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“ All the Power of Electrical CAD
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Thanks to IGE+XAO’s 25 years of experience,
SEE Electrical Expert is now the reference in the world of
electrical design.
Innovation
• The «Concurrent Engineering» module is a powerful solution for multiple
designers to work collaboratively on the same project.
• «3D Panel» supports designing electrical installations in 3D and offers a realistic
view of equipment and their physical positions as well as space requirements,
visualization and collision control.
• From the installation diagram, the «Synoptic» module automatically generates
all the terminal strips and cables and updates the schematics.
• The «Harness Documentation» module is an intuitive and easy-to-use tool for
designing 2D harnesses and routing the wires and cables in accordance with
the schematics.
• Multiple ways to configure machine or electrical installations and to
automatically generate a complete electrical project (schematics, terminals,
part lists, cable lists, etc.) from:
- An Excel spreadsheet
- CompoData, the IGE+XAO Group software suite to configure more complex
systems.
Integration and communication
• Several communication gateways with other software
packages :
- Mechanical CAD (Catia, SolidWorks, Creo Pro/Pro
Engineer, AutoCAD,etc.),
- PDM (SmartTeam, Windchill, TeamCenter,…),
- ERP (SAP…),
- or other business software (labeling, documentation
software, etc.) promote the integration of
SEE Electrical Expert.
• SEE ELECTRICAL EXPERT exchanges information with PLC programming software in order to automatically
generate and update Input/Output card layouts. This functionality is particularly optimised for SCHNEIDER
Electric’s Unity Pro as SEE Electrical Expert has direct access to the heart of this platform.
• Document exchanges are easy thanks to numerous graphical interfaces (PDF, DXF, DWG, JPEG, TIFF,
WMF, etc.). XLS, XML, ASCII, etc. interfaces also supports export or import of data.
• Partnerships with major electrical equipment manufacturers (ABB, Legrand, Eaton - Moeller Electric, Phoenix
Contact, Rockwell Automation - Allen Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Socomec, Wago, Weidmüller…)
provide the largest catalogues in the market.
• 100% unicode, SEE Electrical Expert V4 supports all kinds of alphabets.
An immediately operational
business package
• More than 1,000 electrical standardized symbols (IEC, IEEE,etc.)
• More than 600,000 parts available online through our web server
• Many design templates built in (motor starters with corresponding control part, drives,
PLC cards, etc.)
• Over one hundred reports templates lists configured. These can be customised
• Dozens of part list templates
• Hundreds of working methods are available (symbol tagging, wire numbering formats,
terminal strip layouts, connectors, cables, management of interconnections…)
The basic SEE ELECTRICAL EXPERT module
Professional package
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Creation and modification of electrical schematics
Symbol manager (creation and modification of smart
symbols)
Project, sheet and diagram template manager through an
Explorer interface
Index revision management
Multi-level, multi-user access management
Automatic definition of connection points according to the
cabling direction
Slideshow in BMP ; JPG ; TIFF ; PCX ; SVG ; CGM formats
Project can be generated in PDF format
Manual, semi-automatic or automatic component labelling,
connection, equipotential and wire tagging, in a user defined
format (multiple formats supplied, with the possibility to
create your own formats)
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Compliant with different standards and working methods
(IEC standard…)
Renumbering of all or just part of the project (or change
numbering standard during design of the project)
Real-time management of networks equipotential
Drawing tools
Real-time cross-referencing management
Update cross-references for the entire project (changes in
standard or representation)
Component choice according to logical constraints (number
of used and available contacts)
Management of inconsistencies (short-circuit detection,
cross-references checks,…)
The additional SEE ELECTRICAL EXPERT modules
External cabling
Terminals :
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Terminal strip management
Manual or automatic terminal and terminal strip numbering
Management of different types of terminal (disconnect,
fuses, diodes, stepped…)
Cable selection assistance (types, wire numbers, colors,…)
Navigation between schematic and terminal strip diagrams
Synoptic :
TERMINAL module included
• Installation design synoptic (localisation, cable and terminal
strip graphical management; navigation)
• Automatic terminal and cable insertion in the schematics
• Automatic cabling
• Multi-connection terminals
• Automatic bridge management
• Connector management
• Import lists of cabling between enclosures
• Cable lists
Internal Cabling
Cabling :
Harness Documentation :
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Creation and automatic insertion of symbols on the
connections
Graphical cabling list
Assistance with the cabling of complex installation
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Logical and physical (2D) electrical harnesses design
Dedicated symbol libraries and component references
according to the harness design
Positioning of accessories
Automatic routing of cables and wires into the harness
according to the schematics
Automatic calculation of harness wire and cable lengths and
branch diameters
The additional SEE ELECTRICAL EXPERT modules
Layout
Cabinet
PLC Management
PLC :
3D Panel with SolidWorks :
ü 3D equipment placement in SolidWorks
ü Collision control
ü Consistency check with the schematics
Panels :
üEquipment placement and collision control
ü Associative dimensioning
ü Rail and wireway management
ü Enclosure selection assistance
ü Navigation between panel layout and schematic diagrams
ü Consistency check up between panel layout and schematic
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Management of PLC configurations
Networks and field buses management (remote Input/Output)
Automatic generation of racks and Input/output cards schematics
Import/Export of input/output lists
Input/Output card updating
diagrams
Panels Manufacturing :
PANEL module included
ü Wire routing in the cabinet
ü Wire length calculation
ü Wireway filling rate calculation
ü Cabling wire list
ü Drilling layout generation
Part List Management
Parts list :
Parts list manager :
PART LIST module included
ü Automatic generation of Bill of Materials
ü Advanced multi-criteria sorting and filtering
ü User defined page layouts (multiple templates available, create
your own templates, font selection, content…)
ü Generation of terminal block tags for engraving machines
ü Equipment catalogue management via Internet (downloads,
updates…)
ü Part list management (evolution, revision indices)
ü Equipment list importing (pre-part list)
ü Automatic equipment code assignment
Exchange and Communication
PDM Connect :
Concurrent Engineering :
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ü Electrical data export for integration in PDM tools (SmartTeamDassault Systèmes, Teamcenter-Siemens, Windchill-PTC,
SAP…)
Simultaneous work of several users on the same project
Conflict management (simultaneous access to data)
Modifications made by other users are instantly seen
Online discussions (chat) tools
SmarTeam Integration :
ü SEE Electrical Expert projects and associated documents
integration into PDM, Enovia SmarTeam
ü Project management from SEE Electrical Expert and/or Enovia
SmarTeam
Translation :
ü Project translation in different languages
ü Multi-lingual projects management
DXF :
ü DXF format (AutoCAD) and DWG Importation/Exportation
Creo Elements/Pro export (ex Pro Engineer), Catia export,
SolidWorks export:
Open Data :
ü Equipment export
ü Cabling list export
ü Data export for quick and easy editing of project data with Excel or
any other application
ü Data imported back with consistency control
Training sessions
SEE Viewer :
SEE PM (SEE Project Manager) :
- Project Manager
- Management and monitoring of revisions
- User access control management
- Project version management
ü XML format customized data export
Additional services
Additional packages
- Documents viewing and printing
- Navigation tools, highlighting, search and marking functionalities
SEE Extractor :
ü Level 1 user, level 2 user, evolution and customized (specific
requirements)
SEE Part libraries
ü New catalogue part number data entry service
Integration support / consulting
- Creation of new solutions
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