Design layouts and control schematics easily with WSCAD Building Automation software. Function lists can be structured according to VDI 3814 and VDI 3813 guidelines for the entire building automation. The symbols placed in your schematics include full manufacturer product data. Over 2.1 million parts and symbols can be found at wscaduniverse.com. Generating materials and parts lists (BOM) is super easy. It is also the basis for the procurement of materials and cost estimation.WSCAD Building Automation provides full transparency and traceability throughout your project. You can use specific colours for plant layouts and functional diagrams, or quickly analyse all functions, materials, field devices, and cables. All material data is fully integrated within the complete electrical CAD environment across all engineering disciplines — schematic design, cabinet engineering, electrical installation, and distribution planning — significantly reducing manual and error-prone tasks.
Using huge symbol and macro libraries in combination with the materials and data point browsers from WSCAD Building Automation enables rapid processing and significantly simplifies the workflow. The integrated data point and signal management allows for easy management of all objects, signals and functions. Plug-ins enable automatic plant and address labeling – starting with an identification of the building, through structure identification, down to signal labelling. In WSCAD you can import CAD/PDF drawings from technical domains such as heating, ventilation, refrigeration and electrical engineering. These imports can be used as a basis for detailed design saving you a significant amount of time.
WSCAD Building Automation helps you master your challenges:
Deal with shortage of skilled personnel and an ageing workforce
- Securely save employee knowledge in WSCAD project templates including the right parts data. Once an employee leaves their know-how is still available within the company.
- Easy-to-Use: amongst other prices WSCAD software has been awarded with the “Golden e” for its easy to use user interface.
- Access over 2.1 million parts data and symbols from 435 manufacturers in wscaduniverse.com and save yourself the hassle of designing the parts.
- Use one single software to handle different aspects of a building of plant: network plan, circuit diagram, hydraulic/pneumatics, piping and instrumentation diagram, cabinet engineering, etc.
Handle the cost pressure
- Use your human brainpower where it is irreplaceable, and let WSCAD software handle other tasks
- Reduce manual work by automating engineering processes and storing your know-how in standard project templates. Reusing these saves enourmous amounts of time and substantially improves the quality of your output.
- Gather data only once and then access it seamlessly across all engineering disciplines: from the data point of a sensor to the terminal in the cabinet. Make use of the WSCAD integration to PLM and ERP systems to integrate all engineering data in a single backbone, reducing errors and rework.
Finish engineering projects faster
- With WSCAD you can create installation and distribution plans for 140 residential units in 1.5 days, including all documentation. Just ask us for real life examples.
- Use product configurators to generate schematics quickly and efficiently.
- Define standards and increase reuse of standard modules to save enourmous amounts of time while achieving higher quality at the same time.
- Rely on the integrated dictionary to produce multilingual schematics.
Master the transition towards Smart Buildings and complex systems
- The complexity of buildings and systems is increasing – WSCAD software helps you manage it effectively.
- Manage schematics and engineering data across various engineering disciplines with network plans, reception and data technology as well as communications and security technology.
- All data points are stored in a central database and can be edited in every engineering discipline in WSCAD Software. For instance: data points can now be assigned directly to PLC channels. They are then immediately available across disciplines in the PLC Manager. This avoids errors in building automation projects and can save up to 20% of project time.
- Also included: numerous data point key plug-ins (BKS_9 to BKS_12) available for specific data point generation.
Minimise down time
- The right data, in the right place, at the right time: maintenance engineers and service personnel can use their mobile devices to scan parts with the WSCAD Augmented Reality App. In an instant, they receive the corresponding circuit diagram, device designation, complete parts data including 3D models, and the original manufacturer datasheet.
Performance Focus
- Planning and documentation in accordance with VDI 3814 and VDI 3813 guidelines, as well as the DIN EN ISO 16484 standard
- Design, execution, installation, plant, and inventory planning
- Format-independent automation schematics
- Creation of function lists as per VDI 3814 and 3813
- Automation and field device documentation
- Output and export of lists for valves, cables, field devices and materials
- Presentation of data structures in functional diagrams
- Presentation of system and network overviews
Technology at a glance
- Symbols in accordance with DIN 19227 and DIN EN 81346/61346
- Symbols for building automation and room automation as per VDI Guidelines 3814 and 3813
- Symbols for electrical installation, control cabinet and distribution board construction
- Automated plant identification key
- View of detailed data structures
- System macros
- Integration of graphics, symbols and external documents via links
- Import of floor plans and drawings (DWG/DXF, PDF, graphics)
- Export of valves, cables, field devices and material data to Excel and other programs
- Quantity take-off
The WSCAD Building Automation module at a glance
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Functions of WSCAD BA compared to other software
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| Automatic generation of circuit diagrams and automation schemes |
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| Own part database (local and online) |
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| Free plant structuring acc. to IEC 8134 |
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| Symbols acc. to IEC 62424 and VDI 3813 and 3814 |
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| Generation of function lists acc. to IEC 16484 |
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| Reflection of the data points in information links |
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| Standardization of the data points for each device |
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| Auto connection of devices with connection line |
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| Intelligent copy-and-pasteCTRL-C/CTRL-V |
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| Export of smart PDF |
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| Import of DWG/DXF |
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| Import of PDF |
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Information Brochure
Building Automation with the WSCAD Software
WSCAD has been developing electrical CAD solutions for over 35 years. Our customers include medium-sized companies, international corporations and engineering service providers.
More than 40,000 users in more than 100 countries rely on WSCAD Software as their electrical CAD solution. The software is based on one core platform that covers six engineering disciplines: electrical engineering, cabinet engineering, piping and instrumentation, fluid engineering, building automation and electrical installation. Any change made to a component in one discipline is instantly reflected in all the other disciplines.
This information brochure gives you an overview of the features and benefits of the Building Automation discipline. The download is free of charge.
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Case study
Fraport is designing building and room automation with WSCAD
“In order to avoid data discontinuity, errors and delays, we have followed a holistic design for building and room automation from the beginning.”
Find out how the building automation for 1,500 rooms, 240 controls and 150,000 automation functions at the new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport was planned using the electrical CAD solution from WSCAD.
Case study
EI&C company and cabinet engineering manufacturer VOGL Elektromeisterbetrieb GmbH, Teisnach, Germany
Would you like to find out from practical experience how our software can be used to quickly and precisely plan the entire planning process from building and room automation, electrical installation to control cabinet and electrical planning? The master electrician company Vogl from Teisnach will tell you in our current user report!
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Quickly create schematics using macros, collect data points and apply them consistently
Read floor plans, place field devices and equip intelligence
Use all components that have already been created to develop schematic diagrams, generate terminal diagrams, connection and material lists
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