Unlike plain AutoCAD, which doesn’t know an electric circuit from any other line on a drawing, AutoCAD Electrical maintains a relational database of point-to-point connections, component identification tags (often called reference designators), and component schematic images that appear on AutoCAD drawings. Nine years ago, Autodesk introduced AutoCAD Electrical based on software from VIA Development, a small company it purchased for an undisclosed sum. That’s a huge market for CAD software that has gotten slight attention from most mainstream CAD vendors. Unless your company fabricates sheet metal or building materials or makes hand-held devices so small there is no room for cables, then your products probably including electrical wiring. Steve Wolfe explores the history and capabilities of the market-leading AutoCAD Electrical with a new competitor from SolidWorks.
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