1 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? AutoCAD Electrical 2006 – What’s New? Advanced Micro Systems, Inc.

© 2005 Autodesk 2 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Built by electrical engineers, for electrical engineers What is AutoCAD Electrical 2006?  Intelligent electrical controls design  Fully native DWG  Open and extendable  The only logical choice for electrical controls design

© 2005 Autodesk 3 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Increase Drafting Productivity Communicate and Manage Design Data Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks AutoCAD Electrical 2006

© 2005 Autodesk 4 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Increase Drafting Productivity Communicate and Manage Design Data Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks AutoCAD Electrical 2006

© 2005 Autodesk 5 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Additional PLC Libraries  Over 2,000 new I/O modules  Schematic and BOM information Vendor content at your fingertips

© 2005 Autodesk 6 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Content Database Merge Utility  Merge new catalog additions with existing catalog  Preserve catalog customizations while adding new content Seamlessly merge new and existing content

© 2005 Autodesk 7 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Legacy Data Migration  Convert legacy drawings and projects into intelligent AutoCAD Electrical drawings  Works for vanilla AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, or Promis·E drawings Quickly migrate existing designs into AutoCAD Electrical AutoCAD AutoCAD LT Promis·E

© 2005 Autodesk 8 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Increase Drafting Productivity Communicate and Manage Design Data Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks AutoCAD Electrical 2006

© 2005 Autodesk 9 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Visual Wire Sequence Indicators  Graphically indicate proper wiring sequence on schematic drawings  Easily modify sequence Easily communicate wiring intent to the shop floor

© 2005 Autodesk 10 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Starting Designs with a Panel  Supports reverse workflow  Create schematics from a component list Flexible workflows that work the way you do

© 2005 Autodesk 11 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Increase Drafting Productivity Communicate and Manage Design Data Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks AutoCAD Electrical 2006

© 2005 Autodesk 12 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Support for MDI  Open multiple drawings in a single session Simultaneously edit multiple drawings within one session

© 2005 Autodesk 13 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? New Project Interface  New “tree view” structure  Open multiple projects  Allows “docking” for full time view Easily navigate drawings and projects

© 2005 Autodesk 14 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Autodesk Vault Autodesk Vault provides easy-to-use work-in-progress data management integrated with the design applications you use today  Manage Work-in-Progress  Easy to Use and Administer  Organize & Reuse  Protect and Secure Centralize design storage and improve design reuse

© 2005 Autodesk 15 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? Collaboration and Viewing Easily share designs with the extended manufacturing team  Publish 2D and 3D models to DWF  DWF publishing built-in  Auto-publishing with Autodesk Vault  Lightweight published data  Secures intellectual property  Autodesk DWF Viewer  Free download  Viewing and printing

© 2005 Autodesk 16 AutoCAD Electrical What’s New? The only logical choice for electrical controls design AutoCAD Electrical Helps You…  Reduce Complex or Repetitive Tasks  Reduce Errors  Increase Drafting Productivity  Communicate and Manage Design Data