AutoCAD Electrical

2006 - Seminar

Advanced Micro Systems, Inc.

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 1

What is AutoCAD Electrical 2006?
 Intelligent electrical controls design
 Fully native DWG
 Open and extendable
 The only logical choice for
electrical controls design

Built by electrical engineers, for electrical engineers

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 2 © 2005 Autodesk
AutoCAD Electrical 2006

Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks

Reduce Errors

Increase Drafting Productivity

Communicate and Manage Design Data

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 3 © 2005 Autodesk

AutoCAD Electrical 2006

Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks

Reduce Errors

Increase Drafting Productivity

Communicate and Manage Design Data

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 4 © 2005 Autodesk

Automatically Create PLC I/O
Drawings
 Define I/O requirements in a spreadsheet
 Open the spreadsheet in AutoCAD Electrical
 Watch the drawings generate automatically

Slash time needed to create PLC I/O Drawings

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Generate Graphical Terminal Layouts
 Automatically generate
graphical terminal strips
 Provide terminal wiring
information automatically
 Optional tabular format
supported

Instantly generate accurate terminal strip drawings

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Automatically Generate Project Reports
 Bill of Materials
 From/To Wire Lists
 Cable Lists
 Terminal Reports
 Much More…

Drastically reduce time and errors creating critical reports

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 7 © 2005 Autodesk
AutoCAD Electrical 2006

Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks

Reduce Errors

Increase Drafting Productivity

Communicate and Manage Design Data

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 8 © 2005 Autodesk

Real Time Coil and
Contact Cross-Referencing
 Automatically track relay coils and contacts
 Changes automatically update all related devices
 Alerts user when number of contacts is exceeded

Relay on one Drawing Contacts on Others

Eliminate cross-referencing errors

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Automatic Wire Numbering and
Component Tagging
 Referenced based or
sequential numbering
 Flexible numbering formats
 Automatically appends
duplicates with a suffix

Instant and accurate wire numbers and component tags

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 10 © 2005 Autodesk
AutoCAD Electrical 2006

Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks

Reduce Errors

Increase Drafting Productivity

Communicate and Manage Design Data

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Create Smart Panel Layout Drawings
 Ensures all necessary schematic components make it to the
panel
 Creates link between schematic and panel components
 Changes to one automatically update the other

Easily create complete and accurate panel layout drawings

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Link to Autodesk Inventor Professional
 Drive 3D Routing from 2D Schematics
 Supports Both Cables and Discrete Wires

Seamless interoperability between 2D and 3D

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AutoCAD Electrical 2006

Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks

Reduce Errors

Increase Drafting Productivity

Communicate and Manage Design Data

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 14 © 2005 Autodesk

Share Drawings and Track Changes
 Share actual DWG files with your customers
 Compatible with downstream AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users
 Tracks changes and reports differences

Seamlessly share drawings with downstream users

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Publish Projects to the Web
 Easily publish electrical projects as html based web pages
 Share and exchange designs with customers and suppliers
 Publishes DWF

Collaborate with customers, suppliers, and extended design teams

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Autodesk Vault
Autodesk Vault provides easy-to-use work-in-progress data
management integrated with the design applications you use
today
 Manage Work-in-Progress
 Easy to Use and Administer
 Organize & Reuse
 Protect and Secure

Centralize design storage and improve design reuse

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Collaboration and Viewing
 Publish 2D and 3D models to DWF
 DWF publishing built-in
 Auto-publishing with Autodesk Vault
 Lightweight published data
 Secures intellectual property
 Autodesk DWF Viewer
 Free download
 Viewing and printing

Easily share designs with the extended manufacturing team

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AutoCAD Electrical Helps You…
 Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks
 Reduce Errors
 Increase Drafting Productivity
 Communicate and Manage Design Data

The only logical choice for electrical controls design

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Seminar 19 © 2005 Autodesk