Overview

of Capital Systems Integrator

Capital Systems Integrator is the application that is used to create platform designs for a project. It is at the core of the generative flow and automates the integration of vehicle logical connectivity data into full platform wiring designs. It allows you to automatically synthesize a physical electrical wiring design from a logical functional design.

Capital Systems Integrator provides a platform level view of the design.

Figure 1: Platform Level View of Design

The tool allows systems integration engineers to capture engineering knowledge and constraints, and assists in the complex task of transforming the electrical intent of platform systems to full composite harness designs. Capital Systems Integrator supports this task at all stages of the design process:

• Conceptual phase Capital Systems Integrator provides rapid analysis of alternative topologies and functional packaging options to enable cost and complexity trade-offs.

• Design stage Composite wiring synthesis automates the process of determining optimum harness content, based on the option and variant constraints defined both in the functional schematics and as market requirements. This process is also driven by physical, electrical and regulatory constraints captured as customer-specific rules and rule sets. Note Capital Systems Integrator works with Capital Logic Designer for the definition of components and connectivity which comprise the electrical system, Capital Component Manager for the creation and maintenance of parts, Capital Access Manager for the management of user roles and permissions, Capital Project Manager for the management of projects, Capital Symbol Designer for the management of the borders and skeletons and Capital E/E Reporter for the production of reports and queries from the database.

• Validation phase At certain points in the design process, designers want to check that the information they have inputted is correct. The design rule checks and design assistant facility provide users with the option to validate the design at various intervals, checking for instances such as correct part number selection, connectivity of wires, routing of wires and placement of devices in slots. A number of pre-defined design rule checks exist, you can configure these to validate design content. The design assistant tool allows you to configure and run specific checks as, and when, they are required. The results display in an output window with messages underlining where the problem is occurring and where possible, why that problem is occurring. Hyper links zoom in to the affected area of the design. Figure 2: Design Problems Reported in Design Assistant

A platform design contains information about the physical layout of the vehicle harnesses. It is used to specify the physical location of devices within the vehicle and to synthesize wiring for the logical signals specified in Capital Logic Designer designs. When you synthesize wiring, Capital Systems Integrator determines the lowest cost set of wires and splices that adhere to any specified rules and constraints.

A project is usually an automotive or aerospace product line. Projects are top-level 'containers' for all of the harness designs and data that comprise a specific product line.

Once created, a project can have data added from many of the design applications.

The information that is contained within a project is arranged into distinct 'sub-containers' called Designs. Designs are versional data containers that can have their contents copied as required. A Capital Logic Designer design is usually created for each sub-system of a product line. A Capital Systems Integrator design is often created for each alternative physical layout of the product line. You can create designs for a project using Capital Project Manager.

In Capital Logic Designer and Capital Systems Integrator, you can represent the information that is contained in a design across one or more diagrams.

Once created in Capital Project Manager, you can open a project into Capital Logic Designer and you can create the logical schematic diagrams for the connectivity of the harnesses for the designs within that project. A logical schematic contains devices and nets, it does not contain wires and connectors.

The project can then be opened in Capital Systems Integrator and the platform diagrams created. After you have synthesized wiring, the platform diagrams contain connectors, wires, and splices that implement the connectivity defined in the associated system designs. The Open Project dialog box in Capital Systems Integrator, displays the same project list as that in Capital Project Manager and Capital Logic Designer (unless project access restrictions exist for the user in the Capital Access Manager application).

You can use Capital Systems Integrator to create platform designs and synthesize wiring for single harnesses or composite harnesses. See Composite Data Overview for more information about working with composite harnesses.

After a platform design has been created in Capital Systems Integrator, you can view wiring data from it in Capital Logic Designer by using Capital Schematic Generator for Systems Integrator (see Capital Schematic Generator for Systems Integrator) or use it in Capital Harness Designer where harnesses are engineered. It is also possible to copy Capital Systems Integrator designs within a project and to report on the electrical connectivity within a Capital Systems Integrator design in Capital Reporter.

When a platform design is complete, you can import it into Capital Harness Classic where you can use the data to manufacture harnesses. See the Capital Engineer help system for more information on accessing Capital Systems Integrator designs from Capital Engineer.

Accessing Capital Systems Integrator

You can access Capital Systems Integrator from the Capital Application Launcher by selecting Capital Systems Integrator.

Alternatively, you can select the Capital Platform Designer option from the Capital Application Launcher. The Capital Platform Designer application allows the user to access both Capital Logic Designer designs and Capital Systems Integrator designs from the same window.

Opening Capital Platform Designer checks out both a Capital Logic Designer and a Capital Systems Integrator license.

When using Capital Platform Designer, you must open a Capital Logic Designer diagram to access the menu options and functionality for Capital Logic Designer. You must open a Capital Systems Integrator diagram to access the menu options and functionality for Capital Systems Integrator.

User

Access Rights in Capital Systems Integrator

The access that a user has to the various aspects of Capital Systems Integrator is controlled by the Capital Access Manager application. See your Capital administrator and /or the Capital Access Manager help system for more information on the access controls and levels available.

High-Level Wiring Synthesis Process in Capital Systems Integrator

The electrical wiring creation process begins by opening a project. You then open a diagram within a design (if the design does not exist, you use Capital Project Manager to create it). In the diagram, you define the harness topology and route wiring for all composite harness levels, save the diagram, and close the project when complete.

This process is described below and assumes that the project structure is decided.

1. Open the project. Enter the name if new, select from list if existing. See Opening a Project or Creating a Project.

2. Open Capital Systems Integrator design. Enter the name if new, select from the list if existing. If creating a new design, see Creating a New Design.

3. Open Capital Systems Integrator diagram. Enter the name if new, select from list if existing. See Setting up Diagrams.

4. Create slots. Add placement rules to them if applicable. See Creating Slots.

5. Add harness topology by adding bundles. See Creating Bundles and Harnesses.

6. Define harnesses by inserting inline connectors and naming harnesses. See Inline Pair.

7. Run design rule checks to validate bundle connectivity. See Design Rule Checks.

8. Associate logical designs. When doing this, select either a build list or individual designs. See Associating Logical Designs with the Topological Design.

9. Place devices in the slots. Do this manually or by using automatic rule-based placement. See Placement of a Device or Ground Device in a Slot.

10. Run design rule checks manually or using the Design Assistant to check for empty slots and unplaced devices. See Design Rule Checks.

11. Define vehicle models. When doing this, define variant option and model restrictions. See Model.

12. Generate (or import) harness levels for each harness family. See Harness Level.

13. Synthesize all wiring: Use either Modular Wiring Synthesis, Composite Wiring Synthesis or manual synthesis. Route signals automatically and perform manual adjustments as required. See Synthesizing Wiring.

14. Save the design.

15. Run final design rule checks.

16. Close the design and project.

Parent Topic:

Overview

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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