NEW Features and Enhancements for the upcoming 2010 version of E3!!

E3 Panel Exact control of placement position (dipping) Outer diameter of wires Dynamic Models Models can be defined as changeable in the database. 3D output directly via Direct3D STEP models displayed Display of wire attributes independent of circuit diagram Side views of components

Simulation with SABER Controlled through E³.series toolbar Creating circuit diagrams in E³.series Selecting components for simulation and transfer to Cosmos Scope Simulation in Cosmos Scope Back annotation of voltage and current to E³.series and updating attributes on connections. Cross highlight functionality

Functional Design Editor Wiring Diagram Generator New Module – additional to E³.Cable Makes a quick draft of the functions and their effect on the product possible (rapid prototyping) Provides additional documentation Functional schematic (straight forward design)

E³.series 2009 boosts Variants and Option functionality to speed up complex product design

26 March 2009, Westford MA, and Munich, Germany, Zuken announces a significant advancement in variation and option management within the 2009 version of E³.series. Historically for each variant or option users had to work with multiple on screen product drawings containing the different variants required, resulting in major design headaches for new product development, particularly in applications in sectors like the automotive industry. The new functionality within E³.schematic removes the need for sets of different drawings for each configuration of a product – so there is no need to copy endless sheets, a user simply outputs an option tree.

This level of functionality for complex option management is a ground breaking first and brings numerous benefits, including reduced data management as there are far fewer drawing iterations and thus fewer documents to manage, find and remember. This advancement supports names for complex Boolean expressions. The more complex the variants and where multiple BOMs are required this sophisticated product innovation becomes an essential piece of design kit saving valuable time by avoiding extensive redrawing.

Zuken breaks new ground with E3.series 2009

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.

Zuken heads full steam towards becoming a leader in the rail vehicle sector thanks to E³.series

Global companies like Alstom, Bombardier Transportation, Voith Turbo and others are now relying on the innovative E³.series software suite for electrical design. This year, the company's stand at InnoTrans in Berlin is demonstrating the gains in productivity that can be achieved with E³.series. "E³.series was the first piece of E-CAE software to be developed from scratch for use on Windows systems. Another of the strengths of E³.series is the huge number of ways in which it can be integrated with existing IT infrastructures and how it exchanges data with other software solutions. The graphical user interface is intuitive and enables new users to become productive in a very short time. And this is the feature that has won over the rail vehicle manufacturers," explains Joachim Frank, Director of E³.business.

Alstom opts for configurators
By working with E³.series, Alstom is now able to use a configurator. In the past whenever a new order arrived in the electrical department, the first job was to look for similar past projects and to use the one most appropriate as a basis for the new order. All parameters, including the follow-up parameters, then had to be adjusted by hand. Calculating the follow-up parameters in particular was not only time-consuming but also prone to error due to the manual changes needed.

Using configurators offers a more effective approach and one which is less prone to error: "To start with, we produced a master plan, containing all the options for the Coradia Continental vehicle platform. The customer now specifies which of the options he wants. For example, if he needs an electric multiple unit with a total of seven wagons and a maximum speed of 120 km/h, we simply enter the main parameters from the customer's requests into the configurator. Most of the follow-up parameters are then calculated automatically by control equipment stored in the configurator," says Mr Fricke, group leader for circuit diagrams, commenting on how the configurator works.

Using E³.series functionalities in combination with a configurator is just one of the ways in which this E-CAE solution can be used.

Improving Wire Harness Quality for Trains, Planes and Automobiles with E³.cable 2008

March 11, 2008 - Munich, Germany and Westford, MA USA - The 2008 version of the E³.series modules for wire harness design has been dramatically improved to help designers achieve 100% design reliability. E³.cable 2008 brings the introduction of intelligent customized functionality expanding beyond the already strong machinery sector into the automotive and mil/aero industries. These industries will benefit from functionality that enables them to factor in specific design requirements shaped by the physical nature of their end products, industry legislation and safety mandates.

For the design of wire harnesses for cars, trucks and specialized vehicles, the focus is on delivering design time savings by adding industry-specific functionality to eliminate time spent on tedious manual activities. For the design of aeroplanes, helicopters and military applications, the emphasis is on reducing effort, increasing design quality and guaranteeing 100% end product reliability.

A standard car typically has a large number of inliners; placing these within connections historically took several minutes each. In E³.cable 2008, Zuken includes a function that will simply add these and does all the background work; reducing the time to complete these tasks to seconds. Another capability that will benefit all users of E³.cable, particularly those in the automotive sector, is the ability to copy/insert complete sub circuits as an original, allowing users to add system level details without touching the top level and without having to insert sheets manually.

For mil/aero applications that typically feature many parallel connections, designs often appear cluttered where connections are difficult to make; the latest version of E³.cable eliminates this problem by introducing the ability to allow shielded pins in the form of daisy chains. In addition to the aesthetic improvements, this significantly improves design quality and reliability. Specifically for the military sector, users no longer have to use workarounds to display connectors to that conform to industry MIL-standards, as this form of connector symbol display is now just a simple click option.

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E3 Series is a suite of integrated, state-of-the-art, Windows®-based design tools for electrical control system design and documentation and is written by CIM-Team (A Zuken Company). Whether it's E3 schematic, for the creation of control schematics, terminal plans, BOMs, & Wire Lists, E3 .panel, for the complete design of control panels, including layouts and wiring, or E3 cable, for the development of detailed wiring, cabling and harness designs, E3 Series makes the process fast, efficient and accurate.

If you would like to save time and money by..:

• Designing electrical engineering projects using the latest ECAD technology
• Using a system with automatic online checks for complete design integrity, reducing the chances of costly errors
• Automating key control system design tasks such as defining wire numbers or component tags according to standards
• Working anywhere within a project without having to follow sequential steps
• Working with standard Windows™ features that have been optimised for electrical engineering
• Constructing cables and harnesses in ECAD
• Creating matching panel and schematic diagrams
• Auto wiring panels in ECAD
• Creating reports which 100% reflect the completed design
• Drastically reduce production costs
• Integrating with MRP, PDM, ERP and other systems

E3 Series features the most advanced, purpose built, E-CAD engine, which is the core on which all the modules are built.

Object-oriented data and the intuitive Windows® user interface, including standard functions such as Drag & Drop, and Copy & Paste, are common to all modules, making E3 Series an easy to learn and cost effective design tool.

The bi-directional COM interface provides direct access to the ODBC data, which can be accessed using the Visual Basic programming interface, allowing for full integration of E3 Series into the engineering process.

E3 Series features the familiar Windows® user interface and includes standard functions such as Drag & Drop, and Copy & Paste, making it an easy to learn and cost effective design tool. These familiar Windows® functions however, have been enhanced to include the underlying intelligence of the objects being manipulated, thus adding to the power of E3 Series. For example, when an existing relay is copied and pasted into a drawing, the database information is carried along with it and the relay ID is updated to the next available number, thereby ensuring the integrity of the design database.