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Improved Wire Harness Design System from Eplan
Monheim, Germany — Eplan has released its ver- sion 2.5 of the Harness proD. A wide range of en- hancements for nail board design, cable routing and project management contribute to the effec- tiveness of the design program. The company’s development team has fo-
cused on optimizing user workflows. A highlight is the coupling of the 3D wire harness engineering system to the Eplan platform’s central parts man- agement. The management system simplifies the design process by giving the user one system to ac- cess an entire project. This reduces the effort of maintaining master databases and enables contin- uous workflows from schematics to production doc- umentation. Master data workflows have been further im-
proved through the derivation of the 2D symbols required for nail board drawing from existing 3D data. This is particularly efficient because 3D com-
proD’s preview function for positioning during wire harness assembly.
ponent data is already required. Existing data is reused and manual creation of component symbols is unnecessary. The proD aims to provide an accessible 3D sys-
tem for wire harness design. Many electrical engi- neers have limited experience in operating complex MCAD systems and therefore can benefit from a user-friendly approach. For example, by positioning a component, such as a connector, within the 3D space will enable the selection of reference point, edges and areas. This reduces the complexity of the positioning process. A preview function helps the user achieve cor-
rect positioning during the first attempt, avoiding the need for subsequent adjustment. Those who are accustomed to AutoCAD symbols will benefit from a greatly improved import function. Imported DWG and DXF drawings can be edited and all the neces- sary content extracted. The new version includes such
features as the fixing of a 3D object’s position, and the option to position a starting point of a new bundle in a har- ness will re-rout cables automatically. Wire colors can be displayed in the con- nector symbol on the nailboard. Also, to speed up the production process, searching wire lists for the necessary information is no longer required. The nailboard design has im-
proved as well. The “data layer” and “display layer” are now separate. Dis- play configurations enables a drawing to be viewed differently without having to change the data. Also, batch process- ing of updates has been added to the project management section which de- tects the need for evaluation or draw- ing updates and subsequently handles
them. Contact: Eplan Software & Servic- es LLC, 425 N. Martingale Road,
Suite 470, Schaumburg, IL 60173 % 630-408-3863 fax: 847-240-4667 E-mail:
siebert.c@eplanusa.com Web:
www.eplanusa.com
American Standard Increases Quality with Software
Chicago, IL — American Standard Circuits has purchased a license for TrueChem’s Process Control Soft- ware. The software allows the compa- ny to control its processes in a number of ways including scheduling test pro- cedures and events, statistical record keeping, increasing security levels, and complete inventory control. The software is widely support-
ed and scalable. It provides services to help use variable data more effi- ciently such as collection, storage, and rules-based actions. Its trace- ability functions include what proce- dure was completed, who performed it, the amount of time taken, the fre- quency of procedures according to shift, day, month etc., and when the
procedure happened. Contact: American Standard
Circuits, Inc., 475 Industrial Drive, Chicago, IL 60185 % 630-639-5444 fax: 630-293-1240 E-mail:
sales@asc-i.com Web:
www.asc-i.com
December, 2015
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