Introduction to Electrical CAD

Many people that design control systems today are using AutoCAD (or another clone like progeCAD, for example) to create Electrical Schematics. This has been the standard in North America for quite some time.

The challenge has always been how to get the job done more efficiently. Studies have shown that electrical designers using this method must spend substantial amounts of time (more than making the original) to complete the project. This does not pose much of a problem when the project is relatively small.

But what happens when the projects start to grow? That inefficiency starts to become a monstrous beast that is hard to handle.

This is where Electrical CAD comes in, and companies take varying times to realize the need for this kind of software. I've been working with Electrical CAD for some ten years now, and I can help companies with this kind of transition. I can also relate, because I've done it the 'old way' too.