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Harness Builder 2025

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Learn What's New in Harness Builder 2025

The 2025 release of Zuken’s Harness Builder for E3.series delivers an array of new features aimed at advancing design precision, reducing errors, and streamlining the manufacturing process. This version introduces enhanced integration with cutting-edge manufacturing equipment, improved design automation, and powerful export capabilities to tackle the increasing complexity of modern electrical systems.

Our customers now have more flexibility and control with the new manufacturing equipment, MCAD, and ERP integrations. Additionally, the updates to handling options and variant configurations, dash numbers, and the new front of the connector length calculation factor, provide more accurate reports for quoting and manufacturing. The addition of new automation and enhancements to the formboard copilot will improve the user experience in designing harness drawings.

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Enhanced Formboard Copilot

The Harness Builder’s formboard copilot feature has received a major update, introducing a new dialog for specifying coordinates, angles, and segment lengths. This enhancement facilitates faster and more precise design creation, particularly when working with backbone segments.

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Automatic Connector Table Placement

Harness Builder 2025 introduces a command to automatically populate missing connector table symbols. This new automation is perfect for completing detailed wire harness drawings, making them ready for production. With this enhancement, designers can reduce manual steps and save time during the design process.

Improved Design Variation Documentation

  • Variants/Options Support for BOM & WRL – Designers can now export BOMs and WRL files tailored to specific product variants and options, offering greater flexibility and precision when managing product configurations.
  • Dash Number Enhancements – The BOM output has been updated to include complete information on the dash number tabs, such as the harness name, version, and dash number information. It is also easier to copy and paste while editing the dash numbers.
  • CSV Export Format Option- Users can now export both WRL and BOM files in .csv format, offering greater compatibility with a wide range of data management tools and systems.

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Harness Branch Size Realization

The 2025 release includes a new automation option to update the connection line segments automatically, matching the segment diameter when wires and multi-conductors are added to the harness.

MCAD Collaboration

Expanding CAD flexibility, Harness Builder 2025 for E3.series now supports output to PTC’s Onshape platform. Users can export the wiring connectivity information to import directly into Onshape. This collaboration offers greater compatibility and easier transition between design platforms for users working in diverse environments.

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Additional Length Calculation Factor

To meet customer requirements, the measurement from the front of the connector is available for wire length calculations. This new feature allows for more precise wire length measurements and reduces manual recalculations.

New Testing Machine Output

The 2025 release expands support for third-party automated wire harness testing machines. Ensure your harness designs are test-ready by outputting them directly to the adaptronic harness testers from Harness Builder for E3.series. This integration simplifies the testing process, reducing time spent on manual testing setup.

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OMA Braiding Machine Output

Harness Builder 2025 adds the ability to incorporate braiding into your harness designs. Users can automatically place braiding on the drawings and calculate manufacturing time and yarn weight, helping ensure design accuracy and optimize material usage.

Telsonic Welding File Support

Streamline your manufacturing workflow with the new ability to output to Telsonic ultrasonic splice welding equipment. This file interchange capability allows users to control the welding process from within the design, removing manual steps and improving consistency in production.

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Additional ERP Interface

With the new Beryllium interface, keep your bill of materials (BOM) data synchronized and accurate. This enhancement ensures that all data is harmonized, helping avoid discrepancies during the quoting and production process.

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