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AutoCAD Electrical 2008What’s New

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AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Top Reasons to Move from AutoCAD

AMS CAD Solutionshttp://www.amsystems.com

2© 2006 Autodesk

Intelligent electrical controls design Fully native DWG Open and extendable The only logical choice for electrical controls design

AutoCAD Electrical 2008What is it?

3© 2006 Autodesk

Benefits of Electrical CADProvide accurate control system designs in less time

Design more accurately in less time Comprehensive symbol library based on International standards Real time error checking and alerts Build smart panel layout drawings based on schematic contents

Re-use designs and rapidly respond to customer changes 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

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Top 10 Reasons to Move from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Electrical

1. Comprehensive Symbol Libraries

2. Automatic Wire Numbering and Component Tagging

3. Automatic Project Reports

4. Real-Time Error Checking

5. Real-Time Coil and Contact Cross-Referencing

6. Create Smart Panel Layout Drawings

7. Electrical-Specific Drafting Features

8. Automatically Create PLC I/O Drawings from Spreadsheets

9. Share Drawings with Customers and Suppliers

10. Reuse Existing Drawings

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Reason 1

Comprehensive Symbol LibrariesCustomer Need

To quickly build standards based controls designs

AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Symbol libraries based on

International standards JIC, IEC, GB, JIS, AUS

Automated insert component process

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Reason 2

Automatic Wire Numbering and Component Tagging

Customer Need

Unique wire numbers and component tags

AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Referenced or sequential based

numbering Flexible numbering formats Automatically adds a suffix to

duplicates

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Reason 3

Automatic Project Reports

Customer NeedInstant and accurate reports

AutoCAD 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

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Reason 4

Real Time Error Checking

Customer NeedTo eliminate design errors before build phase begins

AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Design audit and repair utility Automatic notification of

Duplicates Resolution suggestions

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Reason 5

Real Time Coil and Contact Cross-Referencing

Contacts on Others

Relay on one DrawingCustomer NeedError free use of relays

AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Automatic tracking of relay coils

and contacts Updates to all related devices Alerts when number of contacts

are exceeded Flexible display formats

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Reason 6

Create Smart Panel Layout Drawings

Customer NeedPanel layout drawings that match the corresponding schematic design

AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Panel layout drawings driven by

schematic content Link between schematic and panel

components Changes to one automatically update the other

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Reason 7

Electrical Specific Drafting Features

Customer NeedSlash design time using commands specifically for electrical controls designers

AutoCAD Electrical DeliversSpecialized features such as:

Trim wire Copy and delete component or

circuit Scoot and align components

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Reason 8

Automatic PLC I/O Drawings

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Customer NeedEliminate redundant tasks involved in designing a PLC I/O system

AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Automatic PLC I/O drawing generation

from a spreadsheet PLC I/O address and description report

exported to PLC program

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Reason 9

Share Drawings and Track Changes

Customer NeedEasily share drawings withdownstream users

AutoCAD Electrical Delivers DWG files compatible with

downstream AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users

Ability to track and report changes

14© 2006 Autodesk

Reason 10

Reuse Existing Drawings

Customer Need

Easily reuse a specific part or an entire

drawing set when starting a new design

AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Reuse commonly used circuits for use in

future designs Automatically renumbers wires and devices to

the configuration of the new project

Retag all components in a project with a single command

15© 2006 Autodesk

Intelligent electrical controls design Fully native DWG Open and extendable The only logical choice for electrical controls design

AutoCAD Electrical 2008What is it?