Zuken has made the design of hydraulics and pneumatics a more cohesive part of the design process in the 2008 version of the dedicated fluid design module within its E³.series electrical system design and documentation environment. Hydraulic and electrical designs are integrated into a combined design platform that has the flexibility to customise views, selecting only essential electrical design information to avoid over-complicating the design view. In addition, both hydraulics and electrical designers can now work within E³.series simultaneously, enabling them to work more collaboratively.
Now fully integrated with electrical systems, the customised platform provides hydraulics engineers with a dedicated design environment that allows the user to define his or her own symbols, such as tubes and hoses. Hydraulic and pneumatic sheets are displayed in the project tree, while specific components appear in the component trees. Customised views allow all users to select their desired level of detail (hydraulic or electrical data) in the design view they are currently working on. This is powered by the E³.enterprise edition which enables concurrent design in a multi-user environment.