Functional
E/E-Engineering
Tool development and project engineering for E/E-systems Engineering of complex distributed systems for the automotive, railcar, aerospace, marine and communications industry.
Architecture Design & Management
Vehicle E/E-Platforms
Development & analysis of sustainable E/E-system architectures for cars, trucks, trams, trainsets, ships, ...
ECU Systems & Platforms
Development and analysis of adaptable electronic control units (ECUs) with functional safety relevance
ASPICE
FuSa
SAFe
Agile development processes according to all standards and regulations for safety relevant systems
Autonomous Driving
Electric Powertrain
Modelbased engineering of electric powertrains with up to four motors including mechanics, electrics, busses, hardware and software
Steer-by-wire
Brake-by-wire
Drive-by-wire
Modelbased engineering of innovative -by-wire-systems including mechanics, electrics, hardware, software and real time communication
Battery Management Systems
Modelbased engineering of Battery Management Systems (BMS) for Li-Ion / LiFePo cells including mechanics, electrics, hardware and software
Model Based Engineering
Product Reference
Model
Model based engineering of complex products controlled by E/E-systems using a „Digital Twin“ including HW, SW, mechanics, electrics and real time communication
Requirements Model
SYS & SWE
Model based requirements definition and management from system architecture and software architecture down to realtime code and bus communication and gateways
Realtime Communication Model
Model based engineering of sustainable realtime systems regarding the design of ECUs, busses, messages, signals and
gateways. management of signal design & approval
Processes, Methods & Tools
Integrated
Model Based Engineering
Model based engineering of complex products using a Product Reference Model and an Engineering Data Backbone. Integration of all data based on engineering objects.
Virtual Solution Design
The „Virtual Solution Design“ methodology (originally invented for transportation and automation at ABB) reduces time and effort for modelling up to 90%.
ASPICE
FuSa
SAFe
Model based Process Design supports the introduction of agile engineering methods like SAFe in compliance with the rules of ASPICE and functional safety constraints.
Why to act now?
Take the lead.
Mastering mega trends and challenges of E/E-systems engineering, product and process evolution and your way to automation.
Vision of the integrated enterprise: integrated product & process design
World's first fully integrated, modelbased E/E-platform development
The Story
The development team at CTCS (Chery Technical Center Shanghai) consisted of 15 people. Including us. With such a small team we built the E/E-system for the new EXEED TX from scratch in about 2 years.
We supported the development with our E/E-engineering and integration platform ESCAPE and our development method called „Virtual Solution Design“.
All data from previous common development processes such as spreadsheets and text files have been transformed into ESCAPE. From requirements and features down to the ECUs. We developed models and libraries and enabled automatic generation of data, documents and diagrams.
The Task
Support in the development of a new E/E-platform for all future vehicles from CHERY with integrated, modelbased product and process design and the help of our E/E-engineering and integration tool ESCAPE and our method "Virtual Solution Design".
For the first time ever the E/E-system
of a whole new vehicle platform has been
built from scratch
completely integrated and model based
Model based E/E-system architecture design of a new vehicle platform from feature design down to production data
Integration of model based engineering and task automation with the traditional document based process and tools
Redefinition of “State of the art” for integrated model based E/E-engineering
Develop Fast ANd Have Fun.
Integrated Modelbased Engineering
From Feature Design to Serial Code
Discover the power of our integration and development platform ESCAPE.
The Complexity Trap.
ESCAPE it.
OEMs currently face the biggest change in the automotive history since the introduction of the Motronic in 1979.
From a single Combustion Engine Control Unit in BMWs 732 to an always connected electric car, developed function oriented instead of component bound, software driven with frequent over-the-air-updates and the vision of full self driving.
These changes open the door for new business models and opportunities, but they also force the OEMs to change the way they develop the system architectures and components needed to enable the cars to be adaptable, but still safe.
Thus the constant evolution of engineering is beyond question.
But the transformation to a fully digital, model based engineering must be accompanied by the transformation of its counter part on the enterprise side – the integrated enterprise.
ESCAPE THE COMPLEXITY TRAP
Get into control of change with a reference model that covers both the product as well as the process.
5 STEP PROCESS to
Integrated Modelbased Engineering
1
Integrated Process Design
Transform your process without risks. Meet todays challenges, make it competitive and equipped for the future.
We support your transformation with the most innovative and successful methodology "Virtual Solution Design" and the tools you need for authoring and integration.
Transformation
We know how to build the bridge between traditional engineering and model based, integrated design. Benefit from this experience in methods and tools.
Integration
The integration of all the data and tools is the key to reduction of costs, effort, time and risk in E/E-Engineering. We provide the platform needed for integration.
Automation
30 years of vehicle E/E-systems development teached us how to automize engineering tasks. We provide the tools needed to free your engineers for innovation.
