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Instances of Terminals

Instances of Terminals The diagram shows the mapping between the part master data of a terminal (partly displayed on the left side) and the instance specific information …

Instances of Wires

Instances of Wires The diagram shows the mapping between the part master data of a wire (partly displayed on the left side) and the instance specific information (displayed on the …

Instantiation of Components

Instantiation of Components It is a quite common pattern for complex product descriptions, to differentiate between types and their instances. A type is a general description that …

Role

A Role is the corresponding mechanism for OccurrenceOrUsages to the PartOrUsageRelatedSpecifcations for PartVersions or PartUsages. The PartOrUsageRelatedSpecifcations are …

Harness and Variants

Harness and Variants In addition to the CompositionSpecification and the PartStructureSpecification, the VEC defines two other concepts to control occurrences, especially …

Assemblies, Modules and Harness (Configurations)

Assemblies, Modules and Harness (Configurations) The KBL introduced different concepts for composite parts: harnesses, modules, harness configurations and assemblies. The KBL …

Wiring Specification

Wiring Specification The VEC model breaks down the information that is usually included on an electrical system wiring plan into three aspects: part usage information, contacting …

Placement and Dimensions

Placement and Dimensions A PlacementSpecification is used to define the Placement of OccurrenceOrUsages in a topology as physical elements that build this topology and to define …

Instances of Placeable Components

Instances of Placeable Components The diagram shows the mapping between the part master data of a PlaceableElement (partly displayed on the left side) and the corresponding …

Instances of undefined Components

Instances of undefined Components In some cases it is necessary to specify and to use a component which is not defined in detail by the VEC. The recommended approach in such a …