E3.cable: Comprehensive Cable Design Software for Optimized Electrical Harnesses

In this article, you can check how cable design and design works in E3.series software. The E3.cable module allows documentation and complete design of cables and harnesses with intelligent functionalities, so that your work is as optimized and efficient as possible. See the full video article and optimize your processes! See the full video article and optimize your processes!

The E3.cable

It's the module made for creating detailed electrical diagrams, complex cables and harnesses, as well as allowing multiple views of the same device. It also encompasses the set of features of the E3.Schematic module. With it you can create, connect block diagrams and document your complete system.

Complete Documentation with E3.cable

Recommended for the demands of:

• Machinery and plant applications
• Supply system suppliers for the automotive, aviation and heavy vehicle industries.

Some of its main features are:

• Draw with Multiple Views
• Block diagram
• Hierarchical Blocks
• Automatic connector selection
• Automatic error checking

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Complete Design of Cables and Harnesses

The project starts with the insertion of a new sheet. The initial definitions of sheet characteristics are specified below:

• "Name" = 41;
• "Higher level Assignment" = A1
• "Location" = Tank1

To add a new sheet, right-click on any sheet that already exists in the project and click on "New Sheet".

Adding a new sheet

A new window will open in which you can configure the above mentioned options.

Possible definitions for a new sheet

Then the project's "Devices" window is called up. And the cabling "–W3=A1+Tank1" will be used for the new cable layout shown.

Thus, by right-clicking on the name and "Place New Device View", a new device view is added to the sheet.

Adding a new device view

This process will be performed three times, each with a different view of the complete documentation.

At first glance, the option "HTS-HE-4-P010SV" and "Place as: complete device" will be used. After adding the device to the sheet, the window for defining the second view is automatically displayed, in which the option "HTS-HE-4-S010SV" is selected. In this addition, the device is rotated with the "Y" key on the keyboard.

This same process is repeated for the "W_ST"/"W_BU" and "TABWIRE3"/"TABWIRE3" views, with the y-axis rotation of the second view.

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Documentation of Segments

Then the connections are added at first glance with the "C" key on the keyboard. Segment size is set to 2mm.

Segment Size Adjustment

In the second view, the "Autoconnect Horizontal" option is used for the automatic connection of segments.

Automatic horizontal connection option

Finally, some descriptions are added at first and second sight.

In the "Misc" table in the project database, the item "CabAndCoreName_hori" is added to the segment of the first view representation.

 

   

Connections Documentation (Left) and Item Added to Segment (Right) for First View

By double clicking on the option "Insert template Symbol (\)" the specifications were added to the second view of the set of pins.

 

                                            

Connections Documentation (Left) and Item Added to Segment (Right) for Second View

Thus, the cable documentation for the project is finalized.

Cable documentation with three different views using E3.cable

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