Synchronizing the Configuration of Electrical Elements

You can synchronize the configuration of electrical elements (root flatten product, electrical geometry, electrical branch geometry, devices, support, instance of conductor, mechanical part), and by this way, manage a configured product in a flatten view without duplicating content from 3D design.

You can build different configurations of a product, for the same Flatten view. Configuration can be added when you create a new instance in a product, then it is used to open content in a particular configuration.

Before you begin:
  • Select the Extract the variablity space check box under Configuration management, available in the Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > 3D Modelling Apps > Electrical and Electronic Systems > Electrical Manufacturing Preparation > General expander to extract and copy the effectivity from 3D design instances onto 3D flattened instances. For information, see Electrical Discipline - General.
  • The configured environment is applied on product only. Before managing a configured product, define the variability space, set on the reference product. Therefore, the direct instance of this product can get an effectivity link to this variability space. You can extract the effectivity and the variability space, and synchronize the effectivity, on product between the 3D design and the 3D flatten (if 3D design contains configuration).

    For more information about variability space, product configuration and effectivity, see the Configured Engineering User 's Guide.

See Also
Synchronizing the 3D Flattened Geometry
  1. Open the flattened data.
  2. From the Formboard section of the action bar, click Synchronize .

    You can also access the command from the Documentation section of the action bar.

    The synchronization of variability space is done on root flatten product, Electrical Product, electrical geometry, and sub-product containing devices, support or mechanical part, and instance of wire. The synchronization of variability space can be done only once and if the flatten product does not have any value yet. This behavior is compliant with the rule according to which the variability space value cannot be modified in product.

    There is no synchronization of effectivity on branch, segment, protective covering, and wire specification. The synchronization of effectivity is done only if the parent product has a variability space and contains the effectivity that the system can apply. The synchronization report is generated accordingly and only shows the selected options.

    Important:
    • As all the electrical geometry links are extracted from the same root flatten product, the electrical geometry design must have an effectivity link to the same variability space. But if the variability space is different from the variability space of the parent element in 3D design, both must contain the same values applied on electrical geometry.
    • The support under products or sub-products - outside the electrical geometry node - must have an effectivity link to the same variability space of the root flatten product.
    • For more information about the error messages, see Using the Advance View of the Synchronization Report.

    • If the variability space for 3D design and 3D flatten is the same:
      1. If the effectivity of the 3D design and 3D flatten components is the same, nothing is done and no message appears in the synchronization report.
      2. If the effectivity of the 3D design and 3D flatten components is different, the effectivity of 3D flatten is overriden by the effectivity of 3D design. A message appears in the synchronization report.
    • If the variability space for 3D design and 3D flatten is different:
      1. If the effectivity of the 3D design and 3D flatten component is the same, nothing is done and there is no message in the synchronization report.

        For example, the effectivity of 3D design (option 1 or 2) and the effectivity of 3D flatten (option 1 or 2 or 3).

      2. The effectivity of 3D design and 3D flatten components is different, but the effectivity of 3D flatten can be included in the effectivity of 3D design, nothing is done and no message appears in the synchronization report.

        For example, the effectivity of 3D flatten (option 1 or 2) and the effectivity of 3D design (option 1 or 2 or 3).

      3. The effectivity of both 3D design and 3D flatten components is different and the effectivity of 3D design is not included in the effectivity of 3D flatten or vice-versa (points 2.2 and 2.3 are not applicable), in this case the effectivity of 3D flatten is overridden by the effectivity of 3D design. A message is displayed in the synchronization report as in point 1.2.

  3. Click OK to validate.