The central task in Electrical Design is the creation of 2D electrical schematics.  With Electrical Design in NX, you can complete these designs directly within the system in an integrated environment.

• Create 2D schematic drawings
• Create interruption points
• Display and use cross-references
• Select catalog parts
• Leverage rules-based engineering to automate tasks

For the first time, electrical engineers can create a functional, model-based design.

• Define function, location and product structures
• Create relationships between objects
• Reuse and combine data between objects to automate design processes

After completing their design, electrical engineers need to communicate their work to their peers in automation so that the software can be written for the machine. NX Electrical Design can be extended to allow direct integration of PLC software and hardware in the data model and program-less export of this data directly to Siemens TIA Portal.

For 3rd-party systems, the creation of signal lists and hardware information is possible through custom reports and excel export of data from the system.

After completing an electrical design, the production system needs to be manufactured and that means providing manufacturing with the information they need. Standard reports are provided out-of-the-box to make the documentation complete, such as:

• Terminal Diagrams
• Bill-of-Materials
• Cable Diagrams