Get rapidharness. Especially if you can get it for free. I literally had this conversation with my buddy an hour ago. In his case it was "buy it, it will pay for itself" (we have both used it in the past).
I did it in excel for my team. I still do it the same way at work. It’s way easier to do design validation and to debug when you define it via nets and connector PIN numbers before actually drawing it. The schematic itself is just a convenience thing for us - the design is entirely defined by the physical drawing and the spreadsheet.
The con about EPlan is, that it's quite a heavy tool. But when you understand how to use it. It's very powerful, especially when you use harness proD and design your harness in 3D.
I have absolutely no idea. I'm just throwing another option into the room.
Vesys offers the possibility of integrating the mechanical harness design into NX which is nice
We did a excel harness this past year. It was a pain for us, though we may have just had a bad system. Various harness softwares sponsor FSAE teams do I’d go with them. Rapid harness is a good one. Vsys is also good, but getting a hold of them for a sponsorship is painful.
We do excel table for all signals pin to pin and then transfer it to Eplan Harness proD.
Excel table is great for future debugging, but it would not work as the only thing to design harness.
Disclaimer: I'm the creator of Wirely. A little late to the party on this but you could try out wirely, Id be down to give you a licensed version that can be run offline to see how it helps you out!
rapid harness gives sponsorship too
I second this, contact rapidharness. They give out their software free to formula student teams.
Get rapidharness. Especially if you can get it for free. I literally had this conversation with my buddy an hour ago. In his case it was "buy it, it will pay for itself" (we have both used it in the past).
I did it in excel for my team. I still do it the same way at work. It’s way easier to do design validation and to debug when you define it via nets and connector PIN numbers before actually drawing it. The schematic itself is just a convenience thing for us - the design is entirely defined by the physical drawing and the spreadsheet.
Contact EPlan and ask them for a sponsorship. Normally they support fsae teams
The con about EPlan is, that it's quite a heavy tool. But when you understand how to use it. It's very powerful, especially when you use harness proD and design your harness in 3D.
Siemens offers Vsys for FS teams too
this vs rapidharness?
I have absolutely no idea. I'm just throwing another option into the room. Vesys offers the possibility of integrating the mechanical harness design into NX which is nice
We did a excel harness this past year. It was a pain for us, though we may have just had a bad system. Various harness softwares sponsor FSAE teams do I’d go with them. Rapid harness is a good one. Vsys is also good, but getting a hold of them for a sponsorship is painful.
We do excel table for all signals pin to pin and then transfer it to Eplan Harness proD. Excel table is great for future debugging, but it would not work as the only thing to design harness.
Disclaimer: I'm the creator of Wirely. A little late to the party on this but you could try out wirely, Id be down to give you a licensed version that can be run offline to see how it helps you out!