What's New in MEDEA 2006?
MEDEA 2006 introduces lots of new and improved functionality, resulting in enhanced usability, increased flexibility and time-savings. We have developed new intelligence for collaborative engineering in areas like PLC symbols; and new dynamic linkages between components that further improve design speed and consistency. Below is a list of the highlights of the latest release:
A Face-lift for Ultimate Design Efficiency
MEDEA 2006 sports a whole new and intuitive user interface to bring it in line with CAD Schroer’s modern product range. Its clean, consistent look and feel is enhanced by a MEDUSA4-compliant icon set. Users benefit from simplified component selection, and bi-directional updates between sheet data and data represented in GUI windows is now the norm. As a result, creating and especially modifying electrical design data has become quicker and easier than ever before.
New Intelligent Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Symbols
Excellent for collaborative engineering, MEDEA’s new intelligent PLC symbols allow users to assign technical messages in different languages to PLC bit addresses, and export this information for use by Planning and Commissioning Engineers. Changes in the field can then be imported and merged as design changes in MEDEA.
New Component Browser
Improving clarity and design editing times, the new Component Browser makes it easy to browse existing sheet components, with dynamic references to the circuit diagram. Selected list elements are highlighted on the diagram and vice versa, with the ability to quickly edit selections via the Component Manager.
New Macro Circuit Functionality
As another time-saving enhancement, MEDEA now includes a number of example macro circuits (such as rotary star-delta circuits), which customers can use, edit and save as symbols for future design projects. Users’ existing macro circuits can also be stored as symbols for reuse, saving significant amounts of editing time.
New Layout Diagram Functionality
The new Layout Diagram feature allows users to document the mechanical construction of electrical cabinets. The diagram uses information already available from the circuit/wiring/terminal strip design, making the completion of the mechanical layout design very simple.
Improved Catalog Selection Filters
In aid of today’s multi-lingual, interdependent design environment, the new catalog selection dialog provides easy access to symbol libraries for specific customers or suppliers, with quick symbol language selection. The improved catalog tree also provides a handy symbol preview function.
Improved Cross-project Design
Users can now easily select and copy whole or parts of designs between projects.
Improved Software Installation
The redesigned GUI-based MEDEA 2006 installer simplifies software installation and maintenance.
