SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic Alternatives

OrCAD® X is a unified PCB design software platform that offers significant improvements in ease of use, performance, automation, data management, and collaboration. Our cloud-enabled product suite contains applications for schematic, simulation, and PCB layout. OrCAD X Capture is one of the most widely used schematic design solutions for the creation and documentation of electrical circuits. PSpice® is our virtual SPICE simulation environment integrated within Capture that allows you to prototype your designs using the industry-leading, native analog, mixed-signal, and advanced analysis engines to deliver a complete circuit simulation and verification solution. Our two PCB layout environments, OrCAD X PCB Editor and OrCAD X Presto, allow designers to easily collaborate between ECAD/MCAD teams and build better PCBs faster. OrCAD X Presto is a new user-friendly option offering a simpler interface for quick-turn PCB design.

𝗔𝗜-𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗕𝗤𝗥’𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟱 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀: 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗧𝗠: streamlines PCB design with de-rating & MTBF prediction. 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝗧𝗠: verifies multi-PCB systems for errors & overstress. 𝗳𝗶𝗫𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀®: predicts component lifespan with de-rating, thermal & stress analysis. 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘®: assesses reliability, availability, maintainability & safety. 𝗮𝗽𝗺𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿®: optimizes maintenance & logistics.

Altium Designer® offers a unified design environment backed by over 35 years of innovation and development. From schematic to PCB layout and interactive differential pair routing, to design documentation and a seamless ECAD/MCAD integration, Altium Designer empowers engineers with a single view of every aspect of the PCB design process. By accessing all design tools in one place, engineers can complete their entire design process within the same intuitive environment and deliver high-quality products quickly. With the addition of Altium 365, users can choose between accessing the program online and on-premises.

Ansys Motor-CAD is a dedicated electric machine design tool for fast multiphysics simulation across the full torque-speed operating range. Motor-CAD enables design engineers to evaluate motor topologies and concepts across the full operating range, to produce designs that are optimized for performance, efficiency and size. Motor-CAD software’s four integrated modules—EMag, Therm, Lab, Mech—enable multiphysics calculations to be performed quickly and iteratively, so users can get from concept to final design in less time. Fast calculations and streamlined data input processes leave time for Motor-CAD users to explore more motor topologies and fully assess the impact of advanced loss effects in the initial stages of an electromechanical design. The release includes powerful new features for design optimization, multi-physics analysis and system modelling for electric motors. Fast multiphysics simulation across a full torque-speed operating range.

DraftSight® 2D CAD Drafting and 3D Design Software. World-class CAD with greater performance and flexibility at the best price on the market. DraftSight is a feature-rich 2D and 3D CAD solution for architects, engineers and construction service providers, as well as professional CAD users, designers, educators and hobbyists. Create, edit, view and markup any kind of 2D and 3D DWG file with greater ease, speed and efficiency. Easily transition from AutoCAD® or similar CAD applications with a familiar user interface and commands. Real design freedom is letting you work the way you want to work. Effortlessly go from 2D drafting to 3D modeling and back again in order to optimize and maximize designs, and seamlessly integrate with other Dassault Systèmes and SOLIDWORKS® solutions to easily manage your designs from first inspiration to outcome.

A comprehensive electrical and fluid planning software environment for advanced requirements. E3.series is a true concurrent electrical engineering environment supporting advanced requirements for electrical documentation, cabinet and wire harness design and manufacturing outputs. E3.series facilitates an efficient and accurate design and manufacturing process for electrical and fluid planning, cable planning, and wire harness and cabinet layout. Its object-oriented architecture provides an integrated and consistent design approach to help eliminate errors, improve quality and reduce design time. Consistency of all design phases through object orientation. Powerful automated operations and electrical checks. Comprehensive outputs for manufacturing and documentation. Native format library and design data management. Circuit diagrams, connection lists, layout plans and reports always up-to-date and synchronized.

At WSCAD, we have been developing electrical CAD solutions for over 30 years. Customers include small to medium-sized companies, international corporations, and engineering service providers in the machine-building, panel manufacturing, and building automation industries. WSCAD software is used by over 40,000 electrical engineers as their electrical CAD solution. WSCAD ELECTRIX – our most powerful electrical CAD – is our brand-new offering. No matter if you are designing piping & instrumentation diagrams, fluid power or electrical schematics, cabinet engineering, building automation or electrical installation – WSCAD is the right tool for you. The new ELECTRIX comes with a completely new design engine (editor) and embedded compatibility to standard formats like DXF/DWG and uses modern technologies such as augmented reality, multi-threading and automation.

