Electrical Computer Aided Design (ECAD)
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- NX CAD Electrical Computer-Aided Design enables the creation of electrical, schematics, and 2D/3D cabinet designs.

The software provides out-of-the-box report documents for fast documentation, object-oriented electrical engineering, and a single electrical data model.
It allows direct access to mechanical data and can integrate PLC software and hardware. The software solves complexity challenges, equipment variants, and machine design changes. It provides solutions that reduce engineering effort by 50%, improve collaboration, and speed up engineering while supporting efficient ETO and CTO processes. It enhances collaboration between mechanical, electrical and automation engineering.

Electrical Routing
NX electrical routing NX includes a fully integrated 3D electrical harness routing application that allows users to design and route harnesses in complex assemblies. Built upon the NX routing applications architecture, the electrical routing tools provide electrically smart features and functions to automate the design, modification and analysis of wire harnesses. Its powerful capability imposes no limits on the number of components or wires in a design and includes a complete set of robust interfaces to electrical design technology providers. NX electrical routing enables integration with all electrical disciplines, including system design, logical design, PCB design, physical design, electrical analysis, manufacturing, installation, service documentation, and service deliver.

Wire Harness
NX CAD wire harness routing software allows you to design and route harnesses in complex assemblies, reducing production time. Using rules-based tools, you can create a flattened model of the wire harness using form board drawings, import netlists of wire and connection data, and optimise routing between components.

PCB Design
NX offers a platform for designing flexible and rigid printed circuit boards (PCBs).
The PCB design tools use workflows commonly used in designing PCBs that quickly and accurately model printed circuits in the context of an assembly and then send the outlines to manufacturing or an ECAD system for further refinement.

Electronic Systems Design
NX Electronic Systems Design integrates design and simulation tools with data management and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) capabilities. This novel approach fosters a collaborative and highly efficient design of complex electromechanical systems.
Unifying the electrical, mechanical, and software domains on a single platform gives businesses a comprehensive system view that encourages innovation and accelerates development cycles. Investing in these tools can significantly enhance overall business outcomes by driving efficiency, innovation, compliance, and market competitiveness throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Electrical Computer Aided Design (ECAD)