Posts in Category: Electrical Design

Mechatronics in the Future of Collaborative Engineering

October 03, 2017

Tags: Marketing, Mechatronics, Devices, Electrical Design, SOLIDWORKS Electrical

Due to its composition of mechanical systems, control systems, electronic systems, and computers, mechatronics play a large role in today’s society. When you think of any device where electronics control a mechanical device you start to realize mechatronics are all around. According to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) mechatronics can be identified in nearly everything, “from computer

Improve Communication Between Mechanical and Electrical Designers with SOLIDWORKS Electrical

August 28, 2017

Written by: CADimensions

Published in: Electrical Design

Tags: Solidworks, Electrical, Automotive, Product Design, Production

One of the largest and most costly issues in the realm of electrical manufacturing is the lack of communication between the product design and the production phases. According to The National Academic Press, “Design engineers concentrate on developing product functions and features with little or no consideration for how the product is to be made.” Adam

My Favorite 2017 Electrical Enhancements

January 17, 2017

Written by: Tom DiLaura

Published in: Electrical Design

Tags: Solidworks, Electrical Design, What's New, 2017, Enhancements

Last year, I wrote about all the new enhancements that came with SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016, and with the recent release of SW2017, SOLIDWORKS delivered for Electrical again. I wanted to use this blog to bring attention to my favorite updates to Electrical for 2017, but to also note that a majority of the key enhancements

5 Benefits for Standardizing Electrical Symbols

January 10, 2017

Written by: CADimensions

Published in: Electrical Design

Tags: Solidworks, Marketing, Electrical, Standardizing, Symbols

Picture this: It’s 3:57 PM on a Wednesday afternoon and you have just placed your final symbol on your schematic drawing, which is due today. You submit it to your project lead and pack up to leave so you can get your daughter to dance class by 5 PM. Just as you reach the exit,

SOLIDWORKS PCB Live Supplier Links, It’s the BOM

September 15, 2016

Written by: Kevin Holbrook

Published in: Electrical Design

Tags: Solidworks, Electrical, PCB, Live Supplier Links, BOM

Whether you’re looking to prototype a PCB or finalizing the BOM on a production board, the finalization process of verifying that the components used in your design are both available and affordable from your suppliers can be a tedious and potentially error-prone task. You stare at the stack of catalogs from your suppliers in order