SOLIDWORKS® Electrical Professional combines the electrical schematic design capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematics with the 3D capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D in one package. Embedded electrical systems planning requires a unified electrical toolset that provides single- and multi-line schematic tools. Embedded system design also requires all work in 2D and 3D to be synchronized for both mechanical and electrical parts. Electrical system planning tool for creating complex embedded electrical system utilizing simple pictorial representations of electrical components and interconnectors. Schematic creation tool with a simplified user interface optimized for simplification of repetitive tasks. Generate 2D panel representations from an electrical schematic, with 2D outlines of electrical components. Extensive library of industry-standard schematic symbols (IEC, ANSI, JIS, GB) combined with a database of manufacturer parts.

With the schematic editor you can create your design without limit, there are no paywalls to unlock features. An official library for schematic symbols and a built-in schematic symbol editor help you get started quickly with your designs. Make professional PCB layouts with up to 32 copper layers. KiCad now has a push and shove router which is capable of routing differential pairs and interactively tuning trace lengths. KiCad includes a 3D viewer which you can use to inspect your design in an interactive canvas. You can rotate and pan around to inspect details that are difficult to inspect on a 2D view. Multiple rendering options allow you to modify the aesthetic appearance of the board or to hide and show features for easier inspection. KiCad’s schematic capture is efficient, with all the tools you can expect for such a task. The interface focuses on productivity. There are no complexity limits, as large designs can be divided into hierarchical subsheets.

Efficiently create, modify, and document electrical controls systems with an industry-specific toolset for electrical design. Generate and update customized reports. Easily share DWG™ drawings with stakeholders. Use folders to organize drawings and reorder files for electrical drafting projects. Publish schematics to multipage PDFs. Reduce errors with automatic numbers for wires and tags for components. Use Circuit Builder for simple electrical design. Select from a rich library of electrical symbols. Catch problems before the build phase begins. Keep track of parent/child contacts in real-time. Define a project's I/O assignments. Enhanced preview and direct component insertion. Integrated mechatronics solution with Inventor. Coil and contact cross-referencing, PLC I/O drawings from spreadsheets, catalog browser for parts, real-time error checking, electrical schematic symbol libraries, circuit design and reuse, wire numbering, component tagging, and more.

Ansys Exalto is a post-LVS RLCk extraction software solution that enables IC designers to accurately capture unknown crosstalk among different blocks in the design hierarchy by extracting lumped-element parasitics and generating an accurate model for electrical, magnetic and substrate coupling. Exalto interfaces with most LVS tools and can complement the RC extraction tool of your choice. Ansys Exalto post-LVS RLCk extraction lets IC designers accurately predict electromagnetic and substrate coupling effects for signoff on circuits that were previously "too big to analyze.” The extracted models are back-annotated to the schematic or netlist, and support all circuit simulators. The proliferation of RF and high-speed circuits in modern silicon systems has raised electromagnetic coupling to a first order effect that must be accurately modeled to reliably achieve silicon success.

Break down the boundaries of your electrical design process with Design Force, a true innovation in system-level IC package and PCB design and analysis. As the process for designing a complete product continues to increase in complexity, it often includes technologies that have become difficult and sometimes impossible for most ECAD tools to manage and address. Design Force provides the ability for design teams to take system-level design information from as early as the conceptual and planning phase and layout each board in the product, simultaneously considering the entire system view. Design Force fully leverages the latest industry hardware and software capabilities, allowing users to design in a native 3D environment, obtaining optimal performance by utilizing native 64-bit, multi-threading, multi-core processors. Design Force supports multiple client-server implementations and includes the ability to work from your corporate cloud.

ecscad offers electrical designers an optimal tool for solving all tasks in automation, control cabinet construction, system planning or electrical building equipment. The software includes a complete set of features that make it possible to quickly and accurately design control system schematics for a wide range of projects - from simple engine controls to entire production plants. Automated processes, extensive electrotechnical symbol libraries and comprehensive options for editing the database reduce errors and allow electrotechnical documentation to be created in a fraction of the usual time. With ecscad you react faster to market trends, shorten production cycles and at the same time produce higher quality products. Equipment designations are automatically adjusted when copying and moving.

