Defining a Vehicle Configuration Based on Options

You can use the Configuration Builder to define a vehicle configuration based on options. You must specify the vehicle model that you want to use. You can then restrict the list of harness levels that are displayed for selection by specifying which options you want to include or exclude from the vehicle configuration.

Note

See Methods of Defining a Vehicle Configuration for an overview of the different ways that you can define vehicle configurations.

Procedure

1. Press Space Bar and enter Configuration Builder.

2. The Configuration Builder Dialog Box displays.

3. In the Vehicle Model section, select the vehicle model that you want to use from the drop-down list. The options and valid selections that you have set as optional for the vehicle model are listed at the top of the table in the Configuration Builder section of the dialog box. Any options that are standard or not available for the vehicle model are not displayed in this dialog box because they are either included or excluded automatically from the vehicle model.Note You can display either option names or option descriptions in dialog boxes where options are listed (both as column titles and as selectable objects in windows).

The harnesses and the levels that match the displayed options and valid selections display in the first column of the table in a tree. At the bottom of the tree, Capital Systems Integrator lists any existing configurations for the vehicle model. If you check the box for an existing configuration, Capital Systems Integrator checks the boxes for the harness levels included in that configuration. If you then check or uncheck boxes for harness levels, the box for the existing configuration becomes unchecked. The check boxes in the Options columns indicate whether a harness level supports that option. You can refine the list of harness levels that display by changing the states of the options listed in the Configuration Builder table. To change the state of an option, click the check box at the top of the option column. The states are:   This is the default state for each option and means that you can display a harness level whether it supports this option or not.   This means that the option is required in the vehicle configuration and only harness levels that support this option display.   This means that the option must not be included in the vehicle configuration and any harness levels that support this option are not displayed.

4. Check the boxes for the harness levels that you want to include in a new configuration. Alternatively, you can check the box for an existing configuration that you want to use as a basis for a new configuration and then check or uncheck harness levels as required.

5. In the Actions section of the dialog box, check the Create New Vehicle Configuration box and specify a name for the new vehicle configuration.Note If you want to set the new vehicle configuration or selected harness levels as active, check the Set Selected Levels Active box in the Actions section. When you then click OK to exit the Configuration Builder, the new configuration becomes active automatically.

6. Click the OK button.Note You can view the details of a vehicle configuration in the Configuration Setting Browser Window (Configuration tab).

Parent Topic:

Vehicle Configuration

Related Topics

• Defining a Vehicle Configuration Based on Harness Levels

• Composite Wiring Synthesis

• Defining a Variant Option

• Defining Models in a Basic Plan

• Setting an Active Vehicle Configuration

• Vehicle Configuration

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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