Creating a Topology for Power Distribution

You can create a topology, which corresponds to your power wiring diagram. This topology contains wires, electrical devices, ECUs, and can contain subsystems.

This task shows you how to:

Define the Global Topology

You can define a global topology containing all the elements.

  1. Create a topology. For more information, see Create a Hardware Architecture.
  2. Create a diagram view for the created topology.
  3. In the topology, insert ECUs and electrical devices.

    Tip: You can insert the EE components in the hardware diagram.

  4. Create ports for the topology with In or Out distribution. For more information, see Add a Port to a Hardware Architecture.
  5. Create the connections between the ports and the EE components. For more information, see Connecting Hardware Objects.

Insert Subsystems

You can create subsystems for an ECU or a box as a parent.

  1. From the Hardware tab, select a box or an ECU.

    Note: The device type for the electrical device must be Box.

  2. Insert a subsystem on a box or on an ECU. For more information, see Creating a Subsystem.
  3. Connect the subsystem to its parent by adding ports and connections.
  4. Insert the topology corresponding to the subsystem in the global topology.

You can create as many subsystems as you want.