To succeed in today’s global marketplace, electrical controls designers can no longer afford to rely on generic software applications to get the job done. AutoCAD® Electrical includes all the functionality of AutoCAD plus a complete set of electrical CAD features. Comprehensive symbol libraries and tools for automating electrical engineering tasks help save hours of effort, so you can spend more time innovating..
When engineers create electrical control systems using software not specifically built for electrical design tasks, they must often find manual workarounds 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 enable users to dramatically increase design efficiency, while maintaining a smooth integration with the familiar AutoCAD environment. AutoCAD Electrical helps manufacturers get their products to market faster with lower costs.
As engineers create electrical control systems using generic tools, it is easy to introduce errors and design inconsistencies. AutoCAD Electrical includes automatic error-checking capabilities that help designers perform real-time diagnostics to catch problems before the build phase of a project. In addition to reducing errors, AutoCAD Electrical helps companies compete in the global marketplace by offering support for regional and international standards. With more than 350,000 components from the industry’s most popular vendors—including more than 3,000 intelligent PLC I/O modules— AutoCAD Electrical provides a comprehensive library of manufacturer content, enabling users to produce consistent, standards-based designs.
AutoCAD Electrical enables both electrical and mechanical teams to work collaboratively by making it easy to share the electrical design intent for cables and conductors directly with team members using Autodesk® Inventor® software, adding valuable electrical controls design data to the digital prototype. Users can also publish DWF™ files directly from AutoCAD Electrical and securely collaborate on 2D and 3D designs with customers, suppliers, and others outside the group. Different workgroups can manage and track all components of a digital prototype enabling better reuse of critical design data, management of BOMs, and collaboration with other teams and partners.
- Comprehensive symbol libraries including more than 350,000 components available from the industry’s most popular vendors
- Automates many complex tasks, such as automatic wire numbering and component tagging
- Automatic project reports, automatic creation of PLC I/O drawings from spreadsheets, and real-time error checking increase productivity and ensure quality results
- Ability to share drawings with customers and supplies, and track their changes
- Tightly integrated with Autodesk data management applications, enabling the efficient and secure exchange of design data and earlier collaboration between design and manufacturing workgroups
AutoCAD Electrical 2011 includes new features and functionality designed to make users more productive while allowing them to maintain existing workflows. With new tutorial material and an intuitive user interface, the software makes it even easier to save time, reduce errors, and create innovative electrical control designs. A summary of new features in AutoCAD Electrical 2011 can be found on our “What’s New in Autodesk 2011” webpage. For a complete listing of new features, download the AutoCAD Electrical 2011 technical documentation.
