ZUKEN

ZUKEN - Electrical and Electronic Design Solutions

Zuken is a renowned global software provider specializing in electrical and electronic design solutions. Established in 1976, Zuken boasts a longstanding history of technological innovation and financial stability within the electronic and electrical design automation (EDA) sector. Through its CR-8000 and E3.series product lines, Zuken offers an extensive range of 2D/3D electrical and electronic design tools, enhanced by thorough design data and configuration management features.

In recent years, Zuken has fully embraced digital transformation and digital engineering, marking its progression into the Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) field. Today, Zuken delivers premier design solutions that integrate MBSE products and services with its well-established electrical and electronic design suite, catering to the diverse needs of industries worldwide.

E3.series - Electrical Wiring, Control Systems and Fluid Engineering

E3.series offers a comprehensive single-platform solution for taking electrical and fluid control designs from concept to production. It covers functional design, detailed electrical and fluid schematics, wiring and tubing diagrams, and extends to control cabinet and wire harness layouts in both 2D and 3D.

Powered by an intelligent database, E3.series ensures accurate connections through electrical and logical checks. It integrates with leading MCAD design platforms to streamline the creation of digital twins, transforming product development with seamless electrical data management solutions that connect effortlessly with existing PLM and PDM systems. The enterprise-level options enhance collaboration among teams of all sizes worldwide.

E3.series is a premier single-platform electrical CAD software that guides designs from concept to production. It covers all facets of electrical design, including:

  • Electrical simulation
  • Detailed schematics
  • Wiring diagrams
  • Cabinet layouts
  • Formboard designs
  • Reports and manufacturing documentation

The object-oriented database architecture of E3.series ensures that any updates made to one part of the design are automatically reflected across all related documents and views, ensuring consistency and accuracy throughout the entire project.

E3.series - Core Products:

Schematic Design

E3.schematic is at the core of all E3.series deployments, providing a comprehensive solution for electrical system design, including schematic diagrams, terminal plans, and PLC documentation. This central module boosts design accuracy and efficiency with real-time design rule checks and a smart parts library. Its object-oriented architecture ensures that manufacturing instructions remain in sync with design data, simplifying the creation and documentation of complex electrical systems​​.

Cabinet Design and Layout

E3.panel enables engineers to layout components within control cabinets in both 2D and 3D. The signal logic is inherited from the E3.schematic circuit diagram. Wires can be routed automatically through in the control cabinet by means of an auto-routing function. With special links to the wire processing machines, wires can be automatically stripped, crimped and marked. With these features, E3.panel provides an integrated engineering solution for advanced control cabinet engineering.

Electrical Cable and Harness Design

E3.cable is used to design and document cable plans and cable harness drawings. E3.cable is an extension of E3.schematic to combine individual wires into multicores or cable bundles, add shielding and twisted pair structures to the multicores, and automatically display them in the schematic. Complete systems and subsystems such as control units, rack equipment, or even black boxes can be replicated as functional blocks in a hierarchical design.

Hydraulics and Pneumatics

E3.fluid is the solution for designing and documenting all fluid systems. It is a complete, easy-to-use solution with core functionality optimized for developing hydraulic, pneumatic, cooling, and lubrication systems.

Development of standalone fluid schematics or combined with electrical schematics to provide a mixed fluid and electrical design is available.

E3.RoutingBridge enhances collaboration between electrical and mechanical design teams. It integrates electrical harness data with MCAD systems for accurate 3D routing and provides feedback to E3.series for final manufacturing details, ensuring synchronized designs whilst improving accuracy and efficiency in product development.

MCAD Collaboration

E3.RoutingBridge enhances collaboration between electrical and mechanical design teams. It integrates electrical harness data with MCAD systems for accurate 3D routing and provides feedback to E3.series for final manufacturing details, ensuring synchronized designs whilst improving accuracy and efficiency in product development.

Electrical Design Data Management

Streamline your E3.series electrical data management with DS-E3 Starter Package, an off-the-shelf subset of the full DS-E3 suite. Offering easy searches, automatic versioning, and a fool-proof release process, it is designed for scalability and enhanced productivity, offering the perfect data management launchpad for your electrical design needs.