Autodesk AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL Brochure
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AutoCAD
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Electrical
The AutoCAD Electrical Advantage
To succeed in today’s global marketplace, electrical controls
designers can no longer aord to rely on generic software
applications to get the job done. AutoCAD Electrical oers
control engineers a competitive edge by helping save hours of
eort, so they can spend more time innovating.
Contents
Error Checking and Prevention ..................3
Standards-Based Drafting
and Component Libraries ........................... 4
Design and Drafting
Productivity Tools .........................................5
Schematic Design Tools ............................. 8
Panel Layout Tools ..................................... 10
Programmable Logic Controller Tools .....11
Comprehensive Terminal
Management................................................. 12
Collaboration and Interoperability ......... 13
Data Management
and Reporting Tools ...................................14
Data Migration Tools .................................. 15
Learn More or Purchase ............................16
AutoCAD® Electrical is AutoCAD® software for
controls designers, purpose-built to create and
modify electrical control systems. It contains all the
functionality of AutoCAD, the world’s leading CAD
software, plus a comprehensive set of electricalspecific features and functions that oer significant
productivity gains.
Feature AutoCAD
Full AutoCAD Functionality
Familiar AutoCAD Interface
Powerful Drafting Tools
AutoCAD Electrical helps you stay ahead of the
competition by automating control engineering
tasks, such as building circuits, numbering wires,
and creating bills of material. AutoCAD Electrical
provides a library of more than 650,000 electrical
symbols and components, includes real-time error
checking, and enables electrical and mechanical
teams to collaborate on digital prototypes built
with Autodesk
Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping, AutoCAD
Electrical helps manufacturers get their products to
market faster with lower costs.
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DWG™ Compatibility
Comprehensive Symbol Libraries
Electrical-Specific Drafting Features
Real-time Error Checking
Schematic Design Tools
Panel Layout Tools
Terminal Management Tools
PLC I/O Tools
Automatic BOM Generation
Autodesk® Inventor® Associativity
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Error Checking and Prevention
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Electrical software includes automatic errorchecking capabilities that help designers perform real-time
diagnostics to catch problems before the build phase of a
project.
Automatic Wire Numbering and
Component Tagging
Spending long hours manually assigning wire
numbers and component tags is a thing of the past,
as are the potential errors inherent in that process.
AutoCAD Electrical drafting software automatically
places sequential or reference-based numbers on
all wires and components, based on the configuration you choose. Reference-based numbers and tags
automatically get a sux when necessary so that
names are unique and the software can renumber
the entities as the design requirements change. This
numbering convention is flexible enough to meet
nearly any design requirement.
In addition, if AutoCAD Electrical determines that
an inserted wire number will “bump into” something, it automatically searches laterally along the
wire for a clear spot to place the wire number. If
that fails, it searches for a clear spot away from the
wire. When it finds one, it places the number and
automatically draws a leader back to the wire.
Real-Time Coil and Contact Cross-Referencing
Significantly reduce the risk of costly mistakes associated with assigning too many contacts to a relay.
AutoCAD Electrical sets up a parent/child relationship between the two and keeps track of how many
contacts are assigned to any given coil or multicontact device. When you exceed the limit, you get
an alert.
Another benefit of this feature is the ability to assign
the next available set of terminal pin numbers to each
inserted “child” contact, based on the pin list properties of the parent coil. Display cross-referencing
information in almost any format on the drawings,
and run cross-referencing reports at any time.
Real-Time Error Checking
Avoid costly errors at build time
by catching and removing errors
during design. AutoCAD Electrical drafting software constantly
compares the requested changes
with the current project and
alerts you to potential errors
such as duplicated wire numbers
or component tags as they occur.
Electrical Audit Report
Missing or incorrect wire numbers can cause major
headaches. Use the audit report function to analyze
and report such design anomalies so you can correct
them before they reach manufacturing.