CADISON E&I Designer is a brainchild of unparalleled engineering experience and technological expertise of Electrical Engineers & Developers based on Object Oriented Technology. It has been developed with a mission of improving the electrical engineering efficiency and focusing more on project lifecycle challenges like change management, centralized documentation process, real-time updates, and true unification of information & data with graphics. Scalability and customization are two important pillars of CADISON E&I Designer with which its adoption to your business model and system becomes easy and effortless. Our mission is the accomplishment of accuracy, speed and in-time project completion for our Users. How CADISON Team has something different to Offer.

MODECSOFT is a software house specialised in developing high-quality and easy-to-use software tools. We are dedicated to providing specialised software solutions, developing high performance tools for the needs of the building industry and custom applications for the business. Modecsoft ElectricalOM is a Powerful, Fast & Accurate Software for Low Voltage Electrical Design, Modeling and Certification. Calculations and Checks Compliance with BS 7671:2018 , Harmonized with IEC 60364. Our Software is Compliant with BS7671:2018 - 18th Edition. ElectricalOM will continue supporting 17th Edition. The Autodesk Revit ® - ElectricalOM synchronization tool provides Electrical Engineers and Designers the flexibility to synchronize their Revit Electrical Data with ElectricalOM allowing BS7671 Calculations to be applied in the Autodesk Revit Building Information Models and also to Auto-Create Schematic Diagrams.

The Elecdes Design Suite software (EDS) is a feature rich set of electrical and instrumentation, design and CAD tools, used in over 50 countries around the world. EDS is comprised of Elecdes, Paneldes, Instrument Manager, and several add on productivity tools for enhancing your electrical and instrumentation engineering. The flagship component of the Elecdes Design Suite, Elecdes is electrical CAD software designed for the engineering and drafting of electrical schematic diagrams, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, electrical panel layout diagrams, and more. Using its integrated database, Elecdes provides a series of automated reports, such as bill of materials, cable schedules, cross reference and wiring lists. Scada Systems was founded in 1985 as a control and data acquisition engineering consultancy. After identifying the need for automated electrical design software, Scada Systems set about establishing the world’s leading suite of instrumentation, panel and electrical CAD design.

To Navigate around in the schematic and layout of PCBWeb Designer you can use both the mouse and keyboard. To Zoom, use the scroll wheel or page-up and page-down keys to zoom into or out-of the active area in your design. If you want to reset your zoom level to fit your design, simply click on the icon in the lower right of the application or press your home key. Panning in PCBWeb designer is done by holding down the right-mouse button while moving your mouse. You can also use the standard scroll bars on the bottom and side of the application to pan the display area. PCBWeb Designer contains a fully integrated component catalog allowing you to easily search, filter and place parts that have both a symbol and footprint.

Today’s electronic designs are becoming increasingly complex, making it harder to detect errors that generate high costs and hundreds of work hours. Detecting these errors in advance can be instrumental in preventing these damages. Unfortunately, in many cases, these errors are discovered only in the testing phase or at the customer’s site. BQR’s CircuitHawk is a powerful and unique (patent based) design error detection and stress analysis tool for electrical circuits. CircuitHawk detects design errors during the design phase, before layout and production. This way, no schematic, connectivity or stress errors are found in the qualification tests during final verification. CircuitHawk shortens design cycles and time to market, which in turn saves a lot of money and helps bolster corporate reputation. CircuitHawk is the only tool integrating design error detection with electrical stresses, thermal, MTBF and service life prediction at the schematic level, before PCB layout and production.

Intended for designers of electrical and power equipment systems in buildings and it can be used to create professional documentation of internal low-voltage electrical systems. This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program. Numerous benefits from working in BIM technology: automatic checking of collisions with other building elements, advanced 3D preview, export to IFC format. One of the few CAD/CAE solutions for electricians allows to draw the installation project in a building in accordance with the BIM technology. Generating structural diagrams of power lines for electrical installations projects (schematic diagram of internal power lines between designed distribution boards).