Implementation
Your success is our mission. Therefore our experts support the implementation of the process as well as the introduction in first projects at your site.
2
Product Reference Model
Hierarchical, function oriented vehicle model
Design & Development
Model-based specification, analysis, simulation and implementation based on functional models
Verification & Validation
Automatic generation of control unit code, electrical circuit diagrams, real-time communication and documentation; online access to data on the delivered product
Digitalize Spreadsheets & Co
Transform your manually handled spreadsheets and text documents in visually navigatable function models in ESCAPE. From feature to diagnosis model – up-to-date and downloadable at any time.
3
Engineering Data Backbone. The Single-Point-Of-Truth.
Most significant today: Own your data. Get the knowledge back in-house and everybody working on the same page – your page – your platform.
For a long time, knowledge has migrated to the suppliers. OEMs no longer own the complete knowledge and code. But for quite some time now, the trend is reversing. It’s getting more and more crucial to know and own all data for mastering requirements resulting from todays megatrends.
Collect Knowledge
Get everybody working on the same page, on one plattform and store solutions in one secure spot – your Engineering Data Backbone, the „Single-point-of-truth“.
Share Knowledge
Develop product reference models with our E/E-engineering tool ESCAPE and reuse engineering objects, functions or solutions across all products and variants.
Collaborate
With all your data stored in one secure spot, content and role specific accessible by all your departments, and real-time data synchronisation collaboration in this complex environment is made easy.
Save Time & Money
Engineering objects only exist once. All tools work on the same objects, the same database. Effort, sources of error and redundancies are minimized or completely eliminated.
4
Process Modelling
People
It’s all about the people. Designers, controllers, engineers who create your products. Know about what they do (tasks), how they do it (tools) and when they achieve their goals (time).
Product
People create innovative products defining, designing and implementing it according to the features and functions required to excite your customers. Get to know who does what, when and why.
Prerequisites
Innovative product design needs an environment for creative people and an infrastructure that cares about all your data. Control your process and adapt it’s organization always according to the needs.
Progress
Build a model of your digital enterprise and optimize it by analyzing the workload, the interfaces and the supply chains. Process modelling provides the tools for a continuous improvement.
5
Integration of Process Model & Product Model
Provide
the data and the knowledge about your product based on a fast and safe infrastructure, built on the latest PDM/PLM-solutions from the market and managed by international market leaders.
Proceed
with the optimization of your process by integrating the product design with the process implementation. Analyze the impact of a change on both your product as well as your organization.
Program
your products software using the most sophisticated and highly automized model based tools and technologies. Don’t let the complexity and safety of your code make you worried any longer.
Produce
your products with a seamless flow of model based data from your proven solutions down to the shop floor. Using automized generation of schematics and documents consistency is guaranteed.
ESCAPE V8.2
E/E-Engineering & Integration Platform
3E-motion is specialised in functional integrated modelbased E/E-Engineering, with our impact on the industry stretching back until the 1990‘s.
We own a worldwide unique know-how about CAPE (Computer Aided Plant Engineering), the functional development of complex electronic systems in mobile applications on land, on water and in the air.
The Virtual Solution Design methodology implemented in ESCAPE enables the model-based mapping of electronically controlled products of the highest complexity, from individual control units to a complete power plant.
Complete Integrated Modelbased Engineering Process
ESCAPE provides integrated engineering throughout the whole process of E/E-engineering from feature design down to serial code.
System Architecture Design
Communication Design
Feature Design
Requirements Management
Failure Effects Analysis
Fault Back Tracking
Integration & Development Platform ESCAPE
Development and implementation tools required in the course of engineering, such as Simulink, EBcable, CANdb, are integrated into the model-based process via an ESCAPE model of the entire vehicle.
This integration allows the completely consistent model-based development from requirements to serial code.
Model Based ECU development
Raptor / Simulink integration
CanDB integration
Fast Forward to Automation
From document based to integrated modelbased process
We don't just offer a tool, we can guide you through the entire process.
From manually handling countless spreadsheets to a completely integrated product model in ESCAPE. From integration of requirements through the E/E-system architecture to the automatic generation of serial code.
Minimize time and costs now. With ESCAPE.
Transformation
Transform your knowledge and data from spreadsheets and documents into a generic solution model.
Manage your data in one secure spot, your engineering data backbone, the „single-point-of-truth“.
Integration
Take advantage in the integration of the tool islands in your process into a common model platform.
Save time by creating the input for simulation, implementation and production automatically from your product reference model.
Automation
Create simulation models right from every level of your product reference model.
Generate ECU models including OS- and task-configuration and generate production code right out of your ESCAPE model.
Create your wiring diagrams at the push of a button, no worries about inconsistencies between the functional design and the electrics implementation.