The Hoff

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I am looking for some (probably CAD based) electrical design software to deal with my three phase and single phase designs. It is for work so cost is not too much of an issue.

The desgins are not huge but at the mo I am just using AutoCAD 06 with pre drawn symbols to copy and paste into posistion then linking them with the appropiate wires, it does that job but its takes a fair while.

Any suggestions peeps?

STi wanna Subaru

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Not my area of CAD but Autodesk have an AutoCAD specifically for electrical design.

Autodesk - AutoCAD Electrical

PeteBrant

Doesn't AutoCAD have an electrical version?

The Hoff

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Yea it does but not for 2006 anymore as they wont sell it to me, my company wont buy a 2008 license as we have 06 on a global licence.

Looking for an add on software that isnt AutoCAD electrical.

PeteBrant

Well thats what you get for using mickey mouse software


Seriously though, they won't sell it to you?? Surely they have a remit to support existing software for longer than 2 years?

I would certainly follow that up - It does not seem right that AutoDesk, or even a reseller can't furnish you with a 2006 Electrical license.

STi wanna Subaru

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09 is out now. Tell your co that it's bad practice to be anymore than 2 years behind the latest software revision

PeteBrant

AutoCAD Electrical 2006 - Autodesk - CAD - The CAD Productivity Specialists (Fairfield, NJ)

Buy cheap Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2006 at low price

Download Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2006 OEM - $110.00, buy cheap OEM discount downloadable Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2006


Dunno if any of those are any good to you.

AndyC_772

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Can you give any more details about what it is you're drawing and how the drawings themselves will be used?

I work in the electronics (nb. not electrical) industry, we have a wide range of tools available for drawing schematics, which can then be turned into a net list and used directly as input to PCB layout software. Is that the sort of thing you're after?

Robbie200

The two main ones I know of are:

Welcome to Castline Systems - Electrical Design and Inspection Software

Amtech Power Software - Welcome to AMTECH Power Software

Neither are CAD based software.

The Hoff

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Andy,

Its for simple stuff really, not requiring any PCB design just electrical schecmatics.

I desgin stuff like a control boxes for motor inverters, we buy the bare inverter and build everything around it such as isolater, MCB, contactor, 24v PSU, control buttons etc etc.

The AMTECH software look like what I need, cheapish and does the job

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