SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D lets you easily connect your 2D schematic to your 3D CAD model, syncing the two for easy collaboration. Simplify electrical design with SOLIDWORKS.
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D was built with collaboration in mind. This electrical design software allows you to easily connect your 2D schematics to 3D models in SOLIDWORKS, while allowing your mechanical and electrical design teams to work together in real-time, sharing the same databases. The schematics and 3D models are even synchronized, so changes you make to one will update automatically in the other.
Simplify the design of your electrical systems with SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D. This solution helps your mechanical engineering team know which electrical parts need to be placed into 3D assemblies. It even automates the routing of wires and cables, while accurately determining the lengths for your wires, cables, and harnesses so that you can estimate costs and reduce scrap.
Collaboration Between Electrical
and Mechanical Environments
Schematic layouts from SOLIDWORKS Electrical can be intelligently mapped
to SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD.
Automatic Routing
Automatically connect components with the appropriate wire and cable types
throughout the 3D model and optimize the path.
Real-Time Synchronization
Design updates to either the mechanical or electrical system are instantly
synchronized to the model, allowing you to quickly adapt to change and
adjust as needed.
Simple Harness Design
Routing for simple electrical harnesses can be completed and documented.
More complex harnesses with large numbers of branches and complex paths
can be may be better tackled with Enterprise Harness.
Electrical Cabinet Design
Lay out components within an electrical cabinet or control panel
automatically from the schematic control panel layout.
HOW CAN HAWK RIDGE SYSTEMS HELP?
At Hawk Ridge, we strive to provide best-in-class services and support to our customers. We have helped many customers to implement SOLIDWORKS Electrical solutions to successfully streamline their design processes and collaboration.
We worked with a manufacturer of electrical switchgear to help them lay out control panels in SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD directly from the electrical schematic. Their mechanical team was quickly able to assess it for the space impact or layout issues.
We helped a manufacturer of food processing equipment with the design of the electrical systems on their equipment. They were able to allocate different areas of the schematic to different physical locations on the equipment and have this automatically routed in Electrical 3D.
SERVICES
MORE THAN JUST A PROVIDER
Our knowledgeable team can provide advice and mentoring assistance
on the best approaches for tackling different types of electrical
system design.
TRAINING
IMPROVE PERFORMANCE THROUGH TAILORED LEARNING
We teach a comprehensive instructor-led class for SOLIDWORKS
Electrical 3D, showing you the ideal workflows for mapping your
electrical designs to 3D CAD.
Our support team is staffed by both mechanical and electrical
specialists, helping you easily navigate the transition between
the two disciplines that SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D enables.
Whether you are looking for on-demand training, access to the
latest software releases, exclusive resources and offers, or just
needing expert support – there's a subscription option for you.
Do I need a SOLIDWORKS license to
use SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D?
Yes, you will need a license of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD. SOLIDWORKS Electrical
3D can be added to any of the 3 versions of SOLIDWORKS: Standard,
Professional, or Premium.
Do I need to have SOLIDWORKS
Premium to route the wire and cables with the routing tools?
No. SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D uses the routing engine to route the wire and
cables. When you enable the route wires or cables command it will load the
routing tools in the background. All you need is a license of SOLIDWORKS
Standard or better.
What is the main difference between
SOLDIWORKS Electrical 3D and SOLIDWORKS Routing?
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D will automate about 80% of what routing does, by
pulling the metadata from the shared SQL databases and using that
information to automate the routing of the wires and cables.
What solution is best for designing
harnesses?
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D is optimized for point-to-point wiring and is
most effective in the layout of wiring for industrial machinery and
automation. It can handle small harnesses, but for complex harnesses, or
if your company specializes in harnesses,
Enterprise Harness may be
a better solution.
Can I use SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D
separate from SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic?
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D and SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic can be run on
separate computers, but they do need to be connected to the same SQL
server and shared application data folders.