Productivity Software

Boost Your Efficiency by Simplifying Engineering Processes

E3.series productivity-focused tools are designed to help engineers manage their work and increase their efficiency. Our tools help organizations manage their engineering projects better, ensuring project timelines are met while reducing costs. With the complexity of engineering projects increasing and the growing demand for better-quality and more economical engineering processes, productivity tools are significantly more important in today’s engineering industry.

Concurrent Design of Power Generation and Distribution Schematics and Panels

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Collaborate on Projects as a Team

For smaller projects, E3.series comes in a standalone single-user mode. When the scale increases, E3.enterprise offers a multi-user access to the same projects. Multiple engineers are all working simultaneously on the same design. All other users immediately see changes made by individuals while maintaining integrity rules, such as unique device naming. E3.enterprise also comes with access control and lifecycle options.

E3.series is used by electrical, fluid, and system engineers and is used for multiple types of design, including schematic, wiring diagram, harness, panel, systems, and topology. Often these disciplines and designs share data and even devices.
E3.enterprise allows multi-disciplined teams of engineers and designers to share the same project and data; any changes carried out by the separate teams will propagate through to the other sections of the design, ensuring all data is synchronized and up to date.
For example, A fluid engineer might add a solenoid valve to their manifold drawing; this same valve would then appear, unplaced, in the device tree of the electrical engineer’s project. So that the electrical engineer can add the solenoid to the electrical control schematic. Renaming the device tag or changing the component in either design will automatically update the other.

Multiple simultaneous users
Large projects are broken down into sub-systems
Multi-discipline engineering
Electrical and fluid engineers working at the same time in the same project
Concurrent assembly and schematic design
Concurrent systems and electrical design

Controlling who has access at each stage of the design is crucial for the documentation process. Access control and workflow come as standard with E3.enterprise. Using Windows™ user groups, teams of engineers can be given specific access rights, and projects can be pushed through the workflow and set to specific states. The access rights of the user groups are determined by the state of the project.

Grant or deny permission to users and groups
Limit access to restricted areas
Lifecycle management

Simplify Adding Drawing Notes

Drawing Notes Manager makes managing and automating notes generation in Zuken E3.series simpler than ever. It eliminates the need to manage individual notes, track attributes, and manage free-text notes. Images inside the notes help augment the information and instructions, making them more effective and streamlined.

Centrally managing notes of various types and interactively placing them in the desired location will revolutionize the effectiveness of communicating design intent for production and beyond. Consistent communication of engineering principles and intent is important in maintaining high-velocity operations without sacrificing quality or increasing costs.

An inbuilt editor helps users manage notes internally without relying on third-party applications. Multiple collections of notes can be managed to handle variances in requirements across projects.

Click a button to place notes at desired locations
Automatically manage note sequence and BOM numbers around objects
Manage instructions and provide essential notes on multiple levels like project, structure, or drawing sheet
Create and manage hyperlinks for quick navigation
Ability to assign flag notes quickly to devices and symbols to improve traceability

Drawing Notes Manager makes it easy for users to centrally manage and categorize all notes based on standard or flag notes.

Re-use and share notes across design teams/projects to improve and maintain consistency.
Augment notes with images and visual instructions to improve drawing comprehension.
Different note indicator shapes can be used to assist identification based on company standards.
Note placement and control are configurable to ensure company standards can be easily followed.
Apply notes to components and devices as a standard library management procedure.

Import notes from an external application or creates from scratch to create a standard repository.

Notes can be automatically numbered across multiple drawings
Re-sequence the numbers as required without the risk of duplication with a click of a button
Bulk editing and updates of notes to avoid managing individual drawing notes

Easy Generation of Customized Reports

The E3.ReportGenerator is a free tool for creating customized reports from E3.series projects in a few simple steps. These reports can be configured according to various parameters and exported in various formats. The tool requires no license and can be launched directly from within E3.series.

Report Generator

The E3.ReportGenerator Designer can be used to customize existing report templates or to create your own customer-specific templates. The Designer provides a graphical overview of the selected report structure where it can be customized and edited. Images and bands for operating materials, connections, etc. can be inserted. Subsections can be added to the bands, for example, to display pins or wires.

