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Example Vehicle Models

This section uses example vehicle models to consider how you view them in Capital Systems Integrator, how they relate to each other, and how they relate to other composite data elements.Each vehicle model is a representation of a major vehicle variation.

It defines the allowable selections of Variant Options, Options and Option Combinations in that variation.

This example refers to variant options, options and option combinations seen in the Example Options.

In a project, you define a set of vehicle models in a Basic Plan that you can then associate with one or more Capital Systems Integrator designs. You can have multiple plans, and therefore multiple sets of vehicle models, in a project. In addition, you can export a plan from one Capital Systems Integrator project and import it into another.

You can view a basic plan and the Models in it 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 (when the open and active design is associated with a basic plan)

Figure 132: Example Vehicle Models

Three models are defined here:

RHD-BS
Right Hand Drive - Basic
LHD-BS - Left Hand Drive - Basic
LHD-SP - Right Hand Drive - Special Note Vehicle models such as these are sometimes called constrained and have only STD (and empty) options. This is not typical and would normally be used only for describing cost-control models. You might use cost-control models when you are doing some form of architecture study or possibly a request-for-quote. For real production data, it is much more common to have unconstrained vehicle models where the majority of options are OPT.

The Variants section of the table indicates which Variant Option is supported by each vehicle model. You can see that RHD-BS supports the Market-RHD (Right Hand Drive Market) variant option whereas LHD-BS and LHD-SP support the Market-LHD (Left Hand Drive Market) variant option.

Figure 133: Variants Supported by Vehicle Models

Note

LHD-BS and LHD-SP have the same combination of variant options (that is, only Market-LHD). This works when you have fully constrained vehicle models but this would be bad practice in unconstrained vehicle models (that is, models containing OPT options) because the vehicle models tend to be redundant. In unconstrained vehicle models, you should only ever have one vehicle model with a given combination of the variants. That is, only one vehicle model that supports only Market-LHD and only one vehicle model that supports only Market-RHD.

The next section of the table lists the options from the Option Folder called Other (as seen in the Example Options).

Figure 134: Options from Option Folder Other

Each vehicle model row indicates whether the options are supported by that vehicle model:

A blank cell indicates that the option is not supported by the vehicle model. For example, the PWndws (Power Windows) option is not available on the RHD-BS (Right Hand Drive - Basic) vehicle model.
STD indicates that the option is always included in the vehicle model. For example, the PWndws (Power Windows) option is available on the LHD-BS (Left Hand Drive - Basic) and LHD-SP (Left Hand Drive - Special) vehicle models.
If any options were marked as OPT, it would indicate that the vehicle model can support the option and the final product is available with or without the option. When harness levels are generated later, this could result in a greater number of harness levels because different ones may be required to support vehicles with and without the option. Note The options from the Option Folder called Audio (as seen in the Example Options) are not listed here because their valid selections are controlled by an Option Combination.

The last section of the table lists the valid selections from the Option Combination called AUDIO (as seen in the Example Options).

Figure 135: Valid Selections from Option Combination AUDIO

Each vehicle model row indicates whether the valid selection is supported by that vehicle model. For example, the AUDIOPHILE valid selection is supported only by the LHD-SP (Left Hand Drive

Special) vehicle model. If you hold the mouse cursor over one of the columns, a tool tip displays the options that are included in that valid selection.

Figure 136: Options Included in Valid Selection

In this case, you can see that the options A-2SPKR, A-4SPKR, A-6SPKR, A-CDC, A-RJ and A-SBWFR are included in the LHD-SP vehicle model.

For the next composite data example, see Example Harnesses.

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Examples of Composite Data