Importing Wiring into a Capital Systems Integrator Design

You can import wiring that you have exported from selected or all harnesses from a Capital Systems Integrator design in X2ML format (an XML file) into another Capital Systems Integrator design.

Caution

You cannot import wiring data XML from a Capital version prior to v2010.1.

The exported XML file contains data about wires, connectors, connector cavities, splices, multicores and connector refinement.

The connector refinement data includes specialized connectors and connector mappings (between the generalized connector and specialized connectors) but does not include bundle fanout data. That means, the import data does not include data about complex bundle fanout topologies or bundle lengths.

Prerequisites

• Capital Logic Designer designs must be associated with the Capital Systems Integrator design. See Associating Logical Designs with the Topological Design.

• All devices in the design should be placed in slots. See Placement of a Device or Ground Device in a Slot. If they are not, wires connect to slots only when relevant devices are placed already.

• At least one harness level must be defined for each harness. See Harness Level.

• The X2ML data in the XML file must contain wiring information that you have created for the specific Capital Systems Integrator design into which you are importing it.

• Signal names and connectors defined in the X2ML data must match those in the Capital Systems Integrator design. Caution When you perform the import, any existing wires in harnesses that are selected for import are deleted in the design and are replaced with the imported wiring.

Procedure

1. Open the diagram for the Capital Systems Integrator design into which you want to import the wiring.

2. Press Space Bar and enter Import Wiring.The Harness Selection Dialog Box displays.

3. Select the harnesses for which you want to import wiring.

4. Click OK.The Import Wiring Data dialog box displays.

5. Navigate to the XML file containing the wiring and click Import.If there are harnesses with no harness levels in the design, a warning message displays and you confirm whether you want to continue or not.

6. The Import Wiring tab in the Output Window informs you whether the import was successful or not and whether there were any errors.

Results

After importing the wiring, you can:

• Run design rule checks to identify any violations of design rules.

• Make manual changes to the wiring

• Use Capital Schematic Generator for Systems Integrator to generate Capital Logic Designer wiring diagrams. See Capital Schematic Generator for Systems Integrator.

Parent Topic:

Wiring

Related Topics

• Exporting Wiring from a Capital Systems Integrator Design

• Design Rule Checks

• Wire Editing in Capital Systems Integrator

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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