All attributes of an E3.series object can be used in the report via the built-in field list. With a simple drag & drop into the corresponding band, they will be displayed in the report. The sections of the report can be grouped and sorted for a better overview.

Once the desired report layout has been achieved in the Designer, the report can be generated and exported via the Creator. A particular advantage is that the report can also be generated for certain structure nodes only. In the preview screen, multiple selections are possible, whereby different reports can be generated simultaneously.

PDF
HTML
RTF
DOCX
XLSX
TXT
CSV
Image
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Automate Manufacturing Documentation

Zuken’s E3.series is an essential tool for electrical designers to create quality products in the shortest time frame possible. Every aspect of the design is presented with automation capabilities to ensure quality, accuracy, and speed are unmatched across the design tool spectrum.

E3.Toolbox empowers designers to maximize production value by helping create precise documentation without spending time with customization for different use cases. E3.Toolbox runs inside E3.series, providing a suite of tools catering to all industries and design principles.

Bill of Materials (BOM)

Wire Run List (WRL)

Block Placement

Bill of Materials (BOM)

The E3.Toolbox Bill of Materials (BOM) offers customizable options for creating BOMs for drawings, projects, and assemblies with simple outputs to drawing sheets or Microsoft Excel. Users can modify headers, add text attributes, and choose which item details to include. Customization can be achieved without programming, improving efficiency and reducing turnaround times. Key features include alternate part numbers, flexibility in combining/separating assemblies, and the ability to create the BOM top-down or bottom-up. Automatic Item No. balloons enhance compatibility with various drawing styles and standards.

Features and Benefits

BOM on sheet and Excel
Automatic balloons and item numbers
Includes related parts search and reporting
Customizable options and attributes
BOM table in a top-down or bottom-up format
No programming required

Wire Run List (WRL)

The E3.Toolbox Wire Run List (WRL) facilitates clear communication of engineering directives to manufacturing and assembly teams. It includes detailed information about wires in harnesses, projects, sheets, or assemblies, with options to customize the displayed data. The WRL is presented as a Microsoft Excel file or as a table on the drawing, with no additional programming needed, increasing efficiency. It standardizes graphical representation using E3.series library management tools and automatically tracks essential wiring details such as wire seals, cavity parts, twist, and shield information. Customizable reporting options ensure consistency across projects and teams.

Features and Benefits

Wire Run List based on harness, sheet, assembly, or project
Streamlined production using on-sheet or Excel reporting
Option to include panel wires
Customizable attributes and placement of information
Complete wire information, including length, strip, and insertion guidelines

Block Placement

The E3.Toolbox Block Placement tool simplifies importing blocks, connector pins, and signal information from Excel files into E3.series projects. This innovation reduces manual data entry, minimizes errors, and allows designers to focus on creativity and problem-solving. The Block Placement tool addresses common challenges in electrical design by streamlining data input, speeding up initial processes, and improving overall accuracy. It facilitates rapid mapping and automation of component placement, enriching design quality and supporting innovation throughout the project lifecycle.

Features and Benefits

Automatically populates and places blocks, connector pins, and signals
Reads an Excel file as data input
Reduces manual input and errors
Supports design reuse

Track Changes of E3.series Projects

E3.RevisionManagement ensures all changes are tracked and documented. Alternate design revisions are compared against each other, and any changes are reported and stored in both graphical and textual formats. Multiple sub-systems within a single project can be issued and tracked independently. The resulting documentation can be fed back into the production process, ensuring all changes are implemented.

E3.panel example

With E3.RevisionManagement all changes are reported and stored in both graphical and textual formats.

Track graphical changes to schematics
Track none graphical changes
Automatic title block updates
Automatic change legends
Automatic PDF creation of revised project and changes
Automatic creation of change documentation

Alternate revisions of the design are compared against each other. With E3.RevisionManagement various compare opportunities are available.

Compare changes between versions
Compare whole projects
Compare sub-sections of the project
Compare any versions

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Productivity Software

Boost Your Efficiency by Simplifying Engineering Processes

Concurrent Design of Power Generation and Distribution Schematics and Panels