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Standards-Based Drafting and Component Libraries
AutoCAD Electrical supports international standards and
provides comprehensive libraries of manufacturer content
and symbols, enabling users to easily create standards-based
designs that comply with industry requirements.
Extensive Manufacturers’
Catalog Content
Use real manufacturers’ catalog data to streamline
the design process. AutoCAD Electrical comes with a
manufacturers’ catalog database that contains more
than 650,000 components and symbols from the
industry’s most popular vendors. These components
provide a full spectrum of input and output (I/O)
devices, including switches, sensors, lights, and
numerous panel devices, such as wireway and panel
enclosures.
Electrical Component Libraries
Easily select commonly used devices to quickly
create electrical control systems designs. AutoCAD
Electrical provides a simple menu-driven system
for inserting electrical devices. Each menu provides
access to a comprehensive symbol library that includes push buttons, selector switches, pilot lights,
relays, contacts, fuses, terminals, and more.
Symbol Builder
Guide and manage the creation and conversion of
AutoCAD
cal symbols. Built on top of the AutoCAD Block
Editor, the Symbol Builder helps create electrical
symbols and black boxes that conform to the AutoCAD Electrical architecture.
Multidiscipline Symbol Libraries
Quickly generate accurate pneumatic, hydraulic,
and piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID)
schematics. The comprehensive symbol libraries
include devices such as valves, operators, manifolds,
meters, regulators, filters, and more.
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Support for Multiple Design Standards
Meet your customers’ design requirements with
support for the JIC, IEC, JIS, and GB international
standards. Select symbol libraries, cross-reference
settings, wire and device tagging conventions, and
much more to meet geographic design requirements.
User-Defined Attributes
Add custom attributes to AutoCAD Electrical symbols and have their contents available in any project
reports. Easily communicate company-specific design
data by using newly defined metadata to extract
information for standard reports.
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Design and Drafting Productivity Tools
AutoCAD Electrical software oers controls designers
immediate productivity gains with a complete set of specialized
features and tools developed specifically for the creation of
accurate, industry-standard electrical control systems.
Streamlined Design Environment
AutoCAD Electrical features a streamlined user
interface. Find your favorite tools and commands
faster, locate lesser-used tools more eciently, and
discover relevant new features more easily. The result
is less time searching through menus and toolbars,
and more time getting your work done.
Circuit Builder
Reduce design time and increase drafting eciency
by automating the creation of controls circuits.
Dynamically generate rules-based controls circuits
based on defining functional requirements, such as
components, wiring, ratings, and catalog data.
Make better design decisions based on de-rating factors such as wire material type, insulation temperature rating, ambient temperature, run length, power
conductor bundling and maximum allowable voltage
drop. Circuit Builder can also suggest fuse, breaker,
and disconnect ratings based upon motor or power
feed load.
Reuse Circuits
Slash design time by reusing common circuits.
AutoCAD Electrical gives users the ability to build
commonly used circuits once and then save them for
reuse in future designs. When you place a saved circuit into a new design, AutoCAD Electrical automatically renumbers the wires and devices in the circuit
to match the configuration of the current drawing or
project.
The Circuit Builder tool gives you the necessary information to help you make sound engineering decisions
that are also environmentally “green.” For example,
the conductor size that meets the minimum code
requirements may be the least expensive to purchase,
but it may not provide the best long-term energy and
cost savings.
Circuit Builder provides
dynamic display of worstcase energy loss costs
for a range of conductor
sizes against various
installation and ambient
factors. Suggested wire
conductor sizing can be
automatically calculated
based upon an electrical
code requirement.
One-Line Diagrams for Motor Control
Quickly create and edit one-line circuit representations that can then help drive accurate annotation of
three-line schematic circuit equivalents.
Building on the popular Circuit Builder tool for
three-phase motor control, AutoCAD Electrical now
enables you to interactively create one-line motor circuit and power feed representations. One-line circuit
representations can help drive three-line schematic
circuit generation and vice versa.
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