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Electrical CAD software for

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

The logical choice for electrical faster with lower costs.

Facing these issues? controls design
• Creating electrical controls designs Autodesk® AutoCAD® Electrical 2015 software
with generic software is limiting your helps controls designers to create and modify
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 is many of the complex tasks associated with Image courtesy of Amerimax Home Products, Inc.
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

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Reduce errors and comply with design data being shared with downstream users
Top 10 reasons to move from industry standards is current. In addition, AutoCAD Electrical is tightly
AutoCAD to AutoCAD Electrical integrated with Autodesk® Vault, which enables
As engineers create electrical controls designs the efficient and secure exchange of design data
1. Comprehensive symbol libraries using generic tools, it is easy to introduce errors and promotes earlier collaboration between
2. Automatic wire numbering and and design inconsistencies. The ability to virtually design and manufacturing workgroups.
component tagging eliminate errors before they reach the shop floor
3. Automatic project reports can provide a distinct competitive advantage.
Facilitate collaboration
4. Real-time error checking AutoCAD Electrical includes automatic error-
5. Real-time coil and contact checking capabilities that help designers perform AutoCAD Electrical enables both electrical and
cross‑referencing real-time diagnostics to catch problems before the mechanical teams to work collaboratively by
6. Smart panel layout drawings build phase of a project. making it easy to share the electrical design intent
7. Electrical-specific drafting features for cables and conductors directly with team
8. Ability to create PLC I/O drawings from In addition to reducing errors, AutoCAD members using Autodesk® Inventor® software,
spreadsheets automatically Electrical helps companies compete in the global adding valuable electrical controls design data
9. Ability to share drawings with customers marketplace by offering support for regional and to the overall design. Users also can publish
and suppliers and track their changes international standards. With more than 350,000 DWF™ files directly from AutoCAD Electrical and
10. Reuse existing drawings components from the industry’s most popular collaborate on 2D and 3D designs with customers,
vendors—including more than 3,000 intelligent suppliers, and others outside the group.
Visit www.autodesk.com/products/ PLC I/O modules—AutoCAD Electrical provides a
autodesk-autocad-electrical for comprehensive library of manufacturer content, Different workgroups can manage and track all
more details. enabling users to produce consistent, standards- components of a digital prototype with free**
based designs. Autodesk® Design Review software—the all-digital
way to review, measure, mark up, and track
Manage design data changes to designs—enabling better reuse of
critical design data, management of BOMs, and
Once the design is complete, it is important 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 the move to AutoCAD Electrical.
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Access specialists worldwide who can provide product expertise, a deep
understanding of your industry, and value that extends beyond your software
purchase. To purchase AutoCAD Electrical software, contact an Autodesk Premier
Solutions Provider or Autodesk Authorized Reseller. Locate a reseller near you at
www.autodesk.com/reseller.

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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.

**Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license agreement that accompanies download
of this software.

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