What kind of electrical CAD software is most used?

Hi,

Have a look on Engineering Base. This is a new ECAD system from AUCOTEC. It is based on Visio and MS SQL-Server. You will be well prepared for he future!!!
 
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Glanford Control Systems UK Distributor

Beside the fact that it increases efficiency IDO produces accurate drawings reoeatedely because it works on the principle of Write Once Read Many. Therefore it eliminates the confusion between what the designer meant and waht the cad operator interpreted it as.

This results in error free designs and the project built to the design without downtime in construction and red line updates of drawings.

From Glanford Control Systems UK Distributor.
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I have tested Engineering Base from AUCOTEC and it is great. The standard applications Visio and MSSQL and that's optimized for CAE, that's what I like.
 
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Chris Ingersol

I agree with Sajid Ali Khan when he suggests Visio because it is so easy to learn. However, Visio lacks some features of other Electrical packages. This is in my opinion fully addressed by a product called Engineering Base which adds SQL database to Visio. Actually it does much more than that. "Atributes" of the Visio shapes are actually records in the SQL database. The atributes are not created using the clumsy Visio tool but are defined on a global basis from the SQL database. A truly ground braking interface is included for global manipulation of all data. They call it a "Worksheet" - its like an Excel worksheet but you define what it shows. The worksheets are "live" dynamic view ports into the SQL data. I could go on but I suggest you look for "Engineering Base" on the web. It drastically changed the way we do buisness - we used to use the top selling product in the USA but we switched to Engineering Base and have never looked back.
 
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Michael Galenkamp

My name is Michael Galenkamp, and my company ID3 Solutions represents IGE+XAO in Ontario.

Since 1986, IGE+XAO has proven itself as the specialist in electrical CAD software worldwide, with the likes of Canadian companies Bombardier, Hydro Quebec, and Boeing and Airbus internationally. There are also great solutions for smaller companies. I personally have over eight years experience with SEE Electrical Expert (the premiere software package of IGE+XAO) and comparing it to other software I've seen in the past, is the best.

Please contact me for more details.
 
AutoCAD is the most prevalent electrical CAD drawing tool used in the US market. I don't know about elsewhere, but I suspect you'll find equally complex drawing tools used for simple electrical diagrams.

Consulting engineering firms and owners usually want all of their drawings in the same format. That seems reasonable until you note that mechanical and civil drawings are much more complex than electrical drawings. I'm referring to contours, measurements, and perspectives, not the subject matter. But we seem to be stuck with using the same drawing tools.

As electrical/controls student, you want show some competence on your resume in dealing with drawings, but not so much as you end up in a cubicle doing drafting.
 
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Chris Binns - Bentley Systems

My name is Chris Binns I am one of the Product Managers within the Bentley Systems Plant Vertical.

At Bentley we have several offerings for electrical and instrumentation design:

Bentley Instrumentation & Wiring for process plant instrumentation design.
http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Bentley+Instrumentation+and+Wiring/?market=Plant

Bentley Promis.e for electrical control system design.
http://www.ecti.com/

Bentley Building Electrical Systems for building information models.
http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Bentley+Building+Electrical+Systems?BI=link&V=1-8T5RFH

As well these "vertical" applications we also have our platform CAD application MicroStation.
http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/MicroStation/Overview.htm

Please review the information found by clicking the links above.

Thank you.

Chris Binns - Bentley Systems
www.bentley.com
 
I have used Promis-e for several years. It is too complex, takes too long to use and has too many errors.

SSG
 
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Wong Shing Keen

Just use EPLAN and forget the rest. You may feels hard when you see them the first time but after the training, you will find it very easy to use and save a lot of your engineering time. :)
 
He is right. EPLAN is not even expensive as said earlier. Try the new EPLAN Electric P8. It comes with some many solutions, you will reach the end of your questions before EPLAN runs out of solutions.

In many countries, those you have tried the new EPLAN P8 are amazed by it. It's easy to use, and the most important part IT WORKS! No flaws or what some call bugs... No bugs, unbelievable. Finally a tool for my electrical design.

Try it, there is a free trial version available. Take only 1% of the time you know AutoCAD on EPLAN and see how much faster you already can be. It is amazing.
 
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Marc Sinclair

I love it when an ad slips through. :)

Just for balance, EPLAN Electric P8 currently only runs under two operating systems, one obsolete and the other soon to be obsolete. The demo kept crashing, so I can't really try it, but I've seen the output it produces. Making your drawings look like everyone else's, is the first step to thinking like everyone else, and the first step to commoditising _your_ business.

Regards
 
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SEE Electrical (previous name was CADDY++) is an easy way for electricians who is working in Maintenance Departments in industry. You can test a trial version. www.ige-xao.com.

Jozef Koczor
Poland
 
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