Harness proD

EPLAN Harness Expert

Product Management/ 09-2012 1

Definition of the wire harness

• wires • bundles
• connectors • windings

…comprises …is made up
… as …

Wire harness…

……is …is protected
manufactured by…
…

• specifically • tapes
for a project • conduit
or application • ducts


Why wire harnesses (instead of “normal” cables)?

1. Optimisation of space (e.g. fitting space in vehicles)
2. Weight optimisation
3. Increasing number of PCB-based modules, even in switching cabinets
4. Optimum coverage of requirements in respect of electrical connections (degree
of protection, mechanical load, ambient influences)
5. Pre-assembly becomes economically feasible, even in smaller batches


Connection infrastructure
Basis of Circuit diagram
the logic definition

Connection Wire / cable Cable harness
technology

Application

Modules

Cabinet

Devices

Field Vehicles


New target groups to address

Train,mass- Construction Ship
Aerospace transit equipment construction
Cable and

Printing & Semicondu Building
Defense copying ctor technology

Telecommun Consumer Medical
ications Automobile
products equipment

Cable Harness
Automation


Overview

Back to overview – EPLAN Harness Expert

Product Management/ 09-2012

Typical wire harness engineering process

3D-Model
Plausibility
test/check

Parts list

Production
3D/2D wire harness
drawing 1:1 nailboard
drawing

Electric
circuit diagram


Step 1: 3D/2D import/export of the cable harness

 Import of the 3D-Model from the 3D-Model
M-CAD system

 Addition of the connection data,
connectors and lap sections

 CATIA (Dassault)
 Validation of the cable harness  NX (Siemens PLM)
 Solid Works (Dassault)
 Solid Edge (Siemens)
 Determination of lengths for cost  Inventor (Autodesk)
calculations and production  ……

 Export of the completed wire harness
for fitting and routing simulation in the
3D CAD
3D-Editor


Step 2: Exchange of the connection logic

 Connection (no./colour, cross-section) Circuit diagram

 Source/destination of each connection

 Assignment to terminals/connectors

 Bundle assignment for each wire

 Splice information

 Information regarding conductor end
finishing

2D wire harness
drawing


Step 3: 2D wire harness drawing

 Determination of the ultimate geometry

 Addition of connector details

 Determination of lap sections, lap
types, fasteners

 Definition of conductor end finishing

 Definition of all lengths

 Definition of the splices


Step 4: Validation, analyses, production documentation

Plausibility tests

Parts list
generation

Life-size nailboard
drawing

Integration into
production


Savings potentials – wire harness design
EPLAN Harness Expert shortens the process

Conventional design method
Mechanical 3D CAD- Virtual Mechanical Waiting time Optimisation
design design prototype prototype Documentation

Wire harness Electrical Waiting time Prototype Optimisation
design cable harness Documentation
design

Integrated design with EPLAN Harness Expert

tation
Documen-
Optimisation
Mechanical 3D CAD- Virtual Mechanical Quicker
design prototype prototype „Time to market“
design

tation
Documen-
Optimisation
Wire harness Electrical Harness Prototype
design design Expert cable harness


The acquisition: Harness Expert

Acquisition
• Takeover of all rights in the product and copyright (IP rights) of
Harness Expert on 01 July 2012

• Takeover of the world-wide trade and sales rights of Harness
Expert

Objectives
• Expansion of the EPLAN portfolio  3D/2D wire harness
engineering

• World-wide marketing with brand name “EPLAN Harness Expert”

• Positioning as the leading solution for wire harness engineering


The acquisition: Harness Expert
Brief profile/core functionality of EPLAN Harness Expert
Wire harness engineering
• Interactive design of a wire harness - optionally in 3D or 2D

• Import of 3D/2D wire harness information from all standard CAD systems

• Definition of lap sections and splices

Electrical information
• Import of the wiring logic from EPLAN Electric P8 and its allocation to bundles in
the cable harness

• Processing of connectors and accessories from libraries

Analyses
• Technical validation, e.g. free capacity of bundles, bending radii, over-
assignment of connectors

• Analysis lists, e.g. parts lists, cutting lists, costs calculation, operations


Perfect complement to the EPLAN solution portfolio

3D Process Fluid
Circuit Wire
switching enginee- enginee-
diagrams Harness
cabinet ring ring

Draft
    
Design
    
Production
    


The Acquisition: Harness Expert
Customers


3D & 2D
Stand- Alone
Wire Harness Easy To Use
Solution
Design


Software Suite for the Wire Harness development

 Easy definition of cable and wire harness
routes with an intuitive point-&-click
method

 Simple adoption of wiring lists and
connection information from EPLAN

 Fully automated routing of wires and
cables on previously defined path

 2D production drawings – from 1:1 pin-
board to handy service documents in the
scale required


Software Overview


Studio
3D/ 2D Harness Designer
Wire Harness Editor
Nailboard
Bill of material
Project Management
Variants and Options


Software Overview


Library
Management of components

Cables
Connectors
Splices
…


Software Overview

Mech. 3D Data
EPLAN Harness
Electrical Data Expert
Library
EPLAN Harness
2D Data Expert
Studio Mech. 3D Data
Workspace
Electrical Data
Data Pool Nailboard

Reporting 2D Data


Import Data

3D
MCAD

Pro/E
CATIA E3
Inventor Vesys
3D Modelle

SolidEdge ELCAD

Andere
SolidWorks LCable
Siemens NX Capital Logic
… …

Manufacturing
Data


In a few steps to a harness design

Point & Design
Import Model Routing Nailboard BOM
Click Check


Solutions

EPLAN EPLAN EPLAN
Harness Expert Harness Expert Harness Expert

2D 3D 3D/ 2D
CAD Create Modern 3D-CAD Solutions
One solution for all the
Wire Harness Design
T 2D wire harness Software
R manufacturing for efficient design and methods
A documents in the documentation of wire
N simplest possible way harnesses
S
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A
T 3D/ 2D
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2D 3D
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Modules
Stand- alone Network SWS

