References will link up as long as you don’t have to move or change them. Wire Numbers stay in sync, you click the button and the wire numbers are done automatically. They go out of sync so frequently it reverts to being a manual process. Wire Numbers are automatic until you need to change anything in the drawings. Let me expand on this customer comment to provide some more details with the following comparison between the two electrical applications: AutoCAD Electrical and SOLIDWORKS Electrical Comparisonīlocks just don’t update consistently requiring manual checks to make sure everything is working.īlocks and SOLIDWORKS Electrical symbols are up to date between different drawings and the consistency is unparalleled. Which also forced us to manually create Bill of Materials and Wire Lists, defeating the purpose of using a dedicated electrical design tool! As a result we had to manually check the design to ensure no mistakes were released. When working with AutoCAD Electrical we experienced consistent errors and major discrepancies in various parts of our projects, which meant our BOM, Wire List, and the numbering of wires/devices could not be trusted. The next question I usually receive is “Why should I switch to SOLIDWORKS Electrical?”. To better answer that question I asked one of our customers what it was like working with AutoCAD Electrical software to create their designs, here is the answer I received: Why should I switch to SOLIDWORKS Electrical? Yes, you can replace AutoCAD Electrical with SOLIDWORKS Electrical if you want to create your Schematics, Wires, Panel/Enclosure layouts, and General Arrangements quicker and easier. The question I hear all the time from customers is “Can we replace AutoCAD Electrical?”.

Electrical DiagramI truly believe the developers at Autodesk meant well when they created AutoCAD® Electrical – but apart from good intentions there isn’t much else to write home about.

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