A powerful and comprehensive range of professional CAD capabilities, allowing you to complete designs in a fraction of the time and building accuracy and precision into your end-to-end design process. Our range of free-of-charge design tools and resources take your brightest ideas all the way through to final production. Whether you're looking for a design alone tool, a range of technical information, a complete design ecosystem, our complete suite can be integrated seamlessly into your existing design workflow. DesignSpark Electrical is genuine electrical CAD and offers a complete range of specialist features to optimize your design process. Tasks such as wire and device numbering are automated, as are reports, saving you huge amounts of time. The built-in intelligence of the software will also ensure that designs are accurate and coherent. A comprehensive range of symbols are available within DesignSpark Electrical, complemented by a vast array of manufacturer’s parts.

The Cadence AWR Design Environment Platform accelerates RF/microwave product development cycles with design automation that enhances engineering productivity and reduces turnaround time. This seamlessly integrated platform empowers engineers with advanced high-frequency circuit and system simulation coupled with in-design electromagnetic (EM)/thermal analyses for manufacturing-ready high-frequency IP, offering unmatched efficiency and precision. Designed to enhance engineering productivity, the user interface is powerful and intuitive. It offers smart, customizable design flows that cater to the specific needs of today's high-frequency semiconductor and PCB technologies. A unified design capture system facilitates a front-to-back physical design flow. Electrical and layout design entries are dynamically linked, ensuring that components placed in an electrical schematic automatically generate a synchronized physical layout.

Create instrumentation and electrical drawings, schematics, data sheets. Integrate with ETAP for detailed calculation and 3D for cable routing. AVEVA Electrical and Instrumentation delivers real-time collaboration between the electrical and instrumentation project disciplines. Data and high-quality deliverables are shared delivering accuracy and efficiency from the front-end to the detailed design phases of a project. AVEVA Electrical and instrumentation has been designed to make life easier for your engineers, and ultimately add value to your business. The product shares the same platform as AVEVA Unified Engineering and can be configured with third-party tools, making it flexible and efficient to deliver projects effectively. Providing data accuracy and the assurance your business is fully compliant with the latest standards. Have greater confidence in your engineering data ensuring a right-first-time methodology.

EAGLE is electronic design automation (EDA) software that lets printed circuit board (PCB) designers seamlessly connect schematic diagrams, component placement, PCB routing, and comprehensive library content. Bring your design to life with a wide range of PCB layout tools in EAGLE. Drag and drop reusable design blocks between your projects, complete with synchronized schematic and PCB circuitry. Validate your schematic design with a complete set of electronic rule checks, so your schematic can stay on track. All changes stay automatically in sync between your schematic and layout, so you can focus on the creative process. Control your design flow and avoid unexpected surprises with fully customizable PCB design rules and constraints. Worry-free libraries are ready for your next design. Find and place parts dynamically linked to our growing catalog.

The ReluxCAD for Revit add-on enables lighting design in Revit. Enhance the quality of your specialist planning. Using the ReluxCAD for Revit add-on, the required number of luminaires in interior spaces can be determined in line with standards. Electrical designers are thus equipped with an easy-to-use and comprehensible simulation tool in their familiar working environment. A native interface to the ReluxDesktop application enables loss-free communication with lighting designers. As an electrical designer, you are responsible for ensuring that the positioning of luminaires in buildings complies with standards. On average, only 10% of installed luminaires are checked for compliance with lighting standards at present. Enhance the planning quality of lighting in buildings! This tool allows you to do just that. Clear display of complex products. Simulation of IEC 63180 passive infrared sensors. Interior & exterior measurement areas.

Electrification, autonomous driving, connectivity inside and outside the vehicle: The onboard electronic network has become the brain of today’s cars. The ever-increasing sharing of data within vehicles and to systems outside of the vehicle raises the complexity and makes the development of electric and electronic systems in vehicles, the so-called E/E development, more and more challenging. PREEvision is a model-based development environment, that faces these challenges, and supports the entire E/E development – from architecture design all the way through to the final wiring harness.

