The types of wires and cables specified in the schematic drawings and Electrical library.The connections between terminals and devices specified in the schematic drawings.

Where the library devices are placed and their terminals on the model.

SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D will then route the wires and cables automatically based on: –

Wiring and Cabling carried out automatically.

The SOLIDWORKS BOM is automatically updated and the itemised assembly drawing is updated automatically as shown below. SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D knows which library model is associated to which electrical device so all the user has to know is where to position the device.

Placement of Electrical Devices in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3DĮither the Electrical or Mechanical Engineer can then place the Electrical Devices directly into the SOLIDWORKS assembly from the Electrical menu.

Similarly the Electrical Engineer has created the Electrical schematic drawings and automatically created a BOM in SOLIDWORKS Electrical as shown below. In the example below we’ll assume that the Mechanical Engineer has created a model of the framework and control panel and created the initial Mechanical BOM as below.

SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D enables a single BOM to be created automatically within SOLIDWORKS so the chance of omissions or duplicate items are greatly reduced.īoth SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Electrical have comprehensive tools to create their own BOM reports. With mechanical and electrical design work often carried out by different individuals and with different systems, it’s difficult to create a single unified electro/mechanical bill of material (BOM).

Bill of material solidworks