Role

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 …

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 …

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 VEC composite part concept has four key classes: the PartStructureSpecification, the PartWithSubComponentsRole, the …

Instances of Labels

Instances of Labels If a component is labeled in its concrete usage, label informations are defined with the LabelingRole.

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 …