Integrated signal integrity, power integrity, 3D electromagnetic modeling & electrical rule checking for high-speed digital designs. HyperLynx combines ease of use with automated workflows to make high-speed design analysis accessible to mainstream system designers. This allows problems to be identified and resolved early in the design cycle. HyperLynx works with multiple PCB tools and is an ideal addition to any PCB design flow. The HyperLynx family provides a complete analysis flow that combines best-practice design rule checking with comprehensive signal and power integrity simulation. Integrated 3D EM solvers create highly accurate interconnect models. Evaluate design tradeoffs with pre-layout analysis and validate designs prior to fab with post-layout analysis. Supports SerDes channels, DDRx memory interfaces, and general-purpose signal integrity. Design and validate a board’s power-delivery network (PDN) to meet impedance goals in an easy-to-use environment.

Build hardware more efficiently with real-time collaboration, an easy-to-use simulator, and forkable community content. Leverage collective intelligence through modern sharing, permissions, and an easy-to-use version control system. We believe in the power of open-source. Get started quickly with an ever-expanding library of parts and schematics created by the Flux community. Finally, a programmable simulator that doesn’t require a PHD to use. Check your schematic before you build, all from the browser. Whether you're building a simple circuit board or designing hardware for the next Mars mission, Flux is where great hardware projects are born. Flux is a browser-based end-to-end electronic design tool that breaks down barriers. Flux is making something new, and we’re doing in a new way. It’s called building in the open. Join our community of engineers, makers, and entrepreneurs who are passionate about improving hardware design tools.

FloWare is a bunch of useful tool enhancements which increase productivity in CAD Flow and PCB Design with OrCAD and Allegro. These enhancements have been created to meet the specific needs of customers in the fields of Setup, Display, Edit, Draft, Shapes, Check/Review, Documentation, etc. Installation of FloWare modules is a simple process and does not require any expert knowledge. Installation process includes a wizard and guides you through the FloWare installation process. Menu structures are automatically recognized by PCB Editor and shown in the tool bar. Simply choose from the available modules according to your needs and increase PCB design productivity. The license is distributed by e-mail and is valid for the site of your company location. Each module provides a detailed documentation.

SmartDesign radically simplifies the design process: just right-click on an area to design and get automatic calculations of all equipment sizing requirements per the National Electrical Code® (NEC). It’s like having a professional engineer who has memorized the NEC and all the manufacturers’ catalogs, right on your desktop. Comprehensive, integrated reports provide valuable insight and alerts to problem areas. You can also ensure consistent standards with reusable design sheets set to specific parameters. Avoid reinventing the wheel with customizable design sheets. So, the next time you need a system design for another hospital, for example, start from an already-created design sheet—instead of from scratch. Eliminate the frustrating tedium of tracking and complying with countless NEC regulations and documentation requirements.

To ensure you achieve reliable power delivery, Cadence Celsius PowerDC technology provides efficient DC analysis for signoff of IC package and PCB designs, including electrical/thermal co-simulation, to maximize accuracy. Celsius PowerDC technology quickly pinpoints excessive IR drop, with areas of excess current density and thermal hotspots, to minimize your design’s risk of field failure. Highly accurate, even for complex designs with multiple voltage domains and complex plane structures, providing conclusive IR drop analysis for package and board. Automatically set up DC simulations using PowerTree Technology data (source/sink definitions) captured at the schematic stage of the design process. Comprehensive support for multi-structure designs, including stacked die, multiple boards, and all popular package types.

Unleash the power of a fully integrated, single-software CAD solution to handle every aspect of electrical, automation, and instrumentation design. From basic to detailed projects, CADMATIC Electrical ensures up-to-date, error-free deliverables with its interconnected CAD environment and intelligent data management. Reduce manual inputs and enhance data integrity, allowing engineers to focus on innovation and efficiency with smart, flexible, and customizable workflows. Integrate seamlessly with other design disciplines to accelerate project timelines and improve overall project quality. Wiring, instrumentation loop, key single-line, load diagrams, etc. Lighting, outlets, cable ways, cabling, security, communication, etc. Cable, wiring, device, I/O, instrument, document lists, etc. CADMATIC Electrical automates routine tasks and eliminates the chance of errors, letting you focus on design work.

