Electrical components and systems such as those found on automotive, aerospace, defense and heavy machinery represent one of the largest growing areas for both development costs and manufacturing complexity. Designers and manufacturers that employ these complex electrical systems are under increasing pressure to deliver innovative and requirement driven solutions that get to market faster while using fewer resources. However, many of these companies rely on systems that don't adequately foster cross-discipline collaboration between design, simulation and manufacturing. These systems force stakeholders to battle through a universe of endless emails and file transfer spreadsheets, as well as disconnected and siloed engineering software applications, making the task of navigating, organizing and optimizing their processes, while trying to maintain focus and traceability, extremely daunting. With these, far too much time is spent on repetitive and error-prone tasks, such as the creation of electrical systems, schematics, and conversions for simulation. Instead, we need a cross-discipline collaborative solution that brings all stakeholders together in meaningful, predictable, and scalable ways. The ability to create virtual twins allows companies to reduce physical prototyping and validate design choices earlier in the development process, while gifting companies the agility to react quickly to changing requirements. This demonstration will show how the 3DEXPERIENCE platform leverages the RFLP approach. RFLP, or Requirements Functional, Logical, and Physical is central to understanding the benefits of a single source of truth. Let's look at the 3DEXPERIENCE platform in action, starting with requirements management. The process begins with a definition of all requirements of the project. These requirements will be accessible to all stakeholders at any time and can be used in tasks and enriched with associated data. This reduces time spent looking for up-to-date data and specifications for everyone working on the platform. In this example, we'll be adding two additional battery modules to an automotive system. With the battery modules added to the electrical architecture specifications, we can now add additional modules into the net diagram. Since these modules are based on existing equipment, all the connections are already defined. Upon placing the connectors in the view, we are ready to connect the new equipment. A new net is added to the module, and additional nets are created to connect the two modules in series to generate a high voltage power supply. The purpose of a net is to connect the potential points, and therefore it can have multiple extremities. So here, for example, we connect the ground and the low voltage power supply for the temperature sensors. Using the Create Pins function, we add four pins to the 20 existing ones on the battery management system's main connector Wiring diagrams based on the net diagrams can be easily created, allowing for accurate, fully detailed electrical schematics. Harness connectors can use the Smart Connect function to attach them to their equipment counterparts. Here we are working with the wires instead of nets. These wires have only two extremities, so the connection between the wires will be done by splices. While routing wires, we may select the net that they're implementing and the system will be able to assist for pin selections. From there, we can modify existing wire routes and connections. Off Page routes are updated automatically. The Business Intelligent function allows us to control the design. In this case, all objects that have been manually assigned to the harness are shown in green. Blue items are implicitly defined as part of the harness, partial connections are shown in yellow, and the spots that have not yet been assigned are shown in red. The Logical to Physical Interface synchronizes the content of the logical schematic. With the 3D design here, equipment and connectors from the schematics are placed in context and smartly within the 3D design. With the equipment and connectors now placed will complete the harness. By connecting the two modules to the already existing harness, a new segment is created that follows the surface of the battery frame. Before routing, we can quickly check if the harness is properly connected with the network assist function. Since everything is green, this means the harness is okay and ready for routing the wires. We'll import the wire content into the harness provider by the wiring diagram. Select the wires that have been defined and then import them. This means we now have the From/To information for each wire, but they're not yet routed inside the defined bundles. The next step is to route the wires. Select all the wires and the route for each of them is calculated inside the harness. Now the system has calculated the exact length for each wire, and the bundle diameter based on the wire content is updated. By selecting a wire, you can display the properties, including the exact link that has been computed to generate the wire harness. Documentation will open a new panel to facilitate the user's work and completely automate the production of documentation based on company standards. The system will do all the necessary checks and creation of the result for you, but you can still modify it afterwards if needed. Reports like Wire Lists and Bills of Materials are created, so you have the wiring drawing that you can reorganize by moving the defined tables. In this case, for each connector the form board process is very similar to the documentation process. Once the system has created the initial shape of a 3D form board, the user is free to use the contextual commands to assist in fitting the harness onto a form board. We can bend and control the position of the harnesses. As we wrap the harness onto the form board, we can also edit and change the entire branch, and reference back to the edges of the form board and other branches as well. Once the 3D has been completed, we can then go ahead and generate a drawing in the usual manner. This drawing is also synchronized automatically. We can create tables and callouts, including end of connector views, pin out connections and wire tables. Branches and connectors can be removed, and we're able to modify their features and manipulate branches. There's a full synchronization between the 3D form board and the 3D electrical design. The Synchronization command generates reports to inform and assist the user to understand the differences, if any, between the 3D design and the form board Once the form board model is ready, the associated drawing can be updated at the touch of a button. All the tables callouts wiring information and bundle segments are modified based on the new information and the form board model. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform employs an integrated model-based system engineering paradigm that is centered around the single source of truth with a set of integrated solutions that can be easily adapted to suit the unique needs of an organization with a full product lifecycle presence. The 3DEXPERIENCE brings everything together from requirements management through physical design and systems architecture, all the way through manufacturing and manufacturing documentation. Our expert consultants and technical support team are ready to help you continue your journey into the 3DEXPERIENCE. 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