Building information modeling
- Professional electrical design for building services:
- Power distribution
- Lighting
- Fire alarm
- Emergency lighting
- Telecommunications
- Information technologies
- Security
- Public address
- Lighting protection
- Video
- Other building services systems
- 2D/3D design and modeling
- Design automation tools for equipment arrangement
- Circuit management
- Design + Analysis interfaces
- Room spaces and engineering zones for design, reporting, and others
- Stepwise refinement of design
- Interoperable with MicroStation, AutoCAD, and Revit
- Space allocation and visualization
- Design data transparency and reporting
- Construction documentation
Power distribution systems
- Distribution equipment arrangement
- Feeder and branch circuiting
- Automated circuiting and labeling
- Parametric 2D/3D symbols
- Online panel schedule
- Automatic roll-up for loads
- Wiring installation methods
Lighting systems design and analysis interfaces
 Automated fixture arrangement by matrix, ceiling grid, construction lines, and so on
- Automated circuiting and labeling
- Ceiling grid arrangement and snaps
- Parametric 2D/3D symbols
- Scalable 2D schematic symbols for switches and others
- Bidirectional links to third party lighting analysis program Visual Pro
- Luminaire arrangement and analysis results from lighting analysis program
- Calculate as-fitted design from BIM model to Lighting Analysis
- Import data from Lighting analysis programs:
- Luminaire arrangement
- 2D/3D fixture dimensions
- Fixture electrical load for circuit design
- Manufacturers’ data
- Calculation grid
- Visualization in lighting analysis programs
Building Performance / Energy Analysis
- Power density calculations based on room and zone information
- User-defined, colored rendering of rooms and zones in CAD
- Lighting compliance documentation based on ASHRAE 90.1
Fire alarm systems
- Fire alarm systems arrangement
- Zone definitions for fire protection, PA, emergency egress, and others
- Device arrangement by protection zones/coverage area
- Automated schematic generation from model
Circuit management
- Define, edit, and manage circuits by system and distribution panel
- Assign cables for wiring
- Define wiring installation types
- Route circuits and connect devices
- Circuit routing modes:
- Straight line
- Orthogonal
- Actual raceway route
- Calculate circuit load, length, and number of devices
- Route circuits in raceway
- Link circuits to other DWG files in the project
- Calculate and update circuit labels
Electrical raceway design
 Raceway systems design and 3D modeling:
- Cable tray – ladder and solid bottom
- Busway
- Conduit
- Wireway
- Underfloor systems
- Other raceway systems
- Parametric raceway engine with comprehensive catalogs
- Calculations:
- Raceway length
- Cable fill
- Weight
- Circuit routing
Symbol Manager
- Create, edit, and manage electrical 2D/3D symbols
- Standards support and delivered libraries:
- ANSI/IEEE/NFPA
- User-definable 2D and 3D symbols
- Symbol size options including factor, scale, and user-defined
- Define IFC classes
- User-definable layers
- Device classes with load, wiring configuration, power factor, demand factor, and so on
- Symbol group definition with available systems
Coordinated construction documentation
- Plans, sections, and elevations
- Panel, circuit, and device schedules
- Bill of materials, quantity takeoffs, and other reports
- Compatibility with office automation tools for further processing and formatting
International and custom standards support
- Electrical codes and standards:
- U.S. ANSI/IEEE/NFPA
- Create, manage, verify, and enforce company, client, and project standards
- Support for U.S. and other national CAD standards
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