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Choose the right electrical CAD for your electrical designs

Choosing the right electrical CAD for your needs is not easy. Therefore we have created some material, that contains our view on what you should consider, before making the final decision.

The electrical CAD PCSCHEMATIC Automation – general information

Our electrical CAD database makes you very effective

PCSCHEMATIC Automation offers you very strong database facilities. The databases for the software contains more than the usual component and ordering data. They also contain electrical and mechanical symbols for the components.
Read more about how much you can benefit from this in these articles:

Comparing electrical CAD design software – the basic stuff

When you work with electrical CAD design software for your electrical engineering designs, there are some basic stuff you need to know, to get full benefit from the electrical CAD design software.

If you are still in the process of deciding which CAD software to choose, you could use these texts to check the different electrical CAD softwares, that you are comparing. Get a free demo version of the softwares, watch the get started videos, and try how easy it is to perform the tasks mentioned in the texts. You can then compare the electrical CAD softwares:

PCSCHEMATIC Automation and electrical design drawing standards

When you use electrical CAD design software, you need to follow the electrical design drawing standards. It is very important that your electrical CAD supports you in following the standards easily. If not, you’re in for a lot of extra work:

Working with plc’s in electrical CAD

Here are some material about what options you have, when you work with plc’s in electrical CAD software:

Electrical design CAD overview and details

In the texts below, you can get a detailed overview over PCSCHEMATIC Automation, and get insight into other relevant aspects of electrical CAD drawing software:

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Tutorials for PC | Automation

Quick start manual: This manual gives a quick introduction to PCSCHEMATIC Automation.
Download Quick Start manual [1MB].
Create your first Motor Control project: Create your first motor control project by following this tutorial.
Download Motor Control tutorial [2.4MB].
Create your first PLC project: Create your first PLC project by following this tutorial. Please note that the project files used in this tutorial are included in PCSCHEMATIC Automation version 16 and later.
Download PLC tutorial [2.0MB].
Create your first Electrical Installation project: Create your first electrical installation project by following this tutorial.
Download Electrical Installation tutorial [2.0MB].
Create your first Panel Builder project: Create your first panel builder project by following this tutorial.
Download Panel Builder tutorial [1.0MB].
Create your own components easily (Component Wizard): This tutorial shows you how to easily create your own components in the database, using the Component Wizard in PCSCHEMATIC Automation.
Download Component Wizard tutorial [4.1MB]
How to make Labelling & Marking: This tutorial guides you through how you easily can print labels in i.e. “Clip Project” directly from PCSCHEMATIC Automation.
Download Clip Project Marking tutorial [2.5MB].

Manuals & Technical news

News in PCSCHEMATIC Automation 22

This document describes the news in PCSCHEMATIC Automation v22.
The document is also accessible directly from PCSCHEMATIC Automation v22.
Download news [2.0 MB].

News in PCSCHEMATIC Automation 23

This document describes the news in PCSCHEMATIC Automation v23.
The document is also accessible directly from PCSCHEMATIC Automation v23.
Download news [2.0 MB].

News in PCSCHEMATIC Automation 21

This document describes the news in PCSCHEMATIC Automation v21.
The document is also accessible directly from PCSCHEMATIC Automation v21.
Download news [1.4 MB].

News in PCSCHEMATIC Automation 20

This document describes the news in PCSCHEMATIC Automation v20.
The document is also accessible directly from PCSCHEMATIC Automation v20.
Download news [2.3 MB].

Manual for PCSCHEMATIC Automation

This is the main manual for PCSCHEMATIC Automation v21 (current version).
Download manual [20 MB].

This is the main manual for PCSCHEMATIC Automation v22 (next version).
Download manual [20 MB].

Manual for PCSCHEMATIC Automation Service

This is the manual for PCSCHEMATIC Automation Service.
Download manual

Project Generator manual

This manual describes how to generate projects automatically, based on a project definition file.
Download manual [1.0 MB].

Tools manual

This manual describes some of the included tools in PCSCHEMATIC Automation.
It describes import/export of DWG/DXF files, the automatic translator tool, automatic symbol documentation and automatic generation of graphical terminal and cable plans.
Download manual [1.7 MB].

Graphical connection plan manual

This manual describes how to create graphical connection plans automatically.
Download manual [0.4 MB].

Database manual

This manual describes the program PCSCHEMATIC Database for handling component databases in PCSCHEMATIC Automation.
Download manual [1.0 MB].

Manuals from previous versions

Some of the manuals above are from previous versions of PCSCHEMATIC Automation. This is because the user interface have not changed significantly in these areas of the program. However, the algorithms (!) for e.g. automatic generation of graphical cable, terminal and connection plans have changed.

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