MUNICH, Germany and WESTFORD, MA, Sep 10, 2025 – Zuken has revealed details of its E3.series 2026 release, scheduled for October 2025. The update introduces cloud access, workflow improvements, and automation tools designed to minimize repetitive tasks and strengthen collaboration in electrical and fluid design. It is aimed at projects involving complex variants, large component libraries, and integrated 2D/3D workflows. A key addition is the E3.CloudViewer, which provides browser-based project access and online documentation to improve collaboration and accessibility for distributed engineering teams.
Smarter Design Workflows and Usability
The 2026 release focuses on everyday usability and simpler design workflows. It updates option and variant handling to support faster navigation and editing in data-rich projects. Multi-user collaboration adds real-time visual indicators, user-based project filters, and user presence to help teams coordinate and reduce version conflicts. The search-and-replace tool supports bulk edits of text across projects. With selective component updates, teams can apply changes while limiting design disruption.
Focused Improvements in Schematic, Cable, and Formboard Design
The 2026 release introduces workflow and automation updates for users of E3.schematic, E3.cable, and E3.formboard. Connection tables can be filtered to exclude formboard-specific elements, improving performance on large projects. Cable lengths are editable on graphical dimension lines, simplifying manufacturing updates. Mating connectors will be named automatically using function- or location-based rules to improve consistency and reduce errors.
Documentation enhancements include offering better jump link visuals, split block indicators, and accurate diameter calculations for routed bundles, supporting higher quality deliverables.
Panel Layout and Cabinet Manufacturing Enhancements
The 2026 release introduces updates to E3.panel, the E3.series solution for 2D/3D cabinet layout, to simplify placement and improve manufacturability. Components will rotate automatically to match angled mounting surfaces, and 2D views will reflect mounting slots. STEP model handling gains options to cancel or skip file imports during processing. Routing enhancements consider cabinet geometry to create wire paths that account for cutouts between compartments. New visual tools verify duct connectivity, helping users detect routing issues and troubleshoot the same.
Additional features allow users to resize multiple devices at once, manage assemblies, and update panel structures without disrupting schematic logic, supporting faster iterations and accurate designs.
Streamlined Engineering Across Design and Manufacturing
The 2026 release expands cross-discipline integration in E3.series with new automation and reporting features. The E3.PLC bridge will support symbolic addresses for PLC platforms – including Omron, Rockwell, ABB, B&R, and Phoenix Contact, improving alignment between design and control systems. The E3.ReportGenerator will access design data, including shielding, signal classifications, and variant logic, with export options to Excel and Word. Updates to ECAD-MCAD synchronization tools – E3.3D transformer and E3.3D routing bridge – add automated connector alignment, enriched metadata exchange, and refined flattening logic to support data transfer between electrical and mechanical domains. The E3.CloudViewer will also provide browser-based access to projects, enabling remote design reviews and collaboration across teams.
A Platform for Modern Electrical Engineering
E3.series 2026 evolve as a core platform for electrical design, scalable variant management, and integration with manufacturing and PLC systems, supporting collaboration, productivity, and digital continuity in electrical and fluid engineering.
Source: Zuken
About Zuken
Zuken Inc., a Yokohama-based software company founded in 1976, develops advanced design tools for printed circuit boards, electrical and fluid systems, and 3D cabinet and wire harness layouts. Serving sectors including electronics manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and telecommunications, Zuken reported ¥38.47B in revenue as of March 31, 2024. The company employs roughly 1,600 people worldwide. Zuken’s core platforms – CR-8000 for electronic design and E3.series for electrical systems – offer 2D/3D system – level toolsets with integrated design data and configuration management. The company is also advancing into model-based systems engineering, aligning with the demand for digital engineering and product lifecycle integration. For nearly five decades, Zuken has supported manufacturers in optimizing complex design processes with engineering solutions.