CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
18 February 2009
Product News
E³.series 2009 from Zuken Breaks New Ground
The 2009 version of E³.series, Zuken’s software for engineering electrotechnical, pneumatic and hydraulic applications has made massive steps forward on both a detailed user level and on a system design level. Highlights include advanced support of product variants and options; of particular benefit to companies in industries such as automotive and machinery sectors, and functionality improvements for support of ribbon cables and curved connections enables designers to improve reliability and save time. There have also been great leaps in technology specific to particular modules within E³.series; introducing hierarchical design capabilities for E³.cable and integrated 3D functionality within E³.panel.
Complex Option Management
While E³.series already supports options and variants, for the first time it is easy to combine several options and/or variants together. It is now possible to define a set of variations for each model of a product, without having to have a different copy of all parts of the drawing. A user has one batch of different drawings for all options and then variants can be stored, without duplicating the different drawings for each product option. The bottom line is, this means less work to generate new more advanced models of products; as the user no longer has to copy and recreate all the data, they can just change parts of it. This has massive time saving and quality benefits.
E³.panel with Integrated 3D
For engineers working in panels that have several layers working within 2D can be exceptionally limiting, the new 3D capabilities now part of E³.panel allow electrical engineers to work in a 3D world, without having to develop specialist experience or work with complex construction commands. More information about E³.panel 2009 will be announced in the near future.
E³.cable’s New Hierarchical Functionality for Design Reuse and Partitioning
Not being able to see and easily access design files to visualize the bigger picture can be very frustrating for electrical designers. In the 2009 version of cabling and harness design tool a user is now able to view the complete hierarchy of the design from top to bottom, making navigation and interpretation of the final product much easier. More critically this clear design structuring makes design reuse a reality and also allows designs to be partitioned, enabling work to be performed in parallel. This logical structuring saves time, delivers more flexibility and facilitates collaboration.
E³.series 2009 is now available.
Visit www.zuken.com/E3 for more general product information or contact your local E³.series distributor.
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