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E3.panel - Electrical Panel and Switch Cabinet Design
E3.panel allows engineers to layout components inside electrical panel enclosures in both 3D and 2D. Intelligent automatic snapping points allow parts to be easily placed in their correct location. Clashes can be prevented with keep-out and height restrictions. E3.panel is dynamically integrated with E3.schematic and E3.cable. Users can easily navigate between the panel and schematic, and changes to either are immediately reflected.
Slot and mount functionality
Keep out areas and restricted areas
Automatic wire routing in 2D and 3D
Electrical Panel Design
The E3.panel design software allows engineers to layout components inside panel and switch cabinet enclosures. Intelligent automatic snapping points allow parts to be easily placed in their correct location, and with keep-out and height restrictions it is also possible to prevent clashes.
Signal logic is transferred from the schematic and wires can be automatically routed through ducts in the panel, taking into account the shortest route and any segregation requirements, duct fill capacity is also checked. The length of each wire is calculated and with dedicated links to wire preparation machines wires can be cut stripped, crimped, and marked automatically.
E3.Panel Key Features
The software for electrical panel design is dynamically integrated with E3.schematic and E3.cable. The design can begin either in the panel or the schematic. Users can easily navigate between the panel and schematic and changes to either are immediately reflected across both.
Working in either two or three dimensions, E3.panel allows engineers to layout components inside switch cabinets and electrical panel enclosures. Intelligent automatic snapping points allow parts to be easily placed in their correct location, and with keep-out and height restrictions it is also possible to prevent clashes.
Intelligent automatic snapping points allow parts to be easily placed in their correct location, and with keep-out and height restrictions it is also possible to prevent clashes. Wires can be automatically routed through ducts in the electrical panel, taking into account the shortest route and any segregation requirements. Duct fill capacity is also checked.
E3.panel automatically calculates the length of each segment. If E3.panel’s links to wire preparation machines are used, wires can be cut, stripped, crimped, and marked automatically.
Using VRML or STEP AP203/214 all 3D data in E3.panel can be transferred to 3D mechanical systems. Simplified models of the electrical design are used to check for collisions in the complete mechanical design. This functionality enables full digital mock-ups to assess spacing requirements, clash detection, and error prevention.
Manufacturing data can be extracted from the electrical panel design in the form of wire lists, which include route and length information. In addition, various modules are available, which interface
E3.panel to manufacturing equipment such as Komax wire preparation machinery and Perforex drilling, punching, and cutting tools.
E3.panel is part of the Smart Cabinet Initiative.
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Find out more via our webinars, press releases and more...
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