Option

You can create options and variant options at project level from design applications. An option is a code representing a feature or capability in a vehicle. Examples are ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) or DDL (Driver Door Lock). Options are used in expressions to convey the conditional inclusion of an object in a particular vehicle configuration. Once you have created options or option expressions for a project, you can assign them to designs, devices, nets, and so on. The options applied to designs are known as applicable options.

Note

See Variant Option for a definition of variant options.

There are three ways in which you can define relationships between options at project level:

• Define inclusive and exclusive relationships for individual options.

• Group them within Option Folders that allow you to specify whether the options in the folder are mutually exclusive (that is, you cannot select any of the options within this folder together in a vehicle) or mandatory (that is, you must select at least one of the options within this folder in a vehicle). At system or project level.

• Create Option Combinations that allow you to specify valid selections of options. Option combinations and valid selections allow the representation of complex relationships between a group of otherwise unrelated options by specifying their allowed combinations. Option combinations reduce the allowable combinations of a set of options, which in turn helps to limit the potentially large number of harness levels that Composite Wiring Synthesis (CWS) can generate.

For an example of options and their relationships in a project, see Examples of Composite Data.

• Creating an Option at Project Level

• Defining Inclusive and Exclusive Relationships for an Option

Parent Topic:

Composite Data Management

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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