Zuken E3 series 2021 SP2 v22.20

Zuken E3 series 2021 SP2 v22.20

Zuken announces the 2021 release of E3.series focusing on increasing user efficiency through extended functionality in connector handling, 3D control cabinet design and component database as well as API extensions enabling the creation of user-defined add-on programs and interfaces.

The enhancements, many of which were initiated as part of joint projects with major global E3.series customers, have been designed to make electrical and fluid engineering more intuitive and therefore faster, easier, and more robust.

Improved connector handling during schematic design

In the areas of schematic and cabling, the 2021 release introduces additional online checks for manually plugging connectors, complementing E3.series’ automatic selection of mating connectors from the database. If a connector is assigned or modified manually, the error checking functionality now looks up eligible mating connectors in the database and issues a warning if an incompatible connector has been selected. The checks also prevent the manual connection of plug-on-plug or socket-on-socket.

Another important extension in the schematics application addresses the handling of connectors with inserts, which combine several different connectors into a single complex component. These complex connectors can be defined in the E3.series database or dynamically with more control when the connector with inserts is configured in the E3.series project

Enhanced 3D cabinet and wire harness design

In E3.panel, the 2D/3D cabinet design module of E3.series, the creation of cabinet and panel models now requires significantly less effort. The 2D and 3D graphical representations are created automatically from an imported STEP file. These include the various side views from the 2D graphical representation along with the model dimensions. DXF files are no longer required.

A new highlight panel path command enables quick display of the routing path of a wire throughout the cabinet. The highlighted path is automatically displayed on all sheets and 3D views where the wire is represented. If a sheet is not open or active it is automatically opened so the user will not have to spend time searching for the required sheet. A more sophisticated control of the filling limits for cable ducts now allows a differentiated definition of the available space in the various segments of a cable duct. In this way, the automatic routing algorithm can allow for reserves for future changes or additional wires.

The output of 3D information for 3D mechanical CAD systems has been significantly enhanced by adding the JT format to the previously used STEP output. JT is a format that all commonly used MCAD systems can read. In addition to the graphical representation of cabinet or wire harness designs it also supports the export of the content of the cabinet or mounting plate, including all devices, mounting rails, cable ducts, and wires.