Capital Configuration Optimizer- Product Planner

High-Level

Flows for Using Capital Configuration Optimizer Product Planner and Harness Level Optimization

There are two intended flows for using Capital Configuration Optimizer: New Design Flow and Product Plan Change Flow.

New Design Flow

This particular flow assumes that you are creating the connectivity and topology designs within Capital. Alternatively, you can bridge in the design data from MCAD using one of the Capital MCAD connectors. Full details on how to bridge data in and out of Capital, and how to use the connectors and their functionality is contained within the Capital Connectors User Guide.

Create a project in Capital.
In Capital Logic Designer, create the connectivity schematics for the project but do not specify option expressions for design objects. You specify the option expressions later.
In Capital Systems Integrator, create the topology design for the project but do not create vehicle models (these are created using product plan data later) and do not specify option expressions for design objects. You specify the option expressions later.
Use standard Capital functionality to create or import options in the project, specify their inclusive and exclusive relationships, and specify option configurations. See Option. While doing this, create Mutually-Exclusive Variant Groups (groups of variants that are mutually-exclusive). These are used for variants such as RHD vs. LHD, Short Wheelbase vs. Long Wheelbase, and so on. See Creating a Mutually-Exclusive Variant Group.
Either: import a Pro Product Plan (see Exporting and Importing a Pro Product Plan) or

create a new pro product plan in Capital Systems Integrator (see Creating a Pro Product Plan). Note In both cases, you must associate the plan with the appropriate Capital Systems Integrator designs. See Associating a Pro Product Plan with a Design.

Open the pro product plan (see Opening a Pro Product Plan) and edit it: Note See Hierarchy of Product Planner Elements for an overview of how the plan elements relate to each other.

Create Packages of options (see Adding a Package to a Pro Product Plan and Adding Options to a Package).

Create Vehicle Models (see Adding a Vehicle Model to a Pro Product Plan).

Specify the association between the packages and the vehicle models (see Editing the Association of a Package with a Vehicle Model).

Specify the association between the options in the packages and the vehicle models (see Editing the Association of an Option from a Package with a Vehicle Model).

Edit the Vehicle Models included in Variants (see Editing the Vehicle Models in a Variant).

Use the Take Rate Editor Dialog Box to specify volumes and calculate Take Rate information (see Editing the Take Rates for Vehicle Models).

This step is optional. Generate VVD

Vehicle Variant Definitions and EVD
Electrical Variant Definitions for the vehicle models (see Generating VVD and EVD Counts for a Vehicle Model).

In Capital Systems Integrator, the system has used product plan data at this point to generate vehicle models.

Having created or imported the product plan, link it to the schematics and topology design by adding option expressions to devices, pins and nets in Capital Logic Designer and Capital Systems Integrator.
Associate the schematic designs with the topology design.
Ensure that the devices from the schematic designs are correctly placed in the slots of the topology design.
Run Modular Wiring Synthesis functionality on the topology design. This routes signals through the inline connectors and calculates the option expressions for the inline connectors. Note that the rules and constraints used in the topology design enable the system to determine whether it is optimal for a signal to pass through an inline connector. You can use Design Rule Checks to analyze the synthesis output. If necessary, you can edit the designs and re-run synthesis until you are satisfied with the output. At this stage, the system has all the data required to generate Harness Levels in the Capital Configuration Optimizer - Harness Level Optimization tool.
From Capital Systems Integrator (with the topology diagram open), open the Harness Level Optimization tool by pressing Space Bar and entering Optimize Harnesses; the Harness Level Optimization Dialog Box displays.
In the Harness Level Optimization tool, select Metrics that you can apply to any Harness. A metric is a single value calculated as a measure of worth (for example, cost or weight).
As an optional step, create the Full Complexity harness levels. Note that they are generated automatically when you create the Optimized Complexity builds in the next step. To create them prior to generating the optimized complexity builds, generate the full complexity harness levels for each harness in the Harness Level Optimization dialog box (see Manually Generating the Full Complexity Harness Levels for a Harness).
Create the optimized complexity builds for the each harness in the Harness Level Optimization dialog box by specifying which options are to be Giveaway (see Creating the Optimized Complexity Harness Levels for a Harness).
If you have Capital E/E Insight with Capital Systems Integrator, you can run architectural studies on the builds to assess the designs. The following step is optional:
Validate physical harness levels from a design against the full complexity harness levels from the product plan. The product plan harness levels are the base requirement and the physical design is being compared to determine whether anything is incorrect within it. See Validating Physical Harness Levels against Full Complexity Harness Levels.