Ultiboard is printed circuit board design and layout software that integrates seamlessly with Multisim to accelerate PCB prototype development. Ultiboard software offers efficient PCB design layout and routing with a customizable environment. You can use its flexible tools to place parts and copper with manual precision to define critical board elements. With its automated functionality, you can quickly complete a design. The advanced spreadsheet view, toolbox, and design wizards help you easily manage, control, and define any board layout. Seamless integration with Multisim software provides simple schematic transfer to PCB, and forward and backward annotation ensures design iteration management. You can easily export industry-standard file formats such as Gerber and DXF to complete the design flow from schematic to layout. From data and automation to research and validation, our tailored, software-connected approach is rooted in helping you engineer what’s next.

Solid Edge is a portfolio of affordable, easy to deploy, maintain, and use software tools that advance all aspects of the product development process – mechanical and electrical design, simulation, manufacturing, technical documentation, data management, and cloud-based collaboration. Developed on Siemens industry leading technologies, Solid Edge provides the most innovative and comprehensive approach to product development for the mainstream market.

ExpressPCB is excited to introduce several new enhancements to our ExpressPCB Plus software! With the addition of Schematic Link and Netlist Validation tools to Plus, we provide peace of mind in the validation of your design from schematic to layout prior to manufacturing. Provides the ability to link the schematic netlist in ExpressSCH to the PCB layout in ExpressPCB Plus. Added a “Net Connection” tool to allow users to highlight connected pads in a net from the linked schematic to assist in board layout. Provides validation of the full ExpressPCB Plus layout for equivalence to the ExpressSCH schematic netlist. Provides error reporting for missing or additional components, pins, connections, or other design elements. Allows users to highlight errors, with option to zoom to location. Allows users to correct errors, and validate edits in one easy tool. Error reporting export capability in Microsoft Excel format.

Multisim ™ software integrates industry standard spice simulation with an interactive schematic environment to instantly visualize and analyze the behavior of electronic circuits. Its intuitive interface helps teachers reinforce circuit theory and improve theory retention throughout the engineering curriculum. By adding powerful circuit simulation and analysis to the design flow, Multisim ™ helps researchers and designers reduce iterations of printed circuit board (PCB) prototypes and save development costs. Multisim ™ for Education is circuit teaching application software for analog, digital and power electronics courses and labs. Multisim ™ provides engineers with the SPICE simulation, analysis and PCB design tools to rapidly iterate on designs and improve prototype performance.

Our free DesignSpark PCB is here to help your company explore more design options, leading to increased innovation. At the core of this unique software is a powerful software engine that enables you to capture schematics and design PCB boards and layouts. Our range of free-of-charge design tools and resources take your brightest ideas all the way through to final production. Whether you're looking for a design alone tool, a range of technical information, a complete design ecosystem, our complete suite can be integrated seamlessly into your existing design workflow. Be free when creating your schematic, there is no limitation on your schematic size or number of your schematic sheets. Feel free to use as many layers as you need on your next PCB design. There are no limits on the maximum number of nodes or pads and no restriction on the number of connections. The maximum size your PCB can be is 1m X 1m.

BQR’s fiXtress is a powerful solution for electronic product reliability analyses. Derating analysis identifies over-stressed and over-designed components that may need to be replaced. After the derating analysis is complete, stress-based MTBF prediction provides a realistic estimate of the mean time to product failure. fiXtress is a superior Design for Reliability (DfR) suite, serving as an add-on for any Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tool. fiXtress modules can either operate standalone, or complement other modules to provide a comprehensive DfR solution for electrical circuits and PCB design. Unique thermal analysis that estimates the average temperature rise over the cold plate, for accurate stress derating.

CAD software to design anything—with time-saving toolsets, web, and mobile apps. AutoCAD® is computer-aided design (CAD) software that architects, engineers, and construction professionals rely on to create precise 2D and 3D drawings. Draft, annotate, and design 2D geometry and 3D models with solids, surfaces, and mesh objects. Automate tasks such as comparing drawings, adding blocks, creating schedules, and more. Customize with add-on apps and APIs. AutoCAD includes industry-specific features and intelligent objects for architecture, mechanical engineering, electrical design, and more. Automate floor plans, sections, and elevations. Draw piping, ducting, and circuiting quickly with parts libraries. Auto-generate annotations, layers, schedules, lists, and tables. Use a rules-driven workflow to accurately enforce industry standards.

