Harness Level Optimization Dialog Box and Field Reference

Harness

Level Optimization Dialog Box

To access: With a Capital Systems Integrator diagram open, press Space Bar and enter Optimize Harnesses, or right-click a harness in the Design Browser (Design tab) and choose Optimize Harnesses. Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F7.

Use this dialog box to select the harnesses for you which you want to perform actions related to the generation of full complexity and optimized complexity harness levels.

Objects

Field	Description
Save complexity matrix	When a Harness is selected in the Harness table, this displays a Select Complexity Report file dialog box where you specify the directory in which you want to save a complexity matrix for the harness levels for that harness in an XLS file. On that dialog box, you select whether you want the matrix to be for Full Levels or Optimized Levels. In both cases, the report contains: Device-Level Map - this matrix displays the generated harness levels, which devices are on the harness levels, the volumes of the harness levels, the costs for the harness levels, the Variants supported by the harness levels and the options supported by each harness level. Vehicle Model Map - this matrix displays which Models are supported by the harness levels. Derived Connector-Pin Map - this matrix displays which unique pin outs for each connector are on which signals. Summary On the dialog box, you also specify the following: Retain on design If you select this, the system uploads the complexity data back to the design as custom or attached data that is accessible through the API. After you release the design and it becomes read-only, you can use a custom action to find that data and save it to disc.
Full	The buttons in this section of the toolbar relate to Full Complexity data.
Recalculate Full Complexity results for selected harness(es)	Recalculates the full complexity harness levels for the harnesses selected in the Harness table. Note that this action is optional. When you click the Define giveaway () button, the full complexity harnesses are calculated automatically in the Define Giveaway: Dialog Box.
Validate another complexity design against this Full Complexity requirement	Displays the Validation: Dialog Box. This validates whether a physical design has harness levels that support the required connectivity from the design for which you have been editing the product planner. The physical design is in a different diagram. See Validating Physical Harness Levels against Full Complexity Harness Levels. Note that if harness connector names in the full complexity design do not match connector names in the physical design, the Connector Mapping Tool Dialog Box displays where you map the full complexity connectors to connectors on the physical harness.
Optimized	The buttons in this section of the toolbar relate to Optimized Complexity data.
Define giveaway	Displays the Define Giveaway: Dialog Box where you specify Giveaways for the harness and view the effects of those giveaways in terms of how many harness levels you have and the harness cost.
Recalculate Full and Optimized Complexity results for selected harness(es)	Generates the Full Complexity and Optimzed Comlexity harness levels for the harnesses selected in the Harness table. Note that this action is optional. When you click the Define giveaway () button, the full complexity harnesses and optimized complexity harnesses are calculated automatically in the Define Giveaway: Dialog Box.
Export harness levels for selected harnesses	When a harness is selected in the Harness table, this displays a Export Harness Levels dialog box where you specify the directory in which you want to save the Harness Level data for the harness in an XML file. You can import this data into an installation of Capital Systems Integrator.
Import harness levels for selected harnesses	When a harness is selected in the Harness table, this displays a “Select file containing harness levels to import” dialog box where you navigate to an XML file of harness levels that you want to import for the harness.
Define harness levels	Displays the Harness Levels for: Dialog Box where you create and edit harness levels for a selected harness.
Edit Metrics	Closes Harness Level Optimization and opens the Edit Metrics Dialog Box (Capital Configuration Optimizer) where you can specify the metrics available for use in harness optimization.
Metrics Drop-down	By default, this contains Count / Length / Cost / Weight. Indicates the type of Metrics that are being used. Select the type from the drop-down list. Typically, you would use cost but you may want to optimize your design for something like weight or length.
Harness Table	Lists all harnesses in the diagram for which you are running harness optimization. If you are working in multi-user mode, this list is filtered down to those that you have locked. If displays, this indicates that Variants are used in this harness. If you hold your mouse cursor over the icon, a tool tip displays any variants that are used in variantly-placed devices, or are on bundles or bundle regions in that particular harness. This therefore gives you an idea of how mechanical differences effect the harness wiring. For each harness, it displays: Full Complexity Levels How many Harness Levels this harness has if there is no Giveaway. Full Complexity The cost of the harness based on the metric selected in the Metrics drop-down if there is no giveaway. Limit The upper limit of harness levels that a harness can have, as specified in the Level Limit field of the Define Giveaway: Dialog Box. Any optimized complexity solutions above this level are considered unacceptable. If the level limit is breached, a warning triangle () displays next to this. Optimized Complexity Levels How many harness levels this harness has when any specified giveaway is taken into account. Optimized Complexity The cost of the harness based on the metric selected in the Metrics drop-down when any specified giveaway is taken into account. The totals for all of the harnesses are listed at the bottom of the table.

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Harness Level Optimization Dialog Box and Field Reference