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Description

Utilize a specialized toolset tailored for electrical design to efficiently create, modify, and document control systems. Generate and refresh personalized reports with ease, and seamlessly share DWG™ drawings with all relevant stakeholders. Organize your electrical drafting projects by using folders to manage drawings and rearranging files as necessary. Publish complex schematics into multipage PDFs while minimizing errors through automated numbering for wires and component tags. Leverage the Circuit Builder feature for straightforward electrical designs and choose from an extensive library of electrical symbols. Identify potential issues before the construction phase commences, and monitor parent/child contacts in real-time. Clearly define a project's input/output assignments and benefit from enhanced preview options along with direct component insertion capabilities. Experience a fully integrated mechatronics solution alongside Inventor, featuring functionalities like coil and contact cross-referencing, PLC I/O drawings generated from spreadsheets, a catalog browser for parts, real-time error detection, libraries of electrical schematic symbols, circuit design and reuse options, wire numbering, component tagging, and many additional features to streamline your workflow. Ultimately, these tools and functionalities work together to optimize the entire process of electrical design and documentation.

Description

The schematic editor allows you to create unlimited designs. There are no paywalls for unlocking features. A built-in schematic editor and an official library of schematic symbols will help you quickly get started with your designs. Professional PCB layouts can be made with up to 32 copper layers. KiCad now includes a push-and-pull router that can route differential pairs and adjust trace lengths interactively. KiCad also includes a 3D viewer that you can use to view your design in an interactive canvas. To inspect details that are difficult or impossible to see in a 2D view, you can rotate and pan around. Multiple rendering options make it possible to change the board's aesthetic or hide and show certain features. The schematic capture in KiCad is fast and efficient. It also includes all the tools necessary to do so. The interface is focused on productivity. As large designs can be broken into hierarchical subsheets, there are no limits to their complexity.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

AutoCAD Yes 
Copperhead No 
Inventor Yes 
Isle No 
Pop!_OS No 
ProtoFlow No 
Quilter No 
Trace No 

Integrations

AutoCAD No 
Copperhead Yes 
Inventor No 
Isle Yes 
Pop!_OS Yes 
ProtoFlow Yes 
Quilter Yes 
Trace Yes 

Pricing Details

$220 per month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac Yes 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Autodesk

Founded

1982

Country

United States

Website

www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/included-toolsets/autocad-electrical

Vendor Details

Company Name

KiCad EDA

Founded

2007

Country

United States

Website

www.kicad.org

Product Features

Electrical Design

CAD Tools No 
Change Management No 
Collaboration No 
Compliance Management No 
Document Generation No 
Drag & Drop No 
Electrical Parts Catalog No 
Functions / Calculations No 
One Line Diagram No 
PLC Tools No 
Reusable Designs No 
Symbol Library No 

Product Features

Electrical Design

CAD Tools No 
Change Management No 
Collaboration No 
Compliance Management No 
Document Generation No 
Drag & Drop No 
Electrical Parts Catalog No 
Functions / Calculations No 
One Line Diagram No 
PLC Tools No 
Reusable Designs No 
Symbol Library No 

PCB Design

3D Visualization No 
Autorouting No 
Collaboration Tools No 
Component Library No 
Design Rule Check No 
Differential Pair Routing No 
Schematic Editor No 

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