The main challenge facing electrical development in the automotive sector is the large number of electrical features that can potentially be fitted in production vehicles. Differences in vehicle wheelbases and component positioning and the availability of optional extras complicate things drastically. Consequently, development requires data and documents of the highest quality to be available at all times. To this end, it is extremely important to have a data model that maps all interrelationships and information. And this is where Engineering Base comes into play. This engineering software's combination of a data-centric approach and continuous access to all the necessary documents – such as system circuit diagrams, wiring diagrams, architecture drawings and wiring harness diagrams – is quite unique.

Efficiency boost for faster vehicle development

The Czech vehicle manufacturer TATRA, known for its robust heavy-duty trucks, modernised its electrical design with AUCOTEC's Engineering Base in 2015. This enabled TATRA to significantly speed up its design and documentation processes in particular. This increase in efficiency allows the vehicle manufacturer to almost double the number of weekly vehicle projects and implement adjustments quickly, precisely and error-free.

"The transition from purely graphical to database-supported, collaborative design on a central data model meant a big change, but TECHNODAT Elektro, AUCOTEC's partner in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, gave us optimum support. The decision for Engineering Base was exactly right."

Robert Bolom, Head of Electrical Projection at TATRA

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Achieve your ideal workflow

What makes the automotive industry so challenging is that there is no definitive workflow for developing the vehicle's electrical distribution system. There are so many differences in the products and processes that the approaches used also differ everywhere. The aim is therefore to provide optimum support for the existing workflows. Our data-centric engineering software adapts to the system: from the initial concept through harness design, from manufacture to the provision of information, Engineering Base Cable brings together all disciplines in a centralized model.

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Porsche Success Story

Porsche's research and development center in Weissach manages well in excess of 3,500 patents. The challenge: virtually no two electrical distribution systems in series production are alike. The solution: Engineering Base for optimum mapping of wiring harnesses every time.

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"Engineering Base allows the digital twin of each and every electrical distribution system to be created down to the finest detail and depicted in different views. Firstly, this greatly simplifies variant handling. And secondly, it saves the various specialist departments having to wait for each other while also preventing transmission errors."

Rolf Schwanecke, Global Account Manager