EC: Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical software

Software — Control Design: AutoCAD Electrical software was built especially to design and document electrical controls systems, and it offers all the functionality of AutoCAD software, plus a complete set of electrical CAD features. This is a Control Engineering 2015 Engineers’ Choice award winner.

By Control Engineering October 20, 2014

Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical, part of the Autodesk solution for digital prototyping, is AutoCAD software for controls designers, purpose-built to create and modify electrical control systems. It contains all the functionality of AutoCAD, plus a comprehensive set of tools for automating control engineering tasks, such as building circuits, numbering wires, and creating bills of material. AutoCAD Electrical provides a library of more than 700,000 electrical symbols and components, includes real-time error checking, and enables electrical and mechanical teams to collaborate on digital prototypes built with Autodesk Inventor software. AutoCAD Electrical offers control engineers a competitive edge by helping save hours of effort, so they can spend more time innovating.

Autodesk Inc., www.autodesk.com