Pin Allocation Dialog Box

Wires can be ranged in nets and cables and each tab displays one of the hierarchies. Prefer the Cable tab for interface volume, and the Net tab for derivation volumes.

If you select a wire in the Cable tab, it automatically selects it in the Net tab, and vice versa.

The following tabs displays the cavities and information about physical connectors in three different formats:

• Reservation: Sorts cavities by reservations with their status.
• Cavities: Sorts cavities by connectors, showing their status.
• Compatibilities: Displays a list of the compatibility status of physical connectors connected to each other to fulfill a physical cut. Only available for interface volumes.

If you select a cavity in the Reservation tab, it automatically selects it in the Cavities tab, and vice versa. If you select a physical connector in the Cavities tab, it automatically selects it in theReservation tab and Compatibilities list.

3D View Tab

The 3D View tab displays the 2D view of the 3D model of the connector. It provides you with the disposition of the cavities in the physical connector. The orientation of the view is calculated from the axis of the cavities of the physical product.

Since this viewer uses the same data model as the Reservation, Cavities, and Compatibles tabs, the selection is connected.

Summary Tab

This tab provides you with a summary of the cavities or shunts, sorted by cavity/shunt size according to the selected volume. This summary is computed according to the chosen part number.

When you select an interface volume, the Cavity List or Shunts List table provides you with the following information:

Column	Description
Wires/Shunts	Lists the wires gauge or shunts that are sorted from the smaller to the bigger in the selected harness.
Total	Lists the number of needed cavities or shunts in the select harness, for each gauge. If no harness selected the number is 0.
Solved	Lists the gaugse or shunts that have a solution in the list of cavities.
Unresolved	Lists the number of missing cavities or shunts to ensure the cables and the wires connection.
Status	The top status provides the global status of the cavity. The other statuses are for the wire gauges or shunt gauges. The status is green if the wire or the shunt is solved.
Cavity/Shunts	Lists of the cavities/shunts available on the existing and new selected connector/terminal block. The list is sorted from the smaller to the bigger. For example, Cavity #8 means the cavity can only accept the wire with a gauge #8.
Candidate	Lists the wires gauges/shunts, and the cavities.
Possible	Lists the remaining cavities os shunts.

The summary table is computed as follows:

• The wire gauge and the cavity are sorted from the smaller to the bigger.

  On each wire gauge:

• The smallest wire gauge is placed in the smallest cavity, where it fits.
• If the smallest remaining wire gauge does not fit, the cavity is skipped, and the wire gauge is placed in the next cavity, where it fits.
• If the smallest remaining wire gauge does not fit, it is skipped, and the next wire gauge is processed.

Cavity Reservation Section

Command	Description
Create New Reservation	Reserves a group of cavities or shunts. See Reserve Cavities
Modify Existing Reservation	Modifies an existing reservation. See Modify Existing Reservation
Delete Reservation	Deletes an existing reservation. See Delete Reservation
Automatic Reservation	For interface volume only, reserves automatically a group of cavities based on predefined parameters: The cavity is free. The mating cavity is allocated.

Cavity Allocation Section

Command	Description
Create Allocation	Allocates a cavity or shunt. See Creating an Allocation
Delete Allocation	Deletes a cavity allocation. See Delete an Allocation
Automatic Allocation	Creates an allocation inside an interface container. See Launch an Automatic Allocation
Fix Allocation Errors	Fixes errors related to the net continuity on interface volumes. See Fix Allocation Errors
Apply Allocation	Validates an allocation. See Creating an Allocation
Delete Allocation	Deletes an allocation. See Delete an Allocation

Part Number Section

Command	Description
Physical from Library	Selects a physical object from a library See Select a Physical Connector
Apply Selection	Validates the part number selection. See Select a Physical Connector
Select Physical	Selects a physical object from Engineering Specification Capture & Reuse See Select a Physical Connector
Find Compatible Connectors	Finds the logical counter part of the compatible physical part number. See Select a Compatible Connector
Select Physical Contact	Defines contact part numbers See Defining Contact Part Numbers
Connect Connectors	Connects manually two existing logical connectors See Connecting Manually Connectors
Disconnect Connectors	Deletes a connection between two logical connectors. See Connecting Manually Connectors