Implementing Grounds in the Generative Flow

There are two flows for implementing the design of grounds and ground wiring when using Capital Logic Designer and Capital Systems Integrator in the Generative flow.

• Flow 1: Use Ground Design functionality in Capital Systems Integrator In Capital Logic Designer, rather than specify exactly where in the vehicle each device is grounded, you specify only that a device needs to be grounded. You do this by adding unique ground devices and also usually specifying some further properties for them that Capital Systems Integrator uses to drive the placement and combination of ground points.

• Flow 2: Use shared devices in Capital Logic Designer before placing them in Capital Systems Integrator In Capital Logic Designer, each ground point in the vehicle is represented by a device (usually shared because it appears on many different system design). These grounds are used in the system designs like normal devices. Note that they are not normally created as ground device symbols because such symbols cannot be shared. The grounds are connected to a single, shared net that represents the entire ground signal connected to this ground point. In Capital Systems Integrator, the grounds are placed and routed just like a normal device. In order to use this flow, you must know exactly where in the vehicle each device is grounded. This, in turn, means that you must take into account the physical placement of each device while editing logical system designs. This limits the re-usability of the system designs since, if the same devices are placed into a different vehicle, the ground points and normal device positions may change. Therefore, you would have to change all of the ground connections in your system schematics.

• Grounds and Ground Wiring Flow Using Ground Design Functionality

• Grounds and Ground Wiring Flow Using Shared Objects

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Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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