| | Schematic Design ToolsWith AutoCAD® Electrical software, you can create and modify electrical schematics more accurately and in a fraction of the time it takes with AutoCAD® software. Electrical-Specific Drafting Commands
Save hours of design time using specialised drafting features in AutoCAD Electrical, developed specifically for designing control systems. Quickly trim wires, copy and delete components or circuits, and scoot and align components for easier drawing creation. |
| Ladders and Reference Line Numbers
Use the flexible ladder insertion functionality in AutoCAD Electrical to quickly place ladders into a drawing, minimising the redundancy of creating control drawings. Place ladders horizontally or vertically while maintaining complete control over all ladder characteristics, including rung spacing, number of rungs, and ladder width. Reduce tedious manual processes with automatic placement of reference line numbers based on a predefined configuration. |
Visual Wiring Sequence Indicators
Efficiently communicate design intent to manufacturing and avoid wiring errors by graphically indicating the proper wiring sequence of a circuit directly on the electrical schematic. When you make changes to a wire sequence, the updated information is automatically reflected in the from/to wire list report. |
| Revise Ladder
You don’t have to start from scratch when you need to modify a ladder in your design. Use the Revise Ladder command to modify ladders already inserted into drawings. Without deleting and starting over again, you can modify most aspects of the ladder, including rung spacing and number of rungs, as well as starting and ending reference numbers. This single command saves hours of manual editing and helps focus your time on high-value work. |
Insert Rungs
Being able to quickly insert rungs into an existing ladder greatly speeds up the drafting of electrical control schematics. Simply click anywhere inside a ladder to insert a new rung complete with wire connection dots and automatically align it with the corresponding wire numbers. Three-Phase Motor Control
Save time and increase productivity when creating three-phase motor circuits. Quickly design motor circuits using intelligent, built-in symbol libraries that include three-pole breakers, switches, motor contactors, and more. When you insert them, these symbols adapt to the underlying three-phase rung spacing automatically. Connector Generator
Quickly generate connectors by providing minimal information, such as the number of pins and orientation. The resulting connector is ready to be wired into a design. With AutoCAD Electrical, you’ll be able to generate accurate point-to-point style designs in a fraction of the time it takes with traditional AutoCAD software. |
Automatic Wire Gaps
Effortlessly create easy-to-read schematics. Whenever two wires cross in an electrical design, AutoCAD Electrical automatically indicates which wire passes through. You can choose from wire gaps, loops, or solid wires to show crossing wires. |
Source and Destination Markers
Quickly track wires from page to page within a project. When a wire starts on one drawing and continues onto another, you can connect them electronically using the source and destination signals. |
| Cable and Conductor Tracking for Electrical Schematics
Easily manage cable and conductor usage in AutoCAD Electrical projects with automatic tracking capabilities. Designate individual wires as belonging to a cable, and then generate reports based on cable usage for fabrication purposes. Similar to inserting components, when you assign manufacturer part number information to cables, AutoCAD Electrical automatically tracks and reports conductor usage based on that part number. |
Project Interface
Easily manage and navigate the many individual DWG™ files that make up an electrical control systems project with the AutoCAD Electrical project interface. The intuitive file management features in AutoCAD Electrical let you spend more time designing and less time organising files. |
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