Available in the versions
EPLAN Harness only 2D Wire Harness
1001, 3002 und x x 16%
Expert 2D construction
Professional

EPLAN Harness only 3D Wire Harness
1001, 3002 und x x 16%
Expert 3D construction
Professional

EPLAN Harness combine 3D/2D Wire
1001, 3002 und x x 16%
Expert 3D/2D 100, 300, Professional
Harness construction
Professional

Verknüpfung auf die Preisliste (XLSX)
Import CAD Models Available formats:
Supplementary module CATIA, V4/V5, Siemens
to NX, Pro ENGINEER,
EPLAN CAD EPLAN Harness Expert SolidWorks, Autodesk
x x 16%
Translator 2D, EPLAN Harness Inventor, Solid Edge,
Expert 3D, EPLAN OneSpace Designer,
Harness Expert 3D/2D IGES, STEP, STL,
JTOpen

1 100 Connections per Workdesk/ Workspace
2 300 Connections per Workdesk/ Workspace


Features
 Project Management/ Documents
 Projects (Project structure, Options, Project properties)
 Variants (defined Configurations; Variants & Options)
 Workdesk (2D Harness Design environment)
 Workspace (3D Harness Design environment)
 Nailboard (2D Nailboard)
 Report Documents (different formated Reports)
 Attached Documents (Project documentation, Spreadsheets, …) Features
Project

Variant 1
Attached
Document 1

Option 1
Workdesk1
Workspace1

Attached Nailboard Nailboard
Report 1 Report 2
Document 2 Option 2 1 2


Variants & Options
 Simple switching between Configurations in Workspace allows working on a 150% Harness
with switching the defined options On or Off.
 Electrical options are defined on Project document level
 Each Variant can contain a set of Configurations of electric options
 Each part can be assigned with one or more electrical options

Configurations

150% Situation
Basic Configuration
Advanced Powersupply
2 Moduls
2 Moduls + Power
3 Moduls


Rapid Prototyping

Rapid Prototyping


Rapid Prototyping

Minimal Effort
Preliminary
Quick start „Dummy“ - Objects
Faster Results Drawing


Rapid Prototyping


Rapid Prototyping

Draft 1.b
Report 1.b
Nailboard 1.b
BOM 1.b
Final Layout
Report 1
Nailboard 1
Stückliste 1

Draft 1.a
Report 1.a
Nailboard 1.a
BOM 1.a


Rapid Prototyping

„Dummy“
Point & Click Routing Draft Replace
Connector


Rapid Prototyping

„Dummy“
Point & Click Routing Draft Replace
Connector

Dummy
Connector

Production
Connector


Rapid Prototyping

 Quick creation from Draft and Sketches without a single wire or component
appearing in the design
 Rapid Prototyping speeds up the preliminary generation of the cable harness
considerably
 EPLAN Harness Expert offers the option to substitute the dummy objects at a
later stage of the design process with real objects, developing the cable harness
further, right up to the point of production.


EPLAN HarnessExpert
Nailboard

Nailboard und Reports


Nailboard
EPLAN Harness Expert Nailboard creates a two dimensional formboard
automatically, out of the designed wire harness 3D data.

 Comfortable and sophisticated

 3D geometry is fully factored in.

 Multiple labelling with symbols and assembly
instructions for problem-free manufacturing

 Documents are always kept up to date


Nailboard

 Permissible minimum
bending radii
 Cable- ID
 Bill of Materials
 Manufacturing
instructions
 Integration DXF- Data
 Connector images
 1:1 drafts


Reports

 EPLAN Harness Expert Report provides all kinds of analyses and evaluations at
the click of a button:

 Bills of materials – total batch lists
 Individual object lists
 Cutting lists for cables and wires
 Wire run and connection lists
 Connector and splice lists
 Time and cost analyses
 Protective membrane sleeve report (for tape, fittings, corrugated pipes etc.)
 Data export for wire cutting and stripping machines...


Report


Overview

Back to overview– EPLAN Harness Expert


Savings potentials – wire harness design
EPLAN Harness Expert shortens the process

Conventional design method
Mechanical 3D CAD- Virtual Mechanical Waiting time Optimisation
design design prototype prototype Documentation

Wire harness Electrical Waiting time Prototype Optimisation
design cable harness Documentation
design

Integrated design with EPLAN Harness Expert

tation
Documen-
Optimisation
Mechanical 3D CAD- Virtual Mechanical Quicker
design prototype prototype „Time to market“
design

tation
Documen-
Optimisation
Wire harness Electrical Harness Prototype
design design Expert cable harness


Perfect complement to the EPLAN solution portfolio

3D Process Fluid
Circuit Wire
switching enginee- enginee-
diagrams Harness
cabinet ring ring

Draft
    
Design
    
Production
    



 Summary

 One Stand-Alone Software Suite for the whole 3D/2D harness design process.
 Variants and Options deliver a high degree of design flexibility.
 Quality improvement through the automatic generation of delivery data and material
calculations from the layout.
 Rapid Prototyping shorten and simplify the design process, allowing a flexible design
and reducing the development costs.
 Potential for optimization (future) through the possibility to work in a special 2D
environment – but also in 3D if necessary.
 Detailed manufacturing documents for a more closely and effectively cooperation
between harness producers and OEM.
 Easy to learn and very easy to use – Steep learning curve (Focus).


Summary and prospects

Strategic acquisition

Completes product portfolio

New markets + target groups

Openness and integration

Global opportunities


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