According to RS’ research, around two-thirds of electrical designers are not using “genuine” electrical CAD packages at the moment. Peter Smith, who joined RS 2½ years ago to help develop the electrical CAD package, says that many potential users of such software – especially in SMEs – are put off by the high costs and complexity of existing packages, which are “cost-prohibitive” for many smaller users, and take too long to learn.Īs a result, users often end up using non-specialist software such as Microsoft Visio or AutoCad. The library will update itself automatically. Schneider products are presented as the default when using the software, but users have the option of choosing items from other suppliers. Schneider Electric has contributed to the cost of developing the software, and 80,000 Schneider products are included in the 250,000 components that make up DesignSpark Electrical’s launch library. RS has spent two years working on the new package, which has been developed by French-based Trace Software International and has similarities to Trace’s Elecworks electrical CAD software. The global launch of DesignSpark Electrical follows RS’ earlier free packages, DesignSpark PCB (which has had 230,000 activations since its launch in 2010) and DesignSpark Mechanical (which has had 175,000 activations since its launch in 2013). RS Components has launched a free electrical design software package which, it says, will bring the benefits of design software to those not already using electrical CAD (computer-aided design) tools.
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