AutoCAD%20Electrical%202008%20(IEC)%20-%20What's%20New

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AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Whats New Name Company
AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Whats New
AMS CAD Solutions http//www.amsystems.com
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AutoCAD Electrical 2008What is it?

• Intelligent electrical controls design
• Fully native DWG
• Open and extendable
• The only logical choice for electrical controls
  design

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AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Helps You
Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks
Reduce Errors and Inconsistencies
Increase Drafting Productivity
Communicate and Manage Design Data
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Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks

• Customer Need
• Eliminate redundant tasks and streamline the
  reuse of design information
• AutoCAD Electrical Delivers
• Multi-tier terminals
• Terminal jumpers
• Improved installation
• Consolidated help system

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Multi-Level Terminals

• Customer Need
• A simple way to use complex terminals with
  multiple levels
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Support for terminals with multiple levels
• Parent/Child relationships for terminals
• Expanded selection of manufacturers

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Terminal Jumpers

• Customer Need
• Allow multiple terminals to share the same
  potential without running a wire to each one
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Insert Jumper command
• Displayed on panel drawings
• Maintains associations in schematic

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Improved Installation Experience

• Customer Need
• The ability to choose which manufacturer content
  to install
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Full capability for selection during installation
• Ability to add/remove through normal Windows
  add/remove process

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Consolidated Help System

• Customer Need
• One simple help system that provides
• thorough answers that are easy to find
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• New Infocenter
• Search multiple help systems simultaneously
• AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical
• Convenient toolbar access
• Updated communication center

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Reduce Errors and Inconsistencies

• Customer Need
• Reduce errors and automate key design tasks while
  creating more accurate electrical controls
  designs.
• AutoCAD Electrical Delivers
• Spare terminal support
• Manufacturer catalog enhancements

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Spare Terminal Tracking

• Customer Need
• Place spare terminals into a design and have them
  accurately accounted for in the BOM reports
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Ability to place spare terminals in a terminal
  strip
• Accurate reporting of spare terminals in BOM
  reports

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International Catalog Content

• Customer Need
• Local content in local languages

• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Expanded selection of manufacturers
• Manufacturer provided content
• Targeting periodic updates for subscription
  customers

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Increase Drafting Productivity

• Customer Need
• Purpose-built software that eliminates manual
  tasks and workflows
• AutoCAD Electrical Delivers
• New Insert Component interface
• Community focused development
• Electronic Users Guide
• 64-bit compatibility

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New Insert Component Interface

• Customer Need
• Easy way to navigate, use, and modify
  standard symbol libraries
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Tree structured menu
• Tooltip support
• Easier means to customize and maintain

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Community Focused Development

• Customer Need
• For Autodesk to address the needs of smaller
  projects that solve minor annoyances that improve
  the customers experience versus delivering only
  new, large features
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Resources dedicated for the entire release cycle
  through the build phase
• Quick and focused response to smaller but common
  customer requests
• Sense of community and greater customer
  satisfaction

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Electronic Users Guide

• Customer Need
• Comprehensive documentation that can be printed,
  if needed
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Full Users Guide in PDF format
• Over 1300 pages of content
• Organized by groups of functionality

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64-bit Compatibility

• Customer Need
• Improved performance and compatibility with
  64-bit hardware and operating systems
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• 64-bit version of AutoCAD Electrical
• Similar functionality as the 32-bit version
• Support for 64-bit Microsoft Windows
• Works with 64-bit hardware
• 64-bit software installs on 64-bit machine
• 32-bit software installs on 32-bit machine

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Communicate and Manage Design

• Customer Need
• Organize, find, and re-use valuable design data
• AutoCAD Electrical Delivers
• Surfable reports
• Integration with Schneider Unity PLC programming
  software
• Autodesk DWG Product Recognition

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Surfable Reports

• Customer Need
• To quickly and easily navigate through the
  various parts of a design.
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Hyperlinked items within project reports placed
  onto a drawing

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Schneider PLC Integration

• Customer Need
• To streamline the process of using Schneiders
  PLCs
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Automatic drawing creation from a Schneider Unity
  PLC program
• Functionality to write out PLC I/O addresses and
  descriptions to the XML schema that Unity
  understands

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Autodesk DWG Product Recognition

• Customer Need
• To easily recognize which Autodesk product
  created a DWG and is best able to edit a DWG
• AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Delivers
• Autodesk DWG attributes
• Exposed product name/version of DWG
• Visible tooltip over DWG icon
• Can be shown in Microsoft Windows Explorer
  columns
• Double click of DWG will open file in product
  created
• Must save as in new product to change ownership

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AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Helps You
Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks
Reduce Errors and Inconsistencies
Increase Drafting Productivity
Communicate and Manage Design Data