"After evaluating a number of systems, we felt that ECT has the best
electrical solution. The other packages didn't do all the things we
require."
- Sheridan Riplinger, Drives and Systems Division, MagneTek
"The typical railway passenger car includes almost four miles of wiring
and tens of thousands of terminations, due to every sub-system on the car being
in some way electrical in nature. Without the intelligence
promis•e brings to schematic diagram development, the
process took an average of three months to complete. With
promis•e, complete car body wiring documentation projects
are now measured in days, not months."
- John McFadden, Rail Operations Manager, NCDOT Rail Division
"We are implementing the use of promis•e for
design, system documentation and configuration management for (NASA's)
Stennis Space Center large propulsion engine testing facilities. This includes
data acquisition systems, PLC controls and electrical controls. The results
have been rather outstanding... I don't know how they survived without
it."
- Joe Gurneck, Lockheed Space Division
"Our evaluation showed that promis•e could handle
our custom computerized controls. We used to have generic drawings that
contained every option for our control systems. With
promis•e we're able to generate contract-specific
wiring diagrams. It also gives us better checking on new control designs.
We're saving a lot of heartaches by finding errors early."
- Dan Evans, Product Engineer, Thyssen Dover Elevator
"Before promis•e it took four hours to do a panel
layout. With promis•e we can do it in 15 minutes. The
wire label file export to the label maker machine is also a huge time saver.
We show our promis•e automation to prospective clients to
impress them with our error-free drawings and quick turn-around time in the
design drafting department -- it's part of our standard facility tour for
prospects. With the standalone version of promis•e we
avoided the cost and hassle of updating both an 'acad' license and an
'ecad' license.
I also want to acknowledge ECT's tech support, which is
excellent."
- Mellissa Giltz, Electrical CAD Designer, Engineered Systems &
Automation,
div. of Applied Industrial Technologies
"For years while working for a systems integrator, I studied the merits
of promis•e as a means of eliminating the confusion and
inconsistencies that arise during the construction process. I was not able to
sell this idea of improved productivity to management because, after all, we
had someone on staff to create drawings. Now that I own my own systems
integration company, we do use promis•e. We can
achieve more reliable results, with a drastic reduction in production
handholding and rework, and not require 'someone on staff to create
drawings.' We are in the business of designing automated systems for
manufacturing companies, so we manage the design, provide the connections that
are necessary, and let promis•e handle the routine tasks
that only a computer can do well. This leads to improved efficiency in much
the same way that a word processor allows an engineer to write a report based
on a template. Despite the size and complexity of our drawing sets, the
automatic details have minimized the calls for help that we receive. This,
again, leads to greater time efficiency. It helps greatly that I can save the
entire set of drawings as individual AutoCAD files. This allows me to easily
send a drawing set to a customer or fabricator."
- Monte Robinson, P.E., Robinson Engineering, Inc.
Seaford, VA, (757) 872-7292
"The ability to modify symbols and text by right clicking is what saves
us the most time. Overall, our productivity is up 50 percent. We've
increased accuracy considerably by making extensive use of macros and
pre-engineered drawings. We looked at some other software packages but went
with promis•e because it seemed more user-friendly and
would work with our current hardware."
- Gerald Vogt, SJE Rhombus