The over-the-counter general-purpose personal computer can be used as engineering workstation instead of the expensive, dedicated engineering station. Moreover, the operations for engineering are same as the operations for other Windows applications.
Minimum data entry for definition items simplifies the work of configuring a system. Only detail settings are necessary, and engineering is performed using the option settings window. For productive engineering, all configuration windows provide
Smart default settings to minimize data entry; only changes need to be entered.
Selection of most entry items from pull-down menus.
Data can be easily exchanged with other generic Windows applications (such as Microsoft Excel). Data can be exchanged not only by using copy and paste via a clipboard; the data of a whole file can also be exchanged.
For productive engineering, concurrent engineering by multiple PCs on a single system database can be performed. Exclusive access control to each database avoids duplicate modification.