Which electrical octopus wiring CAD software should you use for your wiring studies?

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There are software programmes specially dedicated to the study of electric octopuses wiring. This software can provide invaluable assistance in drawing up your plans and setting up your octopuses wiring. They can automatically determine the length of your ducts and cables or prepare your labelling. Coupled with an automatic pre-wiring, they will save you a considerable amount of time on your production times. Here we present a selection of the electric octopus wiring software available on the market.

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SchemBAT

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SchemBAT is probably the most popular CAD software on the market dedicated to building wiring studies. It’s a comprehensive design software package that’s perfect for professionals in the field. They have developed a module dedicated to electrical octopuses wiring that enables a complete study of octopus installations to be carried out.

 

inSchembat software interface

 

It comes with a complete library: devices, symbols, component references from the main manufacturers for producing bills of materials, cable references, ensuring you can get started quickly in compliance with standard NF C 15-100. All the elements can be configured to suit your working method.

This module allows you to:

  • Management of architectural plans (AutoCAD, PDF, etc).
  • Creating schematic diagrams and layout plans.
  • Identify and position components on the drawing, either manually or using a component library.
  • Extraction of parts lists (sheaths, cables, etc),
  • An interface designed for pre-wiring machines, making it easy to generate the various production routines. The software will send all the information directly to the pre-wiring for the manufacture of the sheaths/cables, as well as the labelling.
  • A detailed view of the centre pots, containing all the information needed for wiring.
  • Quick creation of quotes.

M-ElecDWG

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M-ElecDWG is a software package that integrates directly into AutoCAD or GstarCAD. With several years’ expertise in design offices and site monitoring, the CheckDev team has developed a comprehensive, easy-to-use software package that adapts to your working methods. You can integrate your numbering, your lengths and your various wire parameters for a result that matches your company.

 

melec software interface

 

In just a few steps, you can obtain a detailed study of your octopuses wiring.

You start by setting up the worksite with all the information relating to the worksite and the home.

You can then create, take over and modify electric spider wiring from a simple, intuitive interface. Simply drag the symbols from the library onto your map at the location of your devices.

You can configure and customise the data for each device. The programme will automatically check your electrical survey and inform you if there are any problems. M-ElecDWG will automatically calculate all your wire lengths and sheaths and assign colours to returns and shuttles.

Finally, you can easily print bills of materials with the contents of the ducts, quantities or even duct labels.

One advantage is that they have developed a prefabricated version available for touch screens.

DESA

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In its software suite, DESA offers a design tool dedicated to electrical octopuses wiring in the housing/small commercial sector solution. It’s very comprehensive, and offers all the features needed by octopus wiring sailors.

The Octopus wiring Pack module contains the following functions:

  • Calculating duct lengths.
  • Nomenclature of sheath contents with length, wire colour, cross-section and wire type.
  • Determination of supplies, calculation Cumulative length of sheaths by diameter and length of wires by colour and cross-section
  • Study report with ducts and contents
  • Simplified labelling of ducts
  • Connect the wires to the terminal strips in the junction boxes/ octopus wiring boxes.
  • Easy to read, with one colour for each octopus wiring (or connection box).
  • Possibility of creating a detailed plan for each octopus wiring
  • Cable trays
  • Power balance

 

Desa software interface

 

Beyond the octopuses wiring, the software is very advanced. It offers you all the services of electrical installation software:

  • Recovery of your plans in scan, PDF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF and AutoCAD formats
  • Layer display management
  • Automatic verification of compliance with standard C15-100.
  • Export by material list, parts list or zone.
  • Choice of cabinet model.
  • Choosing, modifying and adding circuit-breakers and modular elements.
  • Easy drag-and-drop modification of circuit layout.
  • Single-phase and three-phase installation
  • Library of electrical symbols for high and low voltage, VDI, home automation and alarms
  • Modifiable cabinet layout
  • Label printing per strip and per device
  • Synchronisation with quotation software

 

In conclusion, if you want software for electric octopuses wiring, it all depends on your needs in terms of settings and productivity, with each software package corresponding to a well-defined degree of use.