Rules Processing

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Rules Processing
Whether an experienced designer hurries through a task, or an inexperienced designer just doesn't know all of the requirements, a fair amount product life cycle is lost to doing a job over again as a result of a simulation or checking function.

The electromechanical industry spends man-hours and TeraFLOPS checking and reviewing the previous day's efforts. Industry estimates suggest that as much as 20 percent effort is lost due error corrections and adjustments.

Generative Rules Checking allows the design to be constrained and validated as the product intent is defined.

Consider the simple scenario where a customer requires a certain temperature rating on all connectors in the engine compartment. A simple VEMS Rule can be assigned to the harness object as: IF X Location < 400 mm then all CHILD Connector Class Objects REQUIRE attribute OperatingTemperature > 120C

While the Boolean format may appear cumbersome, VEMS menus provide sensible navigation to generate the rule. Once created, the downstream designers and users cannot violate the Rule Constraint.

VEMS Generative Rules Checking allows rules to be applied to any parent or child of a harness object.