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EPLAN Harness proD Studio Overview

EPLAN Harness proD is a unique stand-alone easy-to-use solution, which enables you to create 3D wire harnesses, 2D nailboards, cable drawings, and reports efficiently and fast. Based on the newest technology, EPLAN Harness proD gives you the confidence to work with an up-to-date wire harness software technology available on the market. EPLAN Harness proD makes wire harness design independent from the availability of the mechanical prototype. Working directly with the 3D MCAD model significantly reduces the costs of development while saving time and money through a shorter development cycle.

This powerful and state-of-the-art 3D wire harness design tool enables the routing of everything from simple cable assemblies to complex multi-branched wire harnesses. Simply import any existing 3D geometry from your 3D MCAD system and any wire list from your ECAD system.

EPLAN Harness proD consists of two main modules: EPLAN Harness proD Library and EPLAN Harness proD Studio.

EPLAN Harness proD Studio is a project environment which consists of 3D workspaces, workdesks, 2D nailboards, cable drawings, and reports. This environment enables you to not only create wire harnesses, but also to include additional documentation in the project like e-mails, PDF files, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, etc. Studio is furthermore capable of containing multiple variants, workspaces, workdesks, nailboards, cable drawings, and reports and provides total control over all project-related files.

The workspace is the 3D environment in which the mechanical 3D models are loaded and the wire harness design is performed. With the point-and-click method you define your wire harness quickly and easily. Intuitive and powerful commands help you to rapidly familiarize yourself with the system.

Run time tasks like online bending radius checks, missing attached parts, consistency checks, etc. help you to avoid design errors. Intelligent import functionalities for wire lists, connectable object names, and others link the workspace / workdesk to your ECAD system.

By using variants and electrical configurations you can easily create your 150 percent wire harness and generate the required production wire harness with a few simple clicks.

The workdesk environment is primarily focused on wire harness design. It enables you to design wire harnesses by imitating a 2D manufacturing drawing, without being bothered with 3D mechanical models. It is basically a 3D environment with a locked Z axis; however, the Z axis is not fully locked. If needed, workdesk design can be easily converted to workspace environment.

The nailboard / cable drawing environments create 2D drawings out of the chosen 3D workspace / workdesk by flattening the 3D wire harness to a 2D drawing. Through the use of variants and electrical configurations, you are able to create the required wire harness right away. The nailboard provides all the tools you need to arrange and document your wire harness correctly, while the cable drawing environment provides all the tools you need to arrange and document a cable assembly. At any time a status display shows you if a nailboard / cable drawing is up-to-date or outdated.

The report environment is the tool to generate the necessary manufacturing reports like wire lists, cable reports, bills of materials and more from the chosen workspace / workdesk. Here, too, a status display shows you all the time if a report is up-to-date or outdated.

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