Electrical CAD software for

controls and schematic design

AutoCAD Electrical software gives you
the tools to design control systems quickly,
accurately, and cost‑effectively

The logical choice for electrical

Facing these issues? controls design
• Creating electrical controls designs Autodesk® AutoCAD® Electrical 2015 software
with generic software is limiting helps controls designers to create and modify
your productivity. electrical control systems. Automated tasks and
• Errors are reaching the shop floor and comprehensive symbol libraries help to increase
causing delivery delays. productivity, reduce errors, and provide accurate
• Components are not being ordered information to the manufacturing floor.
because of inaccurate bills of
materials (BOMs). Stay ahead of the competition with AutoCAD
• Manually adding electrical controls Electrical software which, with added tools on
information into 2D or 3D mechanical top of Autodesk® AutoCAD® software, offers
designs is tedious. significant productivity gains by automating
• Sharing designs with downstream users Image courtesy of Amerimax Home Products, Inc.
many of the complex tasks associated with
is error-prone and difficult. creating accurate, industry-standard electrical
• Designers are spending too much time control systems.
manually generating reports.
• Use of design standards is inconsistent. Increase productivity
• Designers are unable to easily find and
When engineers create electrical control systems
reuse designs.
using software not specifically built for electrical
design tasks, they must often find manual work-
arounds to get the job done—wasting valuable
design time and limiting productivity.

Since AutoCAD Electrical software is AutoCAD

for controls designers, it contains many features
and benefits that help users to dramatically
increase design efficiency, while maintaining a Image courtesy of RND Automation & Engineering
smooth integration with the familiar AutoCAD
environment.

A recent study shows an up to 80 percent

increase in productivity when moving to
AutoCAD Electrical from AutoCAD.* AutoCAD
Electrical can help manufacturers get their
products to market faster with lower costs.

Image courtesy of Amerimax Home Products, Inc.

 Reduce errors and comply with users is current. In addition, AutoCAD Electrical
Top 10 reasons to move from industry standards is tightly integrated with Autodesk® Vault, which
AutoCAD to AutoCAD Electrical enables the efficient and secure exchange of
As engineers create electrical controls designs design data and promotes earlier collaboration
1. Comprehensive symbol libraries using generic tools, it is easy to introduce errors between design and manufacturing workgroups.
2. Automatic wire numbering and and design inconsistencies. The ability to virtually
component tagging eliminate errors before they reach the shop floor
Facilitate collaboration
3. Automatic project reports can provide a distinct competitive advantage.
4. Real-time error checking AutoCAD Electrical includes automatic error- AutoCAD Electrical enables both electrical and
5. Real-time coil and contact checking capabilities that help designers perform mechanical teams to work collaboratively by
cross‑referencing real-time diagnostics to catch problems before making it easy to share the electrical design
6. Smart panel layout drawings the build phase of a project. intent for cables and conductors directly with
7. Electrical-specific drafting features team members using Autodesk® Inventor®
8. Ability to create PLC I/O drawings from In addition to reducing errors, AutoCAD software, adding valuable electrical controls
spreadsheets automatically Electrical helps companies compete in the global design data to the overall design. Users also
9. Ability to share drawings with marketplace by offering support for regional and can publish DWF™ files directly from AutoCAD
customers and suppliers and track international standards. With more than 350,000 Electrical and collaborate on 2D and 3D designs
their changes components from the industry’s most popular with customers, suppliers, and others outside
10. Reuse existing drawings vendors—including more than 3,000 intelligent the group.
PLC I/O modules—AutoCAD Electrical provides a
Visit www.autodesk.com/products/ comprehensive library of manufacturer content, Different workgroups can manage and track
autodesk-autocad-electrical for enabling users to produce consistent, standards- all components of a digital prototype with
more details. based designs. free** Autodesk® Design Review software—the
all-digital way to review, measure, mark up, and
Manage design data track changes to designs—enabling better reuse
of critical design data, management of BOMs,
Once the design is complete, it is important and collaboration with other teams and partners.
to share accurate design and part information
with manufacturing. Creating crucial parts lists,
Now is the time
BOMs, and from/to wire lists using software that
is not built specifically for these tasks can waste Want to get unparalleled productivity from your
valuable time and resources. AutoCAD Electrical controls design process? Now is the time to make
includes robust automated reporting tools so the move to AutoCAD Electrical.
the design data being shared with downstream
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*The AutoCAD Electrical Productivity Study compares the time required to complete 10 tasks in both basic AutoCAD
and AutoCAD Electrical. The conclusion: switching to AutoCAD Electrical can help increase your productivity by as
much as 80 percent.

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