AutoCAD Electrical

AutoCAD® Electrical is AutoCAD® software for controls designers, purpose-built to create and modify electrical control systems. It includes all the functionality of AutoCAD plus comprehensive symbol libraries and tools for automating electrical engineering tasks. AutoCAD Electrical gives control designers a competitive edge by helping save hours of effort, so they can spend more time innovating.

Core features include:

• Standards-Based Drafting & Components Libraries
• Electrical Design & Drafting Productivity Tools
• Error Checking & Prevention
• Schematic Design Tools
• Comprehensive Terminal Management
• Data Management & Reporting Tools
• Collaboration & Interoperability
• Programmable Logic Control Tools
• Data Migration Tools

 AutoCAD Electrical Brochure (pdf - 1344Kb)

AutoCAD Electrical Product Center

System Requirements

System Requirements for 32-bit AutoCAD Electrical

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP2 or later), or Microsoft® Windows Vista® SP1 or later, including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, and Home Premium editions (compare Windows Vista versions)
• Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows XP; Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows Vista
• 2 GB RAM
• 2.8 GB free disk space for installation (3.4 GB for a clean machine with no .NET installed)
• 1,280 x 1,024 with display with true color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Download and installation from DVD

System Requirements for 64-bit AutoCAD Electrical

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 and later, or Microsoft Windows Vista (SP1 or later), including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, and Home Premium editions (compare Windows Vista versions)
• AMD Athlon with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• 2.9 GB free disk space for installation (3.5 GB for a clean system with no .NET installed)
• 1,280 x 1,024 display with true color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant point device
• Download and Installation from DVD

Additional System Requirements for 3D Modeling

• Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or greater, or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
• 2 GB RAM or greater
• 2 GB free hard disk available, not including installation

1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card