Auto CAD Electrical 2007 AMS CAD Consulting Group

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Auto. CAD Electrical 2007 What is it? Intelligent electrical controls design § Fully native DWG § Open and extendable § The only logical choice for electrical controls design § Manufacturing Solutions Division 2 © 2005 Autodesk

Benefits of Electrical CAD Provide accurate control system designs in less time § Design more accurately in less time § § Re-use designs and rapidly respond to customer changes § § Comprehensive symbol library based on International standards Real time error checking and alerts Build smart panel layout drawings based on schematic contents Automatically update title blocks project wide Instantly renumber wires and components Copy and paste circuits with automatic updates Ship your products on time § § § Eliminate costly design errors before they hit the shop floor Automatically generate accurate wire labels to expedite the build phase Automatic Bill of Material reports ensure all parts are ordered Manufacturing Solutions Division 3 © 2005 Autodesk

Customer Issue 1 Creating electrical controls designs with generic software is limiting your productivity Solution Auto. CAD Electrical software helps automate many of the manual tasks associated with creating accurate industry standard electrical controls system designs. Manufacturing Solutions Division 4

Comprehensive Symbol Libraries Customer Need Quickly build standards based controls designs Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers Symbol libraries based on International standards § JIC, IEC, GB, JIS, AUS § Automated insert component process § Manufacturing Solutions Division 5 © 2005 Autodesk

Create Smart Panel Layout Drawings Customer Need Panel layout drawings that match the corresponding schematic design Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers Panel layout drawings driven by schematic content § Link between schematic and panel components § Changes to one automatically update the other § Manufacturing Solutions Division 6 © 2005 Autodesk

Automatic PLC I/O Drawings Customer Need Eliminate redundant tasks involved in designing a PLC I/O system Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers Automatic PLC I/O drawing generation from a spreadsheet § PLC I/O address and description report exported to PLC program § Manufacturing Solutions Division 7 1 © 2005 Autodesk

Generate Graphical Terminal Layouts Customer Need Terminal plans that match the schematics Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers § Automatic generation of graphical terminal strips § Automatic terminal wiring information § Optional tabular format Manufacturing Solutions Division 8 © 2005 Autodesk

Customer Issue 2 Errors reaching the shop floor are causing delivery delays Solution Reduce the mistakes introduced by manually tracking design information with Auto. CAD Electrical’s automatic error checking capabilities. Manufacturing Solutions Division 9

Real Time Error Checking Customer Need To eliminate design errors before build phase begins Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers Design audit and repair utility § Automatic notification of § Duplicates § Resolution suggestions § Manufacturing Solutions Division 10 © 2005 Autodesk

Real Time Coil and Contact Cross-Referencing Customer Need Relay on one Drawing Error free use of relays Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers § Automatic Tracking of relay coils and contacts § Updates to all related devices § Alerts when number of contacts are exceeded § § Contacts on Others Flexible display formats Manufacturing Solutions Division 11 © 2005 Autodesk

Automatic Wire Numbering and Component Tagging Customer Need Unique wire numbers and component tags Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers Referenced or sequential based numbering § Flexible numbering formats § Automatically adds a suffix to duplicates § Manufacturing Solutions Division 12 © 2005 Autodesk

Customer Issue 3 Components are not ordered correctly because of inaccurate BOMs Solution Auto. CAD Electrical provides the ability to instantly generate accurate BOM reports directly from the design to ensure all required components are purchased Manufacturing Solutions Division 13

Automatic Project Reports Customer Need Instant and accurate reports Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers § Reports include § § § Bill of Materials From/To Wire Lists Cable Lists Terminal Reports Much More… Multiple report generation with a single command § Flexible export options § Manufacturing Solutions Division 14 © 2005 Autodesk

Manufacturer Catalog Content Customer Need Manufacturer catalog data at their fingertips Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers § Comprehensive catalog of manufacturer content BOM data § Footprint drawings for panel layout drawings § Component specific data such as pin information § Manufacturing Solutions Division 15 © 2005 Autodesk

Customer Issue 4 Sharing designs with downstream users is error prone and difficult Solution Because Auto. CAD Electrical is part of the Auto. CAD® family you can share your designs in the native DWG format and ensure that your data will not be compromised by third party conversion tools Manufacturing Solutions Division 16

Share Drawings and Track Changes Customer Need Easily share drawings with downstream users Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers DWG files compatible with downstream Auto. CAD and Auto. CAD LT users § Ability to track and report changes § Manufacturing Solutions Division 17 © 2005 Autodesk

Publish Projects to the Web Customer Need Quickly and easily collaborate with customers and suppliers Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers § § Ability to § easily publish electrical projects as html based web pages § share and exchange designs with customers and suppliers Publish DWF files Manufacturing Solutions Division 18 © 2005 Autodesk

Data Management Customer Need Ability to manage data without compromising current workflow Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers § Project or drawing level Vault operations § Drawings checked out from Vault as they are needed Built in work-in-progress data management § Means to § Vault Organize and re-use designs § Protect and secure your critical § Manufacturing Solutions Division 19 © 2005 Autodesk

Productstream Integration Customer Need Auto. CAD Electrical BOM information in Autodesk Productstream Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers § Automatic Auto. CAD Electrical BOM data from Productstream Manufacturing Solutions Division 20 © 2005 Autodesk

Customer Issue 5 It’s difficult to manually add electrical controls information into 2 D mechanical designs or 3 D models Solution Because Auto. CAD Electrical is part of the Autodesk Manufacturing Solution you can easily incorporate your electrical controls designs into 2 D or 3 D designs in less time Manufacturing Solutions Division 21

Link to Autodesk Inventor Professional Customer Need Re-use existing electrical design data Auto. CAD Electrical Delivers § Direct XML data exchange Creates and places connectors in Auto. CAD Electrical § Automatic wire routing § Manufacturing Solutions Division 22 © 2005 Autodesk