The central task of an electrical engineer is the design of electrical systems to bring the machine or line to life. With Automation Designer and it’s integration to EPLAN or through the NX Electrical Design Add-on, the electrical engineer can complete the design of the electrical system, while simultaneously completing the automation design.

• Define electrical infrastructure and catalog parts
• Define PLC Configuration
• Create electrical schematics
• Create 3D cabinet designs
• Create manufacturing documents

Manual data transfer and double-work cause bottlenecks, slowdowns and unproductive time in a project. With a fully integrated electrical and automation data model, Automation Designer enables single engineering workflows that complete the work of multiple disciplines simultaneously. This increases efficiency and eliminates non-value added double work.

Standardization of engineering designs within single disciplines has brought improvements in the speed which new designs are created but is limited to incremental improvements of single disciplines. The ability to create mechatronic templates enables a new level of standardization, which significantly reduces engineering efforts and maintains unparalleled consistency of the entire design. It enables library objects that span design data from multiple disciplines.

The quality of engineering designs often suffers from errors caused in non-value added, repetitive activities. These actions, such as the definition of reference designations and symbolic names or even the creation of software or schematics can be automated through your design rules. This allows engineers to reduce errors and gives them more time to focus on creating value and driving innovation.