SOLIDWORKS PCB enables the productivity you need to design Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) quickly along with unique, collaboration between electrical and 3D mechanical design teams. It offers a clear advantage where ECAD-MCAD collaboration is critical for overall success of electronic product design. Define rigid-flex regions, layers, and stack thicknesses enabling single board rigid-flex PCB design. The rigid-flex layer stack regions can be defined with bend lines and angles and validated with 3D folding and component clearance checking to ensure layout correctness. Manage project, design files and documentation with SOLIDWORKS PCB-PDM Connector and the SOLIDWORKS PDM-based design and data management workflow. Securely store and index design data for fast retrieval, eliminate concerns over version control and data loss, and collaborate on design data from multiple locations. Unmatched ECAD-MCAD integration and collaboration with SOLIDWORKS that unifies design data.

Companies today are faced with complex design challenges and tight budgets. eCADSTAR is more than a PCB layout tool with simulation, 3D MCAD integration, and wire harness support all built on the latest technology for enterprise-level performance at an affordable cost. The modern intuitive UI makes eCADSTAR a compelling solution for all designers. Leverage eCADSTAR’s design capabilities to simplify and accelerate the design process. With the digitally connected library, intuitive schematic capture, and tools to accelerate PCB layout engineers spend less time manipulating the tool and more time doing what they do best, innovate creative solutions for today’s technological challenges. One of the most time-consuming parts of the design process is the test plan. The validation process can be costly in terms of time and money without adequate upfront simulation. eCADSTAR’s capabilities in Spice simulation and SI/PI analysis delivers test cycle time reductions.

The Cadence Allegro X Design Platform is the ultimate solution for navigating modern electronic complexities that help support your diverse PCB design needs. As a full-stack engineering platform, it provides a scalable and highly integrated environment for multi-board electronic system design. Allegro X Design Platform ensures that your global teams can effectively and concurrently collaborate to minimize project risks, lower production costs, and ensure design compliance and standards are met. Electrical engineers and PCB designers can make data-driven decisions with access to constraints and integrated analysis workflows reducing turnaround time while ensuring product reliability, manufacturing, and first pass success.

EMWorks provides best-in-class electromagnetic simulation software for electrical and electronics design with multiphysics capabilities. The company’s products are fully and seamlessly embedded in SOLIDWORKS and Autodesk Inventor®. Applications include electromechanical and power electronics, antennas, RF and microwave components, and power and signal integrity of high-speed interconnects. EMS is an electromagnetic field simulation software for designing and optimizing electromagnetic and electromechanical devices such as transformers, electric motors, actuators, and sensors inside SOLIDWORKS® and Autodesk® Inventor®. EMWorks2D is a 2D electromagnetic simulation software for 2D planar and axis-symmetric geometries and it is completely embedded inside SOLIDWORKS. This product enables users to do quick simulations before migrating to 3D and helps in rapid product development.

To help you tackle increasingly challenging issues related to simultaneous switching noise, signal coupling, and target voltage levels, Cadence® Sigrity X PowerSI® technology provides fast, accurate, and detailed electrical analysis of full IC packages or PCBs. It is cloud ready and can be used pre-layout to develop power- and signal-integrity guidelines, as well as post-layout to verify performance and improve a design without needing a prototype. Using Sigrity X PowerSI electromagnetic (EM) field solver technology, you can readily perform a broad range of studies to identify trace and via coupling issues, power/ground fluctuations caused by simultaneously switching outputs, and design regions that are under or over voltage targets. PowerSI technology also lets you perform extraction of frequency-dependent network parameter models and lets you visualize complex spatial relationships.

Ansys RedHawk-SC is the industry’s trusted gold standard voltage drop and electromigration multiphysics sign-off solution for digital designs. Its powerful analytics quickly identify any weaknesses and allow what-if explorations to optimize power and performance. Redhawk-SC’s cloud-based architecture gives it the speed and capacity to handle full-chip analysis. Signoff accuracy is certified by all major foundries for all finFET nodes, down to 3nm. Ansys RedHawk-SC enables robust, low-power digital designs without performance loss thanks to advanced power analytics that give designers comprehensive techniques to detect and correct dynamic voltage drop. Ansys RedHawk-SC’s trusted multiphysics signoff analysis is a powerful way to reduce project and technology risk. RedHawk’s algorithms are certified accurate by all major foundries for all finFET processes and are proven in thousands of tapeouts.

