AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL GOING GREEN

Circuit Builder
AutoCAD Electrical 2010 facilitates the drafting of electrical circuits. It dynamically generates rules-based controls circuits based on defined functional requirements such as components, wiring, ratings, and Catalog data.
Green Design
The Circuit Builder tool lets you use calculations to analyze energy efficiency, meet code requirements, and make “green” engineering decisions. It displays parallel energy loss calculations for a range of conductor sizes against various installation and ambient factors. To create a green design, for example, you might choose to oversize a motor’s conductors to reduce heating losses; Circuit Builder can tell you whether the resulting reduced energy loss over the life of the motor will recover or surpass initial materials and labor costs.
Other Circuit Builder features for increasing productivity:
• Wire conductor sizing based on electrical code requirements.
• Support for split-parallel conductor sizing—so you can substitute multiple smaller-diameter conductors to meet equivalent ampacity requirements of a single large-diameter conductor.
• Fuse, breaker, disconnect switch, and overload calculations based on electrical code requirements.