Physical topology-driven logical design flow

A method executed by a user-operated machine to design a physical system of components, the design of the physical system including modifiable design data that, when compliant with established design criteria, describe a realization of the physical system, the method comprising:

• partitioning subsystem design data of at least one subsystem of the physical system from the design data, the partitioned subsystem design data establishing a physical topology by which a location of each of the components that are members of the subsystem defined by the subsystem design data is specified;
• selecting a topology template from a plurality of predefined topology templates, each defining a schematic topology specifying relative locations of graphical representations of the member components of the subsystem in a schematic data abstraction of the subsystem design data;
• generating a logical topology by mapping the location of each member component in the physical topology to a location in the schematic topology, and rearranging one or more of the physical topology components according to the selected topology template, the logical topology defining an interconnection of components, having a relative placement of components different from the physical topology, and including a mixture of representations for the components in schematic and physical topology forms, where the corresponding graphical representation of each member component is located in accordance with the selected topology template;
• including as a data item of the subsystem design data the mapped locations of each of the member components;
• and
• displaying to the user the generated logical topology on a display device.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having encoded thereon instructions that, when executed by a user-operated machine, performs a method comprising:

• partitioning subsystem design data of at least one subsystem of a physical system from the design data, the partitioned subsystem design data establishing a physical topology by which a location of each component that is a member of the subsystem defined by the subsystem design data is specified;
• selecting a topology template from a plurality of predefined topology templates, each defining a schematic topology specifying relative locations of graphical representations of the member components of the subsystem in a schematic data abstraction of the subsystem design data;
• generating a logical topology by mapping the location of each member component in the physical topology to a location in the schematic topology, and rearranging one or more of the physical topology components according to the selected topology template, the logical topology defining an interconnection of components, having a relative placement of components different from the physical topology, and including a mixture of representations for the components in schematic and physical topology forms, where the corresponding graphical representation of each member component is located in accordance with the selected topology template;
• including as a data item of the subsystem design data the mapped locations of each of the member components;
• and
• displaying to the user the generated logical topology on a display device.