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Defining Models in a Basic Plan

You can define a unique set of models in a basic plan. You associate the plan (and therefore the models) with one or more Capital Systems Integrator designs. If variant options are not defined for a project, then a single model is sufficient in a plan.

Prerequisites

You must have created the basic plan. See Creating a Basic Plan.

Procedure

Open the plan in which you want to define models by doing one of the following.Double-clicking the basic plan name under the Plans node in the Project Browser Window.

Right-clicking basic plan name and choosing Open Plan.

Pressing Space Bar, entering Open Plan, and choosing the Open Plan ribbon action (note that this opens the basic plan associated with the design that is currently open in the diagram window).

The Basic Plan Editor Dialog Box displays. It contains a table that shows the variant options, options and valid selections that are available. Note that if an option is included in a valid selection, it is not available individually.

Choose one of the actions from the Add dropdown:Figure 159: Add Dropdown Add Adds an empty model for which you must specify the applicability of all variant options and options. ‘Add’ is the default action selected if you click the icon without expanding the dropdown list of actions.

Add OPT Adds a model with all options set as optional.

Duplicate Adds a duplicate of the model currently selected in the dialog box. This is useful if you are adding a model that is similar to an existing one.

All of the actions display an Add Model dialog box.

Specify the model name, and click OK.A model row is added to the Model table.
Check the boxes under the variant options that you want the model to support.Note You can check boxes for variant options that cannot be built together (for example, a right-hand drive variant option and a left-hand drive variant option) because you are saying that the model could support either of these variant options. Various controls are available above the Model table for filtering which variant options and options are displayed, and for maximizing the size of the dialog box. See Basic Plan Editor Dialog Box for further details.
For the options listed as column headers in the table, specify one of the following:STD The option is always included in the model. This option is therefore ALWAYS present. Although the electrical system design allows for versions of the final product to be produced without the option, the product is not offered without the option. For example, product marketing may decide to make 4W ABS standard. No vehicles are offered without 4W ABS.

OPT The model can support the option and the final product is available with or without the option. This increases the harness complexity required to support the final product because different harness levels may be required to support vehicles with the option and those without the option.

Blank The option is not supported by the model. Although the option has been captured as part of the electrical system design, the option is not offered on the final product. More often than not, options are not available for specific vehicles, for example, Power Moonroof is not available on convertible vehicles. Note If an option is standard for a model, any inclusive options for that parent option must also be standard for the model. Similarly, if an option is optional for a model, any inclusive options must be either optional or standard.

Check the boxes under the valid selections that you want the model to support. Any valid selections are listed as column headers under the name of the option combination to which they belong.
Click OK.Note If you have specified variant options that cannot be built together (for example, a small wheelbase and long wheelbase) in the same model, the variant options must be able to support the same options. For example, if a small wheelbase variant option has a 4-speaker stereo option as standard but a long wheelbase variant option has a 6-speaker stereo as standard. You would have to define one model with a small wheelbase variant option and the 4-speaker stereo option, and a second model with a long wheelbase variant option and a 6-speaker stereo option.

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Model