Patent ID: 7793250
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for developing a wiring design for a complex system, the apparatus comprising: a central processing unit (CPU) configured to create a master wire harness network (MWHN) within pathway space reservations of a pathway space-reservation network of a complex system, wherein the MWHN comprises a model of possible wiring pathways between equipment of the complex system, wherein the MWHN includes a network of interconnected, unpopulated wire harness elements and termination device elements, wherein the CPU is configured to import a subsystems definition into the MWHN, the subsystems definition being represented by interconnections between the equipment, and wherein the CPU is configured to create one or more logical net harnesses (LNHs) based upon the MWHN and the subsystems definition, the LNH comprising a collection of interconnections routed within the MWHN.