New features in WSCAD ELECTRIX AI 2026

Here are the latest functionalities and improvements in WSCAD ELECTRIX AI.
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ELECTRIX AI 2026 – the new version of the world’s only electrical CAD software with integrated AI

Since 2024, WSCAD has been the first provider in the industry to bring an AI-powered electrical CAD solution to market with ELECTRIX AI. This pioneering technology automates routine tasks, optimizes design processes, and significantly reduces engineering time.

With ELECTRIX AI 2026, a new era in electrical engineering begins. The combination of powerful AI features, extended standards support, and intelligent workflow optimizations delivers substantially higher efficiency, fewer errors, and noticeably accelerated development processes.

The latest version brings together proven engineering performance with intelligent AI functionality and a significantly enhanced user experience. Designed for engineers who want to work faster, more reliably, and with consistent documentation throughout, ELECTRIX AI 2026 introduces numerous innovations across usability, engineering, and documentation.

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New features and improvements in ELECTRIX AI 2026 at a glance

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A detailed list of all changes can be found in the Release Notes.

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The new features of ELECTRIX AI 2026 in detail

Usability

Retrieve Guidelines, Standards, and Specifications directly via AI Copilot

With ELECTRIX AI 2026, you can now integrate individual guidelines and requirements: legal regulations, customer specifications, project specifications, or internal standards can be stored as text files – either across multiple projects or per project. This creates a central knowledge base that can be accessed at any time via the AI Copilot. Time-consuming searches through extensive documents are no longer necessary: the required information can be queried directly and precisely via AI Copilot, for example: “Who is the key user of the project?” or “Which terminal manufacturer is specified?”. This saves valuable time, ensures clearly structured and compliant documentation, and efficiently supports teams throughout the entire engineering process.

Your benefits:

  • Significantly reduced research time – no tedious searching through external documents
  • Relevant information appears immediately in the context of your own design
  • Faster and more reliable standards-compliant design directly within the engineering workflow

Direct Part Import via AI Copilot

With ELECTRIX AI 2026, individual or multiple parts from the wscaduniverse.com parts database can be downloaded directly into your local database via AI Copilot. The parts can then be placed immediately in your schematic. Especially during early project phases, such as creating control cabinet or field component lists, this fast import of part and symbol data saves significant time.

Your benefits:

  • Import multiple parts simultaneously with a single text command
  • Fewer manual steps using the parts database
  • Reduces manual entry errors
  • Ideal for projects with many components

Rotate Element Groups by a Defined Angle

Grouped elements can now be rotated precisely by any desired angle. This allows flexible spatial adjustment of complex assemblies – for example, device carriers, symbol fields, or mechanically oriented drawing components. The freely adjustable rotation saves time and prevents inaccurate manual alignment attempts.

Your benefits:

  • Precise layout adjustments
  • Improved workflow for mechanical and schematic drawings
  • Efficient post-processing of complex structures

Duplicate and Mirror Elements Simultaneously

Elements can now be duplicated and mirrored in a single step.
This feature is particularly useful for symmetrical systems, parallel functional circuits, or redundant machine modules. Automatic mirroring prevents swapped connections or alignment errors that often occur during manual processing.

Your benefits:

  • Ideal for symmetrical system layouts
  • Error-free creation of mirrored designs
  • Reduced manual rework

Temporary Measuring Tape for Quick Distance Checks

The temporary measuring tape is a lightweight, integrated measurement tool that can be displayed instantly when needed.
It allows rapid distance checks between components, or verifying dimensions. Particularly useful in control cabinet or machine layouts.

Your benefits:

  • Measure without switching tools
  • Clear control of spatial distances
  • Efficient fine-tuning of layouts

Jump Function from Schematic to Component in the Material Explorer

The new jump function links the schematic with the Material Explorer.
Clicking on a component in the schematic automatically opens the corresponding record in the Material Explorer. This makes it easier to check technical parameters, part details, and variants. In large projects with many components, this greatly improves orientation.

Your benefits:

  • Direct access to part information without searching
  • Time savings when checking technical data
  • Optimized navigation in large projects

Automatic Placement of Multiple Path Macros

With ELECTRIX AI 2026, multiple path macros can be placed automatically and rule-based in the schematic using AI support. The software identifies suitable free areas in the schematic and independently selects appropriate insertion points, resulting in a clean, evenly structured layout.

This feature is particularly useful for standardized functional chains or macro-based engineering, as it fully automates repetitive tasks.

Your benefits:

  • Automated setup of recurring functional blocks
  • Consistent placement quality
  • Significant reduction of errors and manual work

Documentation

AI-Powered Translation of Schematics and Project Texts

The new AI translation feature in ELECTRIX AI 2026 can translate entire schematic contents, project titles, functional descriptions, and comments into any desired language.

Unlike general translation tools such as Microsoft Office, ELECTRIX AI 2026 understands electrical engineering terminology and typical technical terms. This ensures high-quality translations that are suitable for international use – ideal for globally operating engineering and production sites.

Your benefits:

  • Complete translation of complex schematics and project texts
  • Technically accurate electrical engineering terminology
  • Consistent, internationally usable documents

Line Patterns According to ANSI/ISA 5.1

ELECTRIX AI 2026 now supports line patterns according to ANSI/ISA 5.1.
This standard defines different line types for process and instrumentation diagrams. Standard-compliant representation improves clarity and ensures that schematics are interpreted consistently, regardless of the viewer.

Your benefits:

  • Internationally standard-compliant representation
  • Improved readability of technical diagrams
  • Consistent symbols for process and instrumentation schematics

Measuring Tape Function for Control Cabinet Design

A built-in measuring tape is now available in the control cabinet design area.
It allows precise distance and length measurements directly within the cabinet layout – a valuable aid for positioning components, routing wires, or arranging mounting plates.

Your benefits:

  • Direct spatial control within the layout
  • Improved verification of distances and installation positions
  • Prevention of collisions and assembly errors

Engineering

AI-generated Control Cabinet Layouts (Beta)

With the latest version of ELECTRIX AI, complete 2D control cabinet layouts can be automatically generated based on existing schematics. The AI is specifically trained to recognize patterns and similarities in existing projects and efficiently transfer this knowledge to new project variants. After selecting the relevant schematic pages, the software automatically identifies the required parts and places them – including mounting rails and components – in a structured layout on the mounting plate within moments.

This functionality is currently available as a beta feature. Therefore, the automatically generated results should be reviewed and, if necessary, fine-tuned before final approval. Even at this stage, the AI already provides significant support in accelerating the creation of standardized project variants. By focusing on similarity recognition for standard products, it is particularly well suited to efficiently automating repetitive routine tasks in variant design.

Your benefits:

  • Significant time savings when creating standard control cabinet layouts
  • The AI learns from existing projects and applies company-specific placement rules
  • Relief for engineering teams from repetitive routine tasks in variant design
  • Consistent layout quality through AI-based similarity recognition

Revised Wire Designations

The wire designation has been completely redesigned. Newly added placeholders and filters provide greater flexibility in configuring and displaying wire labels. Even the most specific customer requirements can now be reflected automatically.

This not only improves readability within schematics, but also simplifies workflows in control cabinet assembly, commissioning, and maintenance.

Your benefits:

  • Flexible, customized configuration of wire designations
  • Accurate documentation according to customer specifications or internal standards
  • Clear and unambiguous identification of wires for maintenance

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