Ansys RaptorH is an electromagnetic modeling software with capacity to model power grids, full custom blocks, spiral inductors, and clock trees. Its high-speed distributed processing delivers accurate, silicon-proven S-parameter and RLCk models. RaptorH can analyze partial and unfinished layouts during the design phase and makes it easy to use either the general purpose HFSS engine or the silicon-optimized RaptorX engine for silicon structures. Ansys RaptorH extracts electromagnetic models at the pre-LVS stage for arbitrary routing and layout, including planes (solid or perforated), round shapes, spiral inductors, and MiM/MoM capacitors - with automatic setting of boundary conditions. The GUI allows point-and-click net selection and what-if analyses. RaptorH is supported by all major silicon foundries and can read encrypted technology files to set up analyses with either the HFSS or the Raptor engine.

The savviest detailing departments leverage technology to accomplish more work in less time. EVOLVE Electrical software creates an easy-to-use Revit experience for our end user and produces a level of accuracy that is needed to efficiently fabricate and construct your projects. From constructible BIM workflows to automated spooling, EVOLVE Electrical gives companies the tools they need to finish projects on time and within budget.

PCB123 is a full-feature design tool for Printed Circuit Board designers of all levels. Introduced as a free tool in 2002, PCB123 still operates on a risk-sharing business model: We don't get paid until you succeed at designing your PCB. And to help ensure your success, we staff our technical support department with professionals that can answer your questions. So what's to stop you? Easy-to-use, and professional-grade PCB CAD software that's free and fully supported. We don’t throttle our tool and charge you for a license to give you full functionality. We get paid when you order boards – it really is that simple. software developer’s kit, with programmatic access to the PCB123 database, you can expand the tool for your own purposes. Our PCB layout specialists are available to help you stretch your resource dollars & speed your PCB prototyping cycle. Submit basic design information to get a quote.

Xpedition Enterprise is the industry’s most innovative PCB design flow, providing integration from system design definition to manufacturing execution. Its unique technologies can reduce design cycles by 50 percent or more while significantly improving overall quality and resource efficiency. Xpedition delivers integration, collaboration, and co-design systems between IC packaging, multi-board, RF, harness, FPGA, and MCAD to ensure the flexibility and intuitive technologies you need. Xpedition PCB design software supports multi-user, multi-site tool, and flow-based concurrent engineering throughout the product development process, dramatically reducing design cycles and improving product quality. Xpedition combines ease-of-use with highly automated functionality to offer PCB designers industry-leading advanced technologies to create today’s most complex designs. Optimize products for performance and manufacturability, ensuring product quality, and reducing design errors or rework.

As electronics content increases, so does design complexity. This video offers insights into how PADS Professional delivers powerful PCB design capabilities in an affordable and easy-to-deploy solution for hardware engineers. The Siemens portfolio enables the digital transformation of electronic systems design. See how it is best positioned to deliver digitally integrated product ideation platforms for the next market-winning products. Join this experience to learn more! Create a design from start to finish, and see how easy it is to use its advanced technology including rigid-flex design, RF design, and advanced routing, including HDI and area rules, to help get your job done faster! Intuitive project and design navigation, complete hierarchical support, and advanced tools for rules and attribute management help you meet your PCB design goals.

PathWave ADS offers integrated design guidance via templates to help you get started faster. Extensive component libraries make it easy to find the part you want. Automatic sync with layout allows you to visualize the physical layout while making schematic designs. Data helps teams visualize whether their designs meet specifications. The data display and analytics capabilities in PathWave ADS produce graphs, charts, and diagrams to give you design confidence. Quickly accelerate your design with wizards, design guides, and templates. The complete design flow includes schematic, layout, circuit, electro-thermal, and electromagnetic simulations. Signal and power integrity are becoming more important as frequency and speed increase in printed circuit boards (PCBs). Losses associated with transmission line effects can cause failures in electronic devices. Modeling traces, vias, and interconnects are necessary to simulate the board accurately.