You have pretty much completed everything, even before you begin. In the electrical CAD software PCSCHEMATIC Automation, you merely have to drag partial diagrams and modules into your project. And then the documentation is ready. With electrical circuit diagrams, PLC diagrams and filled-in lists of any kind. But you can also draw the electrical diagrams yourself, if you wish to.
The Automation CAD software is created so that you just focus on the electrical design, and let the software handle the practical details.
You get started right away, strongly supported by all the specially designed functions for automation, electrical installation, hydraulics and pneumatics. This makes it easy for you to apply your professional competences.
With Automation, you achieve an efficiency which commands respect. Because you need only do things once:
Once you have drawn a partial electrical circuit, you can drag it into each subsequent project
Once you have set up partial or whole electrical projects, they can also be dragged in
Thus you can create entire projects by merely dragging in partial drawings etc
This intelligent recycling makes you more efficient. At the same time, the electrical CAD allows you to create a uniform documentation that follows your company’s – or your customer’s – guidelines.
When you choose PC | Automation, all the functions are available, regardless of which variant you want. All variants of the program have full functionality and contain all available modules.
All functions mentioned below are available in all variants of Automation. They are available in Automation Advanced, Smart, Flex and in the free Automation 40.You don’t need to purchase the expensive variants of the software to get all functionality you need and you can always upscale to a bigger variant
Project oriented: All parts of a project gathered as pages in a single file – including diagrams, mechanical pages, lists, tables of contents, chapter dividers etc.
Enhanced Explorer window: For easy navigation between projects and project pages, and for finding symbols etc. in project pages
Net navigator for easy navigation through electrical potentials
Cross references are created and updated automatically for all types of components: Click and jump between the symbols for a component, or click in lists and jump directly to the component
Object Lister for overview over all objects in the documentation – and for editing their attached texts/data. (Texts can also be edited by clicking on the individual texts in the project pages)
Show available window: Easy access to all components with unused symbols/functions
Creation and handling of reference designations at component, area, page and project level (function, location and product aspects) – according to IEC 81346, KKS or user defined standards
Reference designations handled intelligently when changing, copying and merging pages and projects
Project, page and list templates – just drag them into your projects
48 component manufacturer databases created designed specially for PCSCHEMATIC. All components have attached both electrical and mechanical symbols
Component wizard for quick and effective creation of own components with attached symbols
Unique timesaving database workflow: Symbol pickmenus for all multi-function components in the database – just click and place the symbols in the diagrams and article data are attached automatically
Advanced copying: All symbols and their reference designations are renamed intelligently – e.g. when copying symbols and areas, or when inserting subdrawings, subprojects and projects. Attached article data are included when copying
Rename symbols and Insert name at project level
Automatic load of mechanical symbols for the components used – handled by the database
Automatic list update: Of tables of contents, parts lists (BOM), component lists, terminal lists, cable lists, connection lists, labels and PLC lists. Any of these lists can be defined freely by you
Excel/XML/text files can be exported for all of the mentioned list types
Export of wire numbers
Drawing headers for any type of project page can be defined freely – and can be replaced on project level
Automatic generation of graphical terminal, cable and connection plans