Product Plan Change Flow

This flow assumes that the schematic and topology designs already exist and have had a product plan applied (as in the new design flow). However, an updated product plan now exists.

From Capital Systems Integrator, import the new Pro Product Plan. See Exporting and Importing a Pro Product Plan.
If required, use standard Capital functionality to update the options in the project, their inclusive and exclusive relationships, and their option configurations. See Option. If required, update Mutually-Exclusive Variant Groups (groups of variants that are mutually-exclusive). These are used for variants such as RHD vs. LHD, Short Wheelbase vs. Long Wheelbase, and so on. See Creating a Mutually-Exclusive Variant Group.
Associate the new plan with the appropriate Capital Systems Integrator designs. See Associating a Pro Product Plan with a Design.
Open the pro product plan (see Opening a Pro Product Plan) and edit it as necessary: Note See Hierarchy of Product Planner Elements for an overview of how the plan elements relate to each other.

If necessary, create Vehicle Models (see Adding a Vehicle Model to a Pro Product Plan).

If necessary, specify the association between the Packages and the new Vehicle Models (see Editing the Association of a Package with a Vehicle Model).

If necessary, specify the association between the options in the packages and the vehicle models (see Editing the Association of an Option from a Package with a Vehicle Model).

If necessary, edit the Vehicle Models included in Variants (see Editing the Vehicle Models in a Variant).

Use the Take Rate Editor Dialog Box to specify volumes and calculate Take Rate information (see Editing the Take Rates for Vehicle Models).

This step is optional. Regenerate VVD

Vehicle Variant Definitions and EVD
Electrical Variant Definitions for the Vehicle Models (see Generating VVD and EVD Counts for a Vehicle Model).

In Capital Systems Integrator, the system has used the new product plan data at this point to regenerate vehicle models.

If necessary, create new revisions of all schematic and topology designs in Capital Logic Designer and Capital Systems Integrator.
If necessary, update the option expressions on devices, pins and nets in Capital Logic Designer and Capital Systems Integrator.
If necessary, associate the new schematic design revisions with the new topology design revision.
If necessary, ensure that the devices from the schematic designs are correctly placed in the slots of the topology design.
Run Modular Wiring Synthesis functionality on the topology design. This routes signals through the inline connectors and calculates the option expressions for the inline connectors. Note that the rules and constraints used in the topology design enable the system to determine whether it is optimal for a signal to pass through an inline connector. You can use Design Rule Checks to analyze the synthesis output. If necessary, you can edit the designs and re-run synthesis until you are satisfied with the output. At this stage, the system now has all the data required to generate Harness Levels in the Capital Configuration Optimizer - Harness Level Optimization tool.
From Capital Systems Integrator (with the topology diagram open), open the Harness Level Optimization tool by pressing Space Bar and entering Optimize Harnesses; the Harness Level Optimization Dialog Box displays.
As an optional step, create the Full Complexity harness levels. Note that they are generated automatically when you create the Optimized Complexity builds in the next step. To create them prior to generating the optimized complexity builds, generate the full complexity harness levels for each harness in the Harness Level Optimization dialog box (see Manually Generating the Full Complexity Harness Levels for a Harness).
Create the optimized complexity builds for each harness in the Harness Level Optimization dialog box by specifying which options are to be Giveaway (see Creating the Optimized Complexity Harness Levels for a Harness). Note Note that any previously specified giveaway is persisted so the dialog box is populated with the last applied giveaway.
If you have Capital E/E Insight with Capital Systems Integrator, you can run architectural studies on the builds to assess the impact of the product plan changes. The following step is optional:
Validate physical harness levels from a design against the full complexity harness levels from the product plan. The product plan harness levels are the base requirement and the physical design is being compared to determine whether anything is incorrect within it. See Validating Physical Harness Levels against Full Complexity Harness Levels.

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Capital Configuration Optimizer- Product Planner