26 March 2009, Westford MA, and Munich, Germany, Zuken announces a
significant advancement in variation and option management within the 2009
version of E³.series. Historically for each variant or option users had to work
with multiple on screen product drawings containing the different variants
required, resulting in major design headaches for new product development,
particularly in applications in sectors like the automotive industry. The new
functionality within E³.schematic removes the need for sets of different
drawings for each configuration of a product – so there is no need to copy
endless sheets, a user simply outputs an option tree.
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This level of functionality for complex option management is a ground breaking
first and brings numerous benefits, including reduced data management as there
are far fewer drawing iterations and thus fewer documents to manage, find and
remember. This advancement supports names for complex Boolean expressions. The
more complex the variants and where multiple BOMs are required this
sophisticated product innovation becomes an essential piece of design kit saving
valuable time by avoiding extensive redrawing.
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