Patent ID: 6879941

Claim:
Process for laying out a cable wiring structure comprising one or more cable bundles (KBO, KBU) for an electrical system in a mechanical structure, the process involving a data processor, wherein the electrical system includes multiple devices (G 1 through G 6 ) distributed about the mechanical structure, which devices are interconnected electrically via the cable wiring structure and device-associated connectors (T 1 through T 5 or, as the case may be, S 1 through S 5 ), with the following characteristics: a) displaying a design for a mechanical structure as an image using the data processor; b) combining a wiring layout for the electrical system in the form of a transmission line data set with the representation of the mechanical design in such a manner, that connector elements (T 1 through T 5 or as the case may be S 1 through S 5 ) are positioned on the devices (G 1 through G 6 ) and connection transmission lines (Vij) are drawn therebetween; c) laying out transmission line paths within the representation of the mechanical structure using user input devices, and assigning the connection transmission lines (Vij) to these transmission line paths; d) checking the layout and assignments made according to c) for conflicts using pre-determined mechanical and/or electrical restriction criteria, and indicating conflicts; and e) further utilizing the representation of the transmission line paths with complete assignment of the connection transmission lines (Vij) to transmission line path segments (B 1 through B 3 ), in certain cases after repeated carrying out of the steps c) and d), as designs for one or more cable bundles (KBO, KBU) with connector elements (T 1 through T 5 or as the case may be S 1 through S 5 ).