Capital Systems Integrator

Connectors

Connectors are applications that permit the exchange of design data between Capital and other enterprise design systems using either intermediate file transfer or by direct connection.

The connectors provide two generic functions:

• Bridge Out — Exportation of Capital design or build list data in a format acceptable to third‑party design systems.

• Bridge In — Importation of design or build list data, that was previously authored and bridged out from Capital and since modified, using a third‑party design system.

File translators, known as the connectors (that are specific to each third-party design system), automatically re-format the outgoing and incoming design data to the specific format required by each system.

During the bridge out procedures, design data is initially extracted from Capital as an X2ML formatted file. X2ML is the Capital 3D Wiring proprietary XML-based format that is used by the connectors to create a suitably formatted design file for the various third-party design systems. For example, when using the CATIA V5 Electrical Adapter, the Capital design data is initially (and invisibly) exported using the X2ML format before being automatically re-formatted to a Dassault Systèmes iXF formatted XML file.

Note

If the harness is split across multiple diagrams, all parts of the harness are exported. The system re-combines the harness parts so that the bridged-out file contains a harness laid out correctly. For example, a harness, laid out left to right, is split in the middle. The left half is on diagram 1 and the right half is on diagram 2. The resulting file contains a harness with the two halves combined using common coordinate spacing and scaling. The system translates the diagram points to make this happen. If the layout of one part is significantly modified (such as, rotated), the resulting re-combined, bridged-out harness may not have an expected layout. All components are connected but you may need to manually adjust the layout.

Conversely, whenever a third-party design system's design file is bridged into Capital, the connectors automatically convert the file to the X2ML format prior to importing the design data into Capital.

Note

Before you can use connectors, the connector types that you want to utilize and display in the Files of Type list in the Bridge Data In/Bridge Data Out dialog boxes, must be un‑commented in the 1- Adaptors declarations section of the adaptors.xml file. Once un‑commented, the same adaptors will display in all applicable Capital product connector lists. See also “Usage Example - Modifying Adaptor XML Files” in the Capital Connectors User Guide.

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Capital Connectors

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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