Autodesk AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL Brochure page 7

Design and Drafting Productivity Tools
Fixed Wire Numbers and Component Tags
AutoCAD Electrical enables you to easily accom-
modate design modifications late in the cycle
without affecting previous work. When you change
the status of wire numbers and component tags to
a "fixed" format, they remain unaffected during a
project-wide renumbering of wires or retagging of
components. If changes are required after the shop
floor has the designs, you can easily add new wire
numbers and device components without affecting
the existing wire numbers.
Wire Label Export for Electrical Design
Slash the time it takes to create an accurate set of
wire labels for a project. With the Wire Label Export
command, you can rapidly extract wire numbers
from an entire project and print the required labels
for each wire.
Toggle Normally Open/Normally Closed
With a single mouse-click, switch the state of a device
from normally open to normally closed and vice ver-
sa. If that device is part of a parent/child relationship,
such as a relay coil and contact, AutoCAD Electrical
automatically updates the corresponding device.
Drawing Navigation Features for Control
Designers
Quickly navigate through drawings within a project.
Use the previous/next buttons to each drawing in the
project without having to open individual files.
Device Navigation
Don't waste any more of your valuable time manag-
ing device relationships. With AutoCAD Electrical
you can easily view and navigate relationships
between devices using the Surfer command. Simply
click a component in the panel layout drawing
and quickly "surf" to the corresponding schematic
device. This command works across multiple draw-
ings in a project and also works on devices with a
parent/child relationship, auxiliary contacts, and
item numbers.
Open and Flexible API
Create simplified custom front-end interfaces or au-
tomated workflows using an open architecture that
integrates with existing business and engineer¬ing
systems. Use the flexible and open API (applica-tion
programming interface) in AutoCAD Electrical to
extend its power and functionality to meet specific
design and drafting needs. This built-in API consists
of nearly 200 programming entry points into the
software, so users can easily integrate AutoCAD
Electrical with their existing business and engineer-
ing systems.
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