabs of the dialog box used in this task. You can then import the file to automatically populate all the fields.

See Export and Import Configuration Settings.

Restrictions and Limitations

• The functionality also supports diagram generation where connectors in Logic designs may have more than one potential mate. Two representations of the connector are portrayed on the newly generated diagram.

• You cannot generate designs as a background task and generate diagrams simultaneously. See also “Running Query and Generate Design as a Background Task” in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide.

Prerequisites

• Run at least one Capital Integration Server (CIS) controller in your Capital environment to activate the Background Run check box in the Query and Generate Design dialog box. See also “Running Capital Tasks in the Background (Flexible Execution Model)” in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide.

Procedure

1. To open the Query and Generate Design Dialog Box:

                        Right-click the project name in the Project Browser window and select
                                Query and Generate
                            Design.
   
                    
   
                    
                        Right-click a design under the Build
                                Lists node of the Project Browser window and select
                                Query and Generate
                            Design.
   
                    
   
                
   
            
            
                Note 
                    These actions work only to generate diagrams for logical
                        designs.
   

2. On the Scope tab, specify the designs from which to include connectivity in the generated designs.If you selected a design under the Build Lists node, that build list is already selected and displayed in the Selected window.

3. On the Design tab, specify the base details for the design that will be generated.

4. On the Filter tab, specify any filtering to apply to the connectivity taken from the existing designs:
   See Usage Examples - Connectivity Processors to learn how connectivity and pin processors visualize the electrical connections.

5. Select the Generate diagrams check box to generate diagrams as part of the design generation process.
   You can clear the check box to generate designs only.

6. Click Generate Design.

                The New Generated Diagrams
   

Dialog Box is displayed.

				Note 
					See Query and Generate Design

Dialog Box for information about the use of wildcards in the Value column on the Filter tab.

7. If you do not have a Capital Schematic Generator for Logic Designer Filter license, specify the Name and Properties of the diagram to be generated on the Table 32: New Generated

Diagrams - Name Tab. If you have a Capital Schematic Generator for Logic Designer Filter license, specify the diagrams to generate and the connectivity objects to distribute to each diagram on the Table 31: New Generated Diagrams - Diagrams Tab.

8. On the Component Styling tab, specify the styling to use for objects in the generated diagrams. By default, Capital Schematic Generator for Logic Designer uses the Default style set for Capital Logic Designer.
   If you have a license to use Capital Styling, you can click the Style Set dropdown list to choose a different style set, if available. You can click the ellipsis button (...) to open the Style Sets Dialog to edit an existing style set or create a new style set. Caution On the Component Styling tab, you can edit the default style set or selected style set but note that the changes will apply to any designs using the style set and will be visible if this style set is viewed in Capital Project Manager.
   See the Diagram Styling User Guide for more information about style sets and how to edit them.

9. On the Layout Styling tab, specify the preferences to use for the layout of the diagrams. See Specifying Layout Styling When Generating Diagrams for more information about layout styling preferences.

10. On the Prototype tab, specify whether you want to use an existing design as a template for the generated diagram.
    Any connectivity in the current design that matches connectivity in the selected template design will take the layout from the template. Any unmatched connectivity in the current design will be laid out automatically. Note If a path in the current project is more complex than the reference path in a template path, Capital Schematic Generator for Logic Designer determines the layout of the path.
    In the From Project window, select the project that contains the template diagram. In the Select Design Prototype window, select the template diagram from the browser tree. Note If a design (for which diagrams have to be generated) and the template are revisions of the same design, connectivity objects (devices, conductors, and so on) are matched by revisions. Otherwise, connectivity objects are matched by name.

11. Select the Background Run check box to use the Flexible Execution Model (FEM) to generate diagrams as a background task. Clear the check box to run the diagram generator task locally.
    Note You must run at least one Capital Integration Server (CIS) controller in your Capital environment to display the Background Run check box. See also “Running Capital Tasks in the Background (Flexible Execution Model)” in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide.
    You can monitor the task and access the log file on the Tasks Tab in the Output Window. You can also access the log files in your temp directory.

12. Click Generate Diagrams.

Parent Topic:

Capital Schematic Generator for Logic Designer

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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