OEMs Viewpoint

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Jorgos Kyriazis
VOBES Development Team

Jorgos Kyriazis, Volkswagen AG, GOE31

Integration of the
Electrical System Development
Processes with KBL

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ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2006

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Some words about the electrical system,

harnesses and their development process
The Classic VOBES Process (1st generation)
Challenges and optimization potentials
How KBL helps us implement a modular tool
chain (VOBES 2nd generation)
Examples for KBL driven applications
Conclusion

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Overview

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Jorgos Kyriazis, Volkswagen AG, GOE31

The main harness is normally a combination of

modules that are configured due to the customers
choice. Some million valid configurations can be
possible.
Minor harnesses are designed in variants, where
each configuration has a specified part number.

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The electrical net is the infrastructure for signal

and energy transport between all electrical
components
The electrical net consists of various wire
harnesses.

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The Electrical Net of a car

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Nearly every car manufacturer has a different approach to

design harnesses that fits to his specific logistic concept.
All core design processes can be split into these phases:
Functional Design
System Design
Installation and DMU
Harness Design
Documentation / Data Output to Manufacturing
There is no end-to-end design tool available, that offers
applicable solutions to all of these phases.
Thats the reason, why VW developed VOBES.

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The Design Process and Design Tools

VOBES Core Process (1st Generation)

Wiring Schematics (KAB)

LCable by Mentor Graphics
with VW-Userware

Drawing Generation (ELZ)

CATIA V4 + VW-Userware

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3D Harness Installation (ELV)

CATIA V4 by Dassault Systemes

E3LCable Interface
+ Software by VW

System Schematics (SYS)

LCable by Mentor Graphics
with VW-Userware

Jorgos Kyriazis, Volkswagen AG, GOE31

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VOBES - Volkswagen Bordnetz-Entwicklungssystem

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used proprietary internal interfaces

used proprietary internal data formats
needed complex userware in CATIA and LCable
was expensive to maintain

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VOBES 1st generation

integrated ECAD and MCAD data
achieved a consistent design data flow from system
design to documentation
had a lot of outstanding functionality

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Aspects Of VOBES Until 2003

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Key Challenges
extract more value from the existing data by extended
use of design data within the design process
improvement of performance
integration of new generations of CAD editors
smooth evolution with parallel use of tools
Key Solution
modular toolchain with neutral interfaces
integration of the best tools available for each phase

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Evolution Into The 2nd Generation Of VOBES

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Integration of LDorado
as documentation module

Volkswagen builds the future

Electrical System Development Process
on standard data formats and on a
modular software architekture
with a file-based exchange of
design data.

Implementation of Digital Change

Documentation based on LDorado

ECAD/MCAD Integration
with ELENA

New
Schematics Editor

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Simulation of the
Electrical System

Jorgos Kyriazis, Volkswagen AG, GOE31

Implementation of KBLXML

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Transition Towards The Modular Toolset

VDT2KBL

Mechanical Domain
CATIA V4

Merge Route

VDT
KBL

Topology

KBL*

CATIA V5

KBL*

Parts&Instances

KBL based data flow

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LDoradoLayout

Digital Change
Documentation
LDoradoDesign

any other process

or tool, that requires
harness data in
KBLXML format
proprietary data flow

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VDT

KBL

LCable

KBL

ELog2KBL

Export KBLXML

VDA
ELog

Edit & Enrich

New Tool

Harness
Documentation

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ELENA
Connectivity

Electrologic Domain

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VOBES Core Process (2nd Generation)

ELENA Sub-modules

VDT

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LCable

ELENA

VDTInterface

Contact
Selection

Alias Cntct&Wire
Editor Calculation

Topology
Export

LDorado
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CATIA V5

Merger
XML

Import/
Update

Wire
Editor

KBL

XML

Module
Editor

KBL
Module Assembly Export
Router
Assigner Editor

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KBL-Checker

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Change Notification Digital Change Documentation

Frontpage

PQ46 Autumn 2005

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100% digital availability

for FASD and VELEA

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accurately versioned
storage in System42
KBLXML

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partially automated generation

BOM and Wirelist automatically

in the background

Conclusion

help us build neutral interfaces between applications

with different scope and
enable us to modularize the tool chain,

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allow us to extend the usage of design data along the

product process and
can also be used to forward harness data to our
suppliers

Jorgos Kyriazis, Volkswagen AG, GOE31

have a data model to represent harness data,

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KBL and its derivates

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