Description :
Enable Requirement, Functional, Logical and Physical design in CATIA
The unified V6 data model with Requirement Functional, Logical and Physical structures (RFLP) allows applying a Systems Engineering approach for the complex product definition. Functional and Logical architecture allows managing product complexity and maximizing design reuse early in the design process.Design change or validation processes are facilitated thanks to traceability between objects in different structures, for example check the requirements attached to a requirement, or identify the function impacted by a failure in a wire connection.
CATIA Systems Logical Electrical Design provides with the Functional Logical Editor all the features to create:
· Functional & Logical decomposition
· Define ports on functional & Logical component
· Connect functional & Logical component
· 2D diagram representations of design
· Manage implement links within the RFLP structure
Capture Electrical Systems Architecture & Connectivity
CATIA Systems Logical Electrical Design brings the electrical semantic to the logical data model, in order to define equipments with their electrical interfaces, logical connectivity and logical harness wiring content.
The Electrical systems data model extends the logical model with the following objects:
· Equipment
· Equipment connector
· Pin
· Logical conductors: Net & net group
· Logical Harness
· Harness connector, splice…
· Wiring conductors: Wire & Cable
Within the context of systems architecture, the product allows the flexible definition of the electrical interfaces for an equipment. The user can easily organize the electrical connectors with their pins from logical ports without breaking the logical links previously define by systems architects.
The Electrical designer in charge of the wiring implementation can define the harness and wiring content within the context of the systems architecture. It allows to check the consistency between systems and wiring architecture. CATIA allows capturing the link between logical net/net groups and their corresponding wire/cables realization.
The logical model enables to perform the early design of Logical Wire Harness prior to the physical structure definition with the flexibility to investigate easily different harness solutions.
ENOVIA 3D Live enables easy navigation through all electrical data (Logical and physical)
ENOVIA 3D Live provides the RFLP navigation on the full product definition including electrical Logical systems and physical wire harness data. This unique collaboration environment will help teams in charge of systems and 3D digital mockup definition to work together much more efficiently. Also the collaboration on the global product definition is a key improvement for design reviews as any information from the 3D mockup or the systems definition can be retrieved with a single tool. Collaborators, designers or managers can start by searching for electrical logical or physical object and then query the impact on other objects.
Provides capabilities to define a complete electrical logical systems and harness model
Define Electrical logical Equipment, Connectors, Pins, Nets, Net Groups, Harnesses, wires and cables. Also it provides the capability to manage grouping links (Connectors and pins, Net Groups and Nets, Cables and wires), and to manage allocation links (Nets and wires, NetGroup and Cables).
Import/export electrical definition in ixfElec format (xml file)
Provides commands to import/Export an iXF definition of a system into/from CATIA Systems Logical Electrical Design. This format can also be interpreted by the Electrical Physical applications. Also at the import, CATIA Systems Logical Electrical Design manages the delta (modifications of already imported systems). For example if the XML file is modified the command is able to identify object s or attributes modifications, and allows the updated of an existing design without duplication for each design change.
Route Electrical conductors in CATIA Systems Logical 3D architecture
With the product CATIA Systems Logical 3D architecture, electrical conductors as net and wires can be routed in the 3D pathway network in order to anticipate the systems integration issues such as routing length or systems compatibility rules. The routing allows checking maximum routing length for electrical connection, it is also possible to define rules in order to avoid routing together systems that are incompatible or redundant.
Electrical Design check and automation with knowledgeware
All the electrical objects are exposed in the knowledge application to perform rules for design automation and checks for design validation. Knowledgeware checks can be used to insure the electrical connectivity is properly defined (check all wires are connected at both ends, check compatibility between the wire and the connected pin…). Electrical ports as Connectors or Pin can be created with knowledge rule to automate the design.
Capture the implementation of electrical logical systems with CATIA 3D Physical Wire Harness
Thanks to the implement link between the electrical logical & physical structures we can easily trace the modifications between electrical systems and the physical packaging. For example the user can link a logical harness with the physical wire harness or a logical equipment in the systems decomposition with a physical equipment product structure; this implement link will help to easily navigate on the full product definition including logical systems and product structure. In addition of the implement link, CATIA Systems Logical Electrical design can export xml files (IxfElec format) that can be used by the CATIA Wire harness Design product to drive the device placement & wire routing.
Customer benefits :
Ready to use directly by Electrical designers
In addition of the previously 3D Wire harness design process, CATIA now covers the engineering process with a comprehensive data model and a semantic adapted for electrical designers. Especially, systems architects can now model their electrical interfaces within the context of CATIA Systems.
Helps to reduce global IT cost with electrical database inside the V6 IP repository
ENOVIA V6 single database manages both electrical and product lifecycle, reducing the IT costs versus an approach where electrical and PLM Database have separated implementations. All the lifecycle operations are shared between electrical and mechanical operations (P&O, configuration, change management, multisite capabilities), contributing to the reduction of IT costs.
Ensures the continuity in the Electrical process, facilitating the work of CATIA 3D Wire harness designers
CATIA Systems Logical Electrical Design provides a comprehensive view of the 2D logical specifications that 3D Wire harness designers have to implement in the physical design. Complete Electrical process workflow is ensured and integrated in the same environment.
Enable more efficient design change process between logical systems and physical wire harness design
Traceability between electrical logical deign and the 3D harness allows to understand the impacts of a design change and to identify who is impacted.
RFLP approach offers efficient collaboration for the design and review processes
RFLP navigation improves project management and enables what if scenarios with impact analyses.
Enables easy transition of electrical systems legacy data into the V6 electrical database
XML import/export allows to easily connect V6 to customer legacy systems or external ECAD applications.
Capture company knowledge to easily automate the validation and design activities
User can quickly create his own company rules standard to validate objects, without having to develop specific CAA code. This enables the automatic creation of electrical objects: User can write knowledge rules to create and link electrical objects and automate multiple tasks, removing mundane work that will cause errors and frustration. Also, this enables the user to detect errors earlier in the process: User can create checks to identify as early as possible problems that may be costly if detected much later in the process.