New features for cabinet/wiring/layout design software

Zuken announces the availability of E³.series 2017, which marks another milestone in the continuous evolution of Zuken’s powerful electrical, wire harness, and fluid engineering design tool. The latest release contains new and enhanced functionality that further increases productivity throughout all phases of engineering, from design to manufacture. New third party integrations extend the E³.series ecosystem of solutions.

Zuken’s E³.series is a Windows-based, scalable, easy-to-learn system for the design of wiring and control systems, hydraulics and pneumatics. Its object-oriented architecture provides an integrated and consistent design approach to help eliminate errors, improve quality and reduce design time.

Enhancements in E³.series 2017 cover all main E³.series modules: E³.schematic, E³.cable, E³.panel, E³.formboad and E³.PLC Bridge.

Schematic capture and documentation

E³.schematic helps electrical engineers design and document electrical control systems including schematic diagrams, terminal plans and PLCs. E³.cable is used for designing and documenting cable plans and harness layouts. New feature highlights in E³.schematic and E³.cable include:

• ‘Auto Route by selection’ allows interactive autorouting of two selected pins.
• ‘Insert multiple’: Load multiple devices from the library in a single action.
• Transfer graphical properties and device attributes between objects using new graphic and format painter functionality.
• When creating detailed cable plans with E³.cable, wire seals can now be automatically added to all devices that are flagged as sealed in the device properties.

 

2D/3D cabinet layout and routing

Working in either two or three dimensions, E³.panel allows engineers to layout components inside panel enclosures. New feature highlights in E³.panel include:

• Mounting rails and cable ducts can now be placed and rotated to any angle, with docking points for automatic placement and routing rotated accordingly. This allows greater freedom in panel design with improved use of available space, especially in panel layout where form, fit and function are rapidly gaining importance.
• New sorting functionality for terminal strips offering enhanced cabinet layout. Several terminal strips can be selected for simultaneous sorting, with selection applied in the device tree or by area, in both the device tree and the terminal table. This offers time savings as all terminal strips can be sorted in